Download or read book A Phenomenological Study of Graduated Nursing Student Athletes Experiences Balancing Academics and Athletics written by Robert E. Steed and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study is to describe the lived experiences of eleven graduated nursing student athletes who completed traditional, four-year nursing programs while concurrently finishing four years of athletic eligibility in their respective sport at three private, Christian, Midwest universities and across three different competitive collegiate athletic divisions. The theories guiding this study are Tinto’s Theory of Individual Departure from Institutions of Higher Learning, Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement, and Lazarus and Folkman’s Transactional Model of Stress Response, as they relate to student athletes’ persistence to graduation and to nursing students who reportedly experience higher levels of stress than other college students. Participants were purposefully selected to answer the following: How do graduated nursing student athletes describe their experiences in balancing sports and academics while completing a traditional, four-year nursing program and participating in intercollegiate sports? Data collection was conducted using journaling, semi-structured individual interviews, and focus groups. Confidentiality was maintained by using pseudonyms for all colleges and participants. Data analysis was conducted via pattern, theme, and content analysis. Validity and trustworthiness were established via expert and member reviews, as well as triangulation of participant groups, data sources, audit trails, enumeration tables, and inclusion of participant quotes.

Download or read book A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Former Community College Student athletes written by Jeffrey D. Holmes and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former two-year college student-athlete's perceptions of the identifiable institutional services and programs that contribute to the successful transfer of student athletes from the community college to four-year colleges and universities; the professional athlete's perceptions of the how community college athletic association member institutions can create opportunities for degree completion and explore strategies to increase graduation rates for transfer student-athletes. "A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Former Community College Student-Athletes" examines the experiences of five athletes and their perceptions of what aided their personal success at the community college. The results of the study illustrate the mentoring and structured programs help to create climate for success. A unified national transfer initiative will help both four-year and two-year colleges in aligning degree plans and services to improve the graduation and transfer rates of students. The completion of these education credentials will ultimately lead towards career pathways.

Download or read book A Transcendental Phenomenological Study of Persistence Among National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Student Athletes written by Carlton Harsell Bryan (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the experiences of Division III National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) student athletes in central North Carolina who successfully persist to a four-year institution. The theory that guided this study was Vincent Tinto's Theory of Student Integration (1975) as it established the principle that student's personal commitment or determination to earn a degree and their commitment to their college or university determines whether they will complete their educational goals. The central research question guiding this study is: What are the experiences of the Division III NJCAA student-athlete in central North Carolina who successfully persist to a four-year institution? The sub-research questions investigated how Division III NJCAA student-athletes describe their (a) social, (b) athletic, (c) academic and (d) personal experiences at the community college level that led to their successful persistence to a four-year university or college. This study intended to capture the authentic voice of NJCAA Division III student-athletes who had persisted to a four-year institution. The method for this transcendental phenomenological study incorporated individual in-depth interviews, writing samples, and a focus group as the primary data collection methods. Four themes emerged: Parent Support, Push to Succeed, Love of Sport, and Not Ready for a University.

Download or read book A Phenomenological Study of College Freshman Male Student athletes written by Joan Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a phenomenological study of the emotional experience of freshman student-athletes at a Division I university. Specifically, this study examines the experiences of males in revenue and non-revenue sports, focusing on their own perceptions and descriptions of their lives and needs as student-athletes. Initially, a thorough literature review was conducted, utilizing references from higher education, sports, psychology, and other fields. the review suggests that previous research with the population has been based primarily upon demographic data, testing, graduation rates, and sociological analysis, with very few utilizing direct experiential descriptions from the student-athletes themselves. No studies were found which utilized drawings as part of the research method. to gather information about the population, a written survey was administered to all freshman student-athletes to develop questions for an individual interview with the subjects of my study. the interviews were then conducted with freshman male student-athletes, and as a part of each interview, student-athletes were asked to draw a picture of "an animal to represent yourself" and to create a pie chart showing the way their time is spent. These drawings in combination with the interview formed the bulk of the data collected. Data was considered through an American phenomenological research tradition, seeking the themes and meaning embedded in the interviews and using the words and drawings as the primary source. Results of the interviews and consideration of the drawings indicate that the following areas were themes for student-athletes: isolation, fatigue, stereotyping and misconceptions about them, racial issues, and academic issues. Within these were idiosyncratic expressions of the experience of being a student-athlete and these themes were mirrored in the literature review to some extent. the implications for delivery of counseling or personal development services to student-athletes in higher education settings were discussed with emphasis on taking into account the experience of the student-athletes and the need to seriously address the themes expressed by the student-athletes.

Download or read book Former College Athletes and Their Persistence in Medical School written by Michael J. Woodson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand the experiences of former college-athletes who persist in medical school. The theories that guided this study were the achievement goal theory by Nicholls and the self-determination theory by Deci and Ryan, as each theory relates to the motivation to succeed in academics, as well as athletic participation. Eleven participants were purposefully selected to address the question: How do former college student-athletes describe their experiences in relation to the attributes and characteristics that allowed them to persist in medical school? The sub-research questions investigated certain experiences that may have helped them persist in medical school, the intersection of athletic motivation and medical school motivation, and their medical school experiences compared to their athletic experiences. This study attempted to provide the genuine voices of former college athletes who have persisted in medical school. Data was collected using document analysis, semi-structured interviews, a reflection essay, and focus groups. Data analysis was conducted in accordance with Moustakas, which included preparing and organizing the data, reducing the data into themes, and representing the data in a written form. Validity and trustworthiness were established by employing member checking, audit trails, and reflexivity. These student-athletes felt the experiences of playing a college sport aided them in their transition and their persistence in medical school. The research participants attributed this to their resiliency, their internal motivation, their ability to adapt, their regimented schedule, and ability to relate their medical school experience to their college athletic experience.

Download or read book Making the Connection written by Eddie Comeaux and published by IAP. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making the Connection: Data-Informed Practices in Academic Support Centers for College Athletes is practical and ideal for those who seek to use research to inform their individual and organizational practices. This volume is primarily intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, though scholars, researchers, teachers, practitioners, coaches, athletics administrators, and advocates of intercollegiate athletics will also find it useful. It comprises a series of chapters that cover a wide range of evidence-based approaches designed to enhance the practices of those who work closely with college athletes. Given the breadth of the field overall, this single volume is not exhaustive, but the current concerns, challenges, and themes of relevance to higher education researchers, practitioners, and others are well addressed. The intent of the text is to spark conversation about how college and university constituents can reframe their thinking about the importance of innovative research to careful, informed practice. Likewise, the contributors hope that it will inspire greater awareness and action among practitioners, as well as advance scholarship in the area of athletics. Each chapter includes current research, and in some cases theoretical perspectives, which should assist practitioners enhance the well-being of college athletes. Each chapter also offers guided discussion questions that are ideal for use as the basis of further conversation in the classroom setting. Adopters of this text will benefit from leading voices in the field who delve into complex issues, shedding new light and presenting unique opportunities for understanding a diversity of perspectives on evidence-based practices in support centers for athletes. In all, this volume provides a rich portrait of data-driven practices designed to assist practitioners and others who work closely with college athletes, and lays the groundwork for an ambitious and long overdue agenda to further develop innovative research that informs the practices of athletics stakeholders and improves the quality of experiences for college athletes.

Download or read book The Lived Experience of the Collegiate Female Student athlete written by Kelsie Ann Patricia Saxe and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the lived experience of the collegiate female student-athlete. This population makes up approximately half of the 463,000 student-athletes competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (Irick, 2013). Previous research has explored the benefits and drawbacks of women’s participation in sport and specific experiences within the female student-athlete experience. While research heavily encourages the adolescent girl’s participation in sports, there is conflicting research regarding the impact sport has on the experiences of female student-athletes at an elite level. LaFountaine (2007) found that female student-athletes are not thriving in relation to various aspects of holistic wellness. However, McLester, Hardin and Hoppe (2014) found that very few female student-athletes were susceptible to eating disorders and many had high levels of self-esteem and positive body image. Previous literature has explored the experiences of female student-athletes experiencing depression through a phenomenological perspective, however this whole population has not been explored using hermeneutic phenomenology (Jones et al., 2010; LaFountaine, 2007). The purpose of exploring this population through hermeneutic phenomenology is to gain a rich understanding of the experiences of collegiate female student-athletes so that administrators, coaches, and support staff can gain understanding of their experiences to guide their decisions and actions when leading this population. Participants were female student-athletes in their third or fourth year of eligibility at an NCAA, Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institution. One in-depth, unstructured interview was conducted with each participant. Interviews were unstructured to allow the participant to direct the conversation and discuss aspects of her experience that seem most relevant to share. The transcripts were then analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in which four themes emerged: transition blues, grinding it out, student-athlete bubble, and passing it on. Subthemes within these themes included: freshman year blues, senior year blues, injury, people leave, pressure, coaching issues, consuming, overwhelming support, my team, learning, and teaching. By examining the collegiate female student-athlete’s experience, athletic department staff can gain greater understanding of these experiences and better adapt to meet the needs of each student-athlete to enhance the experiences of this population.

Download or read book Effect of the COVID 19 Pandemic on the Experiences of Post surgical NCAA Athletes During Return to Play Progressions written by Monique Marcelino and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus Disease 2019, COVID-19) pandemic has taken the lives of over a million people worldwide and has forced shutdowns, lock-ins, and isolation around the globe in attempt to stop the spread of the virus (Toresdahl & Asif, 2020; Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). Mental health has been affected in a multitude of ways for the general population due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Kim et al., 2019; Liang et al., 2020; Munk et al., 2020; Duncan et al., 2020). Those who attend college are at higher risk for more intense reactions, positive and negative, to all the changes happening with COVID-19 (Son et al., 2020; Lopez-Castro et al., 2021; Hong et al., 2021; Yang et al., 2021; Browning et al., 2021). Another population at high risk for more intense reactions to COVID-19 are athletes. Athletes of all levels had seasons end abruptly and were confined to their home. Having sport suddenly removed can cause an array of emotions for an athlete, and if an athlete sustained an injury which required surgery, mental health may further deteriorate due to the added effects of recovery. Previous investigators (Jones et al., 2020; Kilic et al., 2018; Koorevaar et al., 2016; McPherson et al., 2019; Nixon et al., 2019; O’Connor et al, 2020) have examined the effect of various injuries on mental health and the return to play process, but little to no studies have been conducted during a global pandemic. The experience of going through surgery during the COVID-19 time period should be addressed in collegiate athletes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of post-surgical NCAA athletes during return to play progressions. This study used two questionnaires to obtain quantitative data as well as a semi-structured interview to obtain qualitative information which was then analyzed. Analysis for themes and sub-themes are to help professionals understand what the student-athletes went through to aid in trying to minimize the negative effect athletes may feel in future circumstances to ensure their safety and well-being. In addition, this research could help those who go through similar situations at different periods of time that are still stressful. It was hypothesized that the negative experiences would increase for athletes who had surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, and secondarily, that the negative experiences of athletes would delay the return to play progression.

Download or read book Counseling and Psychological Services for College Student athletes written by Edward F. Etzel and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides numerous practical and effective ways to assist individuals of this growing on-campus population meet the issues and personal challenges they face today. Chapters address a wide range of topics: general consultation; ethics; life skills; approaches to counselling specific groups; women student-athletes; male student-athletes; African-descendent student-athletes; GLBTQ student-athletes; approaches to counselling on special concerns college student-athlete experience and academics transitions; disordered eating; clinical depression; the athlete student-to-be and the new student-athlete; learning disabilities; injury and disability; alcohol and drug use. This comprehensive, insightful view of the increasingly demanding intercollegiate athletics environment will be particularly useful for university-based and private practice counsellors and psychologists, student service professionals, CHAMPS/Life Skills co-ordinators, intercollegiate athletics academic advisors, graduate students in counselling and psychology, coaches, and athletic trainers.

Download or read book College Persistence and the Division II Athlete written by Stephanie Lane and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a student athlete is an opportunity to gain college admission and participate in athletics at a competitive level as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Student-athlete experiences in a university setting likely differ depending on the level of NCAA competition in which each particular campus participates. Unfortunately, many student athletes, despite their competitive Division, report experiences of being stigmatized by their peers and professors. The purpose of my project is to examine the educational and social experiences of Division II collegiate student athletes as it relates to their stigmatization. Drawing on existing 2011-2012 student census data from Humboldt State University, I analyze the collegiate academic experiences of NCAA Division II student athletes as they attempt to obtain their degree. I create an easy to read and cost effective report to show the persistence of Division II student athletes towards graduating despite their lack of mandated specialized academic assistance. This research seeks to break the negative stigma student athletes face on collegiate campuses. It is my goal that this project will educate staff, faculty, athletic donors and the public on the unique nature of student athletes rather than allowing speculation to determine the outcome of student athlete collegiate experiences.

Download or read book Changing the Field of Practice written by Anthony Martin Smith and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Identification of Key Factors Student athletes Perceived to be Important to the College Student athlete Retention Process written by Christina A. Rivera and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the key factors student-athletes perceived to be important in their decision-making to stay in school. To accomplish this purpose, it was necessary to: 1) construct a conceptual model of student-athlete retention based upon the literature associated with traditional student retention and the college student-athlete experience, 2) utilize the conceptual model of student-athlete retention to guide the creation of an instrument that captures student-athlete perceptions of factors important to the retention process, and 3) use exploratory factor analysis to extract meaningful factors underlying the items of the instrument. Participants in this study consisted of 330 NCAA Division I student-athletes attending a large west coast university. Using the Understanding College Student-Athlete Retention Questionnaire developed for this study, data were collected in person during a team meeting for each participating sport. A total of 42 items, one question regarding intent to leave, and 17 demographic questions were included in the questionnaire. The Likert-scaled items were measured on a six-point scale ranging from Not Important (1) to Very Important (6) with the Importance scale referring to how important each statement is to the participant's decision to stay in school. Principal components analysis with VARIMAX rotation extracted a four-factor model. Cronbach's alpha and split-half (Spearman-Brown) reliability coefficients were calculated for the instrument and for each extracted factor. The questionnaire had a reliability coefficient of .930, whereas each factor had a reliability coefficient greater than or equal to .784. Forty-one of the 42 items included in the questionnaire loaded onto one of four factors: Quality of Academic Experience, Quality of Athletic Experience, In-Network Support, and Out-Of-Network Support. These four factors reflect what student-athletes perceived to be important to the student-athlete retention process. Factor scores were also calculated for each factor based on intent to leave. Results indicated that respondents who did not have intentions of leaving school early placed a significantly higher level of importance on the Quality of Academic Experience, whereas respondents who did have intentions of leaving school early placed a significantly higher level of importance on the Quality of Athletic Experience.

Download or read book Cura Personalis in College Athletics A Case Study of Student Athletes at Georgetown University written by Nicholas E Genovese and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College presents a rich opportunity for student-athletes to develop their athletic talents, advance their intellectual abilities, form lasting relationships, and grow in their understanding of who they are and how they fit in the world around them. This holistic approach to student formation is valued at Jesuit, Catholic institutions, such as Georgetown University, grounded in the Ignatian principle of “cura personalis,” meaning care of the whole person. However, student-athletes at Georgetown often encounter lofty expectations to balance their time and energy intensive participation in athletics with a rigorous academic experience. In meeting these extensive demands, student-athletes may miss out on key opportunities to grow in their understanding of who they are and to better prepare for life after Georgetown. This case study of ten student-athletes at Georgetown aims to broadly understand how student-athletes articulate their key life experiences and identify themselves. In acknowledging the key role that college athletics plays in student-athletes’ daily lives, this study delves into four areas of student-athletes’ lives and ways of identifying themselves. These areas include: 1. their transitions to and from Georgetown, 2. their college experiences across academic, athletic, and social contexts, 3. their identities and faith lives, and lastly 4. their social media uses and opinions on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation. In our conversations, student-athletes at Georgetown demonstrate a deep understanding of their identities that suggests their college experiences at Georgetown have well prepared them to transition beyond college athletics into lives filled with meaning and purpose.

Download or read book Student athletes Perceptions of Their Academic and Athletic Roles written by Michelle L. Mahoney and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student-athletes' academic and athletic roles both require commitment, time, energy, and effort. Managing and balancing these multiple roles not only impacts student-athletes' use of time, but also their overall college experience. The purpose of this study was to explore how collegiate student-athletes perceive their academic and athletic roles. This study gives voice to student-athletes' perceptions of their multiple roles, provides insight on how they navigate these roles, and examines the intersections between athletic role, academic motivation, choice of major, and career decision-making processes. Qualitative interviews were conducted employing the constant comparative analytic method as a means to gain a meaningful understanding of how student-athletes perceive and experience their multiple roles. The study sample contained 18 (eight female and 10 male) student-athletes at Sunny Hills University (shu), a large 4-year public university in Southern California. A purposeful sample technique was employed resulting in participants being either sophomore, junior, or seniors on the following shu teams: Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Men's Outdoor Track, and Women's Outdoor Track. Five overarching themes emerged from the data regarding how student-athletes perceive their academic and athletic roles: (1) Two interconnected roles; (2) Part of an elite group; (3) Athletic role is more reinforced than academic role; (4) Sensitivity to stereotypes; and (5) Career decisions: a backseat to athletics. Implications for developing a theoretical or conceptual understanding of how Role Theory and in particular role conflict, affects student-athlete and how participants' viewed their academic and athletic roles as interconnected are also highlighted. Recommendations are provided for the ncaa, academic counselors, Athletic Departments, coaches, and faculty members with the goal of encouraging these different constituencies to understand areas where their behaviors could change in order to assist student-athletes with managing the multiple responsibilities, demands, and expectations of their role. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest llc. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.].

Download or read book A Brand New Game written by Alyssa C Adamson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how student-athletes are guided and mentored to develop and manage their personal brands within their respective athletic departments. With the introduction of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation across the United States, this has emerged as a pressing topic within collegiate amateur athletics for both student-athletes and university and athletic department administrators. Nineteen total participants split between current and former student-athletes and current athletics mentors from a middle-tier NCAA Division I, were interviewed in a semi-structured interview process about their perceptions and experiences in student-athlete personal brand development and management. Interview responses were evaluated using separate research questions for current and former student-athletes and athletics mentors. Research questions for student-athletes focused on whether they perceived they had a brand and if they believed they had the tools to manage their brand. Research questions for mentors centered on what they perceived their role in the brand management process was. One major theme that presented itself was that student-athletes either did not perceive themselves as having a brand or did not feel like they were given the tools to successfully build their own brand. However, student-athletes did respond that athletic academic mentors did shape the way they networked with alumni and impacted the academic achievements they strove for demonstrating that there was a component of brand building on-going within the student-athlete phase of life. In contrast to what student-athletes reported, many athletic academic mentors responded that they perceived they had little to no role in helping build a student's brand and most mentors believed other members of the athletic and academic community should be responsible for training. This juxtaposition in thinking between student-athletes and mentors emerged as the main point of emphasis in the results of this study.

Download or read book The Exploration of Adjustment During the Retirement Transition from Collegiate Athletics written by Olivia Alison Knizek and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges that face student-athletes when they retire from formal sport participation coincides with their loss of their athletic identity (how much they identify with their athlete role), often geographic upheaval, uncertainty of the future regarding alternate roles, and change in social support systems, which make this period more difficult to adjust to. This study explored the experiences of the retirement transition of graduating student-athletes. The current study aims to examine this unique experience through qualitative investigation into the collective experiences of student-athletes to identify overarching relevant themes common throughout this experience. The participants were 13 student-athletes who graduated in the Spring Semester of 2017 (May- June 2017), played their sport at a National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Institution at the Varsity level, and were not continuing to play their sport at the elite level. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants between five and eight months post-graduation. Thematic analysis was used to categorize participants' responses and allow for an in-depth investigation of different factors affecting personal adjustment throughout this period. The five overarching themes identified were: the need for social connection, the impact of a goal-oriented mindset, preparedness for the transition, translatable skills from being a student-athlete, and the perspective of their own identity and purpose. The ability to shift perspective to retrospectively appreciate the student-athlete experience, while incorporating it as one part of their overall life journey, is discussed as a protective factor for positive transition outcomes. As the large majority of collegiate athletes do not continue to play their sport professionally, this population is in high need of continued guidance. The present work can inform interventions to aid student-athletes in this difficult transitional period. Mentorship from previously graduated student-athletes, coaches, or administrative programs are suggested as a tangible positive intervention strategy based off of the results.

Download or read book What Happens when You Cross the Final Line written by Benjamin John Turman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: