Sport Locus of Control and Perceived Stress among College Student-Athletes

A national study on gambling among US college student-athletes.

OBJECTIVE The authors examined the national prevalence of gambling problems and sports wagering among US college student-athletes. PARTICIPANTS A national sample of 20,739 student-athletes participated in the study. METHODS The authors used data from the first national survey of gambling among college athletes, conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. RESULTS Men (62.4%)...

Comparing Sources of Stress in College Student Athletes and Non-Athletes

The transition from high school to college can be stressful for any student (Hudd et al., 2000; Pritchard, Wilson, & Yamnitz, 2004), but recent evidence suggests that athletes may experience even greater levels of stress due to the dual demands of athletics and academics placed on them during their freshman year. Lazarus and Folkman (1996) have defined stress as the negative feeling that occurs...

Asthma Control on the Basis of Perceived Stress, Locus of Control, and Self-efficacy in Patients with Adult Asthma

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prediction of asthma control on the basis of perceived stress, locus of control, and self-efficacy in adult patients with asthma.  Methods: This was a descriptive-correlative and cross-sectional study.The solecty of this study is all asthmatic patients in Tehran. our sample consisted of 100 participants who were selected by purposeful sampl...

the relationship between locus of control and iranian efl university students’ beliefs about language learning

this exploratory study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between learners’ beliefs about language learning and one of their personality traits; that is,locus of control (loc). both variables, beliefs and locus of control, are assumed to influence the language learning process. the internal control index (ici) and the beliefs about language learning inventory (balli) were administered...

Embarrassability 1 LOCUS OF CONTROL AND EMBARRASSABILITY Locus of Control and Embarrassability Among College Students