Exploring Traumas in the Development of Talent: What Are They, What Do They Do, and What Do They Require?

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 pe...

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Published in:Journal of applied sport psychology 2017-01, Vol.29 (1), p.101-117
Main Authors: Savage, Jennifer, Collins, Dave, Cruickshank, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Human performance
Talent management
Trauma
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1041-3200
1533-1571
DOI:10.1080/10413200.2016.1194910