User:Izzyseverns/Student athlete

Many people feel that student athlete's role identity could be the cause of the difficulty adjusting into the professional world. Role identity refers to the way in which people judge themselves. It is typically learned in the process of role enactment from the evaluation, interpretation, and feedback on their performance by significant others. When developing one's identity it can be dangerous for any single role of a person's self to be dominant. "These identity breakthroughs create a barrier for athletes when stepping into the real world, they have been perceptive to the world of being a student athlete and have a difficult time adjusting."

This attitude may lead a person to detach from other role options and developmental tasks. Thus, if an "individual conforms fully or adequately in one direction, fulfillment will be difficult in another." Student athletes are prone to this role engulfment, which reduces the motivation to explore alternative roles. This athletic myopia can create a "make-believe world where normal rules don't apply". This may result in identity foreclosure, which could impede the acquisition of the new skills and orientations necessary for coping with new situations and maintaining a belief in one's personal competence when one's dream of athletic accomplishment fails. " Again, these student athletes find difficulty adjusting to the major differences between after entering the workplace."

Adjusting to the formalities of becoming a student athlete is something that both the school and athletic department has done by creating introduction courses at large universities. These universities also create rules and guidelines for athletes to follow, this creates an individual experience for each athlete to keep them accountable for their own actions when entering the world of becoming a student athlete.

According to the NCAA graduation rates have expanded dramatically for student athletes. In 2019 the graduation rate was 89% for NCAA student athletes, which increased from 74% in 2003. These rates are increasing which benefits both the athletes and the NCAA tremendously.

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