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Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28236 Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative Human, Lourens H. maurice.hpc@up.ac.za Aronstam, Maurice Albert Doping Identity Identities Narrative analysis Three-dimensional space approach Professional athlete Sport psychology Marion jones Banned substances UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. This research project investigated how a professional athlete made sense of lying to federal investigators regarding her use of a prohibited substance. More specifically, it investigated how Marion Jones made sense of her experiences through the construction of identity(ies). The constructionism position of narrative was used to determine how Jones gave meaning to significant experiences and constructed a narrative, and how this narrative was constructive of her identity(ies). The three-dimensional space approach of narrative analysis was used as my methodological position. The analysis was done on an interview conducted by Oprah Winfrey on Marion Jones as part of a broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show. This was Jones’ first public appearance aftere her release from a six month prison sentence for lying to federal investigators. The analysis revealed the construction of three identities in her narrative. The athlete identity was constructed as one of the past, the felon identity as in the present, and the person identity is constructed as the identity that she will take into the future. Jones makes sense of lying to federal investigators as allowing these identities to develop and leave her with a positive future. This research project contributed to the field of sport psychology by investigating how a professional athlete made sense of her lying to federal investigators regarding her use of a prohibited substance and recommended that the construction of multiple dominant identities may allow for alternative options for professional athletes regarding their doping behaviour. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T13:05:57Z 2010-09-27 2013-09-07T13:05:57Z 2010-09-03 2010-09-27 2010-09-27 Dissertation Aronstam, MA 2010, Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28236 > F10/635/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28236 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09272010-130300/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Doping Identity Identities Narrative analysis Three-dimensional space approach Professional athlete Sport psychology Marion jones Banned substances UCTD Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative |
| title | Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative |
| title_full | Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative |
| title_fullStr | Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative |
| title_short | Making sense of lying to federal agents in the U.S.A : the Marion Jones narrative |
| title_sort | making sense of lying to federal agents in the u s a the marion jones narrative |
| topic | Doping Identity Identities Narrative analysis Three-dimensional space approach Professional athlete Sport psychology Marion jones Banned substances UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28236 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09272010-130300/ |