Pub Date : 2021-05-12DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1924565
Julianna Zilli, Hayes Bennett, Jim Mensch, Eva V 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 Epidemiologic Studies- Depression scale (CES-D). Results indicated collegiate athletes categorically not at risk for anxiety or depression used PS more, while those at risk reported using debilitative strategies. The lack of emotional control in practice explained the most variance in predicting BAI (29%) and CES-D (36%) scores, while negative thinking in competition explained the most variance in BAI (30%) and CES-D (35%) scores. Findings are discussed in terms of familiarizing athletes with the range of PS and their relevance for mitigating mental health risk triggers in the age of COVID-19.
{"title":"The propensity of psychological strategies used by collegiate soccer players at risk for anxiety and depression","authors":"Julianna Zilli, Hayes Bennett, Jim Mensch, Eva V Monsma","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1924565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1924565","url":null,"abstract":"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 Epidemiologic Studies- Depression scale (CES-D). Results indicated collegiate athletes categorically not at risk for anxiety or depression used PS more, while those at risk reported using debilitative strategies. The lack of emotional control in practice explained the most variance in predicting BAI (29%) and CES-D (36%) scores, while negative thinking in competition explained the most variance in BAI (30%) and CES-D (35%) scores. Findings are discussed in terms of familiarizing athletes with the range of PS and their relevance for mitigating mental health risk triggers in the age of COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"236 - 254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1924565","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49559702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-12DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1924563
J. 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 then analyzed comparing members of Division I and Division III, team or coactive sports, and revenue or non-revenue sports. Results showed athletes perceived better health than non-athletes, and Division I athletes reported poorer mental health than Division III athletes. Additionally, team sport members reported higher anxiety than coactive sport members, and coactive sport members reported more days of poor physical health. It is hypothesized that team sport athletes may feel more social pressure, and coactive sport athletes may adhere less to the sport ethic reinforced in a team setting.
{"title":"Comparing health factors among collegiate athletes and non-athletes and between NCAA divisions and sport type","authors":"J. Peacock","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1924563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1924563","url":null,"abstract":"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 then analyzed comparing members of Division I and Division III, team or coactive sports, and revenue or non-revenue sports. Results showed athletes perceived better health than non-athletes, and Division I athletes reported poorer mental health than Division III athletes. Additionally, team sport members reported higher anxiety than coactive sport members, and coactive sport members reported more days of poor physical health. It is hypothesized that team sport athletes may feel more social pressure, and coactive sport athletes may adhere less to the sport ethic reinforced in a team setting.","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"16 1","pages":"82 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1924563","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41606962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1916309
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 potential efficacy of phone interviewing techniques for eliciting meaningful narrative data from college athlete populations. I situate college athletes within literature about interviewing elite and vulnerable populations, arguing that college athletes display characteristics of each and may be uniquely positioned for the appropriate use of phone interviewing methods. Telephone interviews have traditionally been considered a last resort data collection method; in contrast, phone interview methods may be among the preferred methods for rich qualitative data collection with college athletes, by addressing their elite and vulnerable characteristics and mediating interviewer-interviewee dissimilarity.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1916310
J. 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 to compare the proportion of football student-athletes in a specific major to the male undergraduate students in the same major to determine if a cluster existed, then used a chi-square test to examine the association between recruiting rank and clustering. The data set includes 21 “Power Five” football programs. To measure talent level, the researchers used the composite recruiting rank from 247sports.com. Results of the study showed that football student-athletes with a recruiting rank of three stars or higher were significantly more likely to be in a clustered major at five of the 21 institutions examined.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-02DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1920873
Kayla M. Johnson, L. 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 tour experience playing baseball and participating in associated educational and cultural activities in Cuba. Data come from one case study that employs three qualitative strands: a pre-trip survey, in-country daily reflections, and a post-trip survey. We use an inductive analytical approach, informed by learning and development theory to examine players’ cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral development as a result of the foreign tour. Findings indicate that foreign tours that include an educational component may bridge athletics and the academic mission of higher education and can provide a meaningful opportunity for high-impact engagement that student-athletes perceive to be missing from their education.
{"title":"Respecting the game: Foreign tours as academic engagement opportunities for intercollegiate student-athletes","authors":"Kayla M. Johnson, L. Caldwell, Alexander Malinsky, Schuyler Bates, Nick Distasio, Marko Boricich","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1920873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1920873","url":null,"abstract":"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 tour experience playing baseball and participating in associated educational and cultural activities in Cuba. Data come from one case study that employs three qualitative strands: a pre-trip survey, in-country daily reflections, and a post-trip survey. We use an inductive analytical approach, informed by learning and development theory to examine players’ cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral development as a result of the foreign tour. Findings indicate that foreign tours that include an educational component may bridge athletics and the academic mission of higher education and can provide a meaningful opportunity for high-impact engagement that student-athletes perceive to be missing from their education.","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"16 1","pages":"143 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1920873","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45444813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-27DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1916304
R. 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 enrollment at FCS schools during the period between 2003 and 2015. Specifically, the researcher sought to examine whether institutional athletics expenditures had an impact on the total enrollments, number of applications, or quality of applicants at each of the universities within the Southland Conference. The results of this study showed virtually no relationships between athletic spending and any of the dependent variables under study. Instead, this research suggested that at the FCS level, institutional spending on athletics did not statistically significantly impact university enrollment, application or student quality measures.
{"title":"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","authors":"R. McDermand","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1916304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916304","url":null,"abstract":"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 enrollment at FCS schools during the period between 2003 and 2015. Specifically, the researcher sought to examine whether institutional athletics expenditures had an impact on the total enrollments, number of applications, or quality of applicants at each of the universities within the Southland Conference. The results of this study showed virtually no relationships between athletic spending and any of the dependent variables under study. Instead, this research suggested that at the FCS level, institutional spending on athletics did not statistically significantly impact university enrollment, application or student quality measures.","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"15 1","pages":"95 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916304","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42514393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-27DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1916303
Logan K. Lyons, T. Dorsch, Katie Lowe, M. Kaye, J. J. Arnett, Amanda N. 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 I, II, and III took part in one-on-one, semi-structured interviews. Data were synthesized using a previous grounded theory from Dorsch and colleagues', of parent involvement in NCAA athletics. Results highlight multiple types of negative parent involvement, policy considerations for NCAA administrators, design elements of programmatic education for parents across NCAA divisions, barriers to achieving positive parent involvement, as well as desired student-athlete outcomes. Integrating parents' voice with those of administrators and coaches bolsters efforts toward evidence-based education for parents of NCAA student-athletes. Recommendations of considerations for institutions wishing to implement campus-level educational programming for parents involved.
{"title":"Parents’ perceptions of parental involvement in emerging adults’ intercollegiate athletic careers: Policy, education, and desired outcomes","authors":"Logan K. Lyons, T. Dorsch, Katie Lowe, M. Kaye, J. J. Arnett, Amanda N. Faherty, Lindsey H. Menendez","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1916303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916303","url":null,"abstract":"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 I, II, and III took part in one-on-one, semi-structured interviews. Data were synthesized using a previous grounded theory from Dorsch and colleagues', of parent involvement in NCAA athletics. Results highlight multiple types of negative parent involvement, policy considerations for NCAA administrators, design elements of programmatic education for parents across NCAA divisions, barriers to achieving positive parent involvement, as well as desired student-athlete outcomes. Integrating parents' voice with those of administrators and coaches bolsters efforts toward evidence-based education for parents of NCAA student-athletes. Recommendations of considerations for institutions wishing to implement campus-level educational programming for parents involved.","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"15 1","pages":"123 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916303","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46334749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-21DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1916311
Nikola Grafnetterova, R. M. Banda
{"title":"“Need help? We got you!”: Sources of support for first-generation Latinx student-athletes","authors":"Nikola Grafnetterova, R. M. Banda","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1916311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916311","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49488910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-21DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1916307
Lauren Beasley, R. 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. The thematic analysis of interviews with nine social workers produced four themes: (a) in-milieu work; (b) athletic performance; (c) misconceptions; and (d) indirect career path. The findings suggest that in-milieu style work helped social workers build positive relationships with other staff members. However, there was also a misunderstanding of the social workers’ role and no direct career path. Furthermore, the social workers discussed doing some type of performance enhancement work. These results have implications both for programing decisions by athletic departments and also for the social work profession.
{"title":"The experiences of social workers in NCAA Division I athletic departments","authors":"Lauren Beasley, R. Hardin, John Magliocca, Zachary T. Smith","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1916307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916307","url":null,"abstract":"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. The thematic analysis of interviews with nine social workers produced four themes: (a) in-milieu work; (b) athletic performance; (c) misconceptions; and (d) indirect career path. The findings suggest that in-milieu style work helped social workers build positive relationships with other staff members. However, there was also a misunderstanding of the social workers’ role and no direct career path. Furthermore, the social workers discussed doing some type of performance enhancement work. These results have implications both for programing decisions by athletic departments and also for the social work profession.","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"15 1","pages":"193 - 218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916307","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45462495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-18DOI: 10.1080/19357397.2021.1916306
K. C. Mayer
{"title":"Attendance motivators and constraints: A Division III fall sports inquiry","authors":"K. C. Mayer","doi":"10.1080/19357397.2021.1916306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916306","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56347,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/19357397.2021.1916306","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43453442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}