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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Sport type"”.
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The influence of sport type and interdependence on the growth experiences of young male athletes
The purpose of this study was to examine how sport type and interdependence were associated with the growth experiences of select level male basketball players (n = 150) and distance runners (n = 98), aged 14 to 17 years. This study also examined how growth experiences were related to the outcomes …
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The Effect of Scholarship Support, Gender, and Sport Type on Retention of Collegiate Student-Athletes
… looking at scholarship support, gender, and sport type (individual or team sport). Eight Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) schools provided data on all student-athletes participating from the 200 1-02 through the 2004-05 academic years. The investigator collected data on site at each …
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Factors of Body Image Dissatisfaction Among High School Female Athletes
<p>The relation between sport type and body image dissatisfaction was investigated with a sample of high school female athletes living in the Chicago area. In order to assess sport type, gymnastics, cross country, and softball were designated for the comparison of aesthetic, endurance, and ball …
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Comparison of lower extremity strength and strength symmetry among U.S. Ski Team sports
<p>Most research in ski sports performance, injury, and sport physiological demands focuses on alpine ski racing. Very little research is available describing aerial and moguls ski competitors. Purpose: Compare lower extremity strength limb symmetry index (LSI) and relative strength (RS) among …
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross Sectional Analysis of Canadian University Students' and Student-Athletes' Mental Health
… unique stressors of participating in collegiate sport. During the COVID-19 pandemic and with the implementation of public health response measures Şenışık et al. (2020) discovered that depression and anxiety symptoms were significantly lower in Turkish professional athletes than non- athletes, …
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NCAA Division I Athletes Preferences for Coaching Behaviors
… I athletes differ as a function of gender and type of sport. The Coaching Behavior Questionnare (CBQ; Martin & Barnes, 1999) was administered to 195 NCAA Division I athletes. Gender and sport type were the independent variables and the participant's mean scores for the subscales on the CBQ were …
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Relationships and Sports: Mechanisms in Relational Motivation and Its Impact on Athletic Performance
… motivate people in pursing health, school, or sports goals. The purpose of this study was to identify what mechanisms drive relational motivation that in turn affects athletic performance. Participants (n = 156) in this study were student-athletes from various sports, who completed a …
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Treatment Acceptability of NCAA Division I Student-Athletes
Consultations with sport psychologists can be a result of a coach implementing a sport psychology intervention for an athlete or team, or athletes personally choosing to utilize such services. The present study attempted to identify factors that could best predict an athlete's attitudes toward …
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A Qualitative Examination of the Sport Music Preferences of NCAA Division I Athletes
… report listening to music prior to their sport participation for a number of reasons, including: mood-regulation, arousal control, and concentration (Laukka & Quick, 2011; Sorenson, Czech, Gonzalez, Klein, & Lachowetz, 2008; Stevens & Lane, 2001). Researchers have found that many athletes …
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Exploring Youth Athletes Preferred Leadership Styles and Behaviours of Sport Coaches
… positive development, and retention of youth in sport; which are only some of the outcomes and benefits from experiences gained throughout sport programs (Carson & Gould, 2010). Previous research has mainly focused on high school aged athletes (14+). However, the highest rates of sport …
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Adaptation to Athletic Career Termination in Male Professional Sport
… athletic career termination in male professional sport to examine: (1) the conceptualisation of the voluntariness of retirement and its impact on adaptation to athletic career termination, (2) the conceptualisation of the outcome of athletic career termination and (3) the temporal nature of …
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The Relationship Between Jealousy and Self-Esteem in Collegiate Athletes
… have examined jealousy in an athletic setting. Sport jealousy has received little attention because until recently, there was no reliable instrument to measure jealousy in sport. Pease (1987) investigated the relationship between social comparison jealousy and team cohesion using the Social …
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Torpedo Swimrun Cape Town: understanding athletes, evaluation of race rules and assessing predictors of performance of a novel sport
… habits (min/week and sessions/week), background sport (type), equipment used (type), wave selection (athletes select if they want to start in a slow, medium or fast wave)(type), total and segment race times (mm:ss) and questionnaire scores of race participants. The second objective was to analyze …
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Bone properties and skeletal maturity in adolescent males, as assessed by quantitative ultrasound
… year-round. Physical activity, nutrition and sports participation were assessed with various questionnaires. Anthropometries, such as height, weight and relative body fat percentage (BF%) were assessed using standard measures. Skeletal strength and age were evaluated using bone QUS. Lastly, …
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Early dropout from Sports: A cross-sectional study in Italian and Spanisch students.
Background: early withdrawal from sporting activities is a relevant phenomenon in young people. Lack of movement contributes to the adoption of incorrect lifestyles that will persist even in later ages in all people. Even young athletes may prematurely quit the sport during their school education …
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High School Athletes' Perceptions of Sport Psychology and Preference for Services
… perceptions (e.g., Sullivan & Hodge, 1991) of sport psychology, but there is limited research that studied the high school athlete population. This study used a qualitative analysis to examine high school athletes' perceptions of sport psychology and their preferences for different types of …