Adversarial Growth in Olympic Swimmers: Constructive Reality or Illusory Self-Deception?
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Adversarial Growth in Olympic Swimmers: Constructive Reality or Illusory Self-Deception?
Previous research suggests that adversarial growth is a real and constructive phenomenon that occurs in athletes who compete at the highest level of sport. In this study, however, we adopt a critical stance on the veridicality of growth by exploring Olympic swimmers' experience of constructive and illusory growth. Semistructured interviews, complemented by timelining, were analyzed using interp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0895-2779,1543-2904
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.2015-0159