A Study of Character among Collegiate Athletes

Autor/in	Heupel, Jill D.
Titel	A Study of Character among Collegiate Athletes
Quelle	(2017), (138 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit D.Ed. Dissertation, Tarleton State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3551-8190-6
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Personality; Moral Values; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Athletes; College Athletics; Athletic Coaches; Competition; Measures (Individuals); Correlation; Gender Differences; Comparative Analysis; Social Values; Statistical Significance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Personalität; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Statistische Analyse; Athlet; College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Wettkampf; Messdaten; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialer Wert
Abstract	The idea that sport builds character has been around for a long time. However, sports may not build the type of character once thought. Character of athletes was defined based on differing views held by sport scholars, coaches, athletes, and sport enthusiast. Sport scholars tend to view character of athletes from a moral perspective. Coaches, athletes, and other sport personnel view character of athletes from a social perspective. Previous research conducted by scholars in the field indicated that moral character scores among athletes were found to be lower than other groups measured, especially athletes who participated for longer amounts of time in more competitive sport settings and social scores tended to be higher in team sport athletes over individual sport athletes. A dependent samples t-test revealed a statistically significant difference between moral and social scores of athletes who took the RSBH Values Judgement Inventory. A Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a positive correlation between social scores and moral scores of athletes where 25% of the variance was shared. A separate one-way ANOVA was conducted for each character index to compare social and moral character of both male and female college athletes who played different competitive sports and attended the same NCAA Division II University. Statistically significant results were revealed between moral scores of athletes who participated in different sports and between social scores of athletes who participated in different sports at the same university. [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.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01