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This paper represents a replication and extension of a study reported by Rehberg and Schafer in 1968. Our findings reproduce the original study in showing that the relationship between athletic participation and higher educational goals is not eliminated when controlling for parental SES, parental academic encouragement, and student grade average. The extension of the original study involves introducing perceived peer status and school value climate as intervening variables between athletic involvement and educational expectations.
Spreitzer et al. (Mon,) studied this question.