ABSTRACT Relative age effects (RAE) are developmental advantages experienced by those born in the initial months after a predetermined cut-off date over their younger counterparts. Student-athletes are considered to be “on-time” when their current year of athletic eligibility coincides with their expected year of athletic eligibility, based on their year of birth. Conversely, student-athletes are considered “delayed” when their current athletic eligibility year corresponds with a younger cohort. This study examined the impact of the RAE and academic timing on participation within nine of the 12 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championship sports. A logistic regression was conducted to predict academic timing based on participants’ quartile of birth and sex. The results indicated that males are significantly more likely to be delayed than females, and those student-athletes born in the later months of the year are more frequently delayed compared to their relatively older peers.

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延迟还是准时？研究学习时间对加拿大大学运动员相对年龄影响的调节作用

摘要相对年龄效应（RAE）是在预定的截止日期后最初几个月出生的人比年轻的人具有的发展优势。当学生运动员的当前运动资格年与其预期的运动资格年（基于出生年份）相符时，则被视为“准时”。相反，当学生运动员当前的运动资格年份与较年轻的人群相对应时，则被视为“延迟”。这项研究调查了RAE和学术时机对加拿大12项大学间体育（CIS）冠军运动中9项参与的影响。进行逻辑回归以根据参与者的出生和性别四分位数来预测学习时机。