How Do Coaches Identify With Their Role as a Coach? Exploring Coach Identity Through a Role Identity Theory Lens

• Published in: Identity (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 136 - 152
• Main Authors: Pope, J. Paige, Hall, Craig R., Tobin, Danielle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.2014; Psychology Press
• Subjects: Athletes; Centrality; Elderly; Emotions; Identity; Roles; Social Networks

This study was designed to explore the coach identity through the meanings and prominence ascribed to the coaching role from a role identity theory perspective (McCall & Simmons, 1978 ). Participants (n = 8), ranging in age from 22 to 61 years old, reported coaching on average about 19 years and...