A Study On Athletes' Occupational Values

Based on an open-ended questionnaire, interviews and the overviews of former studies , a theoretical hypothesis was put forward in this study, thus the athletes' Occupational Values Questionnaire that is fit for the athletes were designed and the reliability and validity were tested out. Then the status quo of athletes' occupational values was investigated through the formal questionnaire. At last four suggestions were proposed to educate the athletes according to the characteristic of the athletes' occupational values.The main results of this study are as follows:(1) The self-made questionnaire had high reliability and validity. By the method of factor analysis ,the research found that the goal of occupational values were constructed by five dimensions "recreation" " body-building" "family attachment", "utilitarianism" , "patriotism", and the instruments of occupational values were instructed four dimensions: "acceptance", "cooperation and gumption", "altruism" "escape".(2) The athletes rated "patriotism" and "cooperation and gumption" as the most important values. The order of ratings' mean of every dimension given by the athletes was: "patriotism"> "recreation">"body-building"> "family attachment"> "utilitarianism"(goal of occupational values); "cooperation and gumption"> "acceptance">"altruism"> "escape"(instrument of occupational values).(3) The gender effect in several dimensions was statistically significant .The female athletes rated "body-building" and "altruism" more important than male athletes.(4) The age effect in "family attachment" was statistically significant. There was significant difference between athletes who were "below 16 years old" and "16 to 22 years.