An Examination of Competitiveness between Gender, Race and School Classification of Millennial Students. - An Exploratory Study
Primary Faculty Mentor’s Name
Dr. Daniel Czech
Proposal Track
Student
Session Format
Poster
Abstract
Competitiveness is defined as the desire to win in interpersonal situations. Gender, Race, and Age differences in competitiveness are widely cited throughout the literature. However, many of these studies have been conducted over 25 years ago (Gill and Deeter, 1988; Gill, 1988) with students and athletes of a different generation from the current generation of students. Moreover, little research has been found which has examined competitiveness levels within the current generation of students. The purpose of this study is to compare competitiveness levels between gender, race, and age of students within the Millennial Generation. Specifically, this study will examine whether competitiveness differs between gender, race, and age. The design of this study will be a quantitative, quasi-experimental, cross-sectional descriptive study. A 31-item questionnaire will be given to gather data from students at a midsized southeastern university who are enrolled in physical activity classes. The survey will contain demographic questions as well as the Sport Orientation Questionnaire, both of which have been found to be psychometrically reliable and valid. Surveys will be conducted during the last two weeks of the semester and will be completely voluntary. In order to increase participation, students may be verbally recruited by their instructors with a bonus grade incentive. T-tests and ANOVAs will be used to determine significant differences in the demographic independent variables, while Pearson’s correlation will be used to examine relationships. Once completed, this study should be able to more clearly define competitive levels within students of the millennial generation who partake with in athletic activities.
Keywords
Gender, Race, School classification, Millennial generation, Competitiveness
Location
Concourse/Atrium
Presentation Year
2014
Start Date
11-15-2014 9:40 AM
End Date
11-15-2014 10:55 AM
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Wehner, Katelyn, "An Examination of Competitiveness between Gender, Race and School Classification of Millennial Students. - An Exploratory Study" (2014). Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (2014-2015). 49.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gurc/2014/2014/49
An Examination of Competitiveness between Gender, Race and School Classification of Millennial Students. - An Exploratory Study
Concourse/Atrium
Competitiveness is defined as the desire to win in interpersonal situations. Gender, Race, and Age differences in competitiveness are widely cited throughout the literature. However, many of these studies have been conducted over 25 years ago (Gill and Deeter, 1988; Gill, 1988) with students and athletes of a different generation from the current generation of students. Moreover, little research has been found which has examined competitiveness levels within the current generation of students. The purpose of this study is to compare competitiveness levels between gender, race, and age of students within the Millennial Generation. Specifically, this study will examine whether competitiveness differs between gender, race, and age. The design of this study will be a quantitative, quasi-experimental, cross-sectional descriptive study. A 31-item questionnaire will be given to gather data from students at a midsized southeastern university who are enrolled in physical activity classes. The survey will contain demographic questions as well as the Sport Orientation Questionnaire, both of which have been found to be psychometrically reliable and valid. Surveys will be conducted during the last two weeks of the semester and will be completely voluntary. In order to increase participation, students may be verbally recruited by their instructors with a bonus grade incentive. T-tests and ANOVAs will be used to determine significant differences in the demographic independent variables, while Pearson’s correlation will be used to examine relationships. Once completed, this study should be able to more clearly define competitive levels within students of the millennial generation who partake with in athletic activities.
