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Relationship of sport participation to sex role orientation and attitudes toward women among high school males and females.
December 1, 1995... Numerous studies have compared personality characteristics of male athletes to those of male nonathletes in order to investigate the overall socialization effects of sport participation. One line of research has compared sex role orientations and...
The influence of committee functioning on the organizational commitment of volunteer administrators in sport.
December 1, 1995... In many countries the delivery of sporting programs, activities and events to the community is largely reliant upon the willingness of individuals to volunteer their time and energy. Simultaneously, volunteers experience a range of personal...
Precompetitive preparations in professional hockey.
December 1, 1995... Sport at the professional level may be stressful intense, emotional, and physically demanding on the players. Coaches and players are constantly searching for new ideas and strategies that are effective in generating optimal readiness in every...
Comparing perceived sex role orientations of the ideal male and female athlete to the ideal male and female person.
December 1, 1995... Sports are pervasive in our society. We are all affected by them in some way throughout our lives. Companies have increasingly turned to sports and athletes as a means of promoting their products, children are often encouraged to excel in sports...
Facility familiarity and the home advantage.
December 1, 1995... The home advantage in sports has been widely documented; see Edwards and Archambault, 1989; Courneya and Carron, 1992; for comprehensive reviews of the literature. Plausible explanations of the home advantage have been offered through...
Stress, burnout, and intention to terminate among umpires.
December 1, 1995... Investigators have studied stress and burnout, and the relationship between these experiences, for a number of occupations, including teachers (Kyriacou, 1987), counselors (Jupp & Shaul, 1991), child care workers (Boyd & Pasley, 1989), nurses...