Facilitators and barriers to elite student-athlete dual careers: an integrative review

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to systematize information from research conducted with elite student-athletes from different countries and provide a synthesis of facilitators and barriers to dual careers through a search of the CAPES Journals Portal. Twenty-four articles were included. Of these, 19 were published in 2018, 18 of which dealt exclusively with European participants. Facilitators and barriers to dual careers were identified at the individual, societal and non-sporting levels, and efforts to support student-athletes should focus on the political and institutional levels. Advances in the scientific dimension and practical, evidence-based proposals are presented as challenges for the field.

Keywords:
Dual sports career; Student-athlete; Elite athlete; Review