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  • Identiteetin hajanaisuuden yhteys koettuun onnellisuuteen 
    Leppänen, Seela (2020)
    Objectives: Happiness is considered to be a major life goal. Moreover, experienced happiness has a positive influence on many life domains. Psychological factors, such as personality and identity, seem to be significant components in human well-being and happiness. Identity diffusion has been linked to several adverse phenomena, such as mental disorders. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between identity diffusion and experienced happiness as well as their prevalence at the population level. In addition, this study aimed to examine whether the possible relationship between identity diffusion and experienced happiness persists when the effects of demographic factors and psychiatric disorders are controlled. Methods: The current study utilized a comprehensive English cross-sectional data set. The study sample consisted of 6,058 participants, of which 58 % were women. The relationship between identity diffusion and experienced happiness was examined by using logistic regression analysis. Controlled variables were demographic factors, borderline personality disorder, conduct disorder, and common mental disorders. Results and Conclusions: Greater levels of identity diffusion were associated with lower levels of experienced happiness. Common mental disorders partly explained the association, especially in the presence of severe identity diffusion, also known as identity disturbance. As much as 23 % of the population had experienced symptoms related to identity diffusion, and 2 % of them filled the criteria for identity disturbance. Identity diffusion and related identity disturbance are not only associated with psychiatric symptoms, but they are also associated with lower levels of experienced happiness. Using early interventions and addressing support actions to promote healthy identity development may contribute to individual’s emotional well-being and prevent later psychiatric symptoms.
  • Kaksoisuraurheilijoiden identiteetin ja uupumuksen välinen yhteys opiskelu- ja urheilukontekstissa 
    Pohjakallio, Katri (2023)
    Objectives: A student-athlete is a person who identifies him/herself as both an athlete and a student. Because both roles have demands, the demands overall can get high, which can predispose especially the young student-athletes to burnout symptoms. A strong identity can protect from burnout, but previous studies have had mixed results on the effect of the athletic identity to sport burnout and the association between student identity and school burnout has not yet been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate how the strength of student and athletic identity are associated with school and sport burnout, and if there is an association between school and sport burnout in the population of student-athletes. Methods: The data used in this research were originally collected in the Winning in the Long Run-research project’s, a project studying student-athletes. The sample of this study consisted of 311 student-athletes. In this study, the information from the Winning In The Long Run- research project about the student-athletes sport burnout (SpBI-DC), school burnout (SBI), athletic identity (AIMS) and student identity (SIMS) was used. The relationships between sport burnout and athletic identity, school burnout and student identity and sport and school burnout were studied using regression analyses. Results: A stronger athletic identity was associated with fewer sport burnout symptoms, and a stronger student identity with fewer school burnout symptoms. In addition, it was observed that the more school burnout symptoms the student-athlete has, the more sport burnout symptoms she/he also experienced. Conclusions: The results suggest that a strong athletic identity might work as a protective factor from sport burnout symptoms for student-athletes and to consistently a strong student identity as a protective factor from school burnout. In the future, supporting the identity construction could be considered one way to prevent the student-athletes’ burnout symptoms in sport and school contexts. Because school and sport burnout were associated in this study, and studying and sports strongly intertwine in the lives of student-athletes, it raises a question of how possible it is for the student-athletes to distinguish the source of their burnout. In the future, it might be most beneficial to focus on supporting the student-athletes’ overall wellbeing in ensuring that there is enough support available for coping with the special demands of the dual career.

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