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Psychological and Sociological Study on Athletic Retirement

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09680084
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 体育学
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

NAKAGOMI Shiro  University of Tsukuba, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, Associate Professor., 体育科学系, 助教授 (40113675)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MATSUMURA Kazunori  University of Tsukuba, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, Associate Professor., 体育科学系, 助教授 (70149904)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Keywordsathlete / athletic retirement / readjustment / reconfirmation of ego identity / athletic career / Korea / psychological support / case study / スポーツ文化 / 国家代表 / 事例 / 役割変密・受容
Research Abstract

This research project examined the adjustment process after athletic retirement from the field of sport psychology and sport sociology. Main results are as follows.
1) First step was a review of the literatuture on adjustment after athletic retirement, and presented several beneficial suggestions for future research. We suggested that the reconfirmation of ego identity is useful framework to understand and to understand and to explain the athletic retirement in the field of sport psychology, and life history approach to retiring athletes who has been supported and depressed by social structure is beneficial for understanding of their readjustment to new stage of life in sport sociology field. 2) The actual condition of career transition was analyzed among professional soccer players in Japan. 3) Through the examining in adjustment process of two former Olympians who had experienced the middle-age crisis, 'anticipatory socialization' and 'time perspective' were important factors in the process. 4) From the interview of 5 former top athletes in Korea, they recognized that public celebrities as athletes shaded off as years go by. 5) Psychotherapeutic case of a former athlete suggested that inner work accompaning the retirement (mourning work, individuation) encouraged to transfer to the next stage of life.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All Other

All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] 豊田則成・中込四郎: "競技引退に伴って体験されるアスリートのアイデンティティ再体制化の検討"体育学研究. (印刷中). (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 豊田則成: "アスリートの競技引退に伴うアイデンティティ再体制化に関する研究-中年期危機を体験した元オリンピック選手-"スポーツ教育学研究. 19. 117-129 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Norishige TOYODA: "A study on ego identity reconfirmation in the athletic retirement. - The cases of former Olympians experienced the middle-age crisis -."Japanese Journal of Sport Education Studies. 19(2). 117-129 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Norishige TOYODA ・ Shiro NAKAGOMI: "Discussion of identity reconfirmation with retiring athletes."Japan Journal of Physical Education. (in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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