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- http://sobekcmsrv.barrynet.barry.edu/AA00001222/00001
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- Abstract:
- The purpose of this study was to examine if athletic aggression predicts athletic burnout in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, and Division III men’s and women’s soccer players, if NCAA men’s soccer players are more aggressive than NCAA female soccer players, and if NCAA female soccer players are more prone to burnout than NCAA male soccer players. The participants completed three questionnaires: The Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) (Chelladurai & Saleh, 1980), The Athlete Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ) (Raedeke & Smith, 2001), and The Aggression Inventory Revised (AI-R) (Gladue, 1991b). The first hypothesis stated that NCAA athletes who show higher levels of athletic aggression will be more prone to burnout in all three subscales (RA, E, D) while controlling for coaching style and NCAA division. The results of a hierarchal regression found that athletic burnout was not predicted from athletic aggression. The second hypothesis stated that NCAA men’s soccer players will be more aggressive than NCAA female soccer players in all four subscales (PA, VA, II, A) while controlling for coaching style and NCAA division. A MANCOVA was carried out to determine gender differences in aggression while controlling for coaching style (democratic vs. autocratic) and NCAA division (I, II, or III). The analysis revealed significant gender differences in aggression while follow-up univariate ANOVAs showed significant differences with higher scores for males than females in relation to verbal aggression and physical aggression. The third hypothesis stated that NCAA female soccer players will be more prone to burnout than NCAA men’s soccer players in all three subscales (RA, E, D) while controlling for coaching style and NCAA division. The results failed to support this hypothesis The second MANCOVA was carried out to determine gender differences in aggression while controlling for coaching style (democratic vs. autocratic) and NCAA division (I, II, or III). Results did reveal significant burnout differences among NCAA divisions with the highest total means for the RA, E, and D subscales being in division I athletes. Follow-up univariate ANOVA showed significant differences with higher scores for the RA and D subscales for Division I athletes when compared to NCAA Division I and II. There were no significant differences found between any of the NCAA divisions in the E subscale. Significant differences in burnout among NCAA divisions were also shown in post hoc Tukey analysis. In this analysis significant differences were found in the RA subscale when NCAA Division I was compared to NCAA division II and in the D subscale when NCAA Division I was compared to both NCAA Division II and III. There were no significant differences found between any of the NCAA Divisions in the E subscale. A similar study with a sample that has a balanced number of participants from each NCAA division may be beneficial and more conclusive. Results from the present study may have been affected by having a large number of NCAA Division I males and no NCAA Division I females in the sample. Furthermore it may also be beneficial to not only conduct studies that clearly distinguish between physical aggression and relational aggression but to conduct further research on relational aggression itself as the work on it has been limited.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (M.S.)--Barry University, 2007.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-112).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Andrew J. Scopa. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- GV351.S36 2007_ScopaAndrew ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- GV351.S36 2007 ( lcc )
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