Navigating Athletic Identity Retirement Transitions and Self-Discovery

<P>There appears to be a gap in the literature when it comes to examining the role that grief and loss might play while athletes undergo the reconstruction of their identity post-sport. <I>Navigating Athletic Identity Retirement Transitions and Self-Discovery: Exiting the Arena</I> investigates the long and often studied concept of identity in athletes from the perspective of transitioning identity as a potential form of loss. Ultimately we posit that identity transition should also be understood as a form of identity loss and research conceptualizing the grieving process that athletes experience in that transition should be studied more deeply.</P><P></P>