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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Athletes' experiences"”.
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Kenyan athletes’ experiences with anti-doping rule violations
This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2024-10-30 at 15:08.
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The Uniform Effect: Collegiate Student-Athletes' Experiences with Competition Athletic Apparel and Self Perception
… the impact that athletic apparel has on college athletes. What does an athlete feel as they don their competition athletic apparel to compete at this top level of collegiate sport? The purpose of this study was to examine student-athlete experiences with competition athletic apparel in relation …
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Carving the Line: A Critical Examination of Women Athletes’ Experiences of Maltreatment in Freestyle Skiing
… feminist narrative study was to understand the experiences of Canadian women athletes in freestyle skiing to uncover potential aspects of maltreatment in sport. Guided by Bronfenbrenner’s (1979, 1986, 1999) ecological systems theory, this research examined individual, social, organizational, and …
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Doing the heavy lifting: A qualitative study of athletes’ experiences of community, identity, and (dis)identification in CrossFit
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Doing the heavy lifting: A qualitative study of athletes’ experiences of community, identity, and (dis)identification in CrossFit
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Elite athletes’ experiences of psychological distress: a discursive analysis of athlete identity in contexts in which athletes are vulnerable to experiencing psychopathology.
Elite athletes have been reported to experience higher rates of various psychopathology, with the stress of competing at elite levels reported to exacerbate existing pathology (Brewer & Petrie, 1996). In particular, athletes have been noted to be susceptible to experiencing anxiety and depression …
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The Impact of Racial Microaggressions on Black Athletes: Implications for Counseling and Sport Psychology
… of this study was to explore Black collegiate athletes experiences with racial microaggressions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine Black student athletes regarding their experiences of subtle forms of racism within sport and academia. Findings of the analysis indicated that …
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Just be There! Athlete Motivation and Parental Support: A Phenomenological Study
… the study was to gather and understand the lived experiences of athletes of a young adult age, who lacked parental support during their athletic careers. Furthermore, the purpose included understanding the meaning these lived experiences had for the research participants and their sport …
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READY, SET, GO: A NARRATIVE STUDY ON JAMAICAN FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO ATTENDED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S.
… STUDY ON JAMAICAN FEMALE TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES WHO ATTENDED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE U.S. MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Saran Donahoo At most institutions, track and field can function as the redheaded stepchild of athletic programs because these sports do not draw the revenue nor get the …
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Perceptions Of Athletic Training Services Of Japanese Collegiate Student Athletes
… Athletic training is an international field. Athletes' perception or satisfaction of the services is important to improve and maintain the quality of athletic training services. This concept is important inside and outside of the United States. Objective: The purpose of this research was to …
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Overtraining Phenomena: Expert and Athlete Perspectives on Pathogenic Sport Involvement
… was to provide an in-depth account of elite athletes' experiences of, and experts' perspectives on, overtraining and its negative outcomes. I conducted interviews with athletes and sports experts, including coaches, sport doctors, scientists, and psychologists across a variety of sports. The …
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‘You Can’t Sit With Us’: Habitus, Capital and Socio-economic Background in the Established Status of University Sport
… university sport and culture, as well as student athletes’ experiences of participating in sport. Using the theoretical concepts of Bourdieu, the impact of class and social structure was examined. Method: Given the interpretivist, constructivist approach, the study was conducted using a mixed …
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The Experiences of Athletes Rehabilitating From Season Ending Injuries and Their Perceived Value of Psychological Interventions: Three Case Studies
Research has shown that athletes who sustain injury often experience negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and depressed mood, and that a negative psychological state can have a detrimental effect on injury rehabilitation and return to sport. For the most part, researchers have focused on …
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The Dark side of sport: athlete narratives on maltreatment in high performance environments.
… The evidence suggests that elite adult athletes can experience maltreatment in high performance environments and such treatment has the potential to have long-term negative effects on athlete wellbeing and continued participation in sport. However, to date, much of the guidance on …
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Validation of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale With a Hong Kong Sample
… to the athlete role that is maintained by the athletes and influenced by environment” (p. 39; Cieslak, 2005). Previous studies have shown that athletic identity is related to various psychological processes such as identity foreclosure and the emotional reactions of athletes to injuries (Grove, …
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A mixed-method approach to low energy availability in elite track cyclists
… four elite male track cyclists at T₁. The male athletes demonstrated having mid-range testosterone, lowered resting metabolic rate ratio, varied luteinizing hormone and sub-optimal EA (16.9 - 19.8 nmol/L, 0.76 – 0.98, 4-10 U/L, 26 - 41 kcal/kg FFM/day, range; respectively). It is suggested the …
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Disability and assistive technology advancements in disability sport: Understanding the embodied experiences of disabled athletes
… sports, the use of assistive technology by athletes has often been simplified with notions of ‘cyborgification’, and popular discourses positioning them as ‘superhuman’, or ‘posthuman’. While this is problematic, little is known about how one’s impaired experience, self, and mind impact the …