Abstract
Background and Study Aim. Athlete-students continue their athletic careers at a professional level during their education, or many try to pursue alternative career paths. While much attention has been given to Athlete-students' academic progress and graduation rates in the literature, little attention has been paid to their attitudes towards career values and career awareness. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the career awareness and career values of athletes-students according to some demographic variables.
 Material and Methods. This cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was performed in the Sports Science Faculty of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University of Turkey which forms the universe of the study. A total of 334 (162 female and 172 male) athletes-students who were undergraduate students in the sports sciences faculty of the university participated in the research. The data collection tool in the study "Professional Career Awareness Scale", and "Career Values Scale" was used. T-test and One-Way ANOVA tests were used to perform the differential analysis and Pearson Correlation analysis was used to determine the correlation between variables.
 Results. According to the results of the research, it was found that scores of the professional career values and career values of the athletes-students were at a moderate level. It was observed that the students' career values dimensions perception scores differed according to their perception scores and gender, department, class, age variables; there was no difference between the variable of being a licensed athlete and the dimensions. Differences were observed between career awareness dimensions, professional development disposition, and department and age variables. There was no difference between career awareness dimensions and gender, status of being a licensed athlete, and class variable. In addition, it is seen that there is a low and moderate relationship between professional career awareness and career values sub-dimensions.
 Conclusions. According to these results, it can be said that due to the lack of standardized measures of athlete-student career development, career awareness and career values are at a moderate level and their perceptions differ according to their demographic characteristics.
Highlights
“Personal Information Form” was used in the first part of the survey which consisted of three parts, while “Career Awareness Scale (CAS)” was used in the second part and “Career Values Questionnaire (CVQ)” was used in the third part
At the same time one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine whether there was a significant difference between the variables of department, class and age and whether there was a difference between the averages of the groups
The data collected from the sample, its demographical and descriptive information about the of athlete- students were as follows: 42.1% female, 57.9’% male; Regarding the class variable: 31.9% are 1st grade, 21.2% (135) are 2nd grade, 24.2% (65) are 3rd grade and 22.7%, It was determined that studied in the 4th grade; 44.3% of the participants study in the coaching department, 44.7% in the teaching department, 11.0% in the sports management department
Summary
This study aimed to determine the career awareness and career values of athletes-students according to some demographic variables. The aim of this study is to examine university students’ professional career values and career awareness levels in terms of some variables to make a case analysis and to make some recommendations about the professional career values and career awareness levels of athletes who are university students in line with the results obtained
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