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Athletic Identity Measurement Scale

How strongly you identify with the role of athlete, right now.

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The literally-the-point measurement: re-administer at 6/12/24 weeks to see if 'I'm a person who trains again' is *actually* happening. The gradient of THIS is the gradient of identity reconstruction.

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1/10 I consider myself an athlete.
2/10 I have many goals related to sport.
3/10 Most of my friends are athletes.
4/10 Sport is the most important part of my life.
5/10 I spend more time thinking about sport than anything else.
6/10 I need to participate in sport to feel good about myself.
7/10 Other people see me mainly as an athlete.
8/10 I feel bad about myself when I do poorly in sport.
9/10 Sport is the only important thing in my life.
10/10 I would be very depressed if I were injured and could not compete in sport.
  1. Citation: Brewer BW, Van Raalte JL, Linder DE. Athletic identity: Hercules' muscles or Achilles' heel? Int J Sport Psychol. 1993;24(2):237-54.