Ranking of the education and social benefits, the responsibilities, the professional competencies of sport counseling process in the opinion of sports and physical education experts

Abstract

The aim of this study was assessing and ranking in terms of practical importance of the responsibilities and professional skills of sports counselor included in the specific occupational standard, in the vision of sports professors and coaches; identifying the level of correlation between responsibilities and professional skills of sports counselor. Methods: The research included 471 specialists in physical education and sports training the professional competencies and responsibility questionnaire of the sports counselor was applied (qrcpsc) and divided in 2 scales: scale 1: Responsibilities of the sports counselor and scale 2 professional competencies of sports counselor, assessed by participant using SPSS and the Likert scale. Results: Cronbach's Alpha for the questionnaire QRCPSC of the scale 1 Sports counselor responsibilities questionnaire was α = .947, and for scale 2 Professional competencies of sports counselor was α = .963, all value suggesting that the items had high internal consistency. It is guiding sportspeople in solving the professional problems which they have in different moments of their career and giving sports advice for the professional problems. Conclusion: Career and practical development in sports counseling is based on the impact which responsibilities and professional competency of sports counselors are reflected in the vision of experts with major influence on student's mentality, sports recreational and physical education experts.