Further evidence for a sport-specific theory of psychological
resilience from elite dressage riding  Daniel James Brown,
Loughborough University, United Kingdom  Theme: Elite
performance  Poster Number: 23  Program ID: POS-1   Room:
Napoleon   Over the past few years, there has been a burgeoning
interest in the topic of psychological resilience in relation to
sport preparation and performance. In the most recent sport
resilience study, Fletcher and Sarkar (2012) developed a
grounded theory of psychological resilience and optimal sport
performance. To further explore resilience in elite sport, the
authors acknowledged that “the theory is open to extension and
can be tested and modified to accommodate new insights” (p.
676). The purpose of this study was, therefore, to further
examine the grounded theory of psychological resilience in a
different sample of elite sport performers. Semi-structured
interviews were conducted with ten members of the British
dressage squad aged 18-23 years (M=20.70, SD = 1.20). Inter