Demographic Difference in Stress Coping and Student-Athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate a demographic difference in stress coping among student-athletes in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design, in which quantitative data was collected. The study was conducted in Ghana. Simple random sampling was used to select student-athletes. The target population for this study was 768 student-athletes in six (6) Ghana Colleges of Education. The total sample size for the study was 323 student-athletes. The instruments for data collection were questionnaire and document analyses. Both, descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 20). Descriptive statistics summarized, organized and described the responses when addressing study objectives through the use of means, standard deviations, frequencies, and percentages. Inferential statistics such as ANOVA and Point biserial were used to test the formulated null hypotheses. All hypotheses were tested at p<0.05 alpha level of significance. The study found that Demographic characteristics have a statistically significant relationship with stress management among student-athletes in colleges of education in Ghana.