Award Date

5-15-2026

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences

First Committee Member

Richard Rosenkranz

Second Committee Member

Sara Rosenkranz

Third Committee Member

James Navalta

Fourth Committee Member

Bradley Donohue

Number of Pages

43

Abstract

Collegiate athletes experience a range of stressors that may interfere with sport performance; however less is known about how stress-related sport interference varies across demographic groups and contexts. Guided by the transactional model of stress and coping, this study examined differences in stress-related sport interference by gender, race/ethnicity, and year in school, as well as across situational contexts (training, competition, and life outside of sport). Data were drawn from a secondary dataset of 288 collegiate sport participants who completed the Sport Interference Checklist (SIC). Independent samples t-test and analyses of variance (ANOVA) were used to examined demographic differences, and a repeated measures ANOVA assessed differences across contexts. A binary logistic regression was conducted to examine the likelihood of elevated stress-related sport interference by gender. Results indicated that female athletes reported significantly higher stress-related sport interference than male athletes in mean- level analyses; however, gender was not a statistically significant predictor of elevated stress classification in the logistic regression. No significant differences were observed by year in school, and racial/ethnic differences were not consistent. A significant effect of context was found with the lowest interference reported outside of sport. These findings highlight the importance of considering both demographic and contextual factors when examining stress- related sport interference.

Controlled Subject

College athletes; Stress management; Women athletes

Disciplines

Exercise Science | Kinesiology | Psychology | Sports Sciences

File Format

PDF

File Size

662 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

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