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An analysis of mental health service usage and injuries among NCAA Division I collegiate athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Bradley Fawver, Joshua Larson, Jaewhan Kim, Uma D. Parameswaran, Emma Kosbab
Each year, significant resources and effort are devoted to protecting the health of the player and ameliorating the time and financial costs associated with injuries and rehabilitation. However, fe...
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Career transition in intercollegiate athletes with above average athletic identity: A qualitative analysis of transition experiences, coping, and the role of religious faith Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Zachary S. Willis, Jessyca N. Arthur-Cameselle, Linda A. Keeler, Hillary M. Robey
Athletes with high athletic identity (AI) experience difficulty with sport retirement (Menke & Germany, 2019); yet qualitative research is lacking on their transition experiences. Moreover, athleti...
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The thematic emphasis of NCAA official recruiting visits during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Chris Corr
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) instituted a recruiting dead period from March 2020 to June 2021. During this time, prospective college ath...
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The predictive validity of the MTQ48 for academic and athletic success in student-athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Jack R. Stimson, Emily K. Cromwell, Lisa D. Cromer
ABSTRACT The Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48 (MTQ48) is a widely used instrument that assesses mental toughness. There is limited psychometric validity established for the measure and researchers have questioned its predictive validity (Crust. 2007 Crust, L. (2007). Mental toughness in sport: A review. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 5(3), 270–290. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X
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Gender nonbinary athletes and sport participation: Perspectives of high school coaches and athletic directors Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-09-05 Samuel McSpiritt, Kendahl Shortway, Dana Mattioli, Victoria Garcia
ABSTRACT Students who identify as gender nonbinary may be victimized by peers as well as school teachers, staff, and administration [Perez, E. R., Schanding Jr, G. T., & Dao, T. K. (2013). Educators’ perceptions in addressing bullying of LGBTQ/gender nonconforming youth. Journal of School Violence, 12(1), 64–79.]. We gained an understanding of how coaches and athletic directors perceive gender nonbinary
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Exploring academic performance: An examination of athletic reclassification from FCS to FBS Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-08-28 Brian Fowler, Yoon Tae Sung, Jay Martyn
We examined the changes in academic qualifications of incoming freshmen to the general student population and the Academic Progress Rate (APR) of football student-athletes at universities who trans...
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Sociodemographic differences in sleep disturbances among college athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Kyla A. Petrie, Brett A. Messman, E. Whitney G. Moore, Danica C. Slavish, Trent A. Petrie
ABSTRACT Collegiate athletes may be vulnerable to sleep disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined demographic-, sports-, and COVID-19-related differences in sleep disturbances among collegiate athletes during the first two to three months of COVID-19 and determined the strongest relationships to sleep in regression models. Data were collected from NCAA collegiate athletes (N = 5915) online
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Access to high-impact practices in student-athletes: Barriers, supports and best practices Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-25 Cameron Shirley, Caroline J. Ketcham, Eric E. Hall, James M. DeVita, Anthony G. Weaver
ABSTRACT Access to and participation in high-impact practices (HIPs) has been shown to have positive benefits for student success. Student-athletes are a cohort that have lower rates of participation across HIPs especially in opportunities that typically occur outside the traditional classroom and where time and scheduling become significant constraints: undergraduate research; global learning; internships;
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Junior hockey’s impact on psychosocial development Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-06 A. J. Sturges
ABSTRACT Junior hockey is an elite sport development model impacting over 20,000 adolescent athletes each year. Participation in junior hockey requires adolescents, 16–21 years old, to move away from home, disrupt academics, and participate in intense sport development models during critical developmental years. The influence of junior hockey on long-term psychosocial development is unknown. The present
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Eating disorder screening tools for athletes: A systematic review of literature focusing on scales developed in the last 10 years (2011–2021) Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Arvinder-Singh HS, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Nazarudin Safian
ABSTRACT Eating disorders are a growing problem amongst athletes. This systematic review looks at the new eating disorder screening tools validated amongst athletes between 2011 and 2021 and their respective features. This systematic review was conducted with an online search for articles. Relevant keywords and Medical Subject Heading terms were used in three major search engines. The inclusion criteria
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An investigation of physical traits and strength parameters affecting balance performance Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Cengiz Ölmez, İbrahim Orkun Akcan
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of physical traits and lower–upper limb strength parameters affecting balance performance. The study was conducted with the voluntary participation of 25 elite combat athletes. The height, body composition, balance and strength performance of the athletes was measured. SPSS 25.0 was used for statistical analysis of the data. Relationships
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A phenomenological exploration of the recruitment experiences of Division III student-athletes by head coach and student-athlete gender Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-06-30 Colleen S. O’Connell, Michelle E. Moosbrugger, Daniel M. Smith
ABSTRACT The recruitment experiences of Division III student-athletes were explored using a transcendental phenomenological design. Four freshman student-athletes, participating in different sports for various universities within unique athletic conferences, were interviewed for the study; their parents served as informants. To investigate the role of gender within the recruitment process, four athlete-parent
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Student-athletes may sustain life-long injuries. How can they be covered by workers’ compensation insurance if they are not considered employees? Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Norma Martin Goonen, Sylvia Medina-Shore
ABSTRACT The serious and sometimes life-long nature of the injuries that some student-athletes suffer as they play for their college and universities has been the subject of growing concern in the past two decades. Simultaneously, the revenue produced by college athletics has also increased. This review details the history, recent developments, and case law related to Workers’ Compensation issues in
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What’s trending? An in vivo examination of smartphone usage among student-athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Poppy DesClouds, Natalie Durand-Bush, Michael Del Bel, Fedwa Laamarti, Bradley W. Young, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
ABSTRACT This exploratory study is the first to present an in vivo method to capture rich, longitudinal data on the prevalence and features of student-athletes’ smartphone usage and concurrent psychosocial outcomes. Ten competitive Canadian student-athletes were meticulously tracked through the collection of monthly self-report surveys and real-time smartphone usage data over the course of a full academic
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The impact of athlete-coach fit on the athletic satisfaction of NCAA Division II college athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Mark A. Beattie, Brian A. Turner
ABSTRACT Relationships between athletes and coaches are essential to understanding organized, competitive sports. In U.S. intercollegiate athletics, coaches affect the lives of athletes in myriad ways, including athletic performance, academic performance, professional development, and emotional development. The current study utilized person-environment fit, an organizational theory concerned with compatibility
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Block and tackle or interfere: Student-athletes’ identities and well-being Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Jorge Ballesteros, Cristalis Capielo, Lindsey C. Blom, Lindsey Buckman, Adam Kroot
ABSTRACT Student-athletes’ athletic and academic identities have been recognized as important determinants to their academic and athletic performance. Yet, there is scarce information on how these two identities may be related to student-athletes’ overall or sport-wellbeing. Therefore, this study examined how student-athletes’ academic and athletic identities are associated with their overall and sport
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South Korean student-athlete academic satisfaction and future employment: an exploratory study Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Mijoo Kim, Cynthia Janet Tanis
ABSTRACT This study rooted in athletic identity theory investigated South Korean student-athletes’ academic satisfaction, their perception of the value of academic learning, and their confidence to find employment after graduation. The participants were 30 student-athletes (20 men, 10 women) from a national university and community college in South Korea. The research design was a cross-sectional survey
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Perceptions of NCAA Division II and III Athletic directors regarding the emergence of e-sports Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-04-17 Raymond J. Cotrufo, James F. MacGregor, Kevin T. McGinniss
ABSTRACT This study assessed perspectives of NCAA D-II and D-III Athletics Directors (ADs) regarding the possible implementation of competitive e-Sports on college campuses. It examines if ADs view e-Sports as a legitimate sport in parallel with others that are traditionally offered by athletic departments, and their perspective regarding where on college campuses e-Sports should be housed. Results
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The role of general health in predicting the social harms of elite athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Ghorban Hemati Alamdarloo, Homa Sheikhani Shahin, Marziyeh Gholami, Monire Morovat, Shaghayagh Parsae
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the role of general health in predicting social harms of elite athletes in Shiraz, Iran. The sample of this study included 140 elite athletes who were selected through convenience sampling from the elite athletes of Shiraz, Iran. In order to measure the general health of elite athletes, The General Health Questionnaire-28 (Goldberg, 1978 Goldberg
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Coach-athlete relationship, social support, and sport-related psychological well-being in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student-athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Eadie E. Simons, Matthew D. Bird
ABSTRACT The coach-athlete relationship and social support are stressors that impact athletes’ well-being, however, most research in this area focusses on the relationship between these variables and burnout. Researchers have shown differences in stressors experienced between sport types (individual and team) where evidence suggests individual sport athletes report higher mental health concerns compared
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(In)equity in athletics: U.S. antidiscrimination law and the white, middle-class advantage Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Kirsten Hextrum, Zachary Cameron
ABSTRACT Equity in Athletics, Inc., v. Department of Education (2011) questioned whether schools could cut men’s sports for Title IX compliance. The case uniquely wedded racial and gender antidiscrimination precedents to argue Title IX harms men and therefore is unconstitutional. The courts disagreed and validated Title IX’s constitutionality. We argue this case did far more than endorse Title IX.
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Comparison of active and passive recovery using local heat in lactate removal in cyclists Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Iván L. Duque-Vera, Isabella Ma. Urrutia-Illera, Blanca I. Ramírez-Forero
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the comparative effect on lactatemia of active and passive recovery using local heat in male cyclists. Methods: Two recovery protocols applied on 24 cyclists were compared. One protocol consisted of active recovery of 15 min pedaling at 40% of V̇O2max followed by 15 min rest. The other protocol consisted of 30 min of passive recovery with hot packs on thighs for 15 min
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Divide and conquer: Does NCAA division membership or sector predict website popularity and spending? Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Joshua Childs, Zachary Taylor, Guillermo Ortega, Jase Kugiya
ABSTRACT NCAA athletic programs can drive revenues or debts in the millions of dollars (Smith, 2019). Filling gaps in the research, this study analyzes 250 NCAA websites across all three NCAA divisions (I, II, and III) and public and private sectors to explore the popularity of and expenditures on NCAA websites. Results suggest that public and Division I programs have much more popular websites and
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Training influence on endurance of athletes under hypoxia Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-02-02 Ravil I. Kashapov, Ruslan R. Kashapov
ABSTRACT Most professional athletes and their coaches are interested in identifying physical and climatic factors that influence the successful overcoming of long distances. If the influence of physical activity on the athlete endurance is obvious, then the influence of climatic conditions on endurance is of interest from the point of view of stimulating biochemical processes. In the present paper
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The effect of SARS-COV-2 on senior college athletes’ retirement considerations Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-01-18 Kelly Barcza-Renner, Amber M. Shipherd, Itay Basevitch, Edgar O. Pizarro
ABSTRACT While there are studies that qualitatively examine athletes’ retirement experiences post retirement [e.g. Lavallee & Robinson, 2007. In pursuit of an identity: A qualitative exploration of retirement from women's artistic gymnastics. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8(1), 119–141; Torregrosa et al., 2015. Olympic athletes back to retirement: A qualitative longitudinal study. Psychology of
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Predictors of perfectionistic tendencies in sport among undergraduate kinesiology students Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-01-12 Christopher A. Boyd, Scott B. Martin
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the athletic identity, identity foreclosure, perceived task value in sport, and perfectionism of kinesiology students with high school and college sport experience. Participants completed an online survey that included items regarding demographic information, athletic identity ego identity, perceived task value in sport, and sport perfectionism. Pearson
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Academic flexibility and support for student-athletes: An Australian perspective on university teaching staff perceptions Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-01-12 Peter English, David Fleischman, Bridie Kean, Tania Stevenson, Kieran Broome, Rubiana Cury
ABSTRACT Perspectives of teaching staff on the provision of flexibility for student-athletes are relatively unknown but are a vital element to understand when educating student-athletes. Flexibility is among the academic services often provided to athletes pursuing a dual-pathway. This study aims to investigate teaching staff perceptions on academic support services designed specifically for student-athletes
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The application of the theory of social influence on the recruitment of Division I male basketball players Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2022-01-12 John J. Miller, Chris Croft
ABSTRACT The theory of social influence reveals how people may be influenced by others. The theory categorizes two general mechanisms: (a) informational social influence and (b) normative social influence. Friends and family members represent normative social influences, while informational influences may be gleaned from the broadcast and print media, Internet, or brochures. The results represented
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It effects everything we do: Collegiate athlete’s perceptions of sport-related travel Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Amanda L. Paule-Koba, Courtney Burson, Brett Gibbons, Brian Lobban
ABSTRACT Conference realignment is the practice of universities moving from one athletic conference to another in hopes of increased media exposure and revenue. One aspect of conference realignment that does not garner as much attention is the travel demands that are placed upon the athletes. The purpose of the study was to understand how athletes perceive the effects of travel on their performance
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The transition from collegiate sport: An analysis of the current retirement planning practices of NCAA institutions Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Heather R. Kiefer, Trent A. Petrie, Ray Walls
ABSTRACT The NCAA provides limited guidelines to member institutions regarding preparing student-athletes for retirement from sport, and as a result, different schools are developing their own programs. This study explored what NCAA athletic departments do to prepare their student-athletes for their graduation and transition out of sport. Participants were athletic department personnel, and they completed
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Division I student-athlete special admits: Who are they? An exploratory study of demographics and graduation rates within a single conference Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Alexandra M. Ingram
ABSTRACT Currently, the NCAA does not track the academic outcomes of student-athlete special admits. This study surveyed multiple institutions within a Division I FCS Conference regarding their student-athlete special admit population. Demographic aspects, as well as progress towards graduation, or lack thereof based on entry into the professional leagues, dismissal from team for academic reasons,
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Reclaiming the educational purpose of sport: The InSideOut Initiative (ISO) logic model Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-28 Stephen P. Hebard, Ann Kearns Davoren, Jeffrey J. Milroy, Lindsey R. Oakes, Jody Redman, Joe Ehrmann, David L. Wyrick
ABSTRACT The InSideOut Initiative (ISO) is a systems-level intervention that is delivered to stakeholders both directly and indirectly. It provides a blueprint to transform the current “win-at-all-costs” high school sports culture into one that defines and promotes sports as a human growth experience. It is operationalized through developing an understanding of the educational value of sports among
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“It takes a village”: Women’s experiences coaching high school sport Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Jennifer Zdroik, Phillip Veliz
ABSTRACT We know little about the level of the sport industry that impacts the most athletes in the United States, high school sport. This study seeks to understand the experiences of women coaching in high schools and how they balance their full-time jobs with their part-time coaching. Without girls seeing women in leadership positions in sport, they may not consider playing or coaching in higher
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The NCAA’s breaking point for equal opportunity: A Title IX perspective on name, image, and likeness sponsorship legislation Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-19 Josh Sorbe, Tyler Custis, Mandie Weinandt
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the efficacy of Title IX in the context of name, image, and likeness (NIL) and NCAA Division I athletic department expenditures. The research examines Title IX’s legislative history, current compliance rules, litigation in the courts, and a current literature review. Using publicly reported data to the US Department of Education, fixed effects models testing measure of
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Addressing sexual violence and misconduct in college athletics: An alternate model of investigation and resolution Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-18 Dax Mitchell Crum, Frederick John Williams, Amelia P. Nelson, John C. Barnes
ABSTRACT Increases in sexual misconduct charges brought against college athletes and athletic programs have created a public relations crisis for the NCAA. Lack of timeliness, proper reporting, investigation, and appropriate resolution of sexual assault incidents has created negative public perceptions of college athletics and, more importantly, likely failed to properly meet the standards of gender
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Multi-method assessment of a leader development intervention for varsity team captains Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-16 Christine L. Copper, Kevin M. Mullaney, Celeste Raver Luning, Cory F. Oberst
ABSTRACT Athlete leader development is a topic of interest in sports psychology and programs to facilitate athlete leader development have been proliferating. Yet, little work has been done to validate the effectiveness of these programs. This multi-year mixed method study examined the standard-setting behavior of varsity team captains from an NCAA Division I military academy following an athlete leader
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A mixed-methods approach to identifying participation issues pertinent in interscholastic sports Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-16 Michael Fraina, Eric W. Forsyth, Warren A. Whisenant, James E. Johnson
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to investigate three propositions: (a) What are the participation issues most pertinent to interscholastic athletic administrators? (b) What is the perce...
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Five-year cohort study of White-British male student-athletes’ attitudes toward gay men Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-16 Rory Magrath, John Batten, Eric Anderson, Adam J. White
ABSTRACT While sport has traditionally been a hostile environment for gay men, attitudes toward homosexuality among youth in the West have changed significantly in recent years. This research uses Herek’s Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale, Revised Version (ATLG-R) scale to investigate attitudes toward homosexuality among 243 undergraduate male students in the UK. Results revealed no significant
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Conceptualizing, measuring, and training mental toughness in sport: Perspectives of master strength and conditioning coaches Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-16 Andreas Stamatis, Grant B. Morgan, Richard G. Cowden, Panagiotis Koutakis
ABSTRACT Coaches are key stakeholders involved in creating a climate in which athletes’ mental toughness (MT) can be developed. Although Master Strength and Conditioning Coaches (MSCC) spend a substantial amount of time working with US collegiate athletes, no studies have investigated this elite group of professionals’ opinions about MT. Using a multiphase mixed-method design (Phase 1, N = 71; Phase
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University stakeholders’ priorities concerning athletic budget allocations: An application of the contingent budget choice technique Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-16 Doyeon Won, Joel G. Maxcy
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to illustrate the applicability of the contingent budget choice technique and to examine stakeholders’ priorities concerning athletic budget allocations in athletic programs. Data were drawn from 416 constituents from an NCAA Division I institution, and the respondents were asked to allocate an incremental budget of $1 million across seven athletic program areas
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Wellness in transitions out of college sports participation: Experiences of former NCAA division I student-athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-10-16 Trevor Bopp, Michael Stellefson, Margaret Stewart, Linxi Zhang, Avery Apperson, Michael Odio
Research has provided substantial knowledge on career transition difficulties among college student-athletes, yet we know relatively little about how the multiple dimensions of wellness (i.e. emoti...
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An investigation of college student-athletes’ mental health stigma, help-seeking attitudes, depression, anxiety, and life stress scores using structural equation modeling Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-07-09 Saundra M. Tabet, Glenn W. Lambie, Nedeljko Golubovic
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the directional relationship between student-athletes’ (N = 621) degree of mental health stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and levels of depression, anxiety, and life stress. The results of the structural equation model (SEM) analyses identified that student-athletes’ amount of mental health stigma contributed to help-seeking attitudes (25.6% of the
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Informant variance in perceptions of student-athlete/parent relationship qualities Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Miranda P. Kaye, Katie Lowe, Travis E. Dorsch
ABSTRACT A positive relationship with parents contributes to well-being during emerging adulthood, the developmental period that bridges adolescence and adulthood (Arnett, J. J. [2015]. Emerging adulthood: The winding road from the late teens through the twenties [2nd ed.]. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795574.013.9). In this study, we investigated discrepancies
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An analysis of the rate of academic clustering and the types of majors chosen by divisions I, II, and III intercollegiate athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-06-07 Steve Miller
ABSTRACT While research has consistently shown that Division I athletes, especially those in revenue-producing sports, demonstrate a propensity to cluster into a limited number of academic majors [Fountain, J. J., & Finley, P. S. (2009). Academic majors of upperclassmen football players in the Atlantic coast Conference: An analysis of academic clustering comparing white and minority players. Journal
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International student-athletes’ perceptions of the long-term impact of the NCAA experience Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-06-02 Brian J. Foster, Patricia S. Lally
ABSTRACT Research exploring international student-athletes’ (ISA’s) perceptions of their National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) experience has been limited to studies conducted prior to, during, or immediately following their college careers. Notably lacking has been research conducted with ISA’s who have been removed from college sport for a significant time period. Twenty-three former NCAA
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Field hockey coaches’ feelings of competence, autonomy and relatedness, and their perceived ability to meet these same needs in athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-28 Jamie E. Robbins, Jenelle N. Gilbert, Taylor Jackson, Jeff Ruser
According to Self-determination Theory (SDT), self-determined athletes are more apt to put forth effort and have high levels of self-esteem and well-being (Ryan & Deci, 2002). Studies have identifi...
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“More than an athlete”: How Black student-athletes use navigational capital to transition to life after sport Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-25 Ezinne Ofoegbu, Joy Gaston-Gayles, Erianne Weight
ABSTRACT Using community cultural wealth as a framework, we explored the post-collegiate transitions of 20 Black student-athletes following the completion of their undergraduate career. We were particularly interested in understanding how participants leveraged different forms of cultural wealth. Four themes emerged from our data analysis: (1) aspirations beyond the game; (2) familial lessons and values;
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Administrators’ perceptions of the meaning and challenges of “education-based” high school sport Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-19 Jedediah E. Blanton, Scott Pierce, Kylee J. Ault
ABSTRACT A phrase commonly used within high school sport is “education-based athletics”; however, there is no empirical investigation on the meaning of this phrase, nor how it is specific to the high school sport context. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine high school sport administrators’ perceptions of the meaning of “education-based” high school sport. Utilizing a grounded theory
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Talent level and major distribution in “Power Five” conference football programs Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-17 Jim Watkins, Kelsey Slater
ABSTRACT This article investigates whether an association existed between the talent level of football student-athletes who competed at “Power Five” institutions during the 2016 season and the likelihood that they were in a clustered major. Previous literature has researched whether clustering occurs and its association with sociological variables. The researchers performed a z-test of proportions
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Comparing health factors among collegiate athletes and non-athletes and between NCAA divisions and sport type Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-12 Jessica Peacock
ABSTRACT Mental health remains a topic of concern within collegiate athletics, though athletes are perceived to have some protection due to physically active lifestyles. This study compared student-athletes to students who were Greek members and students who did not belong to either a sport team or Greek organization on social connectedness and a range of health measures. The sample of athletes was
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The propensity of psychological strategies used by collegiate soccer players at risk for anxiety and depression Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-12 Julianna Zilli, Hayes Bennett, Jim Mensch, Eva Monsma
ABSTRACT Psychological strategies (PS) developed for performance enhancement are common in therapeutic approaches for mitigating mental health risks; however, associations between common PS used by collegiate athletes and such risks are relatively unexplored. Collegiate soccer players (N = 72) completed the Test of Performance Strategies (TOPS), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Center for
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Role separation’s impact on student-athlete well-being Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-04-15 Jowan Watson, Nancy Crowell, Joan B. Riley
ABSTRACT Student-athletes balance the roles of student and athlete in their identities, and these roles provide stressors and risks that may influence their mental health. Student-athlete role separation is the degree to which student-athletes separate their roles as student and athlete. This IRB approved (2018-0421) study utilized sequential explanatory mixed-methods to examine role separation’s impact
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Phone it in: Reflections on the use of phone interview methods with college athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-04 Siduri J. Haslerig
ABSTRACT College athletes’ narratives of their own pathways and the meaning they make of them are vitally important to research on the population; however, accessing college athletes to collect in-depth interview data can be challenging. Through analysis of research literatures on interview methods and college athletes, as well as reflection on an earlier study using phone interviews, I explore the
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Respecting the game: Foreign tours as academic engagement opportunities for intercollegiate student-athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-05-02 Kayla M. Johnson, Linda Caldwell, Alexander Malinsky, Schuyler Bates, Nick Distasio, Marko Boricich
ABSTRACT Intercollegiate student-athletes have few opportunities to participate in high-impact academic engagement opportunities, such as education abroad experiences. In this paper we explore the possibilities of intercollegiate foreign tours as a meaningful academic engagement opportunity for student-athletes. We examine learning outcomes of 31 student-athletes after participating in a one-week foreign
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Does athletic spending improve the academic mission of the university? A quantitative study of the relationship between athletic spending and institutional enrollment in FCS athletic institutions Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-04-27 Robert D. McDermand
ABSTRACT As university budgets face fiscal challenges, it is important that university leaders make smart fiduciary choices. Critics of athletic spending, on the other hand, argue that money spent on college sports could be spent in other areas of the university. Using a fixed-effects regression, the purpose of this analysis was to examine the relationship between intercollegiate athletics and college
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Parents’ perceptions of parental involvement in emerging adults’ intercollegiate athletic careers: Policy, education, and desired outcomes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-04-27 Logan K. Lyons, Travis E. Dorsch, Katie Lowe, Miranda P. Kaye, Jeffery J. Arnett, Amanda Faherty, Lindsey H. Menendez
ABSTRACT Parent involvement is an integral, but potentially problematic, aspect of the transition to intercollegiate athletics. In building on past research that targeted administrator and coach perceptions of parent involvement, the present research was designed to address parents' perceptions of their own involvement across NCAA divisions. Thirty-two parents of student-athletes from NCAA Divisions
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“Need help? We got you!”: Sources of support for first-generation Latinx student-athletes Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-04-21 Nikola Grafnetterova, Rosa M. Banda
Approximately 6% of Latinxs participate in intercollegiate athletics [Lapchick, R. (2020). The 2019 racial and gender report card: College sport. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. ht...
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The experiences of social workers in NCAA Division I athletic departments Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-04-21 Lauren Beasley, Robin Hardin, John Magliocca, Zachary T. Smith
ABSTRACT There has been increased attention to mental health programing in collegiate athletics. Social workers are one type of professional that can provide mental health care in the collegiate athletics, but there is limited research on social work practice in a sport setting. Thus, the purpose of this research was to explore the experiences of licensed social workers in a college sport setting.
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Post-collegiate athlete transitions and the influence of a coach Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-04-18 Molly Harry, Erianne Weight
ABSTRACT Through examination of semi-structured interviews from former National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes (n = 150), this study used Schlossberg’s [1981. A model for analyzing human adaptation to transition. The Counseling Psychologist, 9(2), 2–18. doi:10.1177/001100008100900202] transition theory and Jowett’s [2007. Interdependence analysis and the 3 + 1Cs in the coach–athlete relationship
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Attendance motivators and constraints: A Division III fall sports inquiry Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education Pub Date : 2021-04-18 Kurt C. Mayer
The purpose of this work was to better understand Division III fall sport attendance through a game attendance model with motivations and constraints. Results indicated Achievement, Player Behavior...