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Direct linkCaldas, Stephen J.; Caldas, Stephanie V.; Kurrus, Kevin – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2018
There are currently mixed findings on the social and academic benefits of youth participation in school sponsored sports, such as football. While some research suggests positive outcomes through increased sense of school belongingness, other studies link participation in football to increased delinquent behavior. Social control theory informed the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Sense of Community, Group Membership, Student School Relationship
Coleman, Jewell J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Research indicates that participation in interscholastic sports may not affect student academic achievement and self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of participation versus non-participation in interscholastic sports on the academic achievement and self-esteem of eighth grade students. Reading and math achievement…
Descriptors: Extramural Athletics, Student Attitudes, Self Concept Measures, Statistical Significance
Hawkins, Randolph; Mulkey, Lynn M. – Education and Urban Society, 2005
This research examines the impact of gender on the association between sport participation and students' educational opportunities and outcomes by comparing African American male and female eighth graders, including student background and school demographic and organization characteristics. Unlike previous studies it also investigates the link…
Descriptors: African American Students, Grade 8, Females, Males
Stephens, Larry J.; Schaben, Laura A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2002
Eighth graders (N = 136) were divided into two groups: students who had participated in at least one interscholastic sport and were classified as athletes (n = 73), and students who had not participated in interscholastic sports and were classified as nonathletes (n = 63). The mean grade point average (GPA) for each group and subgroup was computed…
Descriptors: Extramural Athletics, Grade Point Average, Grade 8, Exercise Physiology
