TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring traumas in the development of talent
T2 - What are they, what do they do, and what do they require?
AU - Savage, Jennifer
AU - Collins, Dave
AU - Cruickshank, Andrew
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - It has recently been argued that performers benefit from trauma (i.e., memorable challenges) during development. To deepen knowledge in this area, we explored perceived traumas in the development of 20 senior-international performers with a multimethods, temporal-based design. Results showed that perceived traumas were primarily sports based, recognized from onset of investment, associated with immediately negative but ultimately positive impact, and negotiated through skills that were brought to, rather than generated by, these experiences. The findings provide an interesting contrast to messages in other early trauma-focused research and promote focus on the process and mechanisms of responding to and recovering from traumatic experiences.
AB - It has recently been argued that performers benefit from trauma (i.e., memorable challenges) during development. To deepen knowledge in this area, we explored perceived traumas in the development of 20 senior-international performers with a multimethods, temporal-based design. Results showed that perceived traumas were primarily sports based, recognized from onset of investment, associated with immediately negative but ultimately positive impact, and negotiated through skills that were brought to, rather than generated by, these experiences. The findings provide an interesting contrast to messages in other early trauma-focused research and promote focus on the process and mechanisms of responding to and recovering from traumatic experiences.
U2 - 10.1080/10413200.2016.1194910
DO - 10.1080/10413200.2016.1194910
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84978777007
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 29
SP - 101
EP - 117
JO - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
IS - 1
ER -