Social-Ecological Determinants of Elite Student Athletes’ Dual Career Development in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Sum, Raymond Kim Wai; Tsai, Hsiu Hua; Ha, Amy S.; Cheng, Chih Fu; Wang, Fong-Jia; Li, Ming Hui

doi:10.1177/2158244017707798

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“…In fact, parents recognized that they play a crucial role in providing motivation, encouragement, and support when prioritizing relevant athlete-centred informed short- and long-term plans for sound educational and sport decisions, which could have immediate and/or longer-term implications. In fostering expectations of continuing education viewed as non-negotiable, parents contribute decisively to the formation of the athletes’ attitudes towards dual career that help them not questioning their dual paths, maintaining their motivation to achieve in both domains, being resilient in case academic obligations conflict with their sport duties emerge and extract their potential both in athletics and academics [ 21 , 36 , 38 , 61 ].…”

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Understanding the educational needs of parenting athletes involved in sport and education: The parents’ view

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Background Despite the fact that an educational programme for parents of youth tennis players has been launched recently, there is a need to empower parents of athletes in sustaining the combination of education and sport careers (i.e., dual career) of their talented and elite athletes across sports. The aim of this study was to explore the parents’ view of their role as dual career supporters and their need for educational support in this area. Methods In total, 115 parents (F = 49, M = 66) of athletes (14–23 yrs) engaged in full time academic education (high school/university) and competitive (e.g., National, International) sports (individual = 12, team = 9) in five European Member States (e.g., France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia) took part in national workshops. The workshops involved discussing five themes and agreeing statements relevant to assist parents supporting their children as dual career athletes: 1) the athletes’ needs; 2) the sports environment; 3) the academic environment; 4) dual career-related policies and services; 5) The educational methods for parenting dual career athletes. Results A final list of 80 agreed statements were identified: 25 statements mainly related to the sports entourage; 23 to information on dual career-related policies and services; 22 to the athletes’ needs; 17 to the academic entourage, and 8 to the relevant educational resources to parenting dual career athletes, respectively. Conclusions This cross-national qualitative research synthesized the parents’ perspectives about their needs and the most relevant content of an educational programme for parenting dual career athletes. The findings of this research will help influence the formulation of effective education strategies on parenting dual career athletes to ensure an optimal supportive environment for the successful combination of high-level sport and education careers.

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“…In particular, when international university sport competition is at stake it is assumed that student-athletes have equal opportunity and support to their holistic development and to advance their potential in sport and in society through a higher education [16]. Conversely, relevant cultural, organizational, and/or economical differences in relation to the sport-specific and education-specific dual career programmes, services and support are present due to competence in the field of sport and education mainly remaining with countries [3,10,11,58]. To reinforce the need of a minimum standard for dual career programmes and services, it is necessary that the sport organizations and policy makers incorporate this issue in their political agenda [4].…”

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“…According to the literature [3,10,12,16], conceptualization of the factors that could contribute to facilitate or hamper dual career of athletes was achieved. To reach student-athletes competing for countries of five continents (i.e., Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania), a web instrument was selected, which allowed a time and geographic flexibility in addition to multimedia and self-administration [40].…”

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

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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<0.001) and university (p = 0.039) engagement, and transfer time from home to the training venue (p = 0.030). Individual sports student-athletes showed higher sport engagement (p = 0.003) compared to team sports counterparts. Differences among university majors emerged for university engagement (p<0.001). Long absence from classes (57%), limited leisure time (50%), financial uncertainty (44%), reduction of training due to education (42%), and overload feelings (37%) emerged. The majority of the sample resulted not familiar with dual career programmes (60%) and public authorities (69%), envisaging national dual career policies at university (37%) and sport (25%) levels. Multiple relevant dual career supporters at personal, sport, and university levels were identified, mainly parents (86%) and coaches (65%). To strengthen the potential of the student-athletes of the future, a dual career network should be established among several stakeholders, for transnational cooperation and sharing of knowledge and best practices through extensive communication between policy-makers, practitioners and those having a strong supportive dual career role (e.g., parents, coaches, and university sport staff).

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“…Researchers prioritise exploring DC in sport and studies pathway(s) emphasising DC athletes' challenges (e.g., investing into sport and studies while trying to maintain social and private life), and short-and long-term benefits (e.g., broader identity and social network, developing employability competencies) and potential costs (e.g., a risk for burnout). Although many DC studies have recently been conducted in North America (Blodgett & Schinke, 2015;Yukhymenko-Lescroart, 2018), Australia and New Zealand (Cosh & Tully, 2015;Ryan, Thorpe, & Pope, 2017), Asia and Africa (Sum et al, 2017;Tshube & Feltz, 2015;Zhang, Chin, & Reekie, 2019), European DC research supported by the European DC Guidelines (European Commission, 2012) has been dominating and flourishing.…”

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Career development and transitions of athletes: the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited

Stambulova

Ryba

Henriksen

2020

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

220

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This paper is a comprehensive update of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) Position Stand on career development and transitions of athletes issued a decade ago (Stambulova, Alfermann, Statler, & Côté, 2009, ISSP Position Stand: Career development and transitions of athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7, 395-412.). A need for updating the 2009 Position Stand has grown out of the increasing inconsistency between its popularity and high citation, on the one hand, and its dated content that inadequately reflects the current status of athlete career research and assistance, on the other. During the last decade, sport psychology career scholars worked on structuring the athlete career knowledge and consolidating it into the athlete career (sport psychology) discourse (ACD). The aims of this paper are to: (1) update the decade-long evolution and describe the current structure of the ACD, (2) introduce recent trends in career development and transition research, (3) discuss emerging trends in career assistance, and (4) summarise in a set of postulates the current status and future challenges of the ACD.

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Social-Ecological Determinants of Elite Student Athletes’ Dual Career Development in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Cited by 22 publications

References 38 publications

Understanding the educational needs of parenting athletes involved in sport and education: The parents’ view

Understanding the educational needs of parenting athletes involved in sport and education: The parents’ view

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

Career development and transitions of athletes: the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited

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