Qualitative Analysis on Developmental Model during Athletes' Career Transition

本研究旨在探讨日本前奥运选手在职业转型期间所面临的发展任务。我对10名日本前奥运选手进行了一些半结构化的采访，了解他们的职业转型经历。结果表明，日本前奥运选手在身份获得和身份困惑之间面临着一些发展任务，如：1）通过运动员退役的方式来面对自身的困难; 2）作为前奥运选手的平衡; 3）从奥运选手过渡到下一个职业; 4）获得奥运选手和前奥运选手之间的联系感，（5）转型后的积极努力。

The purpose of this study is to explain what developmental tasks were confronted by Japanese ex-Olympians trough their career transition. I conducted some semi-structured interviews for 10 Japanese ex-Olympians about their career transition experiences. As the result, Japanese ex-Olympian confronted some developmental tasks between identity achievement and identity confusion, for example, 1) confronting with some difficulties through the athletic retirement by oneself, 2) striking a balance as a ex-Olympian, 3) transiting to the next career form Olympian, 4) getting a sense of link between Olympian and ex-Olympian, and 5) making the positive effort to the present after their transition.