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2024
Successful ageing, well-being and age identity: the case of athletes
PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ, MarcelaBasic information
Original name
Successful ageing, well-being and age identity: the case of athletes
Authors
Edition
(eng)aging: 7th International Conference on Aging & Technology Fair, Prague, 2024
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
50401 Sociology
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
Keywords in English
sport competition; older men; successful ageing; age identity; successful ageing; ageing; well-being;
Změněno: 20/6/2024 14:01, Mgr. et Mgr. Marcela Petrová Kafková, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
We generally do not associate sports and sports competition with older age. Moreover, in top-level sports, a person becomes “old” a few decades earlier than when we generally understand older age. At the same time, many sports are expanding the opportunities for participation at older ages in disciplines primarily designed for the young rather than disciplines explicitly created for older people. In my paper, I look at competitive sport as a specific area where age and older age are negotiated and viewed through a different lens than the usual one. I observe how this sporting optic of age interferes with and adjusts the ageing coping of athletes and their perception of themselves as (pre-)older people. To do so, I use data from in-depth interviews with men (aged 50-75) who participate in competitions in different sports disciplines. My sample is heterogeneous regarding the participants' sports biographies and motivations for participating in competitions, but sport seems to bring about a different perception of age identity. I discuss this specific lifestyle in the context of notions of 'successful' ageing and the well-being of older people.
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