TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting Collegiate Students in the United States Through Athletic and Career Transitions
AU - Pierce, Scott
AU - Sangalang, Melvin
AU - Kisvari, Lilla
AU - Kellar, Lindsey
AU - Martin, Eric
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to explore the athletic and career transitions that student-athletes navigate and to present examples of providing ongoing psychological support for student-athletes through these transitions. Guided by frameworks for understanding athlete change-events, a series of evidence-based propositions are presented to conceptualize how to understand and support collegiate student-athletes through transitions. A specific educational program is explained to provide an example of supporting student-athletes’ goal setting, identity, and life skills transfer during the transition out of college sports and college life. Future opportunities for supporting student-athlete transitions are then identified, along with reflections and lessons learned on how to provide ongoing psychological support to collegiate student-athletes.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to explore the athletic and career transitions that student-athletes navigate and to present examples of providing ongoing psychological support for student-athletes through these transitions. Guided by frameworks for understanding athlete change-events, a series of evidence-based propositions are presented to conceptualize how to understand and support collegiate student-athletes through transitions. A specific educational program is explained to provide an example of supporting student-athletes’ goal setting, identity, and life skills transfer during the transition out of college sports and college life. Future opportunities for supporting student-athlete transitions are then identified, along with reflections and lessons learned on how to provide ongoing psychological support to collegiate student-athletes.
KW - Athlete identity
KW - goal setting
KW - life skills
KW - student-athlete development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85198360358&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21520704.2024.2377148
DO - 10.1080/21520704.2024.2377148
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85198360358
SN - 2152-0704
VL - 16
SP - 31
EP - 43
JO - Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
JF - Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
IS - 1
ER -