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Becoming part of the team: Female student athletes’ engagement in initiation activities.
Lafferty, Moira E. Wakefield, Caroline
Lafferty, Moira E.
Wakefield, Caroline
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2018-06
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The aim of the present research was to explore female student athletes’ participation in initiation activities specifically to examining whether activities in the United Kingdom followed similar trends to those reported elsewhere. A sample of eight female athletes, representing both traditional and non-traditional team and individual sports (M age = 20 years 3 months, SD = 1 year 3 months) who met inclusion criteria of having taken part in an initiation ceremony consented to participate in a semi structured interview. Thematic content analysis resulted in the emergence of six higher order themes represented by two general dimensions, the initiation event and initiation outcomes. Findings indicated that female student athletes’ initiation activities encompassed discrete stages as they moved from team newcomer to accepted team member. Of particular concern is the direct and indirect role of alcohol within these events and the health and behavioural risks.
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Lafferty, M. E., & Wakefield, C. (2018). Becoming part of the team: Female student athletes' engagement in initiation activities. Sport Psychologist, 32(2), 125-35
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Human Kinetics
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Sport Psychologist
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Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Human Kinetics, 2018. © Human Kinetics, Inc.
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1543-2793