Student Athletes' Psychosocial Development: The Role of Athletic Identity and Hypercompetitiveness

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah S. Kohlstedt ◽  
Amanda J. Visek
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity

Psychosocial Influences on College Adjustment in Division I Student-Athletes: The Role of Athletic Identity

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mickey C. Melendez
Keyword(s):  
College Adjustment ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
College Success ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Division I ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Division 1 ◽  
Psychosocial Influences ◽  
The Impact

Traditionally, graduation rates have been employed as a primary measure of college success for student-athletes. However, other sport related factors influencing college success and adjustment have yet to be adequately researched in the literature. The purpose of this study was to examine more closely the impact of race, gender, and athletic identity on the college adjustment of a group of freshmen and sophomore varsity student-athletes. A regression model employing athletic identity as a moderator of race for specific indices of college adjustment in student-athletes was tested. One-hundred and one varsity student-athletes from three Division 1 universities participated in the study. Findings revealed significant correlations among the variables of gender, race, athletic identity, and certain aspects of college adjustment. In addition, the model of athletic identity as a moderator of race in student-athletes was partially supported. Implications of the current findings to student-athlete retention and support services are discussed.

scholarly journals The Role of Psychological Capital in Human Service Professionals’ Work Experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-648
Author(s):  
Ilaria Di Maggio ◽  
Maria Cristina Ginevra ◽  
Laura Nota
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Human Service Professionals ◽  
Career Growth ◽  
Positive Representation ◽  
Predictive Role

The study was set up as a first exploration of the predictive role of human service professionals’ (i.e., teachers and healthcare professionals) psychological capital (PC) in their perception of work experiences and some core aspects of their own work, such as their efficacy to instill positive resources in their clients, the positive representation of their work and of the results that they can obtain, and positive beliefs about their career growth. Three hundred and eight Northern Italian human service professionals were involved, of which 163 were elementary school teachers of inclusive classrooms and 145 were healthcare professionals in day and residential centers. The regression analyses which were carried out—controlling for age, gender, years of work experience and the typology of the human service jobs—confirmed the predictive role of PC in the efficacy to instill positive resources in one’s clients, the positive representation of the work and of the results that can be obtained, and positive beliefs about career growth. These results have important implications for practice, and they emphasize that specific interventions aimed at promoting human service professionals’ PC may positively impact the effectiveness of their actions for the adaptation and psychosocial development of their clients.

Social and Emotional Development: The Role of Authenticity in the Psychosocial Development of Students With Gifts and Talents

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-114
Author(s):  
Tracy L. Cross
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social And Emotional Development ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Development Of Students

This column explores the concept of authenticity in the psychosocial development of students with gifts and talents. The author describes how authenticity is critical to students’ psychological well-being, particularly as it relates to their identity formation.

scholarly journals The Role of Gender in Association between Emotional Intelligence and Self-Control among University Student-Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11819
Author(s):  
Audrone Dumciene ◽  
Saule Sipaviciene
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
University Student ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Forecasting Models ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Control Construct

The purpose of this study was to reveal the peculiarities of undergraduate studies university student-athletes’ emotional intelligence and self-control indicators, and the role of gender as a predictor in the association between emotional intelligence and self-control. The study included students regularly involved in training at least three times a week. The sample consisted of 1395 student athletes from Lithuanian universities, among them 59.2% female and 40.8% male. For measurement, the SSRI inventory and a self-control scale were used. All values of emotional intelligence indicators were significantly higher for males than females. Estimates of the components of the self-control construct varied. The score for the healthy habits component was significantly higher for women than for men, the self-discipline component did not differ significantly, and the other three components were higher for males. Estimates of the components of the self-control construct varied. Models for predicting the values of self-control components were proposed. Only one component of the emotional intelligence construct, optimism, was repeated in all forecasting models, as well as gender. Other components of emotional intelligence vary in models.

scholarly journals Antecedents and Consequences of Student-Athletes’ Identity Profiles in Upper Secondary School

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Moazami-Goodarzi ◽  
Matilda Sorkkila ◽  
Kaisa Aunola ◽  
Tatiana V. Ryba
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Growth Mixture ◽  
Dual Identity ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

This study examined the identity profiles that upper secondary school Finnish student-athletes show and the extent to which these profiles were associated with their athletic and academic achievements and withdrawal from sports and school. A total of 391 adolescent athletes (51% female) completed assessments of student and athletic identity four times during their time in upper secondary school. Using growth mixture modeling, three groups were identified: dual identity (77%), changing identity (5%), and athletic identity (18%). The higher the academic achievement was at Time 1, the more likely the athletes were to show a dual identity than an athletic identity profile. Similarly, athletes with dual identity showed higher subsequent academic achievement at Time 4 than those with an athletic identity profile. Finally, athletes with dual identity were more likely and athletes with athletic identity less likely to withdraw from sport activities during upper secondary school than would be expected by chance.

Quality of Youth Sport Friendships: Measurement Development and Validation

1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen R. Weiss ◽  
Alan L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Development ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Friendship Quality ◽  
Measurement Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quality Scale ◽  
Core Set ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Development And Validation

The role of peers has been neglected in research on youth psychosocial development in sport. The purpose of the present study was to develop and validate a measure of youth sport friendship quality for the purpose of facilitating such research. Dimensions and higher order themes found in Weiss, Smith, and Theeboom’s (1996) qualitative study of sport friendships among children and adolescents, as well as a core set of items from previous research (Parker & Asher, 1993), were used to develop and refine items for a sport friendship quality scale. Over the course of three studies, content, factorial, and construct validity, as well as internal consistency and test-retest reliability, were demonstrated for the Sport Friendship Quality Scale (SFQS). Future research is recommended to examine the role of children’s sport friendship quality on psychosocial development in the physical domain.

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