Athletes' careers across cultures - Stambulova, Natalia B.; Ryba, Tatiana V., 1968- (New York : Routledge, 2013)
The turn towards a culturally informed approach to career research and assistance in sport psychology / Tatiana V. Ryba and Natalia B. Stambulova -- Athletes' careers in Australia : From retirement to education and beyond / Tim Chambers, Sandy Gordon and Tony Morris -- Athletes' careers in Belgium : A holistic perspective to understand and alleviate challenges occurring throughout the athletic and post-athletic career / Paul Wylleman, Anke Reints and Paul De Knop -- Athletes' careers in Brazil : Research and application in the land of ginga / Maria Regina Ferreira Brandao and Lenamar Fiorese Vieira -- Athletes' careers in Canada : Four decades of research and practice / Robert J. Schinke, Jessica Cummings and Justin Bonhomme -- Athletes' careers in China : Advances in athletic retirement research and assistance / Zhijian Huang, Menglin Chen and Na Qiao -- Athletes' careers in Denmark : Nurturing athletic talents / Kristoffer Henriksen and Mette Krogh Christensen -- Athletes' careers in France : In pursuit of excellence in sport and life / Nadine Debois and Veronique Leseur -- Athletes' careers in Germany : Research and assistance programs / Dorothee Alfermann and Franziska Preis -- Athletes' careers in Greece : Towards a culturally infused future / Stiliani'Ani' Chroni, Eleni Diakaki and Athanasios Papaioannou -- Athletes' careers in Japan : Before and after retirement in sports / Norishige Toyoda -- Athletes' careers in Mexico : Learning how to handle transitions / Cristina Fink -- Athletes' careers in New Zealand (Aotearoa) : The impact of the Graham Report and the carding system / Christina Ryan and Holly Thorpe -- Athletes' careers in Russia : From Moscow 1980 to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics / Natalia B. Stambulova and Elena E. Hvatskaya -- Athletes' careers in Slovenia : The remarkable sporting achievements of a small country / Sasa Cecic Erpic -- Athletes' careers in Spain : Professionalization and developmental consequences / Miquel Torregrosa and Ma Dolores Gonzalez -- Athletes' careers in Sweden : Facilitating socialization into sports and re-socialization upon retirement / Natalia B. Stambulova and Urban Johnson -- Athletes' careers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland : Differences in the evolution of reserch and support programs in two neighbor nations / Sunghee Park, David Lavallee and David Tod -- Athletes' careers in the United States : Developmental programming for athletes in transition / Albert Petitpas, Judy L. Van Raalte and Britton W. Brewer -- Setting the bar : Towards cultural praxis of athletes' careers / Natalia B. Stambulova and Tatiana V. Ryba.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Athletes -- Cross-cultural studies; Sports -- Cross-cultural studies; Sports -- Anthropological aspects