Journal of Sport Behavior articles from June 2003

Journal of Sport Behavior archives from June 2003

The effects of head and assistant coaches' uses of humor on collegiate soccer players evaluation of their coaches.
June 1, 2003... Humor is a crucial part of every day life that can be a simple response to comedy, a cathartic mood-lifter, or a social vocalization that binds individuals together (Provine, 2000). Various studies have focused on the physiological and the...

The Black Ferns: the experiences of New Zealand's elite women rugby players.
June 1, 2003... Rugby is New Zealand's national game, but has until recently been male dominated. It was not until 1980 that the first women's provincial game was played in New Zealand (Chester, Palenski, & McMillan, 1998). Internationally, the USA, Canada,...

The measurement of goal orientations in exercise.
June 1, 2003... Goal perspectives in the physical activity domain have recently received considerable attention in the scientific literature. Contemporary goal perspective theories of achievement motivation assert that there are two predominant goal...

The role of relative autonomy in post-exercise affect responding.
June 1, 2003... Exercise psychology researchers have sought to determine causal mechanisms responsible for affect in response to acute bouts of aerobic exercise. Though numerous mechanisms have been investigated such as the thermogenic hypothesis or Solomon's...

Relational aggression and psychosocial adjustment in intercollegiate athletes.
June 1, 2003... Aggression among athletes has received increasing attention from the media, school administrators, and researchers over the past decade (Humphrey & Kahn, 2000; Kerr, 1999; Rowe, 1998; Tenenbaum, Stewart, Singer, & Duda, 1997). From such...

Characteristics associated with superstitious behavior in track and field athletes: are there NCAA divisional level differences?(National Collegiate Athletic Association)
June 1, 2003... For advanced athletes in the midst of intense competition, any edge can mean the difference between victory and defeat. Because physical fitness is a commodity that the majority of competitors share, athletes may often feel that they have...

The Call to Coaching: Creating a Legacy of Caring and Competence. .(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... The Call to Coaching: Creating a Legacy of Caring and Competence, by Bruce E. Brown Published by Coaches Choice, Monterey, CA, 2003 ISBN 158518 729-1. 135 pp. Paperback, US$19.95. Bruce E. Brown is a retired teacher, coach, and...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
June 1, 2003... Corrections to issue 26:1 Please note that errors in the printing of An Examination of Perfectionism and Self-Esteem in Intercollegiate Athletes, pages 17-37 are not the fault of the authors, John K. Gotwals, John G.H. Dunn and Heidi A....