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Date of Award
Summer 2023
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Department or Program Affiliation
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Health and Human Development
First Advisor
Keeler, Linda
Second Advisor
Arthur-Cameselle, Jessyca
Third Advisor
Martin, Eric Michael
Abstract
The effects of transitioning to college have been reported, but little is known about how levels of high school athletic identity (AI; Taylor & Ogilvie, 1994), athletic satisfaction (AS; Park et al., 2013), and current recreational sport participation relate to the transition to college. The purpose of this study was to compare the psychological well-being of first-year college students based on previous and current athletic participation. Random stratified and snowball sampling of U.S. universities yielded a sample of 347 first-year college students. Mean differences (p = .007, ɳ2 = .035) in flourishing were found between continued (M = 40.25, SD = 7.82) and new athletes (M = 36.50 SD = 7.33) and continued athletes with higher AI had higher flourishing (M = 47.40, SD = 4.78) and lower distress (M = 29.58, SD = 24.97 ) than those with lower AI (M = 33.38, SD = 5.59, M = 51.35, SD = 16.36, respectively) both with large (p = -2.72; p
Type
Text
Keywords
Athletic transition, psychological well-being, first-year college students
Publisher
Western Washington University
OCLC Number
1393113734
Subject – LCSH
High school athletes--Psychological aspects; College students; Sports--Physiological aspects
Format
application/pdf
Genre/Form
masters theses
Language
English
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Recommended Citation
Pierce, Becca, "Stress and Flourishing During First Year College Transition: A Comparison of Former High School Athletes, Recreational Athletes, and Non-Athletes" (2023). WWU Graduate School Collection. 1230.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/1230