HOW EFFECTIVE ARE PARENTS' PROFESSIONAL GOALS ON INDIVIDUALS?

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine if the role of parents has an impact on the preferences of individuals who prefer sports science faculties.
 Method: 465 (124 female, 341 male) student candidates who took the Hitit University Faculty of Sports Sciences Special Talent Exam in 2022 participated in the study. The student candidates who will participate in the study answered the questionnaire after completing the voluntary consent form. The Individual-Parent Career Inconsistency Scale and a questionnaire with demographic information were applied to the participants. The SPSS 22 program was used for statistical analysis of the data obtained from our study. The normal distribution of the obtained data was tested using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and it was found that they did not have a normal distribution. Descriptive analyzes were performed for the demographic characteristics of the participants. The chi-square test was used to test the significant relationship between the demographic variables, the Mann-Whitney U test was used for survey questions with two different variables, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used for survey questions with more than two variables.
 Findings: There was no significant difference in the statistical values of the responses given by the participants on the scale for the inconsistency of the parents' individual careers (p > 0.05) in terms of gender, whether there is an athlete in the family, playing active sports, being placed by an exam, and taking a special talent exam at another university (p > 0.05). However, there seems to be a significant difference in the situation of the participants who took a special talent exam at another university, in their preference for sports science, and in their plans for after graduation. (p > 0.05).
 Conclusion: From the findings we have obtained from the study, it can be concluded that the role of parents is not crucial in the career preferences of individuals who prefer sports science faculties for their educational life. This is because the decline in employment of sport science graduates in recent years, the perception that sport science graduates can only become physical education teachers, and parents' lack of knowledge about other career options are considered to be effective.
 
 Key Words: Sports Sciences, Professional Influence of Parents, Student