Author: Mary Beth Lengefeld
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Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Author: Douglas Gordon Wren
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Category : Intramural sports
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Author: Carolyn Keith
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Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Paul Smith
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Category : Intramural sports
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Author: Stephen Arkell
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Participation in out-of-class activities and campus recreation/intramural sports are some of the most popular activities for students on college campuses and one of the most beneficial social outlets for students. However only recently has this connection been examined more deeply. Due to the overwhelming number of students participating in these programs and services it is important to examine the impact of participation in an attempt to better understand the degree to which involvement in campus recreational sports contributes to students' sense of community. The purpose of this quantitative pre-test post-test study was to examine changes in students' perceived sense of community over the duration of an intramural season. One hundred and forty-seven intramural participants (N=147) completed a pre-test questionnaire on their first week of their intramural sport season and a post-test on their last week of their intramural sport season. The initial plan of analysis to complete a Repeated Measures Multiple Analysis of Co-Variance (MANCOVA) was stopped promptly due to high mean scores from participants. For each question and factor the data was so consistently skewed and high it was simply not normally distributed leading to assumptions to be broken immediately. A Non-parametric design model Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to analyze the data instead which indicates that there was not a significant change testing factors mean score ranks between the pre and post-test. This finding demonstrates that there was not a significant difference in participants perception of sense of community but rather participants had high perceived feelings of sense of community both times they were tested. This study supports the findings of previous research which has found that those students who are involved in recreational sports in a post-secondary environment receive both perceived feelings of sense of community but also relationship building opportunities and experiences. Future research should focus on studying perceptions of sense of community and to explore other areas of a campus community, such as; clubs, varsity sports teams, events, etc. Through studying other areas of a campus community there would be the ability to indicate if there are differences or similarities between feelings of sense of community by specific programs.

Author: James Wade Gregg
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Category : Physical education and training
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Author: Alfred William Hubbard
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: Mary Gaines Barry
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Category : College sports
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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Author: American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Research Council
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 736

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Author: Chelsea A. C. Phipps
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 95

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The purpose of this study was to determine if there were statistically significant relationships between intramural sports participation and sense of community among college students. A convenience sample was used, comprised of intramural sports participants from a university in the southeastern United States. Participants completed a questionnaire consisting of demographic questions and the Sense of Community Index-2 (SCI-2) (Chavis, Lee & Acosta, 2008) to rate their level of sense of community experienced through participation in intramural sports. The SCI-2 consists of four subscales, pertaining to the contributing elements of sense of community: membership, influence, integration and fulfillment of needs, and shared emotional connection (McMillan & Chavis, 1986). Questionnaires were distributed once and administered online, and all responses were confidential. Multiple regressions, analysis of variance and t-tests were used test for significant relationships between sense of community and respondents' (a) length of intramural sports participation and (b) frequency of intramural sports participation. Results indicated that increased length of participation was strongly associated with a greater sense of community among participants. Study findings could be used to develop effective marketing plans to attract student participants, while also providing the framework that programmers need to support their intramural program's existence to campus administrators.