Program
Education Doctorate
Number of Pages
85
Year Approved
2023
First Advisor
Krista Soria
Second Reader
Scott Moats, Tim Sceggel
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine whether there was a statistically significant (p < 0.05) difference in student-athletes’ resilience by whether they attended religious or secular higher education institutions. The study utilized data from the 2018 Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL) survey, which was completed by 8,163 student-athletes at 70 different institutions. The researcher used a confirmatory factor analysis to create the resilience and pre-college factors and an ordinary least squares regression to examine whether there are differences in students’ resilience controlling for pre-college demographics and other collegiate variables. The results of the regression analysis suggested that student-athletes who attended religious institutions have significantly (p < 0.05) lower resilience compared to student-athletes who attended secular institutions. A discussion, recommendations for practice, and recommendations for research are included.
Degree Name
Education Doctorate
Document Type
Doctoral dissertation
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Recommended Citation
Trenhaile, T. (2023). Student-Athletes’ Resilience at Religious and Secular Higher Education Institutions [Doctoral dissertation, Bethel University]. Spark Repository. https://spark.bethel.edu/etd/1000