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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Sport participants"”.
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Goal Involvements, Goal Orientation, and Perceptions of Parent-and Coach-Initiated Motivational Climates Among Youth Sport Participants
With respect to stability of goal involvements, perceptions of parent-initiated motivational climates, and perceptions of coach-initiated climates, at three timepoints (one early season game, one midseason practice, and one late season game), these variables were all stable. Task goal orientation, …
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"Let Us Make Man": The Development of Black Male (Student)-Athletes in a Big-Time College Sport Program
Black athletes in big-time college sport programs at predominately White institutions (PWIs) are faced with many developmental challenges. This study attempted to collaborate with Black male sport participants in efforts to understand their perspectives on factors posited to impact their …
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"From Fear to Flow" : Understanding the Motivations for Participating in Extreme Sports
Extreme sport participation has grown exponentially in recent years, yet the underlying motivations for engaging in high-risk activities remain complex and not fully understood. Extreme sports are defined as those where a mismanaged mistake can lead to serious injury or death. While research has …
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Development and application of expertise in elite-level coaches
… coaches working with Australian junior, elite sport participants were purposefully sampled to cover a diversity of sports (team and individual) and to provide a gender balance.
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The Demonstration Effect of Hosting a Major Games: A Case Study of Figure Skating and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games
… will inspire the population to become active in sport. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games presented an opportunity for Canadian sport organizations to promote sport participation. The purpose of this study was to determine if the demonstration effect occurred in Canada, and determine the …
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A Preliminary Examination of Adding the Approach-Avoidance Distinction to Achievement Goal Theory
… from the first throwing task indicated that participants did not differ in their levels of enjoyment, effort, threat appraisals, or task involvement based on goal involvement. Although achievement goals did not influence participants' responses, participants did differ in their achievement …
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History of Concussion and Current Functional Movement Screen Scores in a Collegiate Recreational Population
… million concussions occur annually related to sport.<a title="Langlois, 2006 #708"><sup>1</sup></a> Although neurometabolic alterations in the brain last 7-10 days following a concussion, an increased Cortical Silent Period (CSP) has been found to persist after 19 months.<a title="Giza, 2001 …
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Establishing a hybrid-methodology model for co-designing behaviour change: within the context of adventure sport participation in Scotland
Adventure sport participation numbers have significantly increased over the period of the past ten years; it has been suggested that the emergence of an experience economy, where experiences have more value than possessions, could be a key factor for this increase. Motivations for taking part in an …
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The relationships between goal orientation, perfectionism, parental involvement, peer climate, enjoyment, and intention to continue in sport in children.
… enjoyment and the intention to continue playing sport in youth sport. Participants were 188 athletes, 100 boys (M = 12.06, SD = 1.06) and 88 girls (M = 12.18, SD = .73). The athletes completed the TEOSQ, Sport MPS, PIAS, and the PeerMCYSQ. Parental support and peer task environment was related to …
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The Relationship of Physical Activity and Sport Participation to Body Image in Older Adults
… study examined the relationship of activity (sport vs. leisure) and gender to body image among adults aged 50 years and older. The sample included 182 Senior Olympians (79 men; 103 women) with a mean age of 65.5 years. Three scales measured the components of BI: the Social Physique Anxiety …
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Motivation, Need Support and Need Satisfaction in Youth Soccer Players
… activity levels in youth is through youth sport participation, which may be influenced by athlete motivation. Numerous studies have determined motivation levels in youth sport participants, but very little done in comparing levels across different ethnic groups. Identifying differences in …
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Who makes the game? Examining private ownership in professional sports
… in the major North American professional sports leagues. Despite drawbacks that are apparent to players, fans, media, and scholars, private ownership has been taken for granted as the natural way of organizing professional sport. This analysis argues that private ownership became the norm …
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Die verband van sportdeelname met gesondheidsrisikogedrag by adolessente in die Potchefstroomdistrik
… are of the opinion that high performance sport is inclined to be characterised by health risk behaviour of the participants and also indicate that older sportsmen and -women have a definite influence on the behaviour of younger sportsmen and -women. It was also found that young sportsmen …
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Relationship Between Health And Sports Participation in Young Adults
… health and their participation in traditional sports and action sports. Research indicates that traditional sports promote wellness and provide participants with benefits in physical health, psychological wellness, and social skills (Taks & Scheerder, 2006). Action sports are sports activities …
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Moving from values inaction to values-in-action : an exploration of how values can be managed intentionally by national sports organizations
… study examined the intentional use of National Sport Organizations' (NSOs) stated values. Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) was applied to an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach of interviewing NSO senior leaders. One intention of this research was to foster a connection between academia …
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The Phenomenon of Identity Foreclosure Among Learner-athletes in a South African Context
The main mission for young people in sport is to develop their potential to the highest level of excellence. The need to capture young people and to nurture their potential necessitates specialized sport schools to accommodate this need of young people to pursue excellence in their sport. Tertiary …
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The Effect of a Second-Order Factor Wellness Intervention on the Total Wellness of Female Collegiate Athletes
… 66 female collegiate athletes was recruited. The participants were randomly assigned to the treatment or control group by sport. Participants in the treatment group participated in a 1-hour second-order factor wellness workshop. All participants were administered the Five Factor Wellness Inventory …
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Cultivating resilience in the face of "not enough": exploring shame and shame-coping in U.S. college sport
When self-worth and belonging in sport is based on the win column, the scoreboard, or the judges’ table, athletes may inevitably face ‘not enough,’ shame-inducing experiences in their sport (Coakley, 2016; Lazarus, 2000; Ryall, 2019). Shame is a destructive psycho-socio-cultural experience of …
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Motivation for Sport Persistence: An Empirical Examination of Underlying Theoretical Constructs
… was to examine the motives interscholastic sport participants have for sport participation and withdrawal. Particular emphasis was placed on an independent and simultaneous examination of the theoretical constructs of achievement goal orientations, perceived ability, and perceived …
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