The Impact of Dual-Career Support Systems on Perceived Barriers Among European Student-Athletes with Disabilities
The aim of this study was to compare the socio-demographic, sporting characteristics and perceptions of student-athletes with disabilities of perceived barriers according to the state system of dual career support. Two hundred and twelve student-athletes with disabilities from two European countries with state centralisation in dual career-related education competences (n = 97) and three European countries with a laissez-faire system (n = 115) participated in this research. The perceptions of dual-career student-athletes (ESTPORT) questionnaire, the exercise benefits/barriers scale (EBBS), and the athletic identity measurement scale (AIMS) were used for data collection. Student-athletes in countries with laissez-faire systems perceived the difficulty of combining family care (p = 0.024; ES = 0.31), the time required to practice sport (p = 0.005; ES = 0.38), as well as the limitation of timetables (p < 0.001; ES = 0.52) and places that make sport practice possible (p < 0.001; ES = 0.73) as barriers. In conclusion, when a country’s educational system does not have structured support systems for dual careers, student-athletes perceive more barriers, regardless of their sporting level.
Authors
- Amaia Ramírez-Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9236-1652)
- Aura Bota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7671-4072)
- Emanuele Isidori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5214-6015)
- Alejandro Leiva-Arcas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2096-0274)
- Lucía Abenza‐Cano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9583-737X)
- Antonino Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-8413)
- Thomas M. Comyns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-7825)
- Antonio Sánchez Pato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5798-8756)
- Lourdes Meroño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0141-2774)
- Laura Capranica (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3073-7655)
- Raquel Vaquero‐Cristóbal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2708-4817)
- Juan Alfonso García-Roca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2315-3777)
- María José Maciá Andreu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-2743)
- Luis Maicas-Pérez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4095-7240)
Institutions
- Universidad de La Rioja (ES)
- Foro Italico University of Rome (IT)
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Universitatea Națională de Educație Fizică și Sport București (RO)
- Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (PT)
- Universidad Católica de Murcia (ES)
- Universidad de Murcia (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Education Sciences
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15030345
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72