Overcoming failure in sport: A self-forgiveness framework
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Title: | Overcoming failure in sport: A self-forgiveness framework |
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Authors: | Cowden, Richard Gregory | Worthington Jr, Everett L. |
Keywords: | Self-forgiveness | Failure | Sport | Athletes |
Knowledge Area: | Educación Física y Deportiva |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | Universidad de Alicante. Área de Educación Física y Deporte |
Citation: | Journal of Human Sport and Exercise. 2019, 14(2): 254-264. doi:10.14198/jhse.2019.142.01 |
Abstract: | Within the winner or loser dichotomy that exemplifies competitive sport, athletic success hinges on the ability to overcome and respond constructively to failure. This article introduces self-forgiveness as an adaptive, purposeful approach to coping with competitive sport performance failure in a way that stimulates personal growth and combats loss of motivation. In contrast to defensive responses that shield self-integrity, genuine self-forgiveness is reached through a process in which athletes (a) accept personal responsibility for their role in the unsuccessful performance outcome and (b) restore self-regard by affirming the self. Although athletes expose themselves to uncomfortable emotional experiences associated with failure, self-forgiveness is proposed as a process that enables athletes to objectively evaluate unsuccessful performances, identify areas warranting improvement, and develop adaptive psychological recovery responses to failure. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2019.142.01 | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/81508 |
ISSN: | 1988-5202 |
DOI: | 10.14198/jhse.2019.142.01 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://www.jhse.ua.es/ |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2019, Vol. 14, No. 2 |
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