TY - JOUR
T1 - Resilience for the Rocky Road
T2 - Lessons Learned from an Educational Program for First Year Collegiate Student-Athletes
AU - Pierce, Scott
AU - Martin, Eric
AU - Rossetto, Kelly
AU - O’Neil, Liam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Student-athletes in the United States encounter a myriad of academic, athletic, and social challenges as they transition into their first year of college sport and life. During this transition, strengths-based, psychological skills programming can provide valuable skill-building education as well as awareness and development of social support resources. The purpose of this paper is provide an overview of the development and implementation of a resilience-based educational program to support student-athletes during the transition from high school into their first year of college, explore student-athlete perceptions of the program, and identify lessons learned for sport psychology practitioners.
AB - Student-athletes in the United States encounter a myriad of academic, athletic, and social challenges as they transition into their first year of college sport and life. During this transition, strengths-based, psychological skills programming can provide valuable skill-building education as well as awareness and development of social support resources. The purpose of this paper is provide an overview of the development and implementation of a resilience-based educational program to support student-athletes during the transition from high school into their first year of college, explore student-athlete perceptions of the program, and identify lessons learned for sport psychology practitioners.
KW - Online education
KW - psychological skills training
KW - student-athlete development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091144639&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21520704.2020.1822968
DO - 10.1080/21520704.2020.1822968
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091144639
SN - 2152-0704
VL - 12
SP - 167
EP - 180
JO - Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
JF - Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
IS - 3
ER -