TY - JOUR
T1 - Career development and transitions of athletes
T2 - the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited
AU - Stambulova, Natalia B.
AU - Ryba, Tatiana V.
AU - Henriksen, Kristoffer
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper is a comprehensive update of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) Position Stand on career development and transitions of athletes issued a decade ago (Stambulova, Alfermann, Statler, & Côté, 2009, ISSP Position Stand: Career development and transitions of athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7, 395–412.). A need for updating the 2009 Position Stand has grown out of the increasing inconsistency between its popularity and high citation, on the one hand, and its dated content that inadequately reflects the current status of athlete career research and assistance, on the other. During the last decade, sport psychology career scholars worked on structuring the athlete career knowledge and consolidating it into the athlete career (sport psychology) discourse (ACD). The aims of this paper are to: (1) update the decade-long evolution and describe the current structure of the ACD, (2) introduce recent trends in career development and transition research, (3) discuss emerging trends in career assistance, and (4) summarise in a set of postulates the current status and future challenges of the ACD.
AB - This paper is a comprehensive update of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) Position Stand on career development and transitions of athletes issued a decade ago (Stambulova, Alfermann, Statler, & Côté, 2009, ISSP Position Stand: Career development and transitions of athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7, 395–412.). A need for updating the 2009 Position Stand has grown out of the increasing inconsistency between its popularity and high citation, on the one hand, and its dated content that inadequately reflects the current status of athlete career research and assistance, on the other. During the last decade, sport psychology career scholars worked on structuring the athlete career knowledge and consolidating it into the athlete career (sport psychology) discourse (ACD). The aims of this paper are to: (1) update the decade-long evolution and describe the current structure of the ACD, (2) introduce recent trends in career development and transition research, (3) discuss emerging trends in career assistance, and (4) summarise in a set of postulates the current status and future challenges of the ACD.
KW - athlete career discourse
KW - Athletic career
KW - career assistance
KW - cultural praxis of athletes’ careers
KW - life career
U2 - 10.1080/1612197X.2020.1737836
DO - 10.1080/1612197X.2020.1737836
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85081318337
VL - 19
SP - 524
EP - 550
JO - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
JF - International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
SN - 1612-197X
IS - 4
ER -