Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport back issues from June 2006:
Physical activity and acculturation among adult Hispanics in the United States.
Jun 01, 2006; ... Understanding the prevalence and demographic correlates of physical activity is important for public health and epidemiological research. This analysis examines the association between acculturation and physical activity in a large (~5,000) sample of Hispanic adults from the 2000 National ...
Puberty and physical self-perceptions of competitive female figure skaters: an interdisciplinary approach.(Growth and Motor Development)
Jun 01, 2006; ... This study considered the interrelationships among biological maturation and its physical correlates, social physique anxiety, and appearance-related physical self-perceptions in 113 adolescent female figure skaters participating in solo (n = 73) or partner contexts (n = 40). Participants ...
Assessing preschool children's physical activity: the observational system for recording physical activity in children-preschool version.(Measurement and Evaluation)
Jun 01, 2006; ... In this paper we present initial information concerning a new direct observation system--the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children-Preschool Version. The system will allow researchers to record young children's physical activity levels while also coding the ...
Error detection processes during observational learning.
Jun 01, 2006; ... The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether a faded knowledge of results (KR) frequency during observation of a model's performance enhanced error detection capabilities. During the observation phase, participants observed a model performing a timing task and received KR about ...
Teachers' and students' conceptions of ability in elementary physical education.
Jun 01, 2006; ... Using Nicholl's (1989) and Dweck's (1999, 2002) theories on ability as conceptual frameworks, this study explored teachers' and students' conceptions of ability in elementary physical education. Participants were 8 physical education specialists from five public schools and 160 students ...
Fourth-grade students' motivational changes in an elementary physical education running program.
Jun 01, 2006; ... Achievement goal theory and the expectancy-value model of achievement choice were used to examine fourth-grade students' motivational changes in an elementary physical education running program. In fall and spring of the school year, participants (N = 113; 66 boys, 47 girls) completed ...
Analysis of exchanges between novice and cooperating teachers during internships using the NCATE/NASPE standards for teacher preparation in physical education as guidelines.(National Association for Sport and Physical Education)( National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education)
Jun 01, 2006; ... To be recognized as an accredited program, Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programs in the country must abide by guidelines put forward by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), in collaboration with the National Council for the Accreditation of ...
"... If I had a choice, I would ..." a feminist poststructuralist perspective on girls in physical education.
Jun 01, 2006; ... A significant number of studies evidence girls' lack of participation in physical education. This study used feminist poststructuralism to examine the ways in which high school girls participated in or resisted physical education. Using qualitative research methods, researchers collected ...
Relationship between exercise heart rate and music tempo preference.(Physiology)
Jun 01, 2006; ... The present study examined the predicted positive and linear relationship (Iwanaga, 1995a, 1995b) between exercise heart rate and music tempo preference. Initially, 128 undergraduate students (M age = 20.0 years, SD = 0.9) were surveyed to establish their three favorite music artists. A ...
Training physical education students to self-regulate during basketball free throw practice.
Jun 01, 2006; ... The additive effects of self-regulation training in forethought, performance, and self-reflection phase processes on acquiring a novel motoric skill (i.e., basketball free throws) and self-reflective beliefs were studied with 50 college students. The results showed a positive linear trend ...
Self-confidence as a mediator of the relationship between competitive anxiety intensity and interpretation.(Psychology)
Jun 01, 2006; ... The aim of this study was to examine whether self-confidence mediated the relationship between competitive anxiety intensity and direction. Elite (n = 102) and nonelite (n = 144) participants completed the self-confidence subscale of the Competitive Trait Anxiety Inventory-2 and the worry ...
Performance breakdown in sport: the roles of reinvestment and verbal knowledge.
Jun 01, 2006; ... Optimal performance is the goal of all athletes, particularly when rewards are high. In pressure situations, many athletes perform suboptimally despite a high motivation to succeed (Baumeister & Showers, 1986). The phenomenon of paradoxical performance breakdown has been observed under ...
Faculty and male football and basketball players on university campuses: an empirical investigation of the "intellectual" as mentor to the student athlete.(academic achievement)
Jun 01, 2006; ... In past years, a substantial amount of research has been conducted in an effort to determine significant predictor variables, such as demographic and educational criteria of student athletes' academic achievement (Lang, Dunham, & Alpert, 1988; Sellers, 1992; Walter, Smith, Hoey, & Wilhem, ...