This study explored the extent to which athletic identity, belief of financial sustainability through participation at the professional level, scholarship status, and career decision-making self-efficacy predicted career maturity in college athletes. In addition, whether the relationship between athletic identity and career maturity differed depending upon scholarship status, belief of sustaining oneself financially as a professional athlete, and career decision-making self-efficacy was explored. Participants were 221 student-athletes from a large southeastern university. Participants provided demographic information and completed the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale, Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale—Short Form, and Career Decision Scale. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that athletic identity was inversely related to career maturity. In addition, career decision-making self-efficacy was related to career maturity, with high career decision-making self-efficacy associated with higher career maturity. Future research is needed to further explore psychological variables that may explain the relationship between athletic identity and career maturity.

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Objective: To determine if a resilience training program improved knowledge of and intention to use adaptive coping strategies among college student-athletes; and explore college student-athletes' experiences and satisfaction with program components. Participants: Division I college student-athletes. Methods: Pretest-posttest design with surveys completed at baseline and immediately postprogram. Results: A total of 79 participants were included (n ¼ 43 [54.4%] females; n ¼ 36 [45.6%] males; M age ¼ 20.94, [SD ¼ 1.05]). Overall intention to use adaptive coping strategies significantly increased from baseline (M ¼ 29.05, SD ¼ 4.50) to post-program (M ¼ 32.38, SD ¼ 5.62) (p ¼ 0.0004), as did intentions to use the coping strategies seeking social support (p ¼ 0.0037) and self-controlling (p ¼ 0.0007). We found no statistically significant differences in knowledge scores from baseline to post-program. Conclusions: Resilience training may increase college student-athletes' likelihood of using adaptive coping strategies to manage academic and sport-related stressors.

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