An Examination of Career Adaptability Skills Among Faculty of Sport Sciences Students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the career adaptability skills of university students and to examine whether these skills differ according to socio-demographic variables such as gender, class level, academic department, and income level. The population of the research consists of students studying at the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Ondokuz Mayıs University, and the sample comprises 170 students selected from this population through a random sampling method. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale – Short Form (CAAS-SF), originally developed by Savickas and Porfeli (2012), adapted into Turkish by Işık et al. (2018), and consisting of four sub-dimensions: concern, control, curiosity, and confidence. To analyze the data, normality assumptions were tested using Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests. Differences between two groups were analyzed using Student’s t-test, while differences among three or more groups were analyzed using One-Way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test. According to the results, female students scored significantly higher in career adaptability than male students, while no significant differences were found based on class level, academic department, or income level. In this context, it is recommended that guidance and counseling programs aimed at improving career adaptability be designed in a way that specifically enhances awareness and skill levels among male students.