Date of Award
8-1-2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
Morgridge College of Education, Counseling Psychology
First Advisor
Jesse Owen, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Jennifer E. Cornish, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Patton Garriott
Fourth Advisor
Trisha Raque-Bogdan
Keywords
Burnout, Relationship conflict, Romantic relationships, Sport-relationship conflict, Sport-relationship enrichment, Student athletes
Abstract
Relationships that college athletes develop outside of their sports have the potential to positively and negatively impact sport, relationship, and mental health outcomes. Existing research focuses on the importance of the coach-athlete, parentathlete, and athlete-athlete dyads and suggests that these relationships affect athletes’ satisfaction and commitment to sport. However, few studies examine the influence of romantic relationships on these outcomes. This study, which is founded on work-family conflict and enrichment theories, used an experimental design to examine the moderating effects of sport-relationship conflict and enrichment on the relationship between romantic relationship conflict and athlete burnout, sport commitment, depression, and perceived respect from romantic partner (relationship respect). Division I college athletes (N = 114) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the experimental condition, participants were primed for relationship conflict, while participants in the control condition were given a neutral prime. Results of hierarchical linear regression analyses indicated that sport-to-relationship conflict moderated the effect of relationship conflict on athlete burnout. The nature of the moderation was unanticipated; for participants with higher levels of sport-to-relationship conflict being primed for relationship conflict was associated with lower levels of burnout than being in the control condition. Results also revealed that athlete burnout and sport commitment were predicted by sport-to-relationship and relationship-to-sport conflict and enrichment. Depression was predicted by sport-to-relationship enrichment, and relationship respect was predicted by relationship-to-sport conflict and enrichment.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Keaton Clauss Muzika
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
141 p.
Recommended Citation
Muzika, Keaton Clauss, "College Athletes and Romantic Relationship Conflict: The Moderating Effects of Sport-Relationship Conflict and Enrichment" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1511.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1511
Copyright date
2018
Discipline
Counseling psychology