Relationships of Career Decision-Making and Self-Esteem for College Students and Athletes

This study examined relationships between career decision-making and self-esteem for freshman and sophomore athletes and non-athletes. Respondents included athletes and non-athletes from traditional four-year institutions and two-year junior colleges. Questionnaires administered to 107 male and female athletes and 136 male and female non-athletes in both class ranks indicated positive relationships with the Career Decision Profile Decidedness and Comfort scales for all female participants, male participants, non-athletes, and athletes. Women as a group scored higher for career maturity than men. Relationships were found with Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale scores and the CDP Comfort scale for all participants and for all male participants. Athletes scored higher than non-athletes for self-esteem, and freshmen athletes were found to be higher in self-esteem than sophomore athletes. Male participants also scored higher for self-esteem than female athletes.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Kinesiology (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Health and Kinesiology

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Mize, James B.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Daniel Czech
• Drew Zwald

• ETD
• Career decision-making
• Self-esteem
• College athletes
• Career decidedness
• Career comfort
• Career Decision Profile
• Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
• Student aspirations
• College students

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/79

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1079