心理学视域下的运动员退役过渡:挑战与应对

doi:10.15942/j.jcsu.2023.04.009

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Abstract: Transition from sport to retirement is an important step in athletes' career development. In this process, athletes usually face negative impacts from the transition from high athletic identity and low self-reliance. Reducing high athletic identity, encouraging initiative, improving the psychological experience of involuntary retirement and setting up social support can improve the psychological well-being of career transition. The voluntary retirement will contribute to the quality of athletes' career transition. Future research should focus on adjustment of athletic identity, career planning, social support and mental health in transition process.

Key words: athletic identity, self-reliance, career planning, mental health

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G804.8

SUN Yongjun, DUAN Zaifu, LI Xiaodong, LIU Haili, LI Qian, YU Xiaoxi, WANG Zan, YU Jing. Challenge and Response: A Psychological Analysis on Athletes' Transition from Sport to Retirement[J]. Journal of Chengdu Sport University, 2023, 49(4): 64-69.

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