Residual Athletic Identity, Body Image, and Emotional Symptoms in Retired Rhythmic Gymnasts

Exclusion Criteria

• •Are not truly retired (i.e., maintain active competitive participation at the time of the study).
• •Have a time since retirement greater than 5 years.
• •Have incomplete questionnaires for variables essential to the analysis.
• •Provide clearly inconsistent or implausible responses in key variables (e.g., evident incompatibilities between age, age at initiation, and career duration) that preclude valid interpretation of the data.