Abstract
The present correlational study aimed to explore the psychosocial
predictors (athletic identity, social identity, cognitive identity, and
affective identity) of life satisfaction in Pakistani athletes. The sample (N
= 225) with the age range of M= 24.32, SD=5.5, comprised of currently
active university athletes recruited through purposive sampling. The
assessment measures included; the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale –
plus (AIMS-plus) Cieslak (2004) and the Life Satisfaction sub-scale of
Athlete Life Quality Scale (ALQS) (Gentner, 2004). Multiple hierarchical
regression revealed that athletic identity explained 66.1% of the variance
in the levels of life satisfaction in athletes reflecting that athletic identity is
a significant positive predictor of life satisfaction in athletes. The subdomain of social identity explained a maximum 51% variance while
cognitive identity accounted for 14.5% variance in the levels of life
satisfaction in athletes. This indicates the importance of the social and
cognitive identities of the team that have a significant impact on their levels
of life satisfaction. Interestingly, the levels of life satisfaction didn’t differ
in men and women, neither it differed across the nature of sports. The study
elucidates the importance of social identity in the life satisfaction of young
athletes. The findings will facilitate sports psychologists to customize wellness frameworks that may improve psychosocial aspects of quality of
life in Pakistani athletes.
Muneeb-ul-Haq, Fatima Kamran, PhD. (2022) Athletic Identity and Life Satisfaction in Pakistani Athletes, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, volume-32, issue 2.
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