Abstract
The present correlational study aimed to explore the psychosocial predictors (athletic identity, social identity, cognitive identity, and affective identity) of life satisfaction in Pakistani athletes. The sample (N = 225) with the age range of M= 24.32, SD=5.5, comprised of currently active university athletes recruited through purposive sampling. The assessment measures included; the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale – plus (AIMS-plus) Cieslak (2004) and the Life Satisfaction sub-scale of Athlete Life Quality Scale (ALQS) (Gentner, 2004). Multiple hierarchical regression revealed that athletic identity explained 66.1% of the variance in the levels of life satisfaction in athletes reflecting that athletic identity is a significant positive predictor of life satisfaction in athletes. The subdomain of social identity explained a maximum 51% variance while cognitive identity accounted for 14.5% variance in the levels of life satisfaction in athletes. This indicates the importance of the social and cognitive identities of the team that have a significant impact on their levels of life satisfaction. Interestingly, the levels of life satisfaction didn’t differ in men and women, neither it differed across the nature of sports. The study elucidates the importance of social identity in the life satisfaction of young athletes. The findings will facilitate sports psychologists to customize wellness frameworks that may improve psychosocial aspects of quality of life in Pakistani athletes.

Muneeb-ul-Haq, Fatima Kamran, PhD. (2022) Athletic Identity and Life Satisfaction in Pakistani Athletes, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, volume-32, issue 2.
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