The purpose of the current study was to explore the relationship between different types of social support and negative career thoughts. The study obtained data on 118 NCAA Division I student athletes from a large public university in the southeastern United States. The participants completed a demographic information survey, the Social Support Inventory-Subjective Satisfaction, and the Career Thoughts Inventory. Although, no significant unique relationships were found between the five types of social support and career thoughts, social support was found to have a significant relationship with career thoughts. The findings can assist post-secondary institutions, especially coaches and athletic administrators, in identifying the types of social support most related to positive career thoughts. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of
Science. / Summer Semester, 2009. / April 14, 2009. / Athletes, Sport, Career Thoughts, Career, Social Support, College / Includes bibliographical references. / Robert Eklund, Professor Directing Thesis; Gershon Tenenbaum, Committee Member; David Eccles, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_176412 |
| Contributors | Rodriguez, Stefanie Josephine (authoraut), Eklund, Robert (professor directing thesis), Tenenbaum, Gershon (committee member), Eccles, David (committee member), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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