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Amy M. Kemp; Gabriella Norton; Madison Neese; Yalian Pei; Katy H. O'Brien – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: This mixed method study examined how psychosocial factors from the Theory of Planned Behavior and Reasoned Action (TPB/RA) influence health-seeking behaviors after concussion, expanding from student-athlete TPB/RA research to assess the influence of psychosocial factors within a general college population. Participants: Two hundred and…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Head Injuries, Brain, Student Athletes
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Jennifer P. Agans; Andrea Vest Ettekal; Theresa Melton; Richard M. Lerner – Journal of Character Education, 2023
Sampling multiple sports in childhood is associated with continued participation in sport, but little is known about whether sport sampling may be associated with youth character development, another outcome of widespread interest in the field. Furthermore, even less is known about how sport participation influences development. For example, sport…
Descriptors: Athletics, Sportsmanship, Student Characteristics, High School Students
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Çakiroglu, Temel – Journal of Educational Issues, 2021
Athletic performance is the physical and mental effort of an individual or a sports team to win and defeat the other person or team. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of athletic self-efficacy and athletic perfectionism in predicting athletic performance of athletic students of Gazi University. The method of this study is…
Descriptors: College Students, College Athletics, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries
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David Light Shields; Christopher D. Funk – Journal of Character Education, 2023
People desire to have positive self-esteem. Research by Crocker, Luhtanen, Cooper, & Bouvrette (2003) has demonstrated that late adolescents buttress their sense of self-worth through at least seven different means. Focusing primarily on two such contingencies (seeking to support self-esteem through virtuous behavior and through competitive…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, College Freshmen, Team Sports, Sportsmanship
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Stapleton, Jessie N.; Crandall, Rebecca – Journal of College and Character, 2022
Despite governing agencies and universities pursuing evidence-based initiatives to promote positive health and well-being outcomes, intercollegiate student-athletes report significant barriers to mental wellness. According to cognitive affective stress model, coping strategies may reduce the likelihood of chronic stress and athlete burnout. As…
Descriptors: Religion, Coping, Student Athletes, Well Being
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Kristin Kenneavy – Journal of College and Character, 2023
Nonconsensual sexual activity remains a prominent and troubling aspect of undergraduate student life at U.S. colleges and universities. Past research revealed that 23.6% of female undergraduate students, and 5.8% of male undergrads, had experienced nonconsensual sexual contact. Given the scope of the problem, identifying groups of students…
Descriptors: Violence, Audiences, Predictor Variables, Intervention