Social-Ecological Determinants of Elite Student Athletes' Dual Career Development in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Bibliographic Data

ID3484882
AuthorsRaymond Kim Wai Sum, Raymond Kim-Wai Sum (0000-0002-4051-9945, Chinese University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Hsiu-Hua Tsai (0000-0001-6444-8814, National Taiwan University), Amy Sau Ching Ha (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Chih-Fu Cheng (National Taiwan Normal University), Fong-Jia Wang (0000-0002-6292-5434, Chinese University of Hong Kong), Minghui Li (0000-0001-7847-9240, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Year2017
Volume7
Issue2
Publication date2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244017707798
OpenAlexW2614954998
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited34

Previous research has encouraged a cultural specific framework to be developed through research in Asian countries, such as China, to help internationalize the findings and help athletes to adapt them to their society and culture. Based on a socioecological framework, this study investigated how social-ecological determinants affect elite student athletes' (ESA) experience of the socialization process of dual career development in Hong Kong and Taiwan. We interviewed eight ESAs who trained at the national level, studying simultaneously at universities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Grounded theory techniques and procedures were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that ESAs are affected by interrelated determinants at different levels: individual (career aims, identities, roles, characters, self-efficacy, and motivation), micro-level (coaches, teammates, parents, siblings, physical education [PE] teachers, other teachers, alumni, seniors, and classmates), meso-level (interrelations between individual and micro-level), exo-level (government, financial, policy, academic, medical, and parent-teacher association), macro-level (attitudes, norms, values, beliefs, resources, and culture), and chrono-level (transition

Athletes · Career development · China · Developmental psychology · Elite · Macro level · Political science · Politics · Socialization · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society