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Intangible Benefits Of Team Identification, And The Factors Which Generate It, Toward Intercollegiate Athletic Programs In Students' College Adjustment, Junmo Sung Jul 2015

Intangible Benefits Of Team Identification, And The Factors Which Generate It, Toward Intercollegiate Athletic Programs In Students' College Adjustment, Junmo Sung

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Intercollegiate athletic programs have been used to facilitate Social interactions between students within the complex nature of the college environment. In particular, many researchers have discussed the benefits of intercollegiate athletic programs in higher education, examining positive aspects of team identification such as the enhancing sense of belonging, personal self- esteem, happiness, and decreasing stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness in Social life. With the benefits of the program, it is important to scrutinize the benefits of intercollegiate athletic programs in students’ college adjustment in higher education. Therefore, the goal of this dissertation was to provide better understanding of the intercollegiate …


Ilium 2015, Taylor University Jan 2015

Ilium 2015, Taylor University

Yearbooks (1898-Present)

The 2015 yearbook of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.


Taylor University Catalog 2015-2016, Taylor University Jan 2015

Taylor University Catalog 2015-2016, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 2015-2016 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.


Making Sense Of Amateurism: Juxtaposing Ncaa Rhetoric And Black Male Athlete Realities, Collin D. Williams Jr. Dec 2014

Making Sense Of Amateurism: Juxtaposing Ncaa Rhetoric And Black Male Athlete Realities, Collin D. Williams Jr.

Collin D. Williams, Jr., Ph.D.

In the 1980s, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) passed several eligibility rules to address concerns about the academic and personal development of its participants (Gaston-Gayles, 2009). Despite garnering publicity, fostering school pride, providing entertainment, and generating billions of dollars in revenue for the Division I institutions they attend, student-athletes are prevented from receiving compensation beyond athletic scholarships by the NCAA’s amateurism principle. Consequently, the ethical question at the center of college sports is: how do participants benefit from the college experience relative to their non-sport peers? While the NCAA typically reports benefits, research that disaggregates the data by sport, …