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Professional Athletic Training Students' Grit and Achievement Goal Orientation Effect on Persistence in an Athletic Training Program

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2019, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), University of Findlay, Education.
Athletic training education is evolving which increases the importance of retaining athletic training students in athletic training programs. Research has demonstrated that athletic training students are motivated to persist through an athletic training program, however, the type of motivation has not been studied. This study aims to analyze professional athletic training students' achievement goal orientation and grit scores as they relate to their persistence in athletic training programs. A mixed-methods approach utilizing the grit scale, achievement goal orientation survey, and open-ended questions to understand bachelor- and master-level professional athletic training students' approach to persisting in an academic program. Analysis of the data demonstrated that athletic training students believe persistence, academic and clinical experiences, passion for the profession, knowledge retention, and key mentors and support play roles in their persistence through athletic training programs. Also, there are no differences in grit scores or achievement goal orientation between bachelor- and master-level athletic training students (p>.05). However, there is a difference between the achievement goal orientations (mastery, performance-approach, performance-avoidant, work-avoidant) in all athletic training students (p<.001). Mastery is significantly higher than all other achievement goal orientations. Also, grit and mastery goal orientation have a moderate positive correlation (r=.379, p<.001) and all other achievement goal orientations have a significant negative correlation with grit. Therefore, educators need to understand how students are motivated to provide the support which reflects their needs to maintain drive and passion for athletic training.
John Cindric (Committee Chair)
Kimberly Peer (Committee Member)
Chris Moser (Committee Member)
120 p.

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  • Harnar, H. M. (2019). Professional Athletic Training Students' Grit and Achievement Goal Orientation Effect on Persistence in an Athletic Training Program [Doctoral dissertation, University of Findlay]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1565038169526217

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Harnar, Hannah. Professional Athletic Training Students' Grit and Achievement Goal Orientation Effect on Persistence in an Athletic Training Program. 2019. University of Findlay, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1565038169526217.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Harnar, Hannah. "Professional Athletic Training Students' Grit and Achievement Goal Orientation Effect on Persistence in an Athletic Training Program." Doctoral dissertation, University of Findlay, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1565038169526217

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)