Dual-career through the elite university student-athletes' lenses: The international FISU-EAS survey

Athletes have the right to combine their sport and higher education careers (e.g., dual career), but differences in the recognition of the student-athlete's status and availability of dual career programmes and services exist worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dual care...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-10, Vol.14 (10), p.e0223278-e0223278
Main Authors: Condello, Giancarlo, Capranica, Laura, Doupona, Mojca, Varga, Kinga, Burk, Verena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis
Athletes
Best practices
Biology and Life Sciences
Career choice
Careers
College sports
College students
Colleges & universities
Culture
Demographics
Education
Educational surveys
Female
Females
Foreign students
Gender differences
Higher education
Humans
Information sources
International sports
Italy
Leisure
Male
Males
Medicine and Health Sciences
Occupations
Parents & parenting
People and Places
Policy making
Polls & surveys
Research and Analysis Methods
Science Policy
Social Sciences
Sociology
Sports
Sports teams
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching
Team sports
Training
Universities
University students
Young Adult
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Summary:Athletes have the right to combine their sport and higher education careers (e.g., dual career), but differences in the recognition of the student-athlete's status and availability of dual career programmes and services exist worldwide. The purpose of this study was to investigate the dual career phenomenon through the international student-athletes' views. Student-athletes competing at the 2017 Summer Universiade were recruited to respond a 31-item online survey encompassing demographic characteristics (Q1-8), sport and university engagement (Q9-13), student-athletes' knowledge and possible sources of information regarding dual career (Q14-22); and dual career support at personal, sport, and academic levels (Q23-31). Four hundred twenty-six respondents (males: 46%, females 54%), competing in 22 different sports (individual: 74%, team: 26%) from Africa (4%), America (20%), Asia (34%), Europe (39%), and Oceania (3), had experienced previous international sports events (94%). Differences among continents emerged for sport (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0223278