Journal of Sport Behavior articles from August 1996

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from August 1996

Coping with acute stress among American and Australian basketball referees.
August 1, 1996... Psychological stress typically occurs when the environment is appraised by an individual as taxing or exceeding personal resources (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). Whereas chronic stress consists of experiences that are perceived as threatening,...

Alternative masculinity and its effects on gender relations in the subculture of skateboarding.
August 1, 1996... With the recent movement in men's studies there has been a growing popularity of investigating different forms of masculinity and their consequences for men, their relationships with each other, and their relationships with women. According to...

After the fall: reflections of injured classical ballet dancers.
August 1, 1996... There is sizeable interest in the study of injury in physical activity from a psychological perspective by researchers, medical professionals and coaches. Researchers have found that athletes who are injured experience varying degrees of...

Environmental effects on the ratings of perceived exertion in males and females.
August 1, 1996... Subjective ratings of perceived exertion (RPE), based on the 15-graded category-scale by Borg (1970), have been used extensively to study subjective feelings of effort and exertion during various modes of physical exercise. Several reviews have...

Relationships among performance expectations, anxiety, and performance in collegiate volleyball players.
August 1, 1996... Previous studies have investigated the relationships among performance expectations, anxiety and athletic performance with varied results (e.g., Martens, Burton, Vealey, Bump, & Smith, 1990; Gould, Petlichkoff, & Weinberg, 1984; Krane & Williams,...