Increasing Resilience in Athletes
| dc.contributor.advisor | Brennan, Sarah | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dwarte, Marquis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Walker, Caitlin | |
| dc.contributor.department | Athletic Program Leadership and Administration | en_US |
| dc.contributor.program | Masters of Education | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-13T15:37:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-13T15:37:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-12-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to determine whether mental imagery training sessions could increase resilience in athletes. The tool used was a true or false survey called “Just How Mentally Tough Are You?” from Competitive Advantage, LLC. This study used a repeated measures design, involving the use of a pretest, intervention using mental imagery training, and a posttest with the same survey to determine whether the training created any difference in results. The results indicated a significant change in survey outcomes as a result of mental imagery training; the mean pretest and posttest scores showed a statistically significant improvement in the athletes’ self-reports of resilience, with the dependent samples t-test resulting in a p<.05 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 32 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | action research papers | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m206xw-gw76 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/16694 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation | Master of Education | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Goucher College, Baltimore, MD | |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Education -- Research papers (Graduate). | |
| dc.title | Increasing Resilience in Athletes | en_US |
| dc.type | Collection | en_US |