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- by and +1
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- Sociology of Sport, Sport Psychology, Latin American Studies, Latin American and Caribbean History
- by Assoc.Prof. Dr. Murat OZSAKER
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- Sport Psychology

This article provides a general overview and presents various effective methods for developing and implementing team building programs based on different desired outcomes in sport. Specifically, a background on team building is provided, followed by the presentation of different outcomes and benefits found in previous successful team building programs. A team building conceptual model (Carron & Spink, 1993) and a four-stage approach (Carron & Spink, 1993) are described. In addition, implementation and effectiveness of various interventions are discussed based on the recommendations from a number of researchers (e.g., Eys, Patterson, Loughead,
& Carron, 2006). Finally, implications for practice are discussed.

Areas to consider when reading the chapter:
1. The complex and multidimensional factors that contribute to successful and effective
interpersonal relationships with significant others within your sporting environment (coaches,
managers, directors, sport science support personnel, athletes, teammates).
2. The strengths and weaknesses of your communication skills, and how they affect and are
affected by your relationship with significant others.
3. How you communicate, relate, interact with others, as well as how you respond to, manage with,
and prevent interpersonal conflict with significant others.

- by Sophia Jowett
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- Sport Psychology, Communication, Leadership, Group Dynamics

The main aim of this paper is to provide some practical guidance to researchers on how statistical power analysis can be used to estimate sample size in empirical design. The paper describes the key assumptions underlying statistical power analysis and illustrates through several examples how to determine the appropriate sample size. The examples use hypotheses often tested in sport sciences and verified with popular statistical tests including the independent-samples t-test, one-way and twoway analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis, and regression analysis. Commonly used statistical packages allow researchers to determine appropriate sample size for hypothesis testing situations listed above.

- by Maciej Tomczak and +2
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- Sport Psychology, Health Sciences, Sports Medicine, Statistics

This milestone text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art overview of perfectionism theory, research, and treatment from the past 25 years, with contributions from the leading researchers in the field. The book examines new theories and perspectives including the social disconnection model of perfectionism and the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism. It also reviews empirical findings, with a special focus on stress, vulnerability, and resilience, and examines perfectionism in specific populations. Finally, it considers how perfectionism relates to physical health and psychophysiological processes and introduces new approaches to effective prevention and treatment. By increasing our understanding of perfectionism as a complex personality disposition and providing a framework for future explorations, this landmark publication aims to promote further research in this field. It will be invaluable reading for academics, students, and professionals in personality psychology, clinical and counselling psychology, applied psychology and related disciplines.

- by jason ondoy
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- Sport Psychology, Physical Education

This paper explores the view that, for some, it is not enough simply to win, but to win with integrity and care. This is linked with the idea of the reflected best‐self (RBS) and RBS portraits are illustrated with short narratives from football, netball and equine sport. It is suggested that the notion of the RBS and its (re)construction adds something new and different to the principles and processes of reflective learning. The point is made that any use of narratives requires those involved to develop their narrative intelligence. The dynamic nature of RBS portraits, and in particular their (re)construction, is explained with reference to ‘thin‐slicing’ and to the impact of four types of ‘jolt’. Latterly, it is suggested that, at the coach‐athlete level, there is a clear need to place high quality connections (HQC’s) at the heart of improving performance. Supportive of this is a commitment to accentuate the positive in any process of learning through reflection. One implication of the issues raised in this paper is that coach education may have to let go of some of its silo practices and build new and creative bridges across different arenas of scholarship.

- by Tony Ghaye
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- Sport Psychology, Sport Coaching

Background. Emotional competencies of individuals are evaluated as a form of capital today. Emotional capital has gained prominence in literature in the last decades. In this regard, qualitative and quantitative studies on emotional capital concept have been conducted. Objectives. The purpose of this study is to analyses the effect of emotional capital on job satisfaction and life satisfaction in terms of women basketball players in Turkey. Methods. The research method of this study is descriptive. The statistical population consisted of 135 women basketball players who were reached via using convenience sampling method. Survey was conducted on athletes between 6 th October, 2019 and 30th November, 2019. Emotional Capital Inventory developed by Newman et al. (2015), Job Satisfaction Scale developed by Brayfield and Rothe (1951), shortened by Yoon and Thye (2002), and Life Satisfaction Scale developed by Diener et al. (1985) was used for data collection. SPSS-22 computer program was used in data analysis. The internal consistencies of the questionnaires were obtained by Cronbach's which were 0.81, 0.81 and 0.83, respectively. After exploratory factor analysis conducted on emotional capital inventory, seven factors were found as social awareness, self-management, self-awareness, self-reliance, relationship management, adaptability, and apathy. Results. The analysis of data revealed that self-reliance factor of emotional capital has significant and positive effect on job satisfaction, and self-management and personal awareness factors of emotional capital have significant and positive effects on life satisfaction. Conclusion. Finally, it can be concluded that emotional capital has partial effect on both job satisfaction and life satisfaction of women basketball players in Turkey's Super League.

- by Cafer Safak Eyel
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- Sociology of Sport, Sport Psychology, Emotion, Emotional intelligence

Recent years have witnessed a growing number of published reports that point out the need for reporting various effect size estimates in the context of null hypothesis testing (H0) as a response to a tendency for reporting tests of statistical significance only, with less attention on other important aspects of statistical analysis. In the face of considerable changes over the past several years, neglect to report effect size estimates may be noted in such fields as medical science, psychology, applied linguistics, or pedagogy. Nor have sport sciences managed to totally escape the grips of this suboptimal practice: here statistical analyses in even some of the current research reports do not go much further than computing p-values. The p-value, however, is not meant to provide information on the actual strength of the relationship between variables, and does not allow the researcher to determine the effect of one variable on another. Effect size measures serve this purpose well. While the number of reports containing statistical estimates of effect sizes calculated after applying parametric tests is steadily increasing, reporting effect sizes with non-parametric tests is still very rare. Hence, the main objectives of this contribution are to promote various effect size measures in sport sciences through, once again, bringing to the readers’ attention the benefits of reporting them, and to present examples of such estimates with a greater focus on those that can be calculated for non-parametric tests.

- by Maciej Tomczak and +1
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- Sport Psychology, Health Sciences, Sports Medicine, Statistics
- by Kari Fasting
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Organizational Change, Emotions
- by Mark Aoyagi and +2
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Mental Health, Organizational structure

CITATION: Peiris, D. L. I. H. K. & Jayantha, K. (2014). Pilikuththuwa cave forest: a case study in the use of the water and land recreation opportunity spectrum (WALROS) inventorying framework in a near urban forest. ABSTRACT The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) that considers the diversity of recreation experience (Brown 1978, Buist 1982, Clark 1979, Driver 1978) will help to improve the satisfaction of recreationists. This case study is a report of clarifying the present situation of the Pilikuththuwa Cave Forest (PCF) using the WALROS approach as an attempt to identify diversified recreation destination surrounding to capital of Sri Lanka. The study was conducted leading to key objective and three specific objectives respectively, to develop the map of the current WALROS with regard to PCF, to identify the existing recreation activities in PCF, to pick out recreation experiences that can be gained by PCF recreationists, and to categorize WALROS classes within the PCF. As the...

- by Hashi Peiris
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- Sport Psychology, Geography, Sri Lanka, Sport Management

Background Given the psychological, physiological and nutritional demands of elite sport judo, it is not surprising that many athletes struggle to optimize training. Overtraining is the result of an imbalance between stress and recovery, as result of short recovery time and psychosocial events. The aim of this study is knowledge about the psychological indicators of overtraining in elite judo athletes during pre- and post-competition periods. Material & Methods: Forty-eight judo athletes from an elite team took part in this study. They were grouped by age, 24 junior (up to 18 years) and 24 senior (over 18 years). For the assessment of psychological indicators of overtraining the stress and recovery questionnaire RESTQ-Sport questionnaire in the last practice before competition and in the first practice after competition. It comprises 76 items organized in 19 general scales. Results: Only two scales presented significant differences between the pre- and post-competition periods for t...

- by Franco Noce
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- Sport Psychology, Psichology
- by Ken Hodge
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Sport, Burnout

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- by Asa D Brown
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- Business, Business Administration, Business Ethics, Psychology
- by Sylvain Laborde
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- Sport Psychology, Emotional intelligence
- by Mary J MacCracken and +1
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- Sport Psychology, Educational Opportunity, Disadvantaged Children

The aim of this study was to integrate a gaze training intervention (i.e., quiet eye training; QET) that has been shown to improve the throwing and catching skill of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), within an approach (i.e., group therapy) that might alleviate the negative psychosocial impact of these motor skill deficits. Twenty-one children with DCD were split into either QET (8 male 3 female, mean age of 8.6 years (SD = 1.04) or technical training (TT) groups (7 male 3 female, mean age of 8.6 years (SD = 1.84). The TT group were given movement-related instructions via video, relating to the throw and catch phases, while the QET group were also taught to fixate a target location on the wall prior to the throw (QE1) and to track the ball prior to the catch (QE2). Each group partook in a 4-week, group therapy intervention and measurements of QE duration and catching performance were taken before and after training, and at a 6-week delayed retention test. Pare...

- by Samuel Vine
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Group Psychotherapy, Exercise therapy

How should athletes prepare for the pressures of a large crowd? How do you manage conflict and disunity in a team? How can you encourage individuals to do more exercise? Covering a broad range of areas from elite sport to public health programmes, The Social Psychology of Sport and Exercise examines human behaviour and how we can change it. The authors combine innovative research with practical examples and case studies, masterfully explaining the theory and applying it to real-life problems. From coaching world-class athletes to running exercise referral schemes, this book offers unrivalled advice and guidance.

- by Ross Lorimer
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the communication and problem solving skills of the program supervisors who responsible for youth camps run by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in terms of several variables. Material and Method: The study group consisted of 103 participants 45 of whom were female and 58 of whom were male and who were in charge of the youth camps run by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2015-2016 period. The “Communication Skills Evaluation Scale (CSES)” was made use of in determining the communication skills of the people who were in charge of youth camps; and the “Problem Solving Inventory (PSI)” was made use of in determining the problem solving skills. The Findings: It was determined upon the analyses that there were no significant differences between the groups in the communication and problem solving skills of the people responsible for running the program in terms of gender, age, marital status, educational status and in-service training v...

- by Cenk Temel
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Teaching and Learning, Education

This study used the narrative theory to understand what makes a champion. Life stories of five Filipino elite athletes were read, interpreted, and analyzed using the holistic-content approach to narrative analysis. Global impressions yielded a romantic typology of narratives portraying the champions as heroes on a quest. An optimistic tone and steady progression toward clearly-defined goals characterized the narratives. Focal organizing themes revealed their passion for sport, striving beyond excellence toward perfection, discipline and determination, goal orientation to achieve performance objectives and life aspirations, and optimistic views of adversity to explain how champions were able to endure challenges and achieve exceptional feats in sports and life. Findings were discussed to surface contributions to the theory of exceptional performance and recommendations for research and practice.

- by Maria Luisa M . Guinto, Ph.D., R.Psy.
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- Sport Psychology, Narrative Analysis, Mindset, Champion

Sport psychologist needs to understand how psychological factors affect athletic performance of an individual, considering individual differences among athletes. Each specific problem in working with athletes must be considered depending on complex factors: the type (specificity) of sport ; characteristics of the activity (the training or competition) ; stages of athletes’ sports development ; gender and age differences, etc. Although there are numerous psychological instruments, which assess psychological characteristics of athletes, it is important to select instruments adjusted to athletes, working style of sports psychologist, available time and other constraints. Here, we have formulated a preliminary version of our own battery of questionnaires, named Multidimensional Inventory of Sport Excellence (MUSI), selecting the items for following psychological characteristics: energizing, maintaining attention, directing attention, wide internal / external attention and narrow interna...

- by Anđelko Botica
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- Sport Psychology, Sport, Applied Sciences

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which gender, age, skill level, and years of practice serve as predictors of coping styles in judo. Participants in the study consisted of 98 judo competitors (47 females and 51 males, aged 13–21 years). As a result of the agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis four coping styles have been established for the Brief COPE inventory in approach–avoidance and cognitive–behavioral dimensions, with dominant approach coping style. The standard multiple regression analysis indicated ...

- by Cezary Kuśnierz
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Judo Performance, Age
- by Howie Carson
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Motor Control, Sport And Exercise Psychology

What role does habit formation play in the development of sport skills? We argue that motor habits are both necessary for and constitutive of sensorimotor skill as they support an automatic, yet inherently intelligent and flexible, form of action control. Intellectualists about skills generally assume that what makes action intelligent and flexible is its intentionality, and that intentionality must be necessarily cognitive in nature to allow for both deliberation and explicit goal-representation. Against Intellectualism we argue that the habitual behaviours that compose skilful action are accompanied by their specific, non-cognitive form of intentionality: this is motor intentionality, which is purposive and adaptive while involving no explicit deliberation or goal representation. Our account of habit based on Motor Intentionality explains why the formation of motor habits can sometimes act as the sole basis of skill acquisition: Motor Intentionality is inherently purposeful because it is an embodied source of sensorimotor anticipation, pre-reflective motivation, and pragmatic know-how. Skill development through exercise always builds on a motor intentional component even when it is guided by Deliberate Practice to the point that, pace Intellectualism, Deliberate Practice is disclosed, not constrained, by habit formation. As suggested by the fact that repetitive exercises can play a major role in the development of flexible and intelligent sport skills, automatism is not a drawback for strategic control and improvisation but rather their pragmatic foundation.

- by Massimiliano L Cappuccio and +2
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- Sport Psychology, Philosophical Psychology, Sports & Exercise Pychology, Human Motor Behavior

The objective of the present study was to examine how Atheist, Christian, and Muslim elite athletes motivate themselves before competitions. Using a semi-structured format qualitative design, seventeen elite male volleyball players were interviewed. For Muslim athletes, the focus was on "Praying" with the highest frequency, while for Christian athletes the "Visualization" had the highest frequency. For Atheist athletes, "Winning the Game" was the highest frequency. Muslim, Christian, and Atheist athletes had similar motivation focus point as; "Want to Do the Best". When we compared the Muslim and Christian athletes, "Stay Alone" and "Want to Do the Best" were common motivation styles for them. They prefered to stay alone because of some reasons such as; suppress excitement, imagine, and relaxing. There was no similar expression between Muslim and Atheist athletes. "Desire to Win" and "Listen to Music" were common expressions for Christian and Atheist athletes.

- by Emre Ozan Tingaz
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- Religion, Comparative Religion, Psychology, Sport Psychology
- by Bryan Reynolds
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- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Positive Psychology, Social Psychology

Acute pulmonary disorders are commonplace within the athletic population, with exercise induced bronchoconstriction, and vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) common diagnoses. VCD is a condition that causes the vocal folds to close during inhalation, causing obstruction at the larynx and thereby a severely impaired sporting performance. VCD can be brought on by laryngeal irritants, emotional and psychological stress and asthma. The present case study details the interdisciplinary approach to the treatment of an elite female swimmer with VCD with an intervention programme that lasted nine weeks, instigated by a local general practitioner who chose to engage a sport psychology practitioner due to the sport-specific nature of the psychological stress she experienced. The steps involved in the design of the sport psychology interventions are outlined and the relationship of those interventions to the work of the other specialists is discussed. The nine-week intervention programme was aimed at reducing the swimmer's levels of precompetitive state anxiety and perfectionist tendencies; using a combination of goal-setting, imagery, and cognitive restructuring. During the course of nine weeks, the athlete’s levels of competitive state anxiety and perfectionist tendencies reduced over time along with the frequency of VCD occurrence.

- by Claire-Marie Roberts
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- Sport Psychology, Adolescent, Swimming, Competitive State Anxiety

Perfectionism in sports has been shown to be associated with burnout in athletes. Whether perfectionism predicts longitudinal changes in athlete burnout, however, is still unclear. Using a two-wave cross-lagged panel design, the present study examined perfectionistic strivings, perfectionistic concerns, and athlete burnout in 101 junior athletes (mean age 17.7 years) over 3 months of active training. When structural equation modeling was employed to test a series of competing models, the best-fitting model showed opposite patterns for perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns. Whereas perfectionistic concerns predicted increases in athlete burnout over the 3 months, perfectionistic strivings predicted decreases. The present findings suggest that perfectionistic concerns are a risk factor for junior athletes contributing to the development of athlete burnout whereas perfectionistic strivings appear to be a protective factor.

- by Joachim Stoeber
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- Sociology of Sport, Psychology, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology
- by Paolo Bozzaro
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- Sport Psychology, Ethics
- by Kristine Dun
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- Psychological Assessment, Sport Psychology, Individual Differences

Aggression is an integral part of contemporary sports. Aggressive players who intentionally cause
injury to their opponents are common in many sports. The aggressive tendencies in sports area are socially
justified because they lead to high level performance in sport competition. The study examines competitive
aggression and ccompetitive anger in football, rugby and field hockey athlets. Results indicated that the
difference between anger and aggression in all three groups’ sports players is significant. The highest
values are reached by the group of football players. This is a result of the big popularity of the sport, the
commercialization and the significance of public’s behavior which predispose opponent’s.There is no relation
between factors as worries, somatization and social anxiety with sport aggression and anger. The aggressive
tendencies in sports area are socially justified because they lead to high level performance in sport. In our
opinion more important is that the children know how to control and to overcome the anger and the aggressive
attitudes out of the sport areas which is the basic task of sport pedagogue

- by Nezabravka Gencheva
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- Sport Psychology

Özet Bu çalışmanın amacı, spor bilimleri fakültesindeki sporcu öğrencilerde bilinçli farkındalığın (mindfulness) bazı demografik değişkenler açısından incelenmesidir. Ankara ve Karabük'teki devlet üniversitelerinin spor bilimleri fakültesinde öğrenim gören 295 sporcu öğrenci (% 41,7'si kadın, %58,3 erkek, X̅ = 22,01 yaş, Ss=3,44) çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Orijinali Thienot vd. (2014) tarafından geliştirilmiş Türkçeye uyarlaması Tingaz (2019) tarafından yapılmış olan Sporcu Bilinçli Farkındalık (Mindfulness) Ölçeği ve Demografik Bilgi Formu'ndan elde edilen veriler SPSS 23 ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucuna göre, bilinçli farkındalık ölçeğinin genelinden ve alt boyutlarından alınan puanlar mevcut çalışma grubunda cinsiyete, spor branşına, lisans yılına ve daha önce yoga yapma durumuna göre farklılaşmamaktadır. Bilinçli farkındalık toplam puanı, farkındalık ve yargılamama alt boyutundan alınan puan ortalamaları öğrenim görülen bölüme ve en yüksek başarıya göre anlamlı şekilde farklılaşmamaktadır. Ancak yeniden odaklanma alt boyutunda, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Öğretmenliği Bölümündeki sporcu öğrencilerin ortalaması Spor Yöneticiliği Bölümündeki sporcu öğrencilerin puan ortalamasından anlamlı şekilde daha yüksektir. Bununla birlikte, yeniden odaklanma alt boyutunda, Türkiye derecesi elde etmiş sporcuların puan ortalamaları hiçbir başarı elde edememiş sporcuların puan ortalamasından anlamlı şekilde daha yüksektir. Abstract It was sought to examine the mindfulness according to some demographic variables in student-athletes of sports sciences faculty. 295 athletes (41.7% women, 58.3% men, X̅ = 22.01 age, Sd=3.44) studying in the sports sciences faculty of public universities in Ankara and Karabük (Turkey) were included the study. Data obtained from the Demographic Information Form and the Mindfulness Inventory for Sport which was originally developed by Thienot (2014) and adapted to Turkish by Tingaz (2019), were analyzed by SPSS 23. According to the results of the study, the scores obtained from the general and subscales of mindfulness do not differ according to gender, sports type, sports year and previous yoga practice. The mean scores obtained from the mindfulness total score, awareness and non-judgmental subscale do not differ significantly according to the department and the best score in a competition. In the refocus subscale, however, the mean of the students who study in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching is significantly higher than the students in the Department of Sports Management. In addition, the refocus subscale, the mean scores of athletes who have a best score in Turkey is significantly higher than the athletes who have not any score in a competition. To cite this article; Tingaz, E. 0. (2020) Spor bilimleri fakültesindeki sporcu öğrencilerde bilinçli farkındalığın (mindfulness) bazı değişkenler açısından incelenmesi.

- by Emre Ozan Tingaz
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Mindfulness, Athletics

SHUNT adalah komunitas panjat tebing asal Kabupaten Magetan yang didirikan oleh sekelompok pemuda yang sangat hobi berkegiatan alam, terutama panjat tebing. Komunitas yang beralamatkan di Jl. Raya Taman Asri No. 326 RT. 09 RW. II Milangasri Panekan Magetan eksis sejak tahun 2006 dengan total anggota saat ini adalah 210 anggota, yang terdiri dari kalangan pelajar. Meskipun komunitas ini bersifat umum ada aturan batas minimum usia saat mendaftar menjadi anggota SHUNT, calon anggota setidaknya harus berusia 15 tahun saat mendaftar. Selain berkegiatan di alam, SHUNT juga sering mengikuti perlombaan panjat dinding mulai tingkat kabupaten hingga provinsi. Perlombaan yang sering di ikuti dan sering mendapat juara adalah lomba panjat dinding kategori speed dan lead. Sementara untuk lomba Boulder hampir tidak pernah menang, " Kami hampir tidak pernah menang di Lomba Boulder, ya karena di wilayah Madiun lomba boulder masih jarang, yang sering itu lomba panjat dinding yang tinggi itu " Sejauh ini SHUNT memilik 14 orang Atlet panjat dinding untuk kategori speed dan lead dan berharap bisa mewakili Magetan dikancah nasional maupun internasional.

- by Marco Polo
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- Sport Psychology, Adventure Tourism

In an exploratory study, the relationships between two major concepts in psychological adjustment, coping strategies and defense mechanisms, were investigated. Sport competition is an example of a real-world context in which to investigate people’s responses to stressful situations. The extent to which participants reported different uses of coping strategies and defense mechanisms was assessed in terms of performance. Twenty-six elite kayakers were classified into one of two groups, depending on the discrepancy between their standard performance and their performance in competition. Correlations were found between the coping strategies of seeking social support, positive reappraisal/planful problem solving and mature defenses and between the coping strategy of distancing/avoidance and immature defenses. The results of multivariate and univariate analyses confirmed a significantly different use of coping strategies and defense mechanisms between the two performance groups. In light of these findings, certain recommendations in terms of methodology and application appear warranted. It seems important to take into account both coping strategies and defense mechanisms to improve the process of adjustment to sport performance.

- by Michel Nicolas
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- Sport Psychology, Coping Strategies, Coping, Defense Mechanisms

Call for Presentations:
Sport is a key space for controversies and issues over access and power. It is a key space for the construction of identity, belonging and community, a place for meaning-making. Every year sports events are hosted and won by communities and nation-states. Every year people do sports or watch sports in spaces: sports grounds, fields, back streets and parks. Every year, there is political struggle over funding that goes to the development of sports spaces, whether it is global events such as the World Cup, or informal spaces such as walking and cycling routes in national parks. ...

Towards an ecological approach to visual anticipation for expert performance in sport ... University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA ... Corresponding author. Duarte Araújo, Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. Tel.: +351 - 214149209; fax.: + 351 – 21 4144712 E-mail address: daraujo@fmh.utl.pt ... Much research attention has been dedicated to investigating visual anticipation ... Goodale (MG model) to the study of visual anticipation, Van der Kamp et al. argue that ... However, the theoretical perspective of Van der Kamp et al. may be ...

- by Alex Kirlik
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- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Sport Psychology, Perception
- by Carole A Oglesby
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- Sport Psychology

The main focus of this thesis was to determine psychologically-informed methods of enhancing endurance performance, particularly in endurance sport events. There were three main research aims. First, this thesis aimed to synthesise research conducted to date on the psychological determinants of endurance performance. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify psychological interventions that affect endurance performance in experimental research. Learning psychological skills, verbal encouragement, and head-to-head competition enhanced endurance performance, whereas mental fatigue undermined endurance performance. Second, this thesis aimed to inform the design of performance-enhancement psychological interventions for endurance sports. In the first study addressing this aim, focus group interviews were conducted with recreational endurance athletes of various endurance sports, distances, and competitive levels to identify psychological demands that are commonly experien...

- by Alister McCormick
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- Psychology, Sport Psychology, Endurance running, Endurance

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership Style in the female sports coaches from Hamedan Province. This study, according to its purpose, is an applied research and a correlational study. The population of this study included all female sports coaches of Hamedan province in 2013, their number is 250. To determine the sample size, the Morgan table was used. The sample was calculated according to Table 148. To gather intelligence, emotional intelligence questionnaire Saber Yashring (1986) was used which has 33 questions in Likert scale of five options and includes aspects of self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, empathy and social skills and Bass and Avolio Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (2000) which measures the transformational leadership style, exchange and avoidance and consists of 45 questions that deals with the assessment indicators of transformational leadership, transactional and avoid. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and Cronbach’s alpha reliability of 0.80 and 0.85 were approved. The data was analysed using Pearson and the SPSS software. Results show that there are significant relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership Style in the Female Sports Coaches from Hamedan Province

This study examines the relationship between imagery and confidence in athletes. The Sport Imagery Questionnaire and a Self-Confidence questionnaire were used to collect data. The samples consisted of athletes who are from the Khon Kaen Sport School in Thailand and who regularly participate in sports training (5 days a week). All subjects (n=120) were selected by purposive sampling and consisted of 71 (59.2 %) male and 49 (40.8 %) female athletes. Our analysis considered two parameters, imagery and selfconfidence, which were evaluated with regards to the physical fitness level and experience of the athletes. The data was analyzed using a t-test to determine the difference of the means between imagery and self-confidence measures in males and females. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) (P<0.05) was used to evaluate differences across the groups, and linear regression and correlation analyses (r =0.71) were used to compare between genders, physical fitness, and experience levels. The res...

- by Kim geok Soh
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- Psychology, Social Psychology, Sport Psychology, Sport And Exercise Psychology
- by Stephanie Hanrahan
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- Psychology, Cognitive Science, Sport Psychology, Sport And Exercise Psychology