The Relationships between High School Sports Participation, High School Completion, and College Enrollment for African-American Males

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dc.contributor.advisorLee, Courtlanden_US
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Paul Christopheren_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T06:04:02Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T06:04:02Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to explore the direct, indirect, and total effects of high school sports participation on high school completion and college enrollment for African-American males using a large, nationally representative, longitudinal database (ELS:2002). The lens through which this phenomenon is viewed in this study is the sports-impedes-mobility hypothesis (Braddock, 1981). A path analysis procedure for determining underlying causal relationships between variables was presented for six different sports participation models. The only sports participation variable to have a significant effect on either high school completion or college attendance was that of junior varsity sports participation significantly influencing (totally) high school completion and (indirectly) college attendance for African-American males. The effect was positive. While the implications of the results of this study are relevant for all who work with this population, school counselors are specifically highlighted.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9545
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Guidance and Counselingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAfrican-Americanen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCollegeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledELSen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHigh Schoolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMalesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSportsen_US
dc.titleThe Relationships between High School Sports Participation, High School Completion, and College Enrollment for African-American Malesen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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