Attitudes of Student Athletes toward Career Transition: Preliminary Examination with Student Athletes in Japan

It is no doubt issues of athlete career transition exist and it has been left unsolved in Japan.While many studies have been conducted looking at the issue, the focus of these studies has been on professional and top athletes, not student athletes who seem to have a di‹cult time in career transition, similar to top athletes.Therefore, the present study aimed at examining attitudes of student athletes toward career transition, including anxiety related to career transition and their plans and goals for their post sport career.The major ˆnding regards to `gaps' in student athletes' attitudes toward career transition, namely ``think vs. do'' and ``know vs. need to know,'' suggesting it is important to provide objective and concrete career information from various perspectives for student athletes.