Journal of Sport Behavior articles from December 2005

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from December 2005

Female athletes' perceptions of parental influences.
December 1, 2005... Parents are visible at every youth and interscholastic sport venue and their influence on children's sport participation and performance is unquestioned, though not thoroughly understood. Most recently, parental involvement in sport has gained...

Sociability and excitement motives of spectators attending entertainment sport events: spectators of soccer and ski-jumping.
December 1, 2005... Many sports attract large crowds. In Norway soccer is the most popular sport in terms of attracting spectators to the arenas. 1 128 847 spectators attended soccer matches played by the 14 teams at the elite level during the 2002-season. With a...

Factors, differential market effects, and marketing strategies in the renewal of season tickets for intercollegiate football games.
December 1, 2005... Dempsey (2001) indicated that intercollegiate football and basketball games have served as a magnet to draw alumni and other supporters back to campuses. An attraction of this kind was the driving force behind the National Collegiate Athletic...

Motivational climate and goal orientation in adolescent female softball players.
December 1, 2005... Achievement goal theory asserts that variations in behavior will occur when individuals use different goals in an achievement setting (Ames, 1984; Dweck, 1986; Nicholls, 1984, 1989). There are two major tenets of achievement goal theory. The...

Great expectations: how do athletes of different expectancies attribute their perception of personal athletic performance?
December 1, 2005... The self-fulfilling prophecy has received a vast amount of attention in a variety of contexts including economics and politics (Scholfield, 1959), romantic relationships (Downey, Freitas, Michaelis, & Khouri, 1998), psychological therapy...