Graduate Student-Athletes: An Examination of Identity Roles and Transition
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https://doi.org/10.17161/jis.v14i1.13220Keywords:
Athlete Identity; Graduate Student Athlete; Student-Athlete; Student-Athlete TransitionAbstract
Increasingly, student athletes are enrolling in graduate programs with remaining athletic eligibility. From identity role conflict and transition theory approaches, this study examines how graduate student athletes develop by negotiating their identities as both graduate students and as athletes. Implications for collegiate administrators, coaches, and faculty who seek to support graduate student success and transition out of sport are discussed.
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time commitment to athletics and academics. VAHPERD Journal, 33(1), 22-27. Retrieved from:
https://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA289621149&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=07394586&p=AONE&sw=w
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in the NCAA. College Student Journal, 51(2), 173-182. Retrieved from: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/prin/csj/2017/00000051/00000002/art00001
Borghesi, R. (2018). The financial and competitive value of NCAA basketball recruits.
Journal of Sports Economics, 19(1), 31- 49. doi: 10.1177/1527002515617510
Coakley, J. J. (1983). Leaving competitive sport: Retirement or rebirth? Quest, 35(1), 1-11.
doi: 10.1080/00336297.1983.10483777
Cooper, J. N., Davis, T. J., & Dougherty, S. (2017). Not so black and white: A multidivisional
exploratory analysis of male student-athletes’ experiences at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Institutions. Sociology of Sport Journal, 34(1), 59-78.
doi: 10.1123/ssj.2016-0015
Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018). Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing
among five approaches (4th ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Fountain, J. J., & Finley, P. S. (2011). Academic clustering: A longitudinal analysis of a
division I football program. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, (4), 24-41. Retrieved from: http://csri-jiia.org/old/documents/publications/research_articles/2011/JIIA_2011_4_2_24_41_Academic_Clustering.pdf
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major chosen by student-athletes. International Journal of Exercise Science, 10(6), 915-926. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685074/
Goode, W. J. (1960). A theory of role strain, American Sociological Review, 25, 483-496. doi:
10.2307/2092933
Hale, B. D., & Waalkes, D. (1994). Athletic identity, gender, self-esteem, academic
importance, and drug use: A further validation of the AIMS. In North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity annual conference, Clearwater Beach, FL.
Haslerig, S. J., & Navarro, K. M. (2016). Aligning athletes’ career choices and graduate degree
pathways: Implications for 21st-century career development professionals. Journal of Career Development, 43(3), 211-226. doi: 10.1177/089485315597472
Haslerig, S. J. (2017). Graduate (d) student athletes in division I football: Redefining
archetypes and disrupting stereotypes or invisible? Sociology of Sport Journal, 34(4), 329-343. doi: 10.1123/ssj.2017-0003
Lu, L. D., Heinze, K. L., & Soderstrom, S. (2018) Playing multiple positions: Student-athlete
identity salience and conflict. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 11(2), 214-241. doi: 10.1123/jis.2018-0034
Martin, W. C. (2008). The graduate transfer rule: Is the NCAA unnecessarily hindering
student-athletes from traversing the educational paths they desire. Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, 15, 103-133. Retrieved from: https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/vse15&div=8&id=&page=
Melendez, M. C. (2006). The influence of athletic participation on the college adjustment of
freshmen and sophomore student athletes. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 8(1), 39-55. doi: 10.2190/8GLY-G974-V7FM-E1YD
National Collegiate Athletic Association. (2015, October 22). Academic attainment of
Division I student-athletes who compete as postgraduates. Retrieved from
https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Postgrad_outcomes_Oct_22_2015_FINAL_web.pdf
Pascarella, E. T., Truckenmiller, R., Nora, A., Terenzini, P. T., Edison, M., & Hagedorn, L. S.
(1999). Cognitive impacts of intercollegiate athletic participation: Some further evidence. The Journal of Higher Education, 70(1), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/00221546.1999.11780752
Sack, A., & Staurowsky, E.J. (1998). College athletes for hire: The evolution and legacy of the
NCAA’s amateur myth. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Sailes, G. A. (1993). An investigation of campus stereotypes: The myth of black athletic
superiority and the dumb jock stereotype. Sociology of Sport Journal, 10(1), 88-97. doi: 10.1123/ssj.10.1.88
Schlossberg, N. K., Waters, E. B., & Goodman, J. (1995). Counseling adults in transition:
Linking practice with theory (2nd ed.). New York: Spring.
Schneider, R. G., Ross, S. R., & Fisher, M. (2010). Academic clustering and major selection
of intercollegiate student-athletes. College Student Journal, 44(1), 64–70. Retrieved from:https://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA221092138&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=01463934&p=AONE&sw=w
Zimbalist, A. (2001). Unpaid professionals: Commercialism and conflict in big-time college
sports. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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Pascale, A. B., Gregg, E., & Buenano, A. (2021). Graduate Student-Athletes: An Examination of Identity Roles and Transition. Journal of Intercollegiate Sport, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.17161/jis.v14i1.13220
