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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Athletic Participation"”.
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The effects of interscholastic athletic participation on academic achievement and selected motivational factors for athletic participation by urban youth
… to examine the academic value of interscholastic athletic participation, to appraise how such participation affected educational aspirations, and to ascertain, within selected motivational factors, why high school students play sports. A non-experimental descriptive research design that included …
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High school athletic participation : its relationship to student development
… the study was to examine and analyze high school athletic participation with regard to the achievement of developmental tasks as described by A. W. Chickering and measured through the administration of the Student Developmental Task Inventory, Revised, Second Edition. The investigation was …
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Athletic Participation: A Test of Learning and Neutralization Theories.
<p>Athletics has been regarded as a means of encouraging youth to build character, discipline, and develop healthy habits. However, literature has emerged that asserts athletics do not prevent deviant behaviors, but instead, influence one to commit deviant acts. As such, this research examined …
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Effects of college athletic participation on job satisfaction and life satisfaction
… questions about the long-term effects of college athletic participation that have not been studied, especially issues regarding gender. Because of socialization and the structural differences in men's and women's sports, the long-term effects of sports participation may be different for men and …
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Student-athletes at Rowan University: assessing involvement factors and opportunities provided through athletic participation
… toward their involvement in intercollegiate athletics. Student-athletes were surveyed from all sports sponsored by Rowan University. The survey included several measures to determine hours spent on academic and athletic pursuits, academic support and success, missed opportunities, and factors …
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The Effect of Athletic Participation on the Character and Social Development of Youth Sport Athletes
… cons identified that are related to youth sport participation. This synthesis project was initiated by brainstorming specific research questions and criteria related to the topic. This allowed for the analysis of what was presented and concluded in the current research. As a result of the …
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The Influence of Social Agents on Learning, Developing, and Growing Through Athletic Participation: A Theory of Athlete Development
<p>Sports can significantly influence the lives of those who play them. Psychosocial outcomes such as values, skills, self-esteem, and goal setting are some of the referenced benefits associated with playing sports and are the result of athletes being exposed to situations in an environment that is …
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The Effects Of Athletic Participation, Expectations About Counseling And Gender On Attitudes Toward Help Seeking Behaviors Among Community College Students
… from each of the five intercollegiate athletic teams. For this study, two hypotheses were considered. First, it was hypothesized that a significant relationship existed between attitudes toward help seeking behavior and expectations about counseling and that expectations about …
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Discouraging Truth: Pre-Performance Examinations and Collegiate Student- Athlete Mental Health
… the ambient environment of intercollegiate athletics and uses ambient rhetoric to demonstrate how PPE documents reify values from the collegiate athletics environment that a student-athlete's physical health and athletic participation is more important than their mental well-being. I argue …
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The Effect of Athletic Activities on Adolescent Girls' Self-esteem
… study was to examine the relationship between athletic participation and self-esteem among adolescent girls. The study was performed on fifth grade females. A group of 20 girls participated in an after school athletic program for eight months. At the end of the program, 3 girls had dropped and …
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The Long Run: Inside the race to keep young female runners healthy and performing at the top of their game
Athletic participation is overwhelmingly positive for girls and women, but it is not without risk. Many female runners — and other female athletes — don’t eat enough given how much they exercise. The motivations driving this underfueling are complex and range from short-term improvements in …
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Self-efficacy and rehabilitation adherence
… particular nature of self-efficacy related to athletic participation, injury, and subsequent rehabilitation, as well as the role an athletic trainer plays in enhancing or diminishing one's sense of self-efficacy has not specifically been evaluated. Therefore the purpose of this study is to …
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A study examining the effects of athletics on females' mathematical achievement
… between females who actively participated in athletics and a high achievement in mathematics. A comparison of females who actively participated in athletics and females who did not actively participate in athletics was made using an independent samples t-test.</p> <p>The design for this study …
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The Influence of the Initiation of a Graded Exercise Protocol on Dynamic Postural Stability Following a Concussion
… concussions during intercollegiate athletic participation and nine physically active control participants (Height: 161.7±12.98, Weight: 77.3±19.98, Age: 22.8±1.99). Interventions: Both groups performed 10 trials of self-selected paced normal and fast gait along a 7.9m instrumented …
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An exploration of the developmental sport and training histories of Canadian sport officials
… collected information on sport and officiating participation histories, as well as training histories related to officiating. Results suggest that respondents’ highest level of athletic performance was predictive of a similarly high level as an official (H(3, n = 217) = 13.37, p < .01, η2 = …
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Parental Expectations of High School Interscholastic Athletic Activities
… known about what parents expect from high school athletic programs. In order to determine what parental expectations are of high school sports, parents from three schools within the same school division who had children who participated in a team sport during the 1997-1998 school year were …
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Perceptions of Certified Athletic Trainers regarding Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Prevention Strategies
… risk of infectious transmission associated with athletic participation. As MRSA infections are becoming increasing virulent, athletic trainers are presented with immediate prevention challenges. While recommendations have been offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlining …
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Sports as a moderator of the effect of parent marital status and belongingness on achievement and behavior
… that delineates the benefits of sports participation and the negative outcomes associated with divorce, researchers have yet to examine the impact of athletic participation on youth who have experienced familial disruptions, such as divorce, separation, and remarriage. Sports …
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