Journal of Sport Behavior back issues from September 2007:
Perceived athletic competence, sociometric status, and loneliness in elementary school children.
Sep 01, 2007; ... Loneliness has been characterized as an individual's "cognitive awareness of a deficiency in one's social and personal relationships ... [that is accompanied by] ensuing affective reactions of sadness, emptiness, or longing" (Asher & Paquette, 2003, p.75). Parkhurst and Hopmeyer (1999) ...
Differences in participation motives of first-time marathon finishers and pre-race dropouts.
Sep 01, 2007; ... Regular physical activity is associated with a variety of beneficial physiological and psychological outcomes (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). Despite these benefits, it is estimated that 60% of the US population does not engage in recommended amounts of physical ...
Examining the relationships between students' implicit theories of ability, goal orientations and the preferred type of augmented feedback.
Sep 01, 2007; ... Using a cognitive mediational paradigm (Doyle, 1977; Lee & Solmon, 1992) as a framework, the role of the teacher, rather than being a transmitter of information, is characterized as structuring the learning environment in such a way that individuals in the class will think and act in ways ...
The effects of athletic scholarships on motivation in sport.
Sep 01, 2007; ... Research has shown that intrinsic motivation (IM) and extrinsic motivation (EM) are important concepts for understanding motivational processes in sport settings (Deci & Ryan, 2002; Vallerand & Rousseau, 2001). IM refers to "doing an activity for its inherent satisfactions and pleasures ...
Motives and regulatory style underlying senior athletes' participation in sport.
Sep 01, 2007; ... Within the next three decades more than 70 million Americans will be older than 65, and the 85-and-older group will be the fastest growing segment. Although aging causes inevitable physical changes, it is during these later years that physical activity associated with sports competition ...
A qualitative examination of risk among elite adventure racers.
Sep 01, 2007; ... A substantial amount of research has addressed risk taking and sensation seeking in sport (Bernstein, 1996; Breivik, 1996; Johnsgard & Ogilvie, 1975; Levenson, 1990; Robinson, 1985; Rossi & Cereatti, 1993; Rudestam & Slanger, 1997; Straub, 1982; Yates, 1992; Zuckermart, 1994). According to ...
Great expectations: an examination of the differences between high and low expectancy athletes' perception of coach treatment.
Sep 01, 2007; ... The self-fulfilling prophecy in a sport context is based on a coach's perception and expectations of the athlete. Thus, the prophecy asserts that a coach's expectations may influence athletes' cognitions and subsequent behavior. When the self-fulfilling prophecy is applied to the social ...