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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"collegiate athletics"”.
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Values and Success in Collegiate Athletics
<p>The rapid commercialization of intercollegiate sports has changed the landscape of the hiring decisions and methodologies within university-associated athletic departments – especially within the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (DI-FBS) (Wong, 2017). Most notably and recently, the …
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The Impact of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Anxiety and Performance in Collegiate Athletics
… in reducing anxiety and improving performance in collegiate athletes.
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The Coach-Athlete Dyad and the Basic Psychological Needs In American Collegiate Athletics
… to assess the coach-athlete dyad among American collegiate coaches and athletes where elite sport plays an important role in American culture and economics. Capturing the degree of congruence between coaches and their athletes in terms of the quality of the coach-athlete dyad (CAD), autonomy …
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Chasing Flutie : a closer look into the impact of collegiate athletics on admissions.
As the cost of maintaining a competitive athletic program continues to rise, many are questioning the true benefit of these programs. For some universities, athletic expenditures have increased at a higher rate than its academic expenditures. This study examines the impact of athletic success on …
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An Examination of Racial Disparities in College Athletics Leadership: A Study of Social and Cultural Forces Impacting Pathways to Athletic Directorship in Collegiate Athletics
… examines the persistent racial disparities in collegiate athletics leadership, specifically focusing on the underrepresentation of Black professionals in Athletic Director roles. Guided by Critical Race Theory, Systemic Racism Theory, and Pierre Bourdieu's concepts, this study explores pathways …
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Discouraging Truth: Pre-Performance Examinations and Collegiate Student- Athlete Mental Health
… yearly pre-performance examinations (PPEs) for collegiate student-athletes support holistic student-athlete health. Specifically, the study evaluates PPE documents within the ambient environment of intercollegiate athletics and uses ambient rhetoric to demonstrate how PPE documents reify values …
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WHAT IF THEY WERE RIGHT? TITLE IX AND THE AIAW’S PHILOSOPHY OF COACHING AND ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION.
… for women in educational settings. In collegiate athletics Title IX quickly became a battle ground. It became a battle ground over how to increase the number of female collegiate athletes without impacting men’s programs, and also a battle ground over who would have primary …
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Taking off the mask: seeing the person behind the student-athlete
This thesis offers an inside look at college athletics and dissects what it truly means to understand what it takes to compete as a student-athlete at a high level. It also makes suggestions on what athletics departments can do to better aid student-athletes and produce the all-around …
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Positive Psychology in the NCAA: Amplifying the Power and Uplifting the Voices of Student Athletes In Multiple Mental Health Studies
… health resources and programming in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) continues to expand in research and implementation in collegiate athletic departments of all institutions. This study sought to respond to and expand on dissertation research conducted by Dr. Heather Ryan …
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Perceptions of sport retirement by current student-athletes
… sports unprepared for life outside of sanctioned athletics. The purpose was to identify if a current student-athlete believes he/she is prepared for a career life after competitive college athletics and who the student-athlete feels should provide guidance into the sport retirement transition …
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Preferred Coaching Qualities in NCAA Division I College Athletes: A Qualitative Analysis of Basketball Players from the Millennial Generation
… generation is currently dominating the ranks of collegiate athletics. Moreover, the coaching ranks are just beginning to experience the characteristics of this exceptional group of people. Thus, the purpose of the study was to examine the preferred coaching styles of athletes from the millennial …
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Chosen Ones: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Collegiate Team Captain Experience
… is a highly recognizable position held in collegiate athletics. Loughead et al. (2006) suggests the team captain represents the formal peer leader in athletics. Although this may be the case, only one study was found which qualitatively investigated this position in male ice hockey (Dupois …
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Understanding how the identity development of Division II student-athletes impacts student behavior
… study explores how Division II, National Collegiate Athletic Association, athletes who study STEM developed their identities as a collegiate athlete and STEM student. This researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 student-athletes to learn from their first-hand experiences …
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Personality and Longevity in the Profession of Athletic Training
… medical, 53; clinical rehabilitation, 52; collegiate athletics, 331; high school athletics, 378; other, 65; outreach school athletics, 103; professional/Olympic athletics, 37. Common entry-level positions (high school athletics, outreach athletics, clinical rehab) scored the lowest on …
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NCAA Recruiting in the Age of Social Media
… (SNS) have on Canadian full scholarship National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 1 athletes’ recruitment processes. The study employs a qualitative, interview-based methodology. Six Canadian athletes who received full NCAA division 1 scholarships in football, men’s basketball, and …
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The Mental Health Of Athletes: Channeling Frustration, Aggression, Internal/External Behaviors In The Real World To Improve Performance
… identity, and performance intersect within collegiate sport contexts. A purposive sample of 12 athletes completed a demographic questionnaire and participated in semi-structured interviews conducted in person between December 2025 and February 2026. Interview transcripts were deidentified …
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Freshmen Student-Athletes: An Examination of the Decision-Making Process and Satisfaction
… satisfied with their decision to participate in collegiate athletics.
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