Thriving or Surviving : A Look at UBC Student-Athlete Thriving
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Kinesiology, School of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
creator: Butler, Miranda
creator: Gill, Jenna
creator: Sever, Shae
creator: Gauthier, Lindsay
creator: Gasser, Anika
issued: 2024-07-30T18:15:23Z
issued: 2024-04-12
description: This study examined thriving in relation to three categories: mental thriving, performance thriving and academic thriving of varsity athletes that attend the University of British Columbia (UBC). This study utilized the Qualtrics survey platform to collect responses from varsity athletes who were currently in their sports’ respective competitive seasons. The sports included under this criteria were men’s rowing, hockey, rugby, swimming, basketball, track and field, and women’s rugby 15s and 7s athletes, basketball, track and field, hockey, rowing, and softball. Participants answered questions related to the three defined categories of thriving in relation to different periods of the competitive season. Additionally, participants were presented with lists of different resources already provided by UBC Athletics and asked which, if any, resources they used, and if they experienced any barriers while accessing the resources. This data was then thematically analyzed and the Likert type scale data was quantified into means and standard deviations. Findings suggested that the majority of respondents had minimal engagement with academic support and experienced minimal barriers when accessing the resources. However, respondents did suggest that there was minimal promotion or incentive to engage with different academic resources. Next, when reflecting upon performance thriving, participants seemed to be significantly more engaged with performance support. This included appointments with doctors, athletic therapists (ATs), massage therapists and strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches. Participants suggested that barriers were faced when trying to access the aforementioned opportunities. Similarly, respondents also seemed to suggest barrieres were more common when trying to access mental health performance skills. Based on our findings, we have four suggestions for UBC Athletics to help promote varsity athletes’ thriving throughout the duration of a competitive season. Firstl…
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note: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability ProgramStudent Research ReportThriving or Surviving - A Look at UBC Student-Athlete Thriving (Group 17)Prepared by: Miranda Butler, Jenna Gill, Shae Sever, Lindsay Gauthier and Anika GasserPartner Organization: UBC AthleticsKin 464: Health Promotion and Physical ActivityInstructor: Dr. Andrea Bundon (andrea.bundon@ubc.ca)Date: April 12th, 20242DisclaimerUBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share thefindings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with theUBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project and is notan official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports maynot reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research personsmentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the currentstatus of the subject matter of a report.3Executive SummaryThis study examined thriving in relation to three categories: mental thriving, performancethriving and academic thriving of varsity athletes that attend the University of British Columbia(UBC).This study utilized the Qualtrics survey platform to collect responses from varsity athleteswho were currently in their sports’ respective competitive seasons. The sports included underthis criteria were men’s rowing, hockey, rugby, swimming, basketball, track and field, andwomen’s rugby 15s and 7s athletes, basketball, track and field, hockey, rowing, and softball.Participants answered questions related to the three defined categories of thriving inrelation to different periods of the competitive season. Additionally, participants were presentedwith lists of different resources already provided by UBC Athletics and asked which, if any,resources they used, and if they experienced any barriers while accessing the resources. This datawas then thematically an…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0444883
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. KIN 464
subject: Community
subject: Health
subject: Wellbeing
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/88755