BACKGROUND This study aimed to use a concept mapping methodology to develop a European framework of the needs of parents/guardians (P/G) for supporting athletes combining sport and education (dual career, DC). METHODS By means of a concept mapping methodology, 337 French, Irish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slovenian parents sorted and rated 80 potential statements associated to parenting DC athletes. RESULTS Five distinct clusters emerged: 1. P/G' roles, needs and awareness to support athletes, including 22 statements (mean:3.7; range: 3.2-4.2 pt); 2. Requirements for effective planning of DC pathway, including 19 statements (mean:3.7; range: 3.2-4.5 pt); 3. Educational opportunity, including 13 statements (mean:3.5; range: 3.1-4.0 pt); 4. Policy and provision for DC, including 19 statements (mean:3.7; range: 3.1-4.2 pt); and 5. Athletes' lifestyle & self-management, including 7 statements (mean:4.0; range: 3.5-4.5 pt). Estimates of effect size (Partial eta-squared) were calculated for ANOVAs to assess the degree of variability on the statement importance ranking as the dependent variable accounted for by the demographic data. The concept mapping showed good validity (stress value: 0.11) and high reliability (rSHT: 0.99, rSHM: 0.98; rRR:0.98). One-third of the statements indicated differences (p<0.05) in relation to the P/Gs' gender and the athletes' education level, competition level and sport typology. CONCLUSION In synthesizing the opinions, experience and needs of P/Gs of DC athletes the present framework provided sound theoretical underpinnings to inform the development of an online educational programme for empowering parenting DC athletes (https://edu.empatiasport.eu/eng/), as well as be a foundation for future Pan-European DC research on how these statements interact with each other, in different European contexts.

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双重职业运动员父母支持的集体概念化：EMPATIA 框架。

背景 本研究旨在使用概念映射方法来制定欧洲父母/监护人 (P/G) 需求框架，以支持将运动和教育相结合的运动员（双职业，DC）。方法 通过概念映射方法，337 名法国、爱尔兰、意大利、葡萄牙和斯洛文尼亚的父母对 80 份与养育 DC 运动员相关的潜在陈述进行了分类和评级。结果 出现了五个不同的集群：1. P/G' 支持运动员的角色、需求和意识，包括 22 个陈述（平均值：3.7；范围：3.2-4.2 pt）；2. 有效规划DC路径的要求，包括19条语句（平均值：3.7；范围：3.2-4.5 pt）；3. 教育机会，包括 13 个陈述（平均值：3.5；范围：3.1-4.0 pt）；4. DC 的政策和规定，包括 19 条语句（平均值：3.7；范围：3.1-4.2 pt）；和 5. 运动员 生活方式和自我管理，包括 7 个陈述（平均值：4.0；范围：3.5-4.5 pt）。计算方差分析的效应量估计值（部分 eta 平方），以评估陈述重要性排名的可变性程度，作为人口统计数据所解释的因变量。概念映射显示出良好的有效性（压力值：0.11）和高可靠性（rSHT：0.99，rSHM：0.98；rRR：0.98）。三分之一的陈述表明在 P/G 的性别和运动员的教育水平、比赛水平和运动类型方面存在差异（p<0.05）。结论 在综合 DC 运动员 P/G 的意见、经验和需求时，本框架提供了良好的理论基础，为开发一个在线教育计划提供了信息，以赋予育儿 DC 运动员权力 (https://edu.