20.500.12556/RUL-190362 FEPSAC position statement athletes’ dual careers in the European context The aim of this FEPSAC Position Statement is to summarize current knowledge about athletes’ dual careers (DCs) in the European context and propose recommendations for future DC research, practice, and policy. Inspired by the European Union’s Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes (European Commission, 2012), researchers, practitioners, and policy makers collaborated over the last decade to create the European DC discourse as a context-informed and negotiated body of DC knowledge. In this paper, we proceed from analyzing this body of knowledge using recent review papers and European DC psychological research projects to formulating seven postulates summarizing DC research findings on factors influencing athletes in their striving for DC excellence. These factors include (1) context, (2) pathways and transitions, (3) challenges, (4) resources and coping, (5) support and empowerment, (6) student–athletes’ mental health, and (7) DC development environments. In the final section, we acknowledge the contributions of European DC discourse in serving athletes in their pursuit of DC excellence and European DC culture. We also provide a critical discussion on DC knowledge gaps and, on behalf of FEPSAC, offer recommendations for DC research, practice, and policy in Europe. sport dual career excellence dual career development environments european dual career culture european dual career discourse holistic perspective on athletes' development šport dvojna kariera razvojna okolja evropska kultura evropski diskurz razvoj športnikov športna kariera celostni pogled true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-10-26 13:42:16 2026-10-26 13:42:17 2026-10-27 04:10:49 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 1-12 art. 102572 Vol. 71 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 796.01 1878-5476 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102572 176957187 1-s2.0-S1469029223001966-main_(1).pdf 1-s2.0-S1469029223001966-main_(1).pdf 1 1B32C564BCBC3B9FADAB894B4F6139DE afb528dd7aadf2905496044b35b4bba61a2687b983d869047514de157a654645 22809d72-d13b-11f1-aea2-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=251627 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029223001966 1 ab05fc48-d13a-11f1-aea2-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=251626 Fakulteta za šport 0 0 0