Understanding dual career views of European university athletes: The more than gold project focus groups

被引：9

作者：

Capranica, Laura ^{[1
,2
]}

Doupona, Mojca ^{[2
,3
]}

Abelkalns, Ilvis ^{[4
]}

Bisenieks, Ugis ^{[4
]}

Sanchez-Pato, Antonio ^{[5
]}

Jose Canovas-Alvarez, Francisco ^{[5
]}

Figueiredo, Antonio J. ^{[6
]}

Alfonso Garcia-Roca, Juan ^{[5
]}

Leiva-Arcas, Alejandro ^{[5
]}

Merono, Lourdes ^{[5
]}

Paegle, Anda ^{[4
]}

Radu, Liliana-Elisabeta ^{[7
]}

Rus, Cristian-Mihail ^{[7
]}

Rusu, Oana-Mihaela ^{[7
]}

Sarmento, Hugo ^{[6
]}

Stonis, Janis ^{[4
]}

Vaquero-Cristobal, Raquel ^{[8
]}

Vaz, Vasco ^{[6
]}

Ghinassi, Barbara ^{[9
]}

Izzicupo, Pascal ^{[9
]}

Di Baldassarre, Angela ^{[9
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Rome Foro Italico, Dept Movement Human & Hlth Sci, Rome, Italy

[2] European Athlete Student Network, Ghaxaq, Malta

[3] Univ Ljubljana, Fac Sports, Dept Sport Sociol & Hist, Ljubljana, Slovenia

[4] Univ Latvia, Riga, Latvia

[5] Univ Catolica San Antonio, Fac Sport, Olymp Studies Ctr, Murcia, Spain

[6] Univ Coimbra, Fac Sport Sci & Phys Educ, Res Unit Sport & Phys Act CIDAF, Coimbra, Portugal

[7] Univ Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iasi, Fac Phys Educ & Sport, Iasi, Romania

[8] UCAM, Fac Sport Injury Prevent Sport Res Grp, Murcia, Spain

[9] Univ G dAnnunzio, Dept Med & Aging Sci, Chieti, Italy

来源：

PLOS ONE | 2022年 / 17卷 / 02期

关键词：

CORPORATE BRAND ALIGNMENT; HIGHER-EDUCATION; STUDENT; MODEL; PERCEPTIONS; MOTIVATION; RESOURCES; SCHOOL; SPORT; SPAIN;

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pone.0264175

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Previous studies have found that student-athletes (S-As) have difficulties in achieving dual career (DC) success. However, no studies have analysed the opinion of the S-As on the functioning of DC with a qualitative methodology. The aim of the present work was to collect the opinions of elite university S-As in relation to DC policy adopted by their academic institutions in different European countries. In total, 77 athletes (F = 35, M = 42; age range: 20-25 years) participated in 15 national face-to-face focus groups in five different countries, to discuss aspects that higher education institutes should implement in relation to: 1) the athletes' needs; 2) assistance/tutorship: 2) curricula requirements; 3) financial support; 4) logistic support; 5) social support; and 6) dual career policies. Fifty of the athletes competed in individual sports and twenty-seven team sports. Of them, 57 was enrolled at undergraduate, 17 was enrolled in a master and 3 in a PhD. The athletes were presented with 13 open-ended questions one by one, and were ensured freedom to interact. All the discussions were recorded. After this, a general discussion took place in which the participants identified and agreed on a final list of statements from their focus group deemed to be relevant to DC athletes as university students. Then, at a consensus meeting, the findings were combined, repetitions were eliminated, and fragmented statements were condensed into broader ones. A final list of 31 statements, organized in six related content units, were identified in relation to the athletes' needs (n = 5), assistance/tutorship (n = 5), curricula requirements (n = 4), financial support (n = 4), logistic support (n = 4), social support (n = 6), and DC policies (n = 3), respectively. In conclusion, this cross-national qualitative research study synthesized the S-As views about their needs and the most relevant DC policies and provisions that higher education institutes should provide to ensure them with positive academic experiences towards the achievement of a degree.

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