Male Transfer Student Athletes and Schlossberg’s Transition Theory
Male Transfer Student Athletes and Schlossberg’s Transition Theory
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男性转学生运动员和施洛斯伯格的过渡理论
DOI：
10.1179/1935739714z.00000000021
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
0.7
通讯作者：
Eboni M. Zamani
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作者：
Ronald D. Flowers;Cheyenne Luzynski;Eboni M. Zamani
摘要 本研究的目的是调查转学生运动员对其过渡经历的看法。对学生运动员的研究通常集中在从高中直接进入大学的“传统”学生运动员。这项研究旨在填补研究文献中的空白。施洛斯伯格的转型理论被用作本研究的概念框架。来自中西部一所大学的 12 名转校男运动员接受了采访，了解他们的过渡经历。研究结果表明，施洛斯伯格的过渡理论提供了一个相关框架，可以在其中检查转学生运动员的过渡经历。研究结果表明，转学生运动员相对自力更生，依赖于由家庭和包括队友在内的体育部门成员组成的狭窄支持网络。这些运动员报告说，他们与更广泛的大学社区的接触有限。研究中的所有运动员都表示，他们转学的动机是运动原因，而不是学术原因，这可能是他们对以体育部门为中心的相当有限的支持网络的依赖的原因。一个令人惊讶的发现是，许多参与者表示，由于 NCAA 的规则，他们被迫成为“漩涡者”（4-2-4 转学），以便取得学位并保持运动资格。
Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine transfer student athletes’ perceptions of their transition experience. Studies of student athletes typically focus on “traditional” student athletes who matriculate to college directly from high school. This study sought to fill the void in the research literature. Schlossberg’s Transition Theory was used as the conceptual framework for this study. Twelve male transfer student athletes from a Midwestern Division I university were interviewed regarding their transition experience. The findings would suggest that Schlossberg’s Transition Theory provides a relevant framework within which to examine the transition experience of transfer student athletes. The findings indicate that transfer student athletes are relatively self-reliant relying on a narrow support network consisting of family and members of the athletic department including teammates. These athletes reported that they had a limited amount of engagement with the broader university community. All of the athletes in the study reported that they were motivated to transfer by athletic rather than academic reasons, which may account for their reliance on a rather limited support network focused on the athletic department. A surprising finding was that a number of participants indicated that due to NCAA rules they were forced to become “swirlers” (4-2-4 transfers) in order to make degree progress and remain athletically eligible.