Relationship Between Focus on Opportunities and Career Planning Among Student-Athletes: Application of Career Construction Model of Adaptation

College is a critical period in individuals' career development. Most college student-athletes are forced to face both sports retirement and school-to-work transitions at the end of university life. Thus, student-athletes career planning and decision-making processes become the main concern for their career transitions. This study explores the mediating contexts of student-athletes career adaptation and the moderating effect of segmentation preference based on the career construction model of adaptation. The participants of the study were college student-athletes in Taiwan. A questionnaire survey was used to collect quantitative data. A total of 350 valid questionnaires were collected. The results indicate that career adaptability has a mediating effect on the relationship between focus on opportunities and career planning; when individuals have a higher degree of focus on opportunities, they can enhance their career planning through the mediating effect of career adaptability. In addition, segmentation preference can moderate the relationship between focus on opportunities, career adaptability, and career planning. When individuals' segmentation preference is low, the relationship between the mediating context of career adaptability will be enhanced. The findings not only validate that the career construction model of adaptation could be applied to the career development of student-athletes but also confirm the moderated mediation model of focus on opportunities and career planning.

關鍵字

career adaptability ； segmentation preference ； mediating effect ； moderated mediation model

並列摘要

大學是個人生涯發展的關鍵時期，大多數的大專運動員在大學最後階段須同時面臨運動退役和從學校到職場的轉銜。因此，學生運動員的職業規劃和決策過程成為生涯轉銜的主要關注點。本研究以適應的生涯建構理論為架構，旨在探討學生運動員生涯適應之中介脈絡及區隔偏好之調節作用。研究對象為臺灣的大專運動員，採問卷調查方式進行量化資料蒐集，共回收350份有效問卷。研究結果顯示生涯適應對未來機會展望與生涯規劃具有中介效果，即當個體的未來機會展望之程度較高時，能夠透過生涯適應的中介作用提升其生涯規劃。另外，區隔偏好可調節未來機會展望、生涯適應，與生涯規劃的關係。當個體的區隔偏好較低時，生涯適應中介脈絡之關係會隨之增強。本研究結果不僅驗證了適應的生涯建構理論可應用於探討學生運動員生涯規劃，也證實上述學生運動員之未來機會展望與生涯規劃之調節式中介模式。

並列關鍵字

生涯適應；區隔偏好；中介效果；調節式中介模式

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