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Athletic Identity Measurement Scale

The AIMS is a 10-item questionnaire assessing the degree to which being an athlete is central to an individual's self-concept and identity. Developed by Brewer, Van Raalte, and Linder in 1993, the AIMS has become the standard instrument for measuring athletic identity and is widely used to predict athlete coping responses to injury, career transitions, and retirement.

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Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / sport-psychology
  • Brewer, B. W., Van Raalte, J. L., & Linder, D. E. (1993). Athletic identity: Hercules' muscles or Achilles' heel? International Journal of Sport Psychology, 24(2), 237–254. · URL
  • Brewer, B. W., & Cornelius, A. E. (2001). Norms for the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 5(1), 47–54. · URL
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