Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes.

Factors that influence the academic achievement of Malaysian university athletes were investigated using 156 field hockey players from several universities. The relationship between team subculture, parental influence, the learning environment, support systems, financial aid, training factors, acade...

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Main Authors: Chun, Cheng Chuan, Yusof, Aminuddin, Mohd Shah, Parilah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28971/
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description Factors that influence the academic achievement of Malaysian university athletes were investigated using 156 field hockey players from several universities. The relationship between team subculture, parental influence, the learning environment, support systems, financial aid, training factors, academic assistance, socialization, and stress level and academic achievements of student athletes were examined using the Team Socialization Scale (Allen, 1997). There was a significant positive relationship between the learning environment and academic achievements of university athletes but a negative relationship was found between support system and academic achievements. Implications and suggestions on how to improve the academic achievement of athletes in Malaysian universities were discussed in the study.
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spelling upm-289712015-09-15T01:38:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28971/ Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes. Chun, Cheng Chuan Yusof, Aminuddin Mohd Shah, Parilah Factors that influence the academic achievement of Malaysian university athletes were investigated using 156 field hockey players from several universities. The relationship between team subculture, parental influence, the learning environment, support systems, financial aid, training factors, academic assistance, socialization, and stress level and academic achievements of student athletes were examined using the Team Socialization Scale (Allen, 1997). There was a significant positive relationship between the learning environment and academic achievements of university athletes but a negative relationship was found between support system and academic achievements. Implications and suggestions on how to improve the academic achievement of athletes in Malaysian universities were discussed in the study. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28971/1/Sport%20involvement%20and%20academic%20achievement.pdf Chun, Cheng Chuan and Yusof, Aminuddin and Mohd Shah, Parilah (2013) Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes. International Education Studies, 6 (2). 21-Dec. ISSN 1913-9020; ESSN: 1913-9039 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/20202 10.5539/ies.v6n2p12
spellingShingle Chun, Cheng Chuan
Yusof, Aminuddin
Mohd Shah, Parilah
Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes.
title Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes.
title_full Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes.
title_fullStr Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes.
title_full_unstemmed Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes.
title_short Sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of Malaysian university athletes.
title_sort sport involvement and academic achievement : a study of malaysian university athletes.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28971/
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