This study explores students' motivations for participating in competitive sports and in an academically challenging program. It explores how sports participation benefits academic undertakings and vice versa. More specifically, it was hypothesized that participation in sports helps to foster abilities that influence students during their academic careers. / Subjects were in their second year of the International Baccalaureate program at a Montreal College, which consists of two intensive preparatory years prior to University. Motivation and self-perception were assessed using translated versions of Harter's (1980, 1988) instruments. An interview inspired by Taylor and Schneider (1992) was used to collect students' perceptions of sports and academic topics. Students who were training in competitive sports were asked to participate in follow-up interviews. / Although no significant results were found, the interviews provide many insights regarding engagement in an activity, Harter's scales.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30202 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Primeau, Rachel. |
| Contributors | Delcourt, M. A. B. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001746373, proquestno: MQ64182, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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