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In recent years, a considerable amount of research has been conducted to delineate the effects of attentional focus on task performance (e.g., Wulf, 2007a). From this research, external focus has been shown to be beneficial to both motor...
Over the past decade, the majority of research on perceived effort in children has emanated from a physiological perspective and has generally focused on the development of RPE scales for children. Although Tenenbaum (1999, 2001) and...
Meta-analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) has drawn interest from many researchers recently. In doing MASEM, researchers usually first synthesize correlation matrices across studies using meta-analysis techniques and then...
Emotion constitutes a fundamental dimension of human lives, determining the quality of life experiences, and organizing and guiding perceptions, thoughts and actions. Emotion is thought to interact with cognition to influence behavior in...
The purpose of this study was to provide a new framework of team leadership in sport. More specifically, the aim was to examine a functional leadership paradigm in sport where full range of leadership behaviors by the coach and by the...
An Examination of the Integrative Relationship Among the Factors of Achievement Goal Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Addressing Existing Problems and Missing Links
For almost a decade researchers (Biddle, Soos, & Chatzisarantis, 1999; Wang & Biddle, 2007) have been advocating for studies that advance our understanding of the ways in which AGT and SDT are related in the exercise domain. Despite the...
International students face deeper and more complicated transitional issues in addition to the "normal" transitional issues that student-athletes face (Boyer & Sedlacek, 1986; Hechanova-Alampay, Beehr, Christiansen & Van Horn, 2002). The...
Binder (1999) suggested that interactive, multimedia-training activities could be used to fill the gap between coursework and supervised practicum experiences. Consistent with this idea, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate a...
Recent literature on "choking under pressure" has focused on how pressure situations alter the deployment of cognitive resources – either by drawing attention towards execution, or by drawing attention away. Based on this insight, ...
A study was conducted to test the role mental representations play in executing a motor skill under different visual conditions that vary in complexity and vividness. High-skill (n = 20) and low-skill (n = 20) soccer players performed a...
Currently, 17% of individuals over age 50, and 6% of individuals over age 65, have tried mind-body therapies (Wolsko et al., 2004); 16.5% of yoga practitioners are age 54 or older (Saper et al., 2004). National survey data indicates a...
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the proposed model that perfectionism, perceived stress, and participation in coaching activities predicts burnout with coach status as a moderating variable. Male and female coaches (n=177) over...
IIn recent years, much research effort was devoted to delineate the effects of attentional strategies on exercise-related perceptions and adherence (Basevitch et al., 2011; Connolly & Tenenbaum, 2010; Razon et al., ...
The present study examined aspects of Reversal Theory; more specifically meta-motivational dominance in combination with sensation seeking on motor tasks in pressure-filled and non-pressure conditions. Meta-motivational dominance refers...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of factors affecting adjustment to athletic retirement (i.e., athletic identity and perceived voluntariness of retirement) on physical activity behaviors in former high school...
Physical activity participation rates in the US have been in steady decline for the last 25 years, so much so that 60% of youth ages 9-13 get no physical activity outside of school (Alliance for a Healthier Generation, 2006). This state...
In the study, anticipation and situational assessment skills were examined using a video-based simulated task environment (STE). The objectives of the study were to examine skill and gender based differences in the ability to predict...
The purpose of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of each substrategy of Singer's Five-Step Approach (5-SA) for learning a cup-stacking task. The 5-SA is a learning strategy previously shown to enhance the learning of...
A Helicopter Rescue Swimmer is one of the most physically and mentally demanding jobs in the United States Coast Guard (USCG). In order to become a USCG Helicopter Rescue Swimmer, interested candidates must successfully complete a...
Emotions, cognitive appraisals, and coping processes were investigated during a solo and ensemble performance time line. Seven musicians within the age range of 20 - 34 participated in this study. They completed the Competitive State...
The challenge of correctly identifying gifted students has long been understood to be one of the most critical issues to be resolved before the field of gifted education can move forward and better serve gifted students (Pfeiffer, 2003;...
Engagement in physical activity generates exertive sensations; at high enough intensities, these sensations eventually reach a high level of discomfort. The negative affective response may be partially to blame for the high rates of...
This study examined a preliminary model of client, therapist and process factors in relation to psychotherapy outcome. These factors included client motivation, homework compliance, therapist homework delivery behaviors and working...
BRUMS scores, also did not correlate with season wins. There is not enough evidence to conclude that the overall mood of the GWL group was different from RWL athletes, nor is there enough evidence regarding their mood to explain their...
Extensive research has provided much evidence for an attention-based model of time estimation (Zakay, 1992; Zakay, 1993a; Zakay 1993b; Zakay, 1998; Zakay, Nitzan, & Glicksohn, 1983; Zakay & Tsal, 1989); however, limited research on time...
The experimental design utilized in this study tested the decision-making and reported cue utilization among poker players. Forty-five participants, 15 in each group, comprised expert, intermediate, and novice poker players. Subjects...
Many studies utilized psychophysiological indices to measure attentional and affective states for the examination of affect-performance relationships in stressful competitive conditions. In this applied, but scientifically driven, ...
In the last two decades, the link between emotions and performance has received increased attention (Hanin, 2000a). While competitive anxiety has been examined in the domain of sport, performance anxiety has also been investigated in the...
Sport websites have become an important communication tools for companies and business, such as sport organizations, to deliver information, connect with sport consumers, generate profits, and much more. It is important for sport...
Research indicates that exercise may reduce the risk of falling in the elderly. Balance training has been a part of the different forms of exercise (e.g., aerobic exercise, strength training, tai chi, qigong) studied, but not in the use...
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