Date of Award
2016
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.H.K.
Department
Kinesiology
First Advisor
Dixon, Jess
Second Advisor
Horton, Sean
Keywords
Academic timing, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, Relative age effect
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Relative age effects (RAE) are developmental advantages experienced by those born in the initial months after a predetermined cut-off date over their younger counterparts. Student-athletes are considered to be ‘on-time’ when their current year of athletic eligibility coincides with their expected year of athletic eligibility, based on their year of birth. Conversely, student-athletes are considered ‘delayed’ when their current athletic eligibility year corresponds with a younger cohort. This project examined the RAE and academic timing within nine of the 12 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship sports. A moderate RAE was seen among the entire sample of CIS student- athletes. Males are more likely to be delayed than females, and those student-athletes born in the later months of the year are more frequently delayed compared to their relatively older peers. Based on these results, delaying one’s athletic eligibly may be an effective method to reduce the disadvantages associated with being relatively younger.
Recommended Citation
Chittle, Laura, "Examining the Relative Age Effect and Influence of Academic Timing on Participation in Canadian Interuniversity Sport" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5807.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5807