scholarly journals In Pursuit of Excellence: Student-Athlete Achievers' Motivations, Opportunities, and Struggles

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Nanette L. Santillan ◽  
Dennis V. Madrigal
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Holistic Health

Twenty-first-century education recognizes the role of sports as one framework for life-long skills, values, health, and well-being. The purpose of the study was to explore the on and off-field experiences of the six Junior High School student-athletes, the driving forces associated with their participation, and its influences and contribution to their excellent performance both in academics and in sports. This study utilized the qualitative research design using the phenomenological approach to gather insights into the lived experiences of the participants. The recursive textual data analysis revealed five core themes and the essence of the phenomenon: Motivated to Excel, Strong Support System, Rewarding Opportunities, Surpassed the Hurdles, and Exercised Self-Regulation. The themes revealed that the participants highly valued the positive impact of their sports involvement and the support of significant persons in their life. The findings implied that a comprehensive understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of the student-athletes, their self-regulation skill, and support system facilitated a more effective approach in providing a nurturing learning environment that enhances academic performance, sports skills, and holistic health. 

scholarly journals Learning from the Experiences of Collegiate Athletes Living through a Season- or Career-Ending Injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt A Moore ◽  
Sasa Vann ◽  
Allison Blake
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Division I ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Post Injury

An athlete’s identity is often related to the goals of their team and their ability to achieve excellence in sport. A threat to an athlete’s identity is a season- or career-ending injury. Athletes can respond to season- or career-ending injuries in ways detrimental to their psychosocial well-being (Ivarsson, Tranaeus, Johnson, & Stenling 2017). This study built upon existing knowledge by seeking to better understand the lived experiences of Division I collegiate athletes who experienced a season- or career-ending injury. There is a need for ongoing recommendations for helping athletes process their injuries. Researchers used a descriptive phenomenological approach. Researchers interviewed ten college athletes who experienced a season- or career-ending injury. Themes included: (1) physical and emotional stress, (2) resistance to resiliency, (3) importance of relationships with others, and (4) appreciation and cultivation for new possibilities outside of sport. This research provided insight for behavioral health professionals on injury response. This included the need for Posttraumatic Growth responses such as (1) building strong support pre- and post-injury, (2) recognizing healthy coping mechanisms, (3) cultivating new identities for athletes, (4) helping an athlete with identity loss, (5) helping athletes recognize new possibilities post-injury, and (6) helping an athlete maintain an appreciation for life.

Moving to Action: The Effects of a Self-Regulation Intervention on the Stress, Burnout, Well-Being, and Self-Regulation Capacity Levels of University Student-Athletes

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Dubuc-Charbonneau ◽  
Natalie Durand-Bush
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
University Student ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Type Method ◽  
Optimal Functioning ◽  
Athlete Burnout ◽  
The Impact

Background:The purpose of this study was to implement and assess the impact of a person-centered, feel-based self-regulation intervention on the stress, burnout, well-being, and self-regulation capacity of eight university student-athletes experiencing burnout. This was warranted given the negative outcomes associated with athlete burnout, the scarcity of burnout research focusing on student-athletes, and the lack of intervention research addressing burnout in sport.Method:A mixed methods design including questionnaires administered at four time points during the athletic season, pre- and postintervention interviews, and multiple intervention sessions was used.Results:Repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed that stress and burnout levels significantly decreased, and well-being and self-regulation capacity levels significantly increased as the intervention progressed. The qualitative data supported these findings.Conclusion:It appears that university student-athletes participating in this type of intervention can learn to effectively manage themselves and their environment to reduce adverse symptoms and improve optimal functioning.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF INTERVENTION PROGRAM ON HEALTH BEHAVIOURS AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL SKILLS AMONG PORTUGUESE COLLEGE STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-93
Author(s):  
Marta Reis ◽  
Lúcia Ramiro ◽  
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
University Students ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Skills ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and to enhance their health. It focuses on individual behaviors towards a wide range of interventions on social and environmental determinants of health and other health related aspects of life (WHO, 2015; 2017). Thus, health promotion implies the need to promote and empower people with resources and skills towards health and well-being (Saboga-Nunes, et al., 2019). The literature reports a negative variation in the lifestyle of university students, and simultaneously demonstrates a significant percentage of university students with a set of emotional, relational, anxiety and stress management difficulties (WHO, 2021, 2018). The need to curb behavioral tendencies harmful to the health of young university students comes justify the need for health promotion in the context of these institutions. This study aimed at analyzing the impact of university students' training, in the area of health promotion and of personal and socio-emotional skills. Participated 286 students. The results show that in addition to the skills worked during the training, the students’ well-being and health also improved at the end of the training. The variables that evidenced to be the most important for the university students’ health promotion were that they finished the training with more self-esteem, resilience, psychological well-being, self-efficacy, happiness and less instability and alienation. Regarding the pre and post evaluation comparisons about skills, importance and usefulness of HBSC/JUnP training, it was observed that both knowledge about health aspects and personal and socio-emotional skills, namely the resilience, self-regulation and problem-solving strategies had a strong positive impact on promoting the health and well-being of students. Higher education institutions present themselves as enhancers of public health, contributing to the students make healthy choices. Keywords: health promotion, personal and socio-emotional skills, university students’ training, healthy universities, Portugal

scholarly journals Peranan Persepsi Dukungan Sosial terhadap Kesejahteraan Subjektif di Sekolah pada Siswa Pondok Pesantren Modern

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
Hasna Thohiroh ◽  
Langgersari Elsari Novianti ◽  
Whisnu Yudiana
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Satisfaction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Positive Role

Social support is important to predict subjective well-being in school for students, especially support from friends, parents, and teachers. Students who study at Modern Islamic Boarding, they interact with friends and teachers more often than with parents. The purpose of this study to examine the role of perceived social support from friends, parents, and teachers to enhace subjective well-being in school, and also with each dimension of subjective well-being in school, school satisfaction and affect in school. Participants in this study (N = 264) were a junior high school in grades 7 and 8 in one of the Modern Islamic Boarding School in West Java. The data was obtained using a questionnaire. A multiple regression and path analysis were used to analyze the data. The results shows that perceived social support from friends and teacher has positive impact to subjective well-being in school, while perceived social support from parents is not significantly correlated. Futhermore, perceived social support from friends also has a positive role to enhace school satisfaction and affect in school, perceived social support from teacher significantly correlated with school satisfaction but not with affect in school. The limitation of the study and suggestion for future research were discussed.

scholarly journals An evaluation of a Singing for the Brain pilot with people with a learning disability and memory problems or a dementia

Dementia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison R Ward ◽  
Jacqueline Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disability ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Client Group ◽  
Memory Problems ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The Brain

This paper presents the findings from a pilot project introducing Singing for the Brain into care centres with people with a learning disability and a form of dementia or memory problem. Through participant observations, patient and staff feedback, there was strong support for the use of Singing for the Brain with this client group, with participants reporting high levels of enjoyment and engagement in the sessions. The potential for these sessions to support communication, memory, social engagement and choice was reported by staff and participants. Whilst anecdotal reports also suggested the sessions had a positive impact on elevating mood over a sustained period of time. The pilot sessions are discussed in reference to the regular sessions run for people with dementia and comparisons drawn across the two approaches. Further evidence is required to understand the potential impact on participant’s well-being from attending these sessions.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL INTERNET PRACTICES ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF SENIOR PUPILS

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with the study of the peculiarities of the impact of social Internet practices on the psychological well-being of senior pupils. The author presents a model of psychological well-being of senior pupils and a conceptual model of the impact of social Internet practices on the psychological well-being of senior pupils, which takes into account the content of practices, situational and targeted self-regulation of their realization. An empirical study of the impact of social Internet practices on the psychological well-being of senior pupils is carried out. The general sample consisted of 9th-11th grade pupils of secondary schools, a total of 1,144 respondents, including 458 boys and 686 girls, aged 14 to 17. The study used: author’s methods of express evaluation of psychological well-being, assessment of the content of social Internet practices, separate scales of the questionnaire for assessing the level of media culture (L. Naydonova, O. Baryshpolets, etc.), author’s questionnaire of subjective self-assessment of impact of social Internet-practices on psychological well-being. The results of the empirical study have revealed the phenomenon of asymmetry of subjective assessments of the impact of social Internet practices: senior pupils overestimate the positivity of the impact of the Internet. Besides, the higher the level of real psychological well-being of respondents, the more their subjective assessments of the impact of Internet practices are shifted towards the positive, i.e. they more positively perceive any activity on the Internet, although it may objectively cause certain risks. Peculiarities of psychological well-being of active and inactive users of various social Internet practices are identified and described. The positive impact of the practices of searching for interesting information and information for learning (informational consumer practices), as well as the practice of using social networks to maintain friendly relations (communicative) on psychological well-being have been confirmed. It has been established that computer games and surfing the web without a purpose have a negative impact on the psychological well-being of senior pupils.

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