Appendix 2. Interview Questions: National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Female Athletic Trainers.

Directions: Please answer the following open-ended questions according to your marital status (single, married, or married with children).

1. What are your professional goals?a–c
2. Have they changed since you started a family? If so, how?c
3. What are your personal goals?a–c
4. Based upon your goals, do you envision a lifelong career in athletic training?a–c
5. Discuss if working in the athletic training profession provides a suitable working environment to achieve a balanced lifestyle.a–c
6. What if any organizational policies are in place to help you as a female athletic trainer with children to help maintain a balanced lifestyle?c
7. Do you feel that since starting your family you have had to make sacrifices personally and/or professionally? Please describe.c
8. Do you feel as though you will be able to persist in your current position with your current job and family responsibilities?c
9. What role does your gender play in your response?b,c
10. What role does your current marital and family status play in your response?a–c
11. What role does your personality play in your response?a–c
12. Describe your personality.c
13. Have you experienced challenges finding a balance between your personal and professional life? If so, what factors have contributed to the challenge? If not, why haven't you had challenges?a–c
14. Has being a female athletic trainer influenced your experiences of work and life balance issues?a–c
15. Has being a female with children influenced your experiences of work and life balance issues? If so, how?c
16. Discuss how your work/life balance has changed from being a single professional to being a married professional to being married with children. Were the challenges different at each stage for you?c
17. Do you have a support system that helps you maintain a healthy balance between your personal and professional life? Please describe your support system.a–c
18. What personal strategies do you capitalize on to maintain or promote a balance between your personal and professional life?a–c
19. What role does your family play in your ability to find a balanced lifestyle?a–c
20. What role does your spouse play in your ability to find a balanced lifestyle?b
21. What role do your coworkers play in your ability to find a balanced lifestyle?a–c
22. What role does your coaching staff play in your ability to find a balanced lifestyle?a–c
23. What role does your supervisor play in your ability to find a balanced lifestyle?a–c
24. Is your supervisor male or female?a–c
25. Do they have a family of their own?a–c
26. Would they be supportive of your family pursuits/needs?a–c
27. What personal strategies do you utilize to sustain your professional enthusiasm?a–c
28. Will this change once you have a family? If so, how?a–c
29. Has this changed since you got married?b
30. Will this change based upon your personal goals? If so, how?a–c
31. Describe for me how your work setting has influenced your professional commitment.a–c
32. Do you believe, once you have a family, that you will have to make sacrifices personally and/or professionally? Please describe.a–c
33. As a young female, have you had a role model/mentor who has helped you grow professionally? Please elaborate (why, what role they played, etc).a–c
34. Was your role model male or female?a–c
35. In your opinion, could having more female role models (those who remain in the profession and who have children) influence retention rates for other female athletic trainers? Please explain.a–c

^aIndicates question was posed to single female athletic trainers.

^bIndicates question was posed to married female athletic trainers with no children.

^cIndicates question was posed to married female athletic trainers with children.