Athletic Identity And Post Traumatic Growth Following Deselection. A Correlational Study Of Elite Cricketers

Abstract

The study intends to investigate the relationship of athletic identity and post traumatic growth following deselection. The study adopts the positivistic approach to study the phenomenon and thirty-five (35) elite cricketers were purposively selected for sample. To measure the athletic identity and post traumatic growth, athletic identity measurement scale (AIMS) and post traumatic growth inventory (PTGI) were used in the study. Results revealed that the correlation of total athletic identity and total post traumatic growth inventory (r = -0.046, p= 0.795) was found to be markedly low negative and statistically insignificant (p= 0.795) and total athletic identity showed - 2% variation in post-traumatic growth inventory. Hence it can be stated that total athletic identity of elite cricketers has no significant effect on post traumatic growth but the sub factors of AIMS, exclusivity, (r = 0.339*, p = 0.046) showed positive and significant effect on personal strength and negative effectivity showed negative effect on spiritual change (r = - 0.394*, p= 0.019) domain of PTGI. It can be concluded that strong and higher athletic identity scores result lower PTGI and vice versa. Results also revealed that elite cricketers were found to be strongly associated with their identity which resulted in strong self-belief, confidence and optimistic to fight against odds and on the other hand increase in negative affectivity decrease the spiritual believes of elite cricketers.