The effect of sports on academic performance : a study of the AUB community

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dc.contributor.authorBou Fadel, Lea George
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economics
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Arts and Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-11T16:29:07Z
dc.date.available2017-12-11T16:29:07Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017
dc.descriptionThesis. M.A. American University of Beirut. Department of Economics, 2017. T:6646
dc.descriptionAdvisor : Dr. Leila Dagher, Associate Professor and Chair, Economics ; Members of Committee : Dr. Hossein Radmard, Assistant Professor, Economics ; Dr. Jad Chaaban, Associate Professor, Agricultural Sciences
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 41-45)
dc.description.abstractThe ongoing debate about the importance of sports and its effect on the human mind has left people with questions about the effect on the academic performance of students, which this paper aims to answer. Researchers have found positive relationships between the two variables, seeing the advantages that sports can achieve. Others have found a negative relationship explained by the increased time and commitment required that reduces available time for studying. Some have found no significant relationship between the two. In this study, a linear regression model is used, and after controlling for various variables, the effect of being an athlete on academic performance turns out to be significantly negative. However, sports will enhance the students’ health, and increase their self-esteem and well-being levels, which will in turn increase GPA. This makes the overall effect a positive one, where the negative impacts are balanced out by the more optimistic ones.
dc.format.extent1 online resource (x, 45 leaves) : illustrations (some color)
dc.identifier.otherb19210292
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/20911
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofTheses, Dissertations, and Projects
dc.subject.classificationT:006646
dc.subject.lcshAmerican University of Beirut -- Students
dc.subject.lcshSports -- Lebanon -- Beirut
dc.subject.lcshExercise -- Health aspects -- Lebanon -- Beirut
dc.subject.lcshAcademic achievement -- Lebanon -- Beirut
dc.subject.lcshRegression analysis
dc.titleThe effect of sports on academic performance : a study of the AUB community
dc.title.alternativeA study of the AUB community
dc.typeThesis

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