International Journal of Esports

New paper published on the @IJESPORTS website Titled: 🔴 The Relationship between Career Decision-Making and Parental Support in Esports Players🔴 Link: ijesports.org/article/172/ht… ✅Open Access ✅ 📊 Original Research Article 📊

🔵 There were no differences between the professional players and aspiring professionals on parental instrumental support. 🔵  Effective parental engagement is needed in the career development of esports players.

This insight could inform more effective parental engagement in the career development of emerging esports professionals. Highlights: 🔵  The professional players scored significantly lower than aspiring professionals on emotional support measures.

🔴 Keywords:  Career, Parental support, Professional Sport, Self-efficacy 🔴Abstract Aims: This study examined the role of parental support in the career decision-making of professional and aspiring esports players.

🔵Authors: Tomoki Aoyama* 1, Kyoma Tanigawa 1, Takeshi Inui 1, Masaki Takito 1, Momoko Nagai-Tanima 1 1 - School of Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University *Correspondence to: Aoyama Tomoki, Email: aoyama.tomoki.4e@kyoto-u.ac.jp

New paper published on the @IJESPORTS website Titled: 🔴 The Relationship between Career Decision-Making and Parental Support in Esports Players🔴 Link: ijesports.org/article/172/ht… ✅Open Access ✅ 📊 Original Research Article 📊

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🔵  Despite not achieving as high tournament earnings as their male counterparts, the top tournament-earning female esports professionals have a strong presence and impact across Twitter (X).

New paper published on @IJESPORTS Titled: 🔴 A Comparative Analysis of the Social Media activities of The Top Male and Female Esports Players ✅Open Access 📊 Original Student Research Article 🔵Authors: Colleen Dibble* 1 , Mark Nagel 1 , Wil Fisackerly 2 & Stephen Shapiro 1