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Exercise attitudes and behaviours among retired female collegiate athletes
journal contribution
posted on 2017-01-25, 15:00 authored by Carolyn PlateauCarolyn Plateau, Trent A. Petrie, Anthony PapathomasAnthony PapathomasObjectives: The present study explored exercise attitudes and behaviours among retired female collegiate athletes.
Design: A survey design incorporating both closed and open-ended questions was adopted.
Method: A total of 218 former NCAA Division I female athletes (n = 144 gymnastics; n = 74 swimming/diving) provided details on their current exercise behaviours and their thoughts regarding exercise since retiring from collegiate sport.
Results: No relations were found between years since retirement and athletes’ current exercise frequency, types of exercise activities, and reasons for exercising. Despite reporting activity levels consistent with recommendations (5 days/week, 1 hour per session), retired athletes remained dissatisfied with their activity levels and struggled to integrate exercise alongside occupational, academic and social demands.
Conclusions: Athletes may require support in adapting to an independent and less intense exercise regime on retirement. Future research may look to explore exercise attitudes and behaviours among retired athletes from a longitudinal perspective.
Funding
This study was part of a larger investigation funded by the National Collegiate Athletic Association Sport Science Institute.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Psychology of Sport and ExerciseVolume
29Pages
111-115Citation
PLATEAU, C.R., PETRIE, T.A. and PAPATHOMAS, A., 2017. Exercise attitudes and behaviours among retired female collegiate athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 29, pp. 111–115.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2017-01-04Publication date
2017-01-05Notes
This paper was published in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.01.001.ISSN
1469-0292Publisher version
Language
- en