Journal of Sport Behavior articles from June 1996

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from June 1996

Self-regulatory characteristics of competitive swimmers as a function of skill level and gender.
June 1, 1996... Identifying the psychological characteristics of elite sports competitors as predictors of sport success has been studied by researchers for many years. It is thought that the ability to determine unique personal traits, behavioral tendencies,...

A classificatory system of anxiety-inducing situations in four team sports.
June 1, 1996... All human behavior is situated, and if behavior is to be fully understood, the features of the situations in which the behavior occurs must also be understood (Krahe, 1992; Van Heck, 1989). Despite the recognition of situational importance by...

Psychological skills assessment and athletic performance in collegiate rodeo athletes.
June 1, 1996... The opportunity to achieve maximal athletic performance through the use of sound physical training programs and testing procedures has continued to gain acceptance from coaches and players at various levels of competition. Assessment of maximal...

The effect of putting-confidence on putting-performance.
June 1, 1996... Several attempts to explain the relation between self-confidence and performance have used Vealey's sport-confidence model as the avenue of inquiry (Gayton & Nickless, 1987; Martin & Gill, 1991; Pickens et al., 1993; Vealey, 1986; Vealey &...

Perceptual flexibility and differential feedback among intercollegiate basketball coaches.
June 1, 1996... The concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy generated interest in the fields of sociology and psychology decades ago (Merton, 1948; Rosenthal & Jacobson, 1968). The self-fulfilling prophecy is a process whereby an initially false impression of a...