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ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to investigate the influence of sports participation on personality development of student athletes in the University of Benin, Benin City. To guide this study, four research questions were raised and answered.
The study adopted the descriptive research design. The population of the study was Five Hundred and Twenty Two (522) student athletes from various sports in the University of Benin, Benin City. Fifty Four (54) respondents formed the research sample which was randomly selected from the population. The research instrument used was a self-structured questionnaire, and the questionaire were validated by the project supervisor and two other experts in the Department of Human Kinetics and Sport Science, University of Benin. The reliability of the questionnaire items was determined using the Pearson Correlation Coefficient formula and a correlation coefficient of 0.86 was obtained. The data collected was analysed using frequency count and percentage to analyse the respondent’s demographic data, while mean and standard deviation were used to answerthe raised research questions.
Results from the analysed data indicated that sports participation has positive influence on the personality development of student athletes. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that student athletes should be educated more on sport participation on personality development. They should be aware that sport brings about positive mental health which helps them academically.
