The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the effects of school classification, levels of responsibility (head coach, assistant coach), and coaches of different sports on the perceived stress of male coaches within the public secondary schools of Alabama. / Data were obtained from 628 subjects who were employed as a head or assistant high school varsity coach in football or basketball during the 1985-86 school year in Alabama. / The instrument used in the study had four sections they were: A Personal Data Sheet; Job Related Strain; Psychosomatic Stress; and Job Involvement Stress scale. A two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine whether a relationship exists between the perception of stress and aspects of coaching. The .05 alpha level was used as the criterion for the rejection of the hypotheses. / The following conclusions are made: (a) Level of responsibility of coaches has a significant affect on perceived stress; (b) The size of organization in which a coach works does not affect level of perceived stress; and (c) The sport in which one works has no affect on perceived stress. / The following recommendations are made: (a) Studies similar to the research reported here should be conducted using each section of the stress instrument to analyze the independent variables; (b) Similar studies using different geographical areas to determine if demographic and cultural differences have an effect on perceived stress of coaches should be conducted; and (c) Similar studies should be conducted on a variety of sports, both men and women. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-05, Section: A, page: 1648. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75804 |
| Contributors | JEFFREY, DONNIE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 91 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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