Due to chronic dissatisfaction with body weight in youth, efforts to lose weight often lead to pathological dietary behaviours. Regular and heavy sports activity may contribute to the optimization of body weight, not only by elevating the energy utilization but also by increasing the health consciousness and the tendency to self-monitor. Research generally finds a beneficial role of extracurric...

Decreased neurocognitive performance in individuals with self-reported attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disability (LD) is well documented in the neuropsychological research literature. Previous studies employing paper-and-pencil neurocognitive assessments report lower performance in individuals with ADHD and LD. The purpose of the current study was to examine the in...

introduction: studies have indicated that emotional intelligence is positively related to self-efficacy and can predict the academic achievement. the present study aimed to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in identifying self-efficacy among the students of public health school with different levels of academic achievement. methods: this correlational study was conducted on all the...

BACKGROUND Patellar tendinopathy (PT) is one of the most common knee disorders among athletes. Changes in morphology and elasticity of the painful tendon and how these relate to the self-perceived pain and dysfunction remain unclear. OBJECTIVES To compare the morphology and elastic properties of patellar tendons between athlete with and without unilateral PT and to examine its association wit...

the aim of this study was to compare the intensity of pre-competition emotion in athletes with type a and b behavior patterns. out of 108 wrestlers participating in iranian national championships (2005), 32 wrestlers were selected as subjects by global bortner scale. then, 16 subjects with high scores (mean 6.45±0.31) formed type a athletes group and 16 with low scores (mean 3.69 ± 0.47) were c...

The general and sport psychology research converge to point to a complex relationship between depressive experiences and human performance. The purpose of this study was to explore the depressive experiences of top level athletes and the relationship of such experiences with sport performance. Twelve autobiographies of elite athletes representing eight sports were analyzed. The autobiographical...

BACKGROUND Social science studies of doping practices in sport rely predominantly on self-reports. Studies of psychoactive drug use indicate that self-reporting is characterised by under-reporting. Likewise doping practice is likely to be equally under-reported, if not more so. This calls for more sophisticated methods for such reporting and for independent, objective validation of its results....

INTRODUCTION: Self-talk is one of the most commonly used strategies to influence the intensity and duration of physical performance (Hamilton et al., 2007; Diaz-Ocejo et al., 2013). However, it has received little attention as a coping method in the study of perceived effort, particularly in National Collegiate Athletes Association (NCAA) Division III athletes. Previous research examining the u...

Transformational coaching has been shown to increase the personal and social skills of adolescent athletes. Nevertheless, latter’s dispositional characteristics, such us values, could have a moderating effect on this relationship. The main objective work was examine perceptions coaches’ transformational behaviors modulation athletes’ values in their relationship with development. Adolescents (n...