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Showing 1 to 20 of 678 for “"athlete"”.
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Student-Athlete: A Study of Student-Athlete Workload Compared with Traditional Student Workload
… data on the workload of students and student-athletes to determine if there is a significant difference in the workloads of student-athletes compared with non-athletes, including undergraduate and graduate students. It was hypothesized that student-athletes would spend more time in athletic …
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Exploring motivation through athlete communication
… study examined the communication ecology of athlete motivation. Furthermore, gender differences in communication ecologies were evaluated, as were variations in communication tendencies for highly and lowly motivated athletes. Findings suggest that teammates and parents are strong motivators …
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A Comparison in Scholastic Attainment of the Athlete and Non-Athlete at Edmonds Junior High
… to shed more light on scholastic attainment of athletes in the junior high school. The purpose was not to justify the inclusion or exclusion of interscholastic sports in the junior high school, only to determine what effect these sports have on an individual’s grades.
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Coach and athlete goal orientations: Congruence of orientations and affects on athlete satisfaction and commitment
… achievement goals have an important influence on athlete's behaviors and cognitions. The literature is also consistent regarding the effects the motivational climate plays on athlete's behaviors and cognitions. However, no research has examined the influence that acceptance of the motivational …
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The Female Athlete Triad and Ethnicity
… and/or objective measures. Method: 31 collegiate athletes (29 White & 2 Black) and 19 controls (16 White & 3 Black) completed Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry scans and a questionnaire on the female athlete triad. Results: No significant difference was found between Black and White athletes and …
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Athlete Monitoring in American Collegiate Football
… is to illustrate the efficacy of commonly used athlete monitoring tools within the sport of American collegiate football, while proposing a systematic framework to guide the development of an athlete monitoring program. This aim was achieved through a series of studies with the following …
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Calm athlete: Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of app-based mindfulness training on collegiate student-athlete mental wellbeing
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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A Comparative Analysis of the Academic Achievement of the Athlete and Non-Athlete in the Junior High School
… between the academic achievement of the athlete and the non-athlete at the junior high school level.
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The co-creation of athlete development: A conjoint analysis of parents' and coaches' preferences for effective athlete development
Youth athletes’ development is heavily influenced by key adults in their lives. Youth sport administrators create and implement the programs in which they participate, coaches design and implement practices and provide feedback to enhance skill and competitive success, while parents provide …
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What makes a successful sparing Taekwondo athlete?
… 2000 Olympic Games. Having practiced TKD as an athlete and provided care as a health professional for decades, I investigated a series of features of the Olympic TKD athlete including: profile, injury rate and distribution, weight cycling/cutting and each of their relationships to success in …
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Examining student athlete attitudes towards art therapy
<p>College student athletes, as an underserved clinical population with documented barriers and stigma attached to seeking mental health treatment, might present as a suitable group to expose to art therapy as a treatment modality. To gauge interest in art therapy, this student researcher recruited …
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Athlete imagery ability and effective imagery use
… 4 to provide a more comprehensive measure of athlete imagery ability. Chapter 5 demonstrated the SIAQ’s predictive validity by investigating the interplay between imagery ability, trait confidence, and challenge and threat appraisal tendencies. Finally Chapter 6 used the SIAQ as a screening …
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Can't we all just get along? The impact of goal orientation on the coach-athlete relationship and coach-athlete communication
Research has demonstrated that the coach-athlete relationship is one of the key interpersonal factors that influences outcomes such as performance (Sánchez, Borrás, Leite, Battaglia, & Lorenzo, 2009), satisfaction with performance (Jowett & Don Carolis, 2003), and dropout rates (Fraser-Thomas, …
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Grit and Student-Athlete Performance: A Case Study.
… the relationship between grit and student-athlete academic and sport performance. An exploratory study was conducted using a case study methodology, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative research. The Grit Short Scale (Duckworth, 2007) was employed on student-athletes at an NCAA …
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Factors That Influence Student-Athlete Academic Major Selection
… four identified factors that influence student-athlete academic major selection. The purpose of this study was to explore how each identified factor influenced student-athlete academic major selection, including athletic coaches, student-athlete identity, academic advising, and career …
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