seventy percent were non athletes while only thirty percent were athletes. The split also applied when looking at male and female participants, females being the larger group.MaterialsSelf esteem was assessed with the Barksdale self esteem evaluation no. 69. The Barksdale evaluation consisted of twenty five questions measuring feelings or perceptions about themselves. Questions were rated on a scale from zero to four. Zero being not at all true and a four being true all the time. We added some questions at the end of the questionnaire to help separate the questioned into two groups. There is a sample questionnaire in Appendix A which may be viewed.ProcedureTo gather data we used the questionnaire research method, and we used the data to estimated the effects that competitive college sports have on self esteem. The dependent variable was the individuals self esteem. The independent variable was wether the individual played on a college athletic team or not. The level of high self esteem was rated at a score of 95 by the evaluation standards. Once all the surveys were gathered all the numbers were added up and divided by the number of participants to find a mean score for the group. There were four means tallied as there were four groups, male, female, athlete, and non athlete. The mean scores were assessed and we were able to arrive at our results from them.ResultsFrom the seventy non athletes a mean score of 61 was assessed and from the athletes a mean score of 68. There were only 35 athletes evaluated. As an interest point to our research we also compared male to female. A mean score of 64 was assessed from 72 females and a mean score of 62 for the males. There is a chart in Appendix A which reflects the results of all our data.DiscussionSome complications arouse along the way. The Barksdale self esteem evaluation saw a score of 95 as good self esteem. When the evaluations started coming back in, it was noted that the highest scores w...
