ABSTRACT Forced early retirement due to a career-ending injury is a unique and traumatic life event for an NCAA collegiate athlete. Although the NCAA financially helps some of these athletes, problems still arise due to inadequate recognition of the psychosocial effects of career-ending injuries. There has been little research to evaluate the effectiveness of a common psychosocial intervention for these athletes. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate if an NCAA-sponsored online support group would help collegiate athletes with career-ending injuries transition out of college sport. Participants were identified using purposive criterion sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with former Division I NCAA collegiate athletes who experienced a career-ending injury. Implications practitioners could use to help ease these athletes’ transition out of sports were identified and a foundation was established for future studies regarding the helpfulness of online support groups for career-ending injured athletes.

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对NCAA赞助的在线支持小组的评估，该小组针对职业生涯结束的受伤大学球员退出运动

摘要由于职业生涯终结的伤害而被迫提前退休对于NCAA大学的运动员来说是一种独特的创伤性生活。尽管NCAA在经济上帮助了其中一些运动员，但是由于对职业生涯终结的伤害的社会心理影响认识不足，仍然出现问题。很少有研究评估普通心理社会干预对这些运动员的有效性。这项定性研究的目的是调查由NCAA赞助的在线支持小组是否可以帮助大学橄榄球运动员摆脱职业生涯的局限。使用有针对性的标准抽样确定参与者。对经历职业生涯终结的前第一分区NCAA大学球员进行了半结构化访谈。