Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"College Sport"”.
-
Cultivating resilience in the face of "not enough": exploring shame and shame-coping in U.S. college sport
When self-worth and belonging in sport is based on the win column, the scoreboard, or the judges’ table, athletes may inevitably face ‘not enough,’ shame-inducing experiences in their sport (Coakley, 2016; Lazarus, 2000; Ryall, 2019). Shame is a destructive psycho-socio-cultural experience of …
-
The social impacts of college sport events in the local community’s quality of life: Understanding residents’ perceptions
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
-
"Let Us Make Man": The Development of Black Male (Student)-Athletes in a Big-Time College Sport Program
Black athletes in big-time college sport programs at predominately White institutions (PWIs) are faced with many developmental challenges. This study attempted to collaborate with Black male sport participants in efforts to understand their perspectives on factors posited to impact their …
-
Employing self-determination theory to examine the sport experiences of athletes who did and did not complete their collegiate athletic eligibility
… Division I student-athletes decide to end their sport careers early. If athletes who are intrinsically motivated are more likely to complete their college athletic eligibility, and athletes who complete their college athletic eligibility are more likely to graduate from college, it would follow …
-
Investigating academic motivation among NCAA division I football players within their competition and non-competition semesters.
<p>Recent data indicates that college student athletes are graduating at higher rates than their non-student athlete peers; however, among student athletes in general, revenue sport student athletes are well below other college sport student athletes in terms of academic performance. One variable …
-
NEGOTIATING GENDER ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS CONTEXTS: THE CASE OF THE FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETE
… dissertation examines how 84 former Division I college athletes use the socialization they acquired through college sport in their lives once they are no longer student-athletes. I ask: When is being a former college athlete utilized as an asset, and when is it seen as a liability? How does race …