Life After Signing

Cranmer, Gregory A.; Yeargin, Richard; Spinda, John S.W.

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“…The model begins with student-athletes’ anticipatory socialization , which is the period that precedes collegiate athletics. Anticipatory socialization recognizes student-athletes’ childhood sports participation and collegiate recruiting influence their attitudes, motivations, and expectations for college sporting experiences (Cranmer, 2017; Cranmer & Myers, 2017; Cranmer et al, 2019). Once student-athletes join their teams, they begin the entry stage.…”

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“…Events that alter team dynamics over and between seasons change the distribution and expectations for tasks and roles within teams (Benson et al, 2014, 2016). Research based on the experiences of newcomers indicates that student-athletes come to understand tasks and roles through obtaining information from a variety of stakeholders including coaches, teammates, and support staff (Cranmer, 2018; Cranmer & Myers, 2017; Cranmer et al, 2019). The potential tasks and roles that student-athletes fill are diverse and span specialized and sport-specific roles (e.g., leadoff batter in softball or baseball), generic task roles (e.g., to bring energy to the team), leadership positions (e.g., captain), or the creator of relationships (Benson et al, 2014).…”

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“…To date, sport scholars have explored student-athletes’ socialization in response to specific career transitions—primarily joining new teams (Marx, Huffmon, & Doyle, 2008; Wylleman & Lavallee, 2004; Wylleman, Lavallee, & Alfermann, 1999). Communication scholars have contributed to these efforts by focusing on how student-athletes prepare for college athletics via the exchange of information during the recruiting process (Cranmer, Yeargin, & Spinda, 2019) and adolescence (Cranmer, 2017; Cranmer & Myers, 2017). Socialization, however, continues throughout one’s collegiate career, as sources of uncertainty and stress extend beyond the initial joining of a new team (Eys et al, 2005).…”

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“Next Person Up”: Understanding Collegiate Student-Athletes’ Socialization Experiences With Teammate Exit

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The present study explored collegiate student-athletes’ socialization experiences following teammate exit. Fourteen student-athletes (six male and eight female) from nonrevenue-generating sports at two universities (a Division I and a Division II) participated in semistructured interviews. Three major focuses structured this study: (a) meaning attributed to teammate exit, (b) alteration of student-athletes’ tasks and roles, and (c) changes to student-athletes’ relationships with teammates and coaches. The results showed consistent themes amongst participants in terms of meanings attached to types of exits (e.g., exhausted eligibility and removal from team) and alterations to tasks, roles, and relationships. Overall, the study provides a theoretical shift from previous transitional literature by focusing on the remaining team members rather than the exiting athlete, as well as validating the organizational structures and processes by which collegiate teams function, which adds information about organizing and enacting communicative processes of sport. Lastly, practical implications are provided for coaches and sport management to maintain team relations and optimize team performance following athlete exit.

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“Next Person Up”: Understanding Collegiate Student-Athletes’ Socialization Experiences With Teammate Exit

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Effects of Cohesion With Teammates on Division-I Student-Athletes’ Mental Health: An Application of the Human Need to Belong and Transactional Stress Frameworks

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Collegiate student-athletes are experiencing an ongoing mental health epidemic, especially concerning anxiety and depression. This study builds upon the meta-theory of the human need to belong and the transactional theory of stress and coping by framing stress as a mediator for the benefits of cohesion between teammates on mental health. Data from 121 Division-I student-athletes demonstrated a fully mediated model whereby task cohesion indirectly benefited anxiety and depression through lower stress levels. Social cohesion, however, was not significantly associated with either stress or anxiety and depression. These findings underscore teammate relationships are appraised as social stimuli and that the lack of shared task approaches and understandings among teammates can be distressing and detract from general well-being. Coaches, athletic departments, and other academic stakeholders may use this information to guide their efforts to lower student-athlete stress through their social relationships with others. This aim can become an emphasis on pre-season training, team meetings, and athlete check-ins.

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Life After Signing

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“Next Person Up”: Understanding Collegiate Student-Athletes’ Socialization Experiences With Teammate Exit

“Next Person Up”: Understanding Collegiate Student-Athletes’ Socialization Experiences With Teammate Exit

Effects of Cohesion With Teammates on Division-I Student-Athletes’ Mental Health: An Application of the Human Need to Belong and Transactional Stress Frameworks

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