Title:
The relationship between the self-esteem of youth sport participants, total playing time during a game, social support, and athletic competence
Author:
Maureen P. Gaffney
Committee Member:
L. Mickey Fenzel
Committee Member:
Alan Plotkin
Committee Member:
Stuart Burman
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1992
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The present study examined the variables sports participation and amount of playing time during a game, teammate social support, coach social support, and athletic competence as related to the dependent variable, self-esteem, of 67 sixth and 43 seventh grade boys. Coach and teammate social support were evaluated by a modified version of Harter's Social Support Scale for Children. Subjects also completed Harter's Athletic Competence subscale and the global self-worth subscale of The Self-Perception Profile for Children. As predicted, a positive correlation was found between social support, both coach and teammate, and self-esteem. A significant relationship was also found between athletic competence and self-esteem, as predicted. A multiple regression analysis showed both teammate and coach social support, but not athletic competence, as significant predictors of self-esteem. Results of a one-way ANOVA failed to confirm the hypothesis that amount of playing time during a game was related to self-esteem. Possible explanations for the findings were discussed and recommendations for future research were examined.
Subject:
Elementary schools--Sports--Psychological aspects
Subject:
Self-esteem--Testing
Subject:
School sports
Subject:
Sports--Psychological aspects
Degree:
Master of Arts
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
GaffneyMP-92
