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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Sports--Social aspects"”.
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Life after hockey : an examination of athletic career transition and the National Hockey League's career transition program
… reinterpretation, alcohol/substance abuse); and social support. Also affecting quality of transition, and found to be highly effective (particularly in generating new occupational opportunities, assisting in the acquisition of new skills, and providing a system of continuous support), was the …
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An analysis of youth participation in athletics
1 PDF file (vii, 64 pages)
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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
The 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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A study on the role of sports in international peace and development using the Delphi method
… using an array of techniques, methods and sports. Despite the progress and successes of these programs, there seems to be a scant amount of studies in the literature in supporting the role of sports as a viable catalyst for development, peace, social cohesion and conflict resolution. In …
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Potential Factors That Influence Team Identification: A Desire to be Similar or Different?
The purpose of the current study is to determine whether eliciting the need for assimilation or the need for differentiation influences individuals’ identification with a given team. Team identification is defined as a fan’s psychological connection to a team; that is, the extent to which the fan …
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Sports television viewing and value acceptance
… the ability to learn values while watching sports programming on television. Sports are seen as a huge influence in our lives and helping to spread that influence and bring the games right to our living rooms is television. A total of 360 surveys were collected from three universities, one …
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NCAA injured student athletes' perception of social support
<p>Social support has a great impact on injured NCAA athletes' complete psychological and physical recovery. When individuals, such as the coach, athletic trainer, teammates, and family, incorporate social support in the recovery process the injured athlete's attitude and belief system is …
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Understanding the high-school athlete : a qualitative study of interscholastic athletes' engagement
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Kinesiology, 2010
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Fan Perception of Justice in Team Disciplinary Decisions
The present study examined procedural and distributive justice outcomes of discipline in an athletic team setting. A 2 (Consistency of Punishment: consistent vs. conditional) x 2 (Violation Severity: moderate vs. severe) x 2 (Punishment Severity: moderate vs. severe) x 2 (Decision Maker: head coach …