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Parents About Parenting Dual Career Athletes: A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: Objectives:To establish the scientific literature on the parents' view as supporters of dual career (DC) athletes, and to highlight practical implications for the development of education programmes to empower parents in this role. Methodology:The systematic literature review included four electronic databases, from which 438 articles published in English between 1999 and 2019 were retrieved. Results:A total of 14 studies achieved the eligibility criteria (i.e., focus on DC, involving parents as participants) for inclusion. Results show that the 14 studies included in the review were characterised by sample sizes <15 to >50 parents of individual and/or team sports athletes, involving data collection based on interviews, semi-structured interviews focus groups, questionnaires and a survey. A thematic synthesis highlighted a two primary constructs: the individual level and the inter-individual level, respectively. The individual level comprised two main themes: Approach to both Sport and Education, and Stressors and Coping, which included five aspects of parenting. The inter-individual level presented three themes: Relationship with the Athlete; Relationship with the Sport Environment and Relationship with the Academic Environment. Conclusions:Findings highlighted a relevant parental role in supporting DC athletes and partial information on parental support strategies. In conclusions, the limited sample size and typology of sports, and the partial representativeness of countries have impacted the global application of the main findings. Furthermore, the need of an educational programme for parents and the need of regular parents-athlete-teacher/coach engagement were considered crucial to facilitate successful parental interventions at academic and/or sports levels and to limit the potential negative effects of DC parenting.

SUBMITTER: Tessitore A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7581327 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Parents about parenting dual career athletes: A systematic literature review.

Tessitore Antonio A Capranica Laura L Pesce Caterina C De Bois Nadine N Gjaka Masar M Warrington Giles G MacDonncha Ciaran C Doupona Mojca M

Psychology of sport and exercise 20201022

<h4>Objectives</h4>To establish the scientific literature on the parents' view as supporters of dual career (DC) athletes, and to highlight practical implications for the development of education programmes to empower parents in this role.<h4>Method</h4><i>ology</i>: The systematic literature review included four electronic databases, from which 438 articles published in English between 1999 and 2019 were retrieved.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 14 studies achieved the eligibility criteria (i.e., fo ...[more]

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