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Role of Sport for Health - Coggle Diagram
Role of Sport for Health
Media Scrutiny
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Monetary rewards, image, financial success and fame have been long associated with competitive sport.
Participation in recreational sports has been associated with intrinsic goals of health and meaningful relationships.
The higher up the "pyramid", the more intense the scrutiny from the media.
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Depends on the individual and their ability to use effective coping strategies (Crocker and Tamminen, 2015).
Compartmentalise - external factor, they cannot control.
Retirement from Sport
When the 'drug' of competition is taken away, many athletes have encountered -ve psychological and social consequences.
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Some athletes experience low self-esteem, a loss of identity and socio-economic problems.
Lee Heldry, declared bankruptcy.
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Stigma
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Seeking help may expose an athlete to risks of losing playing time, their starting role or even their contract to compete (Bauman et al., 2016).
Athletes are not willing to come forward - worried they will lose their space on the team if they do.