Scott Forrester
Associate Professor
Recreation and Leisure Studies
Brock University
Canada
Biography
My transdisciplinary research examines the impact of participation in campus recreational sports on outcomes of importance to both students (e.g., academic, personal growth and development, health and well-being, leadership and social benefits) and post-secondary institutions (e.g., recruitment, persistence, retention, and satisfaction). My interest in this area stems from graduate work experiences in the Division of Recreational Sports at Indiana University administering intramural sports, conducting campus wide studies examining the impact of these programs, and serving as an interim Assistant Director for Club Sports
Research Interest
Student benefits of participation in campus recreational sports; Institutional benefits of campus recreational sports in post-secondary settings; Psycho-social determinants of participation in campus recreational sports; Academic and social outcomes of intramural sport participation.
Publications
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Shiffman, R., D’Andrade, G., Eichel, J., Moss, K., & Forrester, S. (2012). A comparison of constraints to participation in intramural sports between international and non-international students. Recreational Sports Journal, 36(1), 2-12.
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Barnes, M., Forrester, S., & Walsh, M. (2013). A city looks to its past to discover its future: A retrospective case study examining the impacts of an artificial white-water river development 25 years later. Managing Leisure, 18(1), 16-30.
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Palmer, A., Whitty, J., & Forrester, S. (2014). An exploratory study of the motivations of intramural indoor soccer participants using Self-Determination Theory. Applied Recreational Research and Programming Annual, 4, 49-67.
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Webb, E., & Forrester, S. (2015). Affective outcomes of intramural sport participation. Recreational Sports Journal 39(1), 69-81.
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Forrester, S. (2015). Benefits of collegiate recreational sports participation: Results from the 2013 NASPA Assessment and Knowledge Consortium Study. Recreational Sports Journal 39(1), 2-15.
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Webb, E., & Forrester, S. (2016). Peer motivational climate and its relationship with positive and negative affect in collegiate intramural sports. International Journal of Sport Management, 17(4), 622-645.
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Webb, E., & Forrester, S. (2016). Peer created motivational climates: Variations in the perceptions of collegiate intramural sport participants. International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation and Tourism, 23, 22-50.
