Sports Stressors and Academic Performance of Student-Athletes in SelectedColleges of Education in Ghana
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Date
2023
Authors
Agortey, Julius Jerry
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BJMAS
Abstract
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 study was guided by
two (4) specific objectives: (a) To assess the influence of sporting stress on the academic performance
of student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana; (b) To compare the GPA of student-athletes in
the year of competitive sports and the year of no competitive sports in the Colleges of Education in
Ghana and (e) to recommend ways of managing stress to enhance student athlete’s academic
performance. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design, in which both quantitative and
qualitative data were collected. The study was conducted in Ghana. 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 tutors and 768 student-athletes in six (6) Ghana Colleges of Education. The total
sample size for the study was 335 (12 tutors & 323 students-athletes). The instruments for data
collection were a questionnaire, an interview guide and document analyses. Both, descriptive and
inferential statistical analyses were done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version
20). Descriptive statistics summarized, organized and described the responses when addressing study
objectives 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, in colleges of education in Ghana. This study therefore, recommends that female studentathletes be given scholarships to motivate and enhance other female students’ participation in
competitive sports. The study also recommends that colleges of Education in Ghana introduce stress
management strategies to address stressors’ link to academic performance of student-athlete.
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Keywords
sports stressors, academic performance, student-athletes, colleges of education, Ghana
Citation
Agortey , J. J. (2023). Sports Stressors and Academic Performance of Student-Athletes in Selected Colleges of Education in Ghana. British Journal of Multidisciplinary and Advanced Studies, 4(3), 16–55. https://doi.org/10.37745/bjmas.2022.0187