Journal of Sport Behavior articles from December 2002

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from December 2002

Race and sport consumption motivations: A preliminary investigation of a Black consumers' sport motivation scale.(Abstract)
December 1, 2002... Ascertaining the factors that motivate individuals to consume sport is a theoretical and practical challenge for sport researchers and practitioners. Mass marketing strategies are becoming less effective in an increasingly ethnically diverse...

Coping with failure: The effects of self-esteem and coping on changes in self-efficacy.(Abstract)
December 1, 2002... Self-efficacy has been described as the guardian angel of successful performance (Terry, 1989). There has been a great deal of research support for a positive relationship between self-efficacy and performance in a number of different contexts...

The athletic, academic and social experiences of intercollegiate student-athletes.(Abstract)
December 1, 2002... There is a great deal of literature on the experiences of college students, particularly college and university student-athletes. Researchers have investigated numerous questions related to the career planning, motivation, and later life...

Perceptions of success and failure among university athletes in Canada.(Abstract)
December 1, 2002... Success and failure are particularly pertinent cultural themes in the cultural space of sport (Bourdieu, 1990). Sport in North America and throughout the world occupies a significant role in the lives of countless individuals. Vast numbers of...

Effects of exercise and outcome feedback on mood: evidence for misattribution.(Abstract)
December 1, 2002... Considerable research supports the view that physical activity promotes psychological well-being, with positive effects on mood and self-esteem demonstrated across many forms of chronic and acute exercise (see Biddle, Fox and Boutcher, 2000)....

Representing Sport. (Book Review).(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Representing Sport, by Rod Brookes Published in London by Arnold; co-published in the United States by Oxford Press Inc., New York, 2002. ISBN 0-340-74052-3. 172 pp. Paperback, US$43.30 Rod Brookes, Ph.D., MPhil., is Lecturer...