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August 1, 2025
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The Impact of Dual-Career Support Systems on Perceived Barriers Among European Student-Athletes with Disabilities

Publicated to: Education Sciences. 15 (3): 345- - 2025-03-11 15(3), DOI: 10.3390/educsci15030345

Authors: Leiva-Arcas, Alejandro; Vaquero-Cristobal, Raquel; Merono, Lourdes; Macia-Andreu, Maria Jose; Garcia-Roca, Juan Alfonso; Abenza-Cano, Lucia; Almeida-Pereira, Antonino Manuel; Capranica, Laura; Comyns, Tom; Bota, Aura; Ramirez-Munoz, Amaia; Maicas-Perez, Luis; Isidori, Emanuele; Sanchez-Pato, Antonio

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Club Atletico Madrid Fdn, Innovat & Hlth Dept - Author
Int Univ La Rioja, Fac Hlth Sci, Nike Res Grp - Author
Int Univ La Rioja, Nike Res Grp, Vice Rectorate Res - Author
Natl Univ Phys Educ & Sport, Theoret Dept - Author
Polytech Inst Viseu, Ctr Studies Educ & Innovat, Sch Educ - Author
UCAM Univ Catolica Murcia, Ctr Olymp Studies - Author
UCAM Univ Catolica Murcia, Fac Deporte - Author
Univ Limerick, Dept Phys Educ & Sport Sci - Author
Univ Murcia, Fac Sport, Dept Phys Act & Sport, Res Grp Movement Sci & Sport - Author
Univ Roma Foro Italico, Dept Movement Human & Hlth Sci - Author
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Athletic identityBenefitsCombining elite sportEducationEuropean unionExperienceHigher-educationIdentityPara-sportParticipationPsychometric evaluationSocial supportSportState centralisationStressorsTransition

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Education Sciences due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 126/756, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Education & Educational Research.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-12-14:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-14:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 20.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 19 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Italy; Malt; Oman; Portugal; United Kingdom.