| 英文摘要 |
Introduction: In the past decades, the issue of athletes’ career development has been received a growing attention in international research communities. Research on athletes' career development, career transitions, and athletic retirement, as well as career counseling for athletes were conducted with various aspects and contexts in support of the development of athletes’ career counseling system. While career counseling for athletes has recently become a critical issue in Taiwan, there are very few systemic frameworks with knowledge-based that can assists government in promoting career counseling projects for athletes. By considering this fact, the purpose of this study was to construct and verify a career developmental counseling model for elite Taiwanese athletes. The model was developed based on experts’ suggestions and athletes’ demand and anticipation. Methods: (1) Using a purposeful sampling technique, interview data was obtained from 9 active elite players and 8 retired elite athletes. Participants' verification, peer checking, and enunciating research process were conducted to confirm reliability and validity. (2) To develop the model, the focus group technique was used to analyze and categorize the opinions of 6 experts. Results: (1) The athletes who have well-adapted lives indicate that there will be a good career development. But “social adaption” has a negative influence on “career orientation”. (2) Data yielded aspects of the athletes’ transition that can be classified into 5 dimensions and 20 key factors. The 5 dimensions of the model included: society, life, self-management, employment and retirement. (3) The experts suggested that career development is a process and emphasized that athletes could not transition from sports without a social connection; thus, career development counseling for elite athletes should involve advisement on social adaption and self-management. Conclusion: This study found that career transition was a crucial turning point for elite athletes. A career development counseling model was designed, which consisted of a framework organized across 5 dimensions. The 5 dimensions of this model can be used as a tool of career planning to be used with elite Taiwanese athletes. |
