Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing

In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of students who choose to pursue university studies related to the field of sports. However, there are no studies that have investigated the existence of differentiated profiles within students whose preferred vocational area is spo...

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Autores principales: Evelia Franco, Carmen Ocete, Vicente Hernández-Franco
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2b53e0fb841e40ed9eb7ad1a3e97fda32021-11-25T17:49:07ZVocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing10.3390/ijerph1822118721660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/2b53e0fb841e40ed9eb7ad1a3e97fda32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11872https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of students who choose to pursue university studies related to the field of sports. However, there are no studies that have investigated the existence of differentiated profiles within students whose preferred vocational area is sport. The main objective of this study was to establish the profiles of students in the second year of Spain Bachillerato whose preferred vocational interest is sport, according to the two representative vocational values: (a) “to have a fun professional activity”; and (b) “to have a professional activity whose schedule makes it possible to reconcile personal and professional life”. In addition, the resulting groups were compared according to their perception of general and academic wellbeing and their identification with the other vocational values. Two hundred and thirty participants (MAge = 17.47; DTAge = 0.669; N = 171; 74.3% male and N = 59; 25.7% female) completed some validated measures. Three clusters emerged which did not differ in terms of general and academic wellbeing. Differences were found though in terms of some vocational values such “to help people”, “to develop one’s entrepreneurial initiative” or “to be self-employed”. The findings invite us to rethink the differences in the specific profiles of vocational values and their impact on employability opportunities, and to consider these approaches in the orientation of students who have among their priority options to study sport sciences.Evelia FrancoCarmen OceteVicente Hernández-FrancoMDPI AGarticlevocational guidancevocational interestsvocational valuessport sciencewellbeingMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11872, p 11872 (2021)
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topic vocational guidance
vocational interests
vocational values
sport science
wellbeing
Medicine
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vocational interests
vocational values
sport science
wellbeing
Medicine
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Evelia Franco
Carmen Ocete
Vicente Hernández-Franco
Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing
description In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of students who choose to pursue university studies related to the field of sports. However, there are no studies that have investigated the existence of differentiated profiles within students whose preferred vocational area is sport. The main objective of this study was to establish the profiles of students in the second year of Spain Bachillerato whose preferred vocational interest is sport, according to the two representative vocational values: (a) “to have a fun professional activity”; and (b) “to have a professional activity whose schedule makes it possible to reconcile personal and professional life”. In addition, the resulting groups were compared according to their perception of general and academic wellbeing and their identification with the other vocational values. Two hundred and thirty participants (MAge = 17.47; DTAge = 0.669; N = 171; 74.3% male and N = 59; 25.7% female) completed some validated measures. Three clusters emerged which did not differ in terms of general and academic wellbeing. Differences were found though in terms of some vocational values such “to help people”, “to develop one’s entrepreneurial initiative” or “to be self-employed”. The findings invite us to rethink the differences in the specific profiles of vocational values and their impact on employability opportunities, and to consider these approaches in the orientation of students who have among their priority options to study sport sciences.
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author Evelia Franco
Carmen Ocete
Vicente Hernández-Franco
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Carmen Ocete
Vicente Hernández-Franco
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title Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing
title_short Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing
title_full Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing
title_fullStr Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing
title_full_unstemmed Vocational Value Profiles of Students with Preferential Vocational Interest in Sport and Their Relationship with Personal and Academic Wellbeing
title_sort vocational value profiles of students with preferential vocational interest in sport and their relationship with personal and academic wellbeing
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url https://doaj.org/article/2b53e0fb841e40ed9eb7ad1a3e97fda3
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