Running Head: EXAMINATION OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
An Examination of Athletic Performance and
Self-Esteem among Intercollegiate Athletes
Shaquoia Ayers
University of Hartford
November 2005
Abstract
Only until recently coaches and sports psychologists want to study factors that are included in increasing an athlete's performance during competition. This article investigated the relationship between self-esteem and how it would predict and possibly increase the performance of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletes. Examining an athletes' performance based on qualities that they may posses has been studied for many years but only recent research of self-esteem and how it affects and individuals' athletic performance has only been tested for some years. Higher self-esteem is said to be associated with better athletic performance while low self-esteem is said to be associated with performing more poorly. The purpose of this study is to......
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