Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic Variables
The dual career allows elite athletes to attain their maximum competitive and academic performance, but the COVID-19 pandemic hindered their development and changed their perception of the importance given to the sporting and educational environment. For this reason, the aim of the present study was...
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| author | Adrián Mateo-Orcajada Adrián Mateo-Orcajada Alejandro Leiva-Arcas Alejandro Leiva-Arcas Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal Lucía Abenza-Cano Lucía Abenza-Cano Juan Alfonso García-Roca Juan Alfonso García-Roca Lourdes Meroño Lourdes Meroño Emanuele Isidori Antonio Sánchez-Pato Antonio Sánchez-Pato |
| author_facet | Adrián Mateo-Orcajada Adrián Mateo-Orcajada Alejandro Leiva-Arcas Alejandro Leiva-Arcas Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal Lucía Abenza-Cano Lucía Abenza-Cano Juan Alfonso García-Roca Juan Alfonso García-Roca Lourdes Meroño Lourdes Meroño Emanuele Isidori Antonio Sánchez-Pato Antonio Sánchez-Pato |
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| description | The dual career allows elite athletes to attain their maximum competitive and academic performance, but the COVID-19 pandemic hindered their development and changed their perception of the importance given to the sporting and educational environment. For this reason, the aim of the present study was to determine the differences in the motivations and perceived barriers, the importance given to academic qualifications, and the perception of the dual career from a multifactorial perspective, of elite athletes according to sex, type of sport practiced, job performance, time of sports career, type of athlete, and type of scholarship received. A total of 100 student-athletes participated in the research study by completing the “Perceptions of dual career student-athletes” questionnaire. The results showed that athletes from individual modalities (p = 0.012) and those who did not receive any scholarships described more barriers (p < 0.001). In addition, women studied more because they enjoyed it (p = 0.007); athletes from individual modalities studied to work later (p = 0.008); athletes who do not work perceived a greater influence between study and sports performance (p = 0.029); at the beginning and at the best stage of their sports career, a greater influence of academics on performance was perceived (p = 0.016); and athletes who considered themselves professionals, and athletes who did not receive any scholarships (p = 0.025), reported that the conciliation between sports and academic life was difficult (p = 0.034). The results obtained point to the importance of dual career scholarships for student-athletes, as well as the need for the programs implemented for these athletes to consider sex, sport modality or type of scholarship granted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b46e833461b844b481cdf9841e1759ae2022-12-22T01:09:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-04-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.850614850614Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic VariablesAdrián Mateo-Orcajada0Adrián Mateo-Orcajada1Alejandro Leiva-Arcas2Alejandro Leiva-Arcas3Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal4Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal5Lucía Abenza-Cano6Lucía Abenza-Cano7Juan Alfonso García-Roca8Juan Alfonso García-Roca9Lourdes Meroño10Lourdes Meroño11Emanuele Isidori12Antonio Sánchez-Pato13Antonio Sánchez-Pato14Olympic Studies Centre, Murcia, SpainFaculty of Sport, Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, Murcia, SpainOlympic Studies Centre, Murcia, SpainFaculty of Sport, Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, Murcia, SpainOlympic Studies Centre, Murcia, SpainFaculty of Sport, Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, Murcia, SpainOlympic Studies Centre, Murcia, SpainFaculty of Sport, Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, Murcia, SpainOlympic Studies Centre, Murcia, SpainFaculty of Sport, Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, Murcia, SpainOlympic Studies Centre, Murcia, SpainFaculty of Sport, Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, Murcia, SpainDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma Foro Italico, Rome, ItalyOlympic Studies Centre, Murcia, SpainFaculty of Sport, Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, Murcia, SpainThe dual career allows elite athletes to attain their maximum competitive and academic performance, but the COVID-19 pandemic hindered their development and changed their perception of the importance given to the sporting and educational environment. For this reason, the aim of the present study was to determine the differences in the motivations and perceived barriers, the importance given to academic qualifications, and the perception of the dual career from a multifactorial perspective, of elite athletes according to sex, type of sport practiced, job performance, time of sports career, type of athlete, and type of scholarship received. A total of 100 student-athletes participated in the research study by completing the “Perceptions of dual career student-athletes” questionnaire. The results showed that athletes from individual modalities (p = 0.012) and those who did not receive any scholarships described more barriers (p < 0.001). In addition, women studied more because they enjoyed it (p = 0.007); athletes from individual modalities studied to work later (p = 0.008); athletes who do not work perceived a greater influence between study and sports performance (p = 0.029); at the beginning and at the best stage of their sports career, a greater influence of academics on performance was perceived (p = 0.016); and athletes who considered themselves professionals, and athletes who did not receive any scholarships (p = 0.025), reported that the conciliation between sports and academic life was difficult (p = 0.034). The results obtained point to the importance of dual career scholarships for student-athletes, as well as the need for the programs implemented for these athletes to consider sex, sport modality or type of scholarship granted.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.850614/fullacademic performancestudent-athletesscholarshipssport modalitysport performance |
| spellingShingle | Adrián Mateo-Orcajada Adrián Mateo-Orcajada Alejandro Leiva-Arcas Alejandro Leiva-Arcas Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal Lucía Abenza-Cano Lucía Abenza-Cano Juan Alfonso García-Roca Juan Alfonso García-Roca Lourdes Meroño Lourdes Meroño Emanuele Isidori Antonio Sánchez-Pato Antonio Sánchez-Pato Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic Variables Frontiers in Psychology academic performance student-athletes scholarships sport modality sport performance |
| title | Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic Variables |
| title_full | Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic Variables |
| title_fullStr | Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic Variables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic Variables |
| title_short | Spanish Pre-Olympic Athletes’ Motivations and Barriers to Pursuing Dual Career as a Function of Sociodemographic, Sport and Academic Variables |
| title_sort | spanish pre olympic athletes motivations and barriers to pursuing dual career as a function of sociodemographic sport and academic variables |
| topic | academic performance student-athletes scholarships sport modality sport performance |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.850614/full |
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