WORK 10: SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ABSTRACT

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION (COME 122)

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

LEARNING OUTCOME 2: CRITICALLY ANALYZE MESSAGES

LEARNING OUTCOME 3: ANSWER COMMUNICATION QUESTIONS USING APPROPRIATE RESEARCH METHODS (SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH)

THE LEARNING OUTCOME OF THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS TO WRITE A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ABSTRACT BASED OFF OF MY DETAILED ANNOTATIONS OF A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT EXAMINES COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS. 

WHEN AND WHY I CREATED IT: 

I CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORTS COACHES AND HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP DIRECTLY AFFECTS MANY AREAS OF ATHLETES’ LIVES BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AN ATHLETE BASICALLY MY WHOLE LIFE.  AS A FIRST SEMESTER SOPHOMORE, I ALREADY HAD ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS UNDER MY BELT AND WAS STRUGGLING TO ADAPT TO A NEW PROGRAM WITH A NEW COACH AND COACHING PHILOSOPHY AS A SMALL-TOWN GIRL WHO GREW UP WITH MINIMAL COACHING VARIANCES.  LOOKING BACK ON THIS WORK AS ONE OF MY VERY FIRST WORKS IN THE DISCIPLINE, I AM EVEN MORE PROUD OF THE DECISION I MADE TO STEP AWAY FROM SWIMMING, A SPORT THAT MADE ME SO UNHAPPY FOR SO LONG, AND BEGIN SOCCER AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, A SPORT THAT TRULY TRANSFORMED MY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AND MADE LAST YEAR OF UNDERGRAD THE BEST ONE YET.  

TARGET AUDIENCE: 

DR. ANTOS