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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"female athlete"”.
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The Female Athlete Triad and Ethnicity
… disordered eating or the Triad in college aged females using self-report 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: …
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Challenging the Female /Athlete Paradox: Gender Performances of Elite Women Athletes
Women athletes have made significant gains in sport opportunities and resources. The influx of girls and women into the sport environment has impacted the culture of sport, and thus it is no longer unusual to see girls and women competing. An emerging acceptance of women athletes has challenged …
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The Hidden Opponent: Developing & Validating the Black Female Athlete Anxiety Scale
Black Female Collegiate Athletes (BFCAs) navigate a unique set of stressors at the intersection of race, gender, and athletics, that lead to heightened levels of anxiety. While awareness of anxiety in college athletics has grown, existing assessment tools fail to account for the intersectional …
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The potential treatments of osteoporosis and hormone dysregulation caused by female athlete triad syndrome
Female Athlete Triad Syndrome (FAT) is a metabolic disorder that presents as a dysregulation of energy availability, menstrual functioning, and bone health. This condition impacts a growing number of female athletes. The triad of physiological and endocrine disruption can develop into conditions of …
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Validation of the Female Athlete Screening Tool in Division I Female Collegiate Athletes at the University of Connecticut
… <p><strong>Validation of the Female Athlete Screening Tool in Division I Female Collegiate Athletes at the University of Connecticut</strong></p> <p>Eating disordered behaviors in athletes have the ability to compromise physical and mental health, increase risk for injury as …
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Bridging the Gap Between Men's and Women's Athletic Training Programs: An Exploration of Ethical Issues Concerning Female Athlete Training
… thesis determines insufficiencies in training female athletes exist and presents recommendations for how these insufficiencies should be corrected. This problem is analyzed through a historical and scientific lens and uses information learned from several interviews with current coaching staff …
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Effect of physical sexuality, geographic locale and sex role adherence upon an individual's perception of the female athlete
… by subtracting the male scale score from the female scale score on the Bem Sex Role Inventory. An unweighted 2 x 2 x 2 ANOVA revealed that females viewed the female athlete as being significantly more masculine. Male Ss perceived the female athlete in a significantly more feminine manner. …
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Awareness and Knowledge of the Female Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) among Multi-Specialty Healthcare Professionals
Background The female athlete triad (Triad) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) are serious conditions with harmful health and athletic performance consequences. International research suggests that awareness and understanding of these terms and their associated repercussions among …
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Fairer, Not Equal: Elite Professional Female Athletes And Women's Sports Media Coverage
… the perceptions held by elite professional female athletes in regards to the media coverage of women’s sports and explores how these athletes view themselves as members of society. Method: Data were collected by individual semistructured interviews between the primary researcher and 12 …
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Finding Balance: A Content Analysis of how Newspaper Authors Framed Simone Biles Before, During, and After the 2020 Olympic Games
… to find the perfect balance of being a Black, female athlete while taking a stand for mental health on the world’s biggest stage.</p>
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An Ugly Side to the Beautiful Game? An Analysis of Broadcast Commentary of FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup Final Matches
… topics when a commentator is describing a male athlete and a female athlete. Among these differences are sexualized and ambivalent language towards female athletes, gender marking, and language that suggests male athlete superiority to that of female athletes. Although sporting events such as …
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The Influence of Gender on the Peer Leadership-Cohesion Relationship
… This effect has also found to be stronger in female over male teams. Peer leadership positions are somewhat overshadowed by coach positions on sport teams but can have an important influence on a team's task and social cohesion. This study investigated the influence gender has on the peer …
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From masculine myths to girl power realities: The athletic female body and the legend of Title IX
… years have brought dramatic changes to America’s female sporting landscape. During this time, the athletic female body, once feared and considered deviant, has emerged as a nationally celebrated and highly commodified popular icon. According to popular narratives, this change in cultural …
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Self-Reported Body Satisfaction Rates Among Collegiate Female Athletes and Their Use of Social Media
… body satisfaction is lacking for the collegiate female athlete population. This mixed-methods study investigated the amount of time spent on social media in relationship to self-reported body satisfaction scores in collegiate female athletes. One-hundred and two collegiate female athletes were …
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A Comparative Study of Middle and Junior High School Athlete and Non-athlete Self-Perceptions of Body Image and Satisfaction with Apparel Fit using 3D Body Scan Technology
… determine the size and shape for male and female athlete and non-athlete middle and junior high school students. A total of 120 middle and junior high school students participated in this study; 81 were athletes and 39 were non-athletes.</p> <p>No statistically significant differences …
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Life Histories of Women in Coaching
… is challenged by the lack of representation of female leaders and coaches. This is, in spite of statistics showing that female athletes account for almost half of all participants in sport, a number that is still growing (Sport Canada, 1999). Women have acquired equity in many areas of life and …
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High school athletic participation : its relationship to student development
… relationship among the developmental factors of athletes, both male and female, and non-athletes, both male and female.In order to complete the study, demographic data was collected from the participating students at the same time as the measurement through the SDTI-2. All information was …
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Do Concussion History and Gender Influence Neurocognitive Testing Performance
… (SC) has concentrated primarily on male athletes. Generally, as research on female athletics has increased, there is an overall agreement that female athletes show more impairment post-injury than males. However, more data are needed to determine how SC impacts the female athlete and if …
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