Detailed Outline: Rough Draft

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Investigative Purpose
- The investigative purpose behind the research discovered is to answer the
essential question: How do different types of sports impact the lives of athletes
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after their careers, and do athletes benefit from sports as a whole?

Determine if those who participate in sports (school, rec. league) while

developing into adults benefit from these sports in the long haul.
Thesis
- Athletes develop traits otherwise unattainable that can be used towards success in

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any realm of life. Later on in life, adults are at better educational, financial, and
health standpoints as a result of playing sports.
Trait Development
- The role of sport and personality traits in psycho-social development of students:

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Athletes had a higher level of all personality components, besides neuroticism,

when compared to non-athletes. Takeaway: Overall development is driven by
sports.
Team vs. Individual Sports

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Team
Individual
Extroversion
Autonomy
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Sociotropy
Neuroticism
Team sports show greater gains for athletes than individual sports in regard to

grades in school and future employment.

Financial, Educational, Health standpoints
- Better health later on in life: athletes develop a habit of making exercise a
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routine and understanding the importance of physical activity.

Higher salary/Education: Athletic participation directly correlates with both
wages and educational attainment- what mediates this relationship is athletes'
altered frame of mind in regard to leisure that has been created through the

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commitment of playing a high school sport.

Immediate impact of Sports on Adolescents
- Juvenile Delinquency: Sports provide peer affiliations and unstructured
socializing which leads to better behavior- chances of juvenile delinquency were
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higher for those dont have these organized activities.

Health impacts: Sports give athletes consistent exercise, making them healthier
for the time being.

Social benefits: Athletes can make friends, develop close coach-player

relationships, and gain social skills.

Researcher Devon Gorry uses recent data from the National Longitudinal Study
of Adolescent Health to conclude that in both middle and high school, athletes
earn higher grades and are more likely to graduate. Another conclusion is also

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made that athletes are more likely to be employed after their education.
Conclusion
- To those who dedicate endless time and effort to sports they most likely will not
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play at the collegiate level: its all worth it.

Get out and play sports
Spending hours working on school work may be a less successful route to take
than to balance school with athletics and develop traits beneficial for the future
that would be otherwise unattainable.