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    Sports Stressors and Academic Performance of Student-Athletes in Selected Colleges of Education in Ghana
    (Kenyatta University, 2024-03) Agortey, Julius Jerry
    Student-athletes in Ghana Colleges of Education are expected to manage a variety of stressors related to academic, social and financial commitments. The student-athletes devote a substantial amount of the scarce time to improve sporting abilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sports stressors and academic performance of student-athletes in selected Colleges of Education in Ghana. The five (5) objectives of this study were to: (a) determine the possibilities of a demographic difference in stress-coping among student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana; (b) determine sports stressors that are linked to the academic performance of student-athletes in Colleges of Education; (c) find out if stress from sport affects the academic performance of student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana; (d) compare the grade point average of student-athletes in the year of competitive sports and the year of no competitive sports in the Colleges of Education in Ghana. (e) To propose an intellectual assessment model for Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design, in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Simple random sampling was used to select student-athletes while purposive sampling was used to select tutors. The target population for this study was 12 lecturers and 768 student-athletes in six (6) Ghana Colleges of Education. The total sample size for the study was 335, 12 lecturers and 323 student-athletes. The instruments for data collection were a questionnaire, an interview guide and document analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were carried out using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 21). Descriptive statistics summarized, organized and described the responses for each objective through the use of means, standard deviations, frequencies, and percentages. Inferential statistics such as ANOVA and Point biserial were used to test the formulated null hypotheses. All hypotheses were tested at p<0.05 alpha level of significance. The study found that competitive sports stressors have a statistically significant influence on the academic performance of student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study also revealed that competitive sports stress has a statistically significant influence on the academic performance of student-athletes, especially the females. This study therefore, recommended that female student-athletes be given scholarships to motivate and enhance other female students’ participation in competitive sports. On the basis of the findings, it is recommended that Colleges of Education in Ghana should have stress management facilities to address the link between stress and the academic performance of student-athletes. The Colleges of Education should organise extra tutorials for student-athletes after competitive sports participation.
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    Sports Stressors and Academic Performance of Student-Athletes in Selected Colleges of Education in Ghana
    (Kenyatta University, 2024-03) Agortey, Julius Jerry
    Student-athletes in Ghana Colleges of Education are expected to manage a variety of stressors related to academic, social and financial commitments. The student-athletes devote a substantial amount of the scarce time to improve sporting abilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sports stressors and academic performance of student-athletes in selected Colleges of Education in Ghana. The five (5) objectives of this study were to: (a) determine the possibilities of a demographic difference in stress-coping among student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana; (b) determine sports stressors that are linked to the academic performance of student-athletes in Colleges of Education; (c) find out if stress from sport affects the academic performance of student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana; (d) compare the grade point average of student-athletes in the year of competitive sports and the year of no competitive sports in the Colleges of Education in Ghana. (e) To propose an intellectual assessment model for Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design, in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Simple random sampling was used to select student-athletes while purposive sampling was used to select tutors. The target population for this study was 12 lecturers and 768 student-athletes in six (6) Ghana Colleges of Education. The total sample size for the study was 335, 12 lecturers and 323 student-athletes. The instruments for data collection were a questionnaire, an interview guide and document analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were carried out using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 21). Descriptive statistics summarized, organized and described the responses for each objective through the use of means, standard deviations, frequencies, and percentages. Inferential statistics such as ANOVA and Point biserial were used to test the formulated null hypotheses. All hypotheses were tested at p<0.05 alpha level of significance. The study found that competitive sports stressors have a statistically significant influence on the academic performance of student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study also revealed that competitive sports stress has a statistically significant influence on the academic performance of student-athletes, especially the females. This study therefore, recommended that female student-athletes be given scholarships to motivate and enhance other female students’ participation in competitive sports. On the basis of the findings, it is recommended that Colleges of Education in Ghana should have stress management facilities to address the link between stress and the academic performance of student-athletes. The Colleges of Education should organise extra tutorials for student-athletes after competitive sports participation.