Journal of Sport Behavior articles from December 1999

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from December 1999

Rodeo Injuries: An Examination of Risk Factors.
December 1, 1999... Rodeo without question is a de facto high collision sport with immense risks. In the roughstock events the incidence of injury at both the amateur and professional levels are exceptionally high. The purpose of this study was to identify some of...

An Instrument for Recording Coaches' Comments and Instructions During Time-Outs.
December 1, 1999... This paper presents an instrument for recording coaches' interactions with their players during time-outs in sports such as basketball, volleyball and ice hockey. The instrument consists of four major categories which have been deemed to...

The Effects of Goal Orientation and Perceived Competence on Cognitive Interference During Tennis and Snooker Performance.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... The main purpose of this study was to explore the effects of goal orientation and perceived competence on cognitive interference during sport performance. The sample consisted of 182 snooker and tennis players. The Thought Occurrence...

Social Physique Anxiety and Eating Disorder Correlates Among Female Athletic and Nonathletic Populations.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Leary and his colleagues (1994) have suggested that eating pathologies stem in part from self-presentational concerns involving the physique. Due to the demands of the sport, female divers may have strong physical self-presentational concerns...

Maybe There Were Giants, Or at Least Outliers: On the .400 Batting Average Myth and the Absolute Limits of Hitting for Average in Major League Baseball.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... The demise of the .400 hitter has been postulated to actually be a sign of improved hitting in Major League Baseball. Gould (1996) believes that if hitters have improved, then the variance around annual mean batting averages must be...

Endorsement of Masculine and Feminine Gender Roles: Differences Between Participation In and Identification With the Athletic Role.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between identification with the athlete role and the endorsement of masculine and feminine gender role orientations. Four hundred and nine students at a small, Midwestern university...

Behavioral Assessment in Sport Psychology Consulting: Applications to Swimming and Basketball.
December 1, 1999... A sport-specific behavioral checklist lists, for a particular sport, psychological skills to be used at practices and competitions that an athlete can easily check off in order to provide a quick, convenient, and yet reasonably thorough...

Can Individualists Find Satisfaction Participating In Interactive Team Sports?(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Male athletes from three interactive team sports were given the GEQ, a satisfaction measure, and the Individualism/Collectivism Scale. Coaches rated their athletes on coachability. Results suggested that extreme individualists were no less...

Sources of Stress, Burnout, and Intention to Terminate Among Basketball Referees.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... Questionnaires assessing sources of stress, burnout, and intention to terminate refereeing were returned by 721 of 1500 basketball referees (48%). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed five correlated sources of stress factors...

Children's Perceptions of Parent Sport Involvement: It's Not How Much, But to What Degree That's Important.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... This study investigated children's perceptions of parental involvement level (i.e., quantitative amount from low to high) and involvement degree (i.e., qualitative aspect from too little to just right to too much). Contrary to current research...

The Use of Psychological Skills by Female Collegiate Swimmers.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 1999... The majority of research on athletes' use of psychological skills for competition has been limited to imagery, self talk, and relaxation. Also lacking is information related to athletes' use of psychological skills within sport. The main...