Abstract
The purpose of this article is to provide new ways of understanding athletes' retirement decision-making process, and its influences on the quality of career transition.
Existing literature from both within sport career transition study area and outside the sport domain informing the development of a conceptual model which focuses on explaining the final stages of athletes' sporting careers and retirement decision-making process. The model helps predict changes in athletes' behaviours and psychological reactions through the process by providing explanation of (a) what steps athletes go through during the final stages of their sporting careers; (b) potential influential factors for athletes' retirement decision; (c) how athletes change their psychological reactions and behaviours towards their retirement; and (d) potential intervention strategies to assist athletes' career transition out of sport process.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 409-428 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | International Journal of Sport Psychology |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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A conceptual model of the athlete retirement decision-making process. / Park, Sunghee; Lavallee, David; Tod, David.
In: International Journal of Sport Psychology, Vol. 44, No. 5, 2013, p. 409-428.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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PY - 2013
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AB - The purpose of this article is to provide new ways of understanding athletes' retirement decision-making process, and its influences on the quality of career transition.Existing literature from both within sport career transition study area and outside the sport domain informing the development of a conceptual model which focuses on explaining the final stages of athletes' sporting careers and retirement decision-making process. The model helps predict changes in athletes' behaviours and psychological reactions through the process by providing explanation of (a) what steps athletes go through during the final stages of their sporting careers; (b) potential influential factors for athletes' retirement decision; (c) how athletes change their psychological reactions and behaviours towards their retirement; and (d) potential intervention strategies to assist athletes' career transition out of sport process.
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JO - International Journal of Sport Psychology
JF - International Journal of Sport Psychology
SN - 0047-0767
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