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    Personality in sport and exercise psychology: Integrating a whole person perspective

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    Authors
    Coulter, T.
    Mallett, C.
    Singer, J.
    Gucciardi, Daniel
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Coulter, T. and Mallett, C. and Singer, J. and Gucciardi, D. 2015. Personality in sport and exercise psychology: Integrating a whole person perspective. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
    DOI
    10.1080/1612197X.2015.1016085
    ISSN
    1612-197X
    School
    School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23815
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper draws on contemporary views in personality psychology as a means for understanding people participating in sport and physical activity. Specifically, we focus on McAdams’ integrative framework [McAdams (2013). The psychological self as actor, agent, and author. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 272–295; McAdams & Pals (2006). A new big five: Fundamental principles for an integrative science of personality. American Psychologist, 61, 204–217] and suggest this framework as potentially generative in the field of sport and exercise psychology. McAdams indicates that people can be defined through three layers of understanding, incorporating (a) dispositional traits, (b) characteristic adaptations, and (c) narrative identities. Together these layers provide a vision of the whole person – a perspective of personality rarely adopted by the sport and exercise community. The aim of this paper is to introduce scholars and practitioners to the potential benefits of embracing this whole person outlook, and to discuss the opportunities and challenges McAdams’ framework may have for advancing scholarship in sport and exercise psychology.

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