Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2024

Publication Title

Journal of Sport Psychology in Action

Keywords

athlete identity, goal setting, life skills, student-athlete development

Abstract

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.

Funding Source

This research was supported by a research grant from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology awarded to Melvin Sangalang, Scott Pierce, and Lindsey Kellar. This article was published Open Access thanks to a transformative agreement between Milner Library and Taylor & Francis.

DOI

10.1080/21520704.2024.2377148

Comments

First published in Journal of Sport Psychology in Action (2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2024.2377148

this is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

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