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Linnemeyer, Rachel McQuown; Brown, Chris – Journal of Career Development, 2010
Three groups of undergraduate students, fine arts students (n = 121), general college students (n = 104), and student athletes (n = 101), were compared on career maturity attitudes, identity foreclosure, and career foreclosure. Findings indicated that student athletes, but not fine arts students, scored lower on career maturity as compared to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Vocational Maturity, Fine Arts, Athletes
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Lally, Patricia S.; Kerr, Gretchen A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the career planning of university student athletes and relationships between their career planning and athletic and student role identities. Two retrospective in-depth interviews were held with four male and four female university student athletes. Participants entered university with vague or nonexistent…
Descriptors: Student Role, Vocational Maturity, Career Development, Athletes
Kennedy, Shannon R.; Dimick, Kenneth M. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1987
Measured career attitude maturity of football and basketball scholarship athletes (N=122) and nonathlete male college students (N=80) using the Career Maturity Inventory. Found that athletes were significantly lower in career attitude maturity than nonathletes, with 48% expecting to play professional sports, compared to an anticipated 2%. Found no…
Descriptors: Athletes, Basketball, College Athletics, College Students