Positive Transitions for Student Athletes: Life Skills for Transitions in Sport, College, and Career

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Paa
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
College And Career

Challenges in perspective of life skills acquisition; implication for placement of life skills in university curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
Wasim Khan ◽  
Salahuddin Khan ◽  
Tasleem Arif ◽  
Sohail R. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Educational Curriculum

Background and Study Aim: The main purpose behind the study was to establish the challenges in relation to the acquisition of life skills among university student-athletes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The study assessed the extent to which the concern existing resources, facilitators, and trainer attitude influences life skills acquisition among student-athletes. Material and Methods: Descriptive survey research design was followed to obtain desirable results. The target population of this study consisted of all those who participated in different sport at the university level of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Amongst them, we selected a representative sample (n=389 fifty 50% of the total population) with the help of a simple random sampling technique. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version, 24 was used to code and analyse the data. The hypotheses were tested by applying statistical tests like Step-wise regression and independents sample t-test. The significance level of 0.05 was fixed to accept or reject the set hypotheses. Results: Findings of the study indicated that existing resources, facilitators, and trainer/coach attitude significantly influences life skills acquisition among student-athletes (.001, .001 & .000 < .05). The analysed data revealed no significantly difference regarding extent to which specific challenges such as existing resources, facilitators, and trainer attitude influences the acquisition of life skills (.500, .133 & .149 > .05). Conclusions: The findings of the study revealed that all participants have agreed upon the importance of life skills. Therefore, the life skills course might be considered as an integral part of every educational curriculum of Pakistan. It is suggested that a minimum of 2 hours per week may be included in the educational curriculum of each discipline.

scholarly journals SPECIAL PROGRAM IN SPORTS ON THE LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT-ATHLETES

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Efren S. Abustan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
High School Student ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Special Program ◽  
San Luis ◽  
Life Skills Development

This study entitled Special Program in Sports on the Life Skills Development of student-athletes of Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School was conducted to specifically answer the following questions; What is the status of SPS student-athletes’ profile in terms of; Age; Gender; Grade Level; Sports Events; Training Hours; and Level Competition? What is the level of aspects of Life Skill Development in terms of; Behavioral; emotional; Mental; Physical; and Social? Does the Special Program in Sports affect the life skills development of the junior high school student-athletes of Gov. Felicimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School? The study utilized the descriptive method of research to determine the effect of Special Program in Sports on the Life Skills Development of student-athletes. The main source of data of this study was the survey questionnaire which was prepared by the researcher and statistically treated using simple descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and multiple regression to determine the significant effect of SPS on the life skills development of junior high school student-athletes. Letters were sent to the Schools Division of Laguna, for the permission and approval to conduct the study, and to the School Principal of Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School, for the distribution of questionnaires to the student-athletes. Self-made questionnaires were prepared and was checked and validated by the thesis adviser and panel members.

Coaching and Transferring Life Skills: Philosophies and Strategies Used by Model High School Coaches

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Camiré ◽  
Pierre Trudel ◽  
Tanya Forneris
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
High School Coaches ◽  
Development Literature

Whether life skills are developed through sport greatly depends on how coaches create suitable environments that promote the development of youth (Gould & Carson, 2008). The purpose of this study was to examine, using Gould and Carson’s (2008) model of coaching life skills, the philosophies and strategies used by model high school coaches to coach life skills and how to transfer these life skills to other areas of life. Interviews were conducted with both coaches and their student-athletes. Results indicated that coaches understood their student-athletes preexisting make up and had philosophies based on promoting the development of student-athletes. Results also demonstrated that coaches had strategies designed to coach life skills and educate student-athletes about the transferability of the skills they learned in sport. Although variations were reported, coaches and student-athletes generally believed that student-athletes can transfer the skills learned in sport to other areas of life. These results are discussed using Gould and Carson’s model and the youth development literature.

scholarly journals The Structural Relationship Among Perceived Positive and Negative Parenting Attitude, Life Skills, and Transfer of Chinese Student-Athletes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Yi Wang ◽  
Taehee Lim ◽  
Junsu Bae
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Chinese Student ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Parenting Attitudes ◽  
Negative Parenting ◽  
Life Skills Development ◽  
Parenting Attitude

Abstract A parenting attitude is regarded as a very important factor influencing the positive development of student-athletes. However, there are far fewer studies on parenting attitude in sport PYD area. This study aimed to understand the relationship among the positive/negative parenting attitudes, life skills, and transfer. Participants were 257 Chinese student-athletes (male=171, female=86, Mage=15.70) in track and field, basketball, soccer, and taekwondo. Date were analyzed by using descriptive statistic, correlation, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). SEM analysis showed that parenting attitude was significantly related to life skills development and transfer. A positive parenting attitude had a positive effect on life skills and transfer, while a negative parenting attitude had a negative effect. Furthermore, positive and negative parenting attitudes indirectly affected life skills transfer by mediating life skills development. The findings of this study show that the role of parents determines the possibility of life skills development and transfer of Chinese student-athletes.

scholarly journals Examining the Role of Life Skills in Mediating the Relationship between the Basic Psychological Needs and Subjective Well-Being of Taekwondo Student-Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11538
Author(s):  
Jun-Su Bae ◽  
Eun-Hyung Cho ◽  
Tae-Hee Lim
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Life Skills Development

Various theories in the field of positive youth development (PYD) through sport argue that student athletes’ satisfaction with basic psychological needs, life skills development, and well-being are closely related to each other. This study identified the structural relationship among three basic psychological needs, life skills, and subjective well-being. Korean Taekwondo student athletes (N = 302, Mage = 17.67, range = 17–19) completed a survey evaluating basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), life skills (teamwork, goal setting, social skills, time management, and leadership), and subjective well-being (life satisfaction, positive/negative affect). Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, correlation, and the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The model’s goodness of fit was ?2/df = 2.78, TLI = 0.90, CFI = 0.90, RMSEA = 0.077 (95% CI = 0.70, 0.80), and SRMR = 0.085. The three basic psychological needs were positively related to life skills and subjective well-being. In addition, life skills had a mediation effect between the three basic psychological needs and subjective well-being. The interpretation of the results indicated that life skills development and well-being depend on basic psychological needs. Thus, coaches should encourage a PYD climate to satisfy their athletes’ psychological needs.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of life skills-cultivating School Athletic Club program and to explore the patterns of participants’ life-skills revelation. Participants were athletic director(n=1), coach(n=1), parents(n=3), and student-athletes(n=7). Data were collected from literature review, in-depth interviews, observation, director’s journal entries, and student athlete’s life skill journal entries. Data were analyzed through open coding, axial coding and selective coding. Findings are as follows. First, the development processes of the life skills-cultivating School Athletic Club Program were: ① organization preparation for sharing educational values of life skills among stakeholder, ② focusing on holistic growth through the cultivation of life skills, ③ implementation preparation regarding logistical matters on time, location, administrative level of approval, ④ identifying four areas of life skills(Work well, Interact well, Solve well, Hope well; WISH), and ⑤ adopting methods for creating a positive atmosphere, providing indirect/direct experiences, and self-reflection. Second, the student-athlete’s life skills revelation patterns were categorized as: ① Advisors: participants who encourage people around them to practice life skills ② Self-concentrated developers: participants who focus on practicing their own life skills ③ Drop-outs: participants who try to accept a life skill immediately after a life skills learning activity, but gradually remiss practice ④ Neglectors: participants who are indifferent to life skills approach. Based on this we discussed that it was difficult to expect consistent positive effects from all student-athletes participating in the life skills cultivating program, and that specialized strategies for each pattern are needed.

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
Kyu-hyun Choi
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Axial Coding ◽  
Skills Learning ◽  
Journal Entries ◽  
Athletic Club

Development and Validation of the Life Skills Scale for Student-Athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-41
Author(s):  
Chang-Yong Jang ◽  
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Taehee Lim ◽  
Junsu Bae ◽  
Hyunwoo Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Development And Validation
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