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 Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Academic Success and Athletic Identity in Collegiate Student-Athletes

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-106
Author(s):  
Zoe Arnold
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Division I ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Chi Square Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Upon entering college in the United States, students are exposed to alcohol and, relatedly, the potentially dangerous experiences and effects that come with consuming alcohol. This is especially true for collegiate student-athletes, who have been found to have the highest consumption rate among student groups on campus. The purpose of the study was to understand the relationship between how student-athletes at a focus university, a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, experience alcohol consumption, how their consumption affects their academic grade point average (GPA), and how athletic identity plays a role in their experiences. While the research focuses on this one university, the findings are congruent with similar studies which focused on other colleges and/or the American college experience as a whole. Due to the large number of student-athletes in collegiate athletics, understanding and examining the correlation between alcohol consumption and the effect it has on academic success can be beneficial for multiple entities within a college dynamic. Survey data was collected from current student-athletes at a mid-sized Division I college in the Midwestern region of the United States. From this data, chi-square analysis showed that female student-athletes had statistically higher GPA than males, and a substantial sum of overall participants binge-drank during their last drinking occasion, and on both game and non-game days. A majority of respondents identify more with being a full-time athlete than being a full-time student. Results provide validity to past research studies, and allow for understanding to why student-athletes are at a higher risk of binge drinking. Practical implications and limitations are noted. Suggestions for future research include a larger sample from a variety of different universities, and understanding motivations between specific sports for academic success and alcohol consumption. Keywords: alcohol consumption, identity, gender, sport, culture, academics

scholarly journals Adolescents’ Intuitive Appraisal, Attributions and Emotions for their Relationships with their Parents

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Georgia Stephanou ◽  
Georgios Gkavras
Keyword(s):  
Relative Strength ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Parent Relationships ◽  
General Outcome ◽  
Controllable Factors ◽  
Adolescent Parent ◽  
Parent Relationship ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study study aimed to examine (a) adolescents’ attributions and emotions for their subjectively perceived good and bad relationships with their parents, (b) the association of the intuitive and attributional appraisals of the adolescent-parent relationship with the subsequent emotions, and (c) the role of the perceived importance of the good adolescent-parent relationship in the generation of attributions and emotions, and in the impact of attributions on emotions. The sample comprised 670 adolescents, both genders, aged 14-17 years old, representing various parental socioeconomic levels. The results showed that: (a) It was extremely important for the adolescents to have good relationships with their parents, (b) the perceived good adolescent-parent relationships were attributed to internal, stable and personal controllable factors, along with parent- and self-parent interactive- related factors, while the estimated as bad relationships were attributed to external, stable, personal uncontrollable and external controllable factors (parents’ negative properties), (c) the adolescents experienced intense positive and negative emotions (mainly, general / outcome- dependent) for the perceived good and bad relationships with their parents, respectively, (d) both intuitive and attributional appraisals of the relationship were associated with the emotions, particularly in the perceived bad adolescent-parent relationship, and (e) the relative strength of the association of the attributional dimensions with the emotions varied between the perceived good and bad adolescent-parent relationship and across the various emotions. Keywords: Adolescent-Parent Relationship, Attributions, Emotions, Intuitive Appraisal.

scholarly journals Impact of Various Collegiate Settings on Athletic Trainers’ Definition of Professional Commitment

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephine Mazerolle ◽  
Christianne Eason
Keyword(s):  
Athletic Training ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Division I ◽  
Professional Commitment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Division Ii ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: Professional commitment is an individualized concept that combines commitment to a profession and the organization of employment. Currently there is no distinct definition of professional commitment within the context of athletic training. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to evaluate the impact of collegiate divisional setting on the definition of professional commitment. Methods: Online asynchronous interviews. Inclusion criteria consisted of full-time employment in the collegiate setting with at least 1 year of experience beyond a graduate assistantship. Thirty-three BOC certified ATs employed in the collegiate setting (Division I =11, Division II = 9, Division III = 13) volunteered with an average of 10 ± 8 years of clinical experience. Data saturation guided the total number of participants. Participants journaled their thoughts and experiences via QuestionPro™. Multiple analyst triangulation and peer review were included and data was analyzed utilizing general inductive analysis. Results: The importance of current practices emerged across all three settings. ATs in the Division I setting viewed commitment as advocating for their student athletes, providing the best care possible, and mentoring them as young adults. In the Division II setting, ATs were focused on life-long learning as a reflection of commitment. This was often accomplished by attending seminars, completing CEUs, and continually adding to their skill set in order to provide the best care for their student athletes. Division III focused their definition on being a multifaceted health care provider. Exceeding expectations and being a dedicated professional was an aspect of professional commitment. Conclusions: It is important to understand what keeps ATs motivated in the profession in order to enhance retention strategies. Overall, ATs’ professional commitment is derived from providing quality care to student-athletes, continuously advancing education within the profession, and being a multifaceted healthcare provider.

scholarly journals Specialization and Performance: Evidence from NCAA 4 × 400 m Relay Times

Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Candon Johnson ◽  
Robert Schultz ◽  
Joshua C. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measure ◽  
Division I ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Better Than

This paper investigates the impact of having open 400 meter (400 m) runners on NCAA relay teams. Using data from 2012–2016 containing the top 100 4 × 400 m in each NCAA Division relay times for each year, it is found that more 400 m specialists lead to an increase in the overall performance of the team, measured by a decrease in relay times. The effect is examined across Division I–III NCAA track teams. The results are consistent across each division. We view this as a test of the role of specialization on performance. Using runners who specialize in 400 m races should increase overall team performance as long as specialization does not lead to an inefficient allocation of team human capital. An additional performance measure is used examining the difference between projected and actual relay times. Divisions I and II are found to perform better than projected with an increase in 400 m runners, but there is no effect found in Division III.

Effects of a Social Norm Feedback Campaign on the Drinking Norms and Behavior of Division I Student-Athletes

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis L. Thombs ◽  
Monair J. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Division I ◽  
At Risk Populations ◽  
The Impact

Social norm feedback is a promising strategy for reducing alcohol misuse on college campuses. However, little is known about the impact of these interventions on at-risk populations, such as student-athletes. This study examined the effects of a campus-wide media campaign on Division I student-athletes at three universities. A discriminant function analysis revealed that a composite measure of perceived campus drinking norms distinguished between two campaign exposure groups. With the exception of one perceived norm measure (closest friends), the campaign-exposed group reported more conservative estimates of alcohol use in peers. However, there was no evidence that the campaign had reduced alcohol use. The inability of the campaign to reduce perceptions of alcohol use among one's closest friends may have accounted for the lack of change in drinking behavior. Discussion is directed to the potential limitations of using social norm feedback campaigns to reduce alcohol misuse in high-risk groups, such as student-athletes.

FCGR3A and FCGR2A Polymorphisms Do Not Affect Response and Outcome of Patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated with Rituximab and Chemotherapy. A Study Based on 554 Patients Included in GELA (Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte) Prospective Multicentric Study LNH2003

Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (21) ◽  
pp. 90-90
Author(s):  
Herve Ghesquieres ◽  
Fabrice Jardin ◽  
Sophie Pallardy ◽  
Aurélie Verney ◽  
Anne Laure Borrel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
B Cell ◽  
Treatment Response ◽  
Cell Lymphoma ◽  
B Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Multicentric Study ◽  
Large B Cell Lymphoma ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Large B Cell

Abstract Abstract 90 Background: rituximab had dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) in combination with chemotherapy. Many biological and clinical studies suggested considerable inter-individual variability in term of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (mAb) activity with tumor and host-related influencing factors. Among host-related factors, the presence of functional polymorphisms in FcG receptors genes as FCGR3A-158V/F influences the affinity for IgG1 and consequently the antibody dependant cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) with therapeutic mAbs such as rituximab. The clinical consequence reported to date consists in a better response rate to rituximab monotherapy for FCGR3A-158V homozygous patients treated for follicular lymphoma compared FCGR3A-158F carriers. In DLBCL and in the context of combination with chemotherapy, the role of FCGR3A and FCGR2A SNPs on treatment response and patient's outcome is not clear with few prospective studies. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of FCGR3A and FCGR2A SNPs on response and outcome of newly diagnosed DLBCL patients included in the prospective trials of the GELA (LNH2003 program). Patients and Methods: 1564 patients from France, Switzerland and Belgium were included in the 5 prospective multicentric trials of the LNH2003 program of the GELA designed for DLBCL patients who were stratified in different subgroups based on age and International Prognostic Index (IPI) score. A sample of peripheral blood lymphocytes was collected before treatment from 760 patients who signed a specific consent form for this genetic study. After pathologic review and exclusion of patients not receiving rituximab (48 patients), 554 DLBCL patients were available for this study. SNPs were genotyped using a TaqMan® based assay. Results: The median age of the 554 patients was 61 years (range, 18–93 years), 57% of them were male and 50% of patients presented at diagnosis a 2–3 age-adjusted IPI score. Chemotherapy regimen consisted in a combination of rituximab with CHOP-21 (110 patients, 20%), CHOP-14 (181 patients, 33%), low dose CHOP for patients older than 80 years (60 patients, 11%), or ACVBP regimen (203 patients, 36%). At the end of treatment, complete response (CR) or unconfirmed CR was observed in 75% of patients. After a median follow-up of 38 months, the 3-year progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) was 70.2% and 75.7%, respectively. The distribution of the VV, VF and FF FCGR3A alleles was 14.8%, 46.4%, 38.8%, and 27.8%, 48.6%, 23.6% for HH, HR and RR FCGR2A alleles, respectively, and were therefore consistent with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Initial clinical characteristics of patients (age, sex, Performance Status, stage, B-symptoms, number of extra-nodal sites, LDH level, IPI) were not different according to the two FCGR SNPs. CR/CRu after induction therapy was observed in 61%, 66%, 61% for VV, VF and FF carriers (P = .46) and 60%, 64%, 64% for HH, HR and RR carriers (P =.70), respectively. No difference of response after consolidation treatment was observed between each genotype of FCGR3A and FCGR2A SNPs. The 3-year PFS was 65.3%, 71.4%, 70.5% for FCGR3A VV, VF and FF carriers (P = .43) and 69.2%, 67.6%, 76.6% for FCGR2A HH, HR, RR carriers (P =.09), respectively. The 3-year OS was also not different between the three genotypes of each FCGR SNPs. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the largest prospective multicentric study that investigates the role of FCGR2A and FCGR3A SNPs on treatment response and outcome in a large series representing the whole spectrum of DLBCL patients. Based on these results, modification of rituximab schedule according to the FCGR3A and FCGR2A genotypes does not appear worth investigating. Others host-related factors influencing the efficiency of immunotherapy need to be investigate. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

The mediating effect of logistics integration on supply chain performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshad Alam ◽  
Prabir K. Bagchi ◽  
Bumsoo Kim ◽  
Subrata Mitra ◽  
Fernando Seabra
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Composite Variable ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of individual logistics-related factors, namely, supplier involvement (SI), length of supplier relationship (LSR), use of information technology (IT), and logistics integration (LI) on a firm's supply chain performance (SCP) and test for the mediating effect of LI in a multi-country survey conducted in Brazil, Korea and India. The paper also develops a composite variable, supply chain competency (SCC), as an overall measure of the quality of a firm's supply chain and demonstrate its effect on a firm's SCP. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology was based on designing and administering a survey instrument. Data collected from 187 organizations in Brazil, Korea and India were analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling methodology. Findings – Results show that for the combined data, the direct effects of SI, LSR and IT on SCP are insignificant while LI has a very significant direct effect on SCP. On the other hand, except for SI, LSR and IT have significant effects on SCP through LI establishing the mediating role of LI. The paper also finds that SCC has a significant effect on SCP. Further, when countries are considered individually the paper finds that IT has a significant indirect effect on SCP in the case of all the countries while LSR has a significant indirect effect on SCP, both in the case of Brazil and Korea. Additionally, in the case of Korea SI has a significant indirect effect on SCP. Research limitations/implications – Like other survey-based research, the findings of this paper are also limited by the sample size. Especially, the observations specific to individual countries are as good as the respective sample sizes. Also, since all the respondents belonged to manufacturing firms, the findings of this paper are relevant for the manufacturing sector. Practical implications – This paper establishes the mediating effect of LI in assessing the impact of logistics-related factors on a firm's SCP. It confirms that although logistics-related factors are necessary for a firm's superior SCP, they are not sufficient unless their interactions are taken into consideration, as evidenced by the significant positive relationship between SCC and SCP. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first paper to study the effect of logistics-related factors on a firm's SCP and establish the mediating role of LI in a multi-country setting. This paper also develops a composite variable SCC and examines its effect on SCP.

Association Between Dating Violence and Behavioral and Health Outcomes Among Early Adolescents From Denmark: The Role of Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 690-711
Author(s):  
Sidsel Karsberg ◽  
Ruby Charak ◽  
Ask Elklit
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Adolescent Dating Violence ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AimTo examine the unique contribution of child maltreatment victimization on the association between adolescent dating violence (ADV) and four negative behavioral and health-related factors.MethodIn total, 2,934 7th grade students (M = 13.5, SD = .5) filled out questionnaires at school. Binominal logistic regression was performed to assess the impact of child maltreatment on the relationship between ADV and behavioral and health-related factors.ResultsAfter child maltreatment was taken into account, associations between ADV and the negative behavioral and health-related factors became weaker.ConclusionsThe findings from the present study suggest that focusing on one victimization type (such as ADV) when examining psychological outcomes, can be problematic as the causal relationship may be misrepresented when an adolescent's broader victimization profile and context is not considered.

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