Elite Taiwanese Taekwondo Athletes’ Career Transaction: A Study of Indivisible Self Model of Wellness

Abstract

<p>運動員生涯發展是攸關社會發展的重要課題，臺灣目前的研究著重在學生運動員生涯議題，較少注意到精英運動員初退休之生涯轉換。本研究以自我福祉模型為基礎，目的是探討曾參加亞運會之運動員初退役，其生涯轉換期的自我福祉之內涵，以及影響其自我福祉的可能因素。本研究參與對象為參加 2018年巨港亞運且目前 (2021年) 退役的跆拳道運動員共7人，研究採質性研究半結構式訪談，藉由訪談資料釐清菁英跆拳道選手剛從運動生涯退休後轉換期間的福祉狀態。研究結果發現，因應自我、基本自我與身體自我皆呈現良好轉換，在面對生涯上的挑戰，社會自我給予運動員足夠支持，而創意自我中的控制、規劃與對於工作獲得的熱情和意義，更是影響著生涯轉換的重要因素。綜合以上發現，本研究建議運動員退役前察覺生涯發展興趣，並及早規劃與執行，將使生涯轉換更為順利，有更完整的福祉。</p> <p> </p><p>Athlete’s career development is in important issue which is related with national education and society security. However, researchers pay more attention on student-athletes’ career development. The elite athletes’ career development is lake of empirical study. The purpose of our study is to explore the career transaction of 2018 Taiwan Asian Game Taekwondo Athletes for whom their first retirement year after this big event. We use Indivisible Self Model of Wellness (ISMW) to understand their career transaction. The participants are seven Taiwanese Taekwondo Athletes who represented Chinese Taipei play Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games. They all retired after this Asian Games. We interviewed them and analysis the data. The results showed that the participants’ coping, essential, and social self are well during the retirement. There are many challenges during the retirement, the fulfillment of social self supports them go through at this period. Their creative self gives them the control and sense of meaning for their works at hands. Our study reveals the key issues of elite athletes’ career education for their first year retirements. Elite athletes’ aware of their work interests and contact with what they interested at their athlete role could benefit to their career transactions</p> <p> </p>