Multi-national perceptions on challenges, opportunities, and support structures for Dual Career migrations in European student-athletes

Despite Dual Careers (sports and education) and mobility of students being priorities in the funding policies of the European Commission, migrating student-athletes report severe challenges and decreased performance or dropouts at sport and academic levels. The objective of this study was to depict...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.e0253333-e0253333
Main Authors: Fuchs, Philip X, Doupona, Mojca, Varga, Kinga, Bon, Marta, Cortis, Cristina, Fusco, Andrea, Castellani, Loriana, Niemisalo, Niko, Hannola, Heikki, Giron, Patrice, Förster, Jörg, Capranica, Laura, Wagner, Herbert
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Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Biology and Life Sciences
Careers
Education
Emigration and immigration
Gender
Gender differences
Globalization
Migration
People and places
Professional development
Qualitative analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Sex differences
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Society
Sports
Students
Support services
Transnationalism
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Summary:Despite Dual Careers (sports and education) and mobility of students being priorities in the funding policies of the European Commission, migrating student-athletes report severe challenges and decreased performance or dropouts at sport and academic levels. The objective of this study was to depict and assess the perceptions on challenges, support services, and their effectiveness in consideration of specific characteristics of participants and migrations. Based on a meta-synthesis and previous findings, a 50-items questionnaire was developed and completed by 245 student-athletes in 5 European countries. Participants with Dual Careers migration experience (n = 140) were considered for analyses of qualitative and quantitative (ordinal 5pt-Likert-scaled and metric) data on the Dual Career status, migration characteristics, received services, and outcomes. Chi-square-tests were conducted for differences between countries and genders at a significance level of p < .05. Country-related differences were found for experiences and intentions to migrate (X.sup.2 .sub.(12) = 50.52, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0253333