"I Am What I Am? The Baller Identity Measurement Scale (BIMS) with a Division I Football Team in American Higher Education" by C. Keith Harrison

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I Am What I Am? The Baller Identity Measurement Scale (BIMS) with a Division I Football Team in American Higher Education

Sport Sciences for Health (2014)

C. Keith Harrison, University of Central Florida
Laurel Traynowicz, Boise State University
Scott Bukstein, University of Central Florida
Ginny McPherson-Botts, University of Central Florida
Suzanne Malia Lawrence, Azusa Pacific University

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of culture and socio-cultural contexts on academic and athletic motivation of American male college football student-athletes. This study measured perceptions of student-athletes' athletic and academic identities tied to motivation for performance using a culturally relevant assessment tool, the Baller Identity Measurement Scale.

Keywords

identity,
student-athlete,
motivation,
baller

Disciplines

Communication

Publication Date

April 1, 2014

Citation Information

C. Keith Harrison, Laurel Traynowicz, Scott Bukstein, Ginny McPherson-Botts, et al.. "I Am What I Am? The Baller Identity Measurement Scale (BIMS) with a Division I Football Team in American Higher Education" Sport Sciences for Health (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/scott_bukstein/2/