Psychophysiological responses of two rival sport fan groups were assessed within the context of Lang’s biphasic theory of emotion. Twenty-four participants, placed in two groups based on their identification with local sport teams, viewed 6 pictures from 6 categories: team-relevant pleasant sport, team-irrelevant sport, team-relevant unpleasant sport, erotica, household objects, and mutilation....

This text provides a synopsis, as well as some greater detail, concerning the "Canadian Sport for Life" project Long-Term Athlete Development Canada (LTAD) initiated in 2004. The genesis of the project may be found in the Canadian Sport Policy released in 2002 by Sport Canada, the sport participation and performance agency within the Canadian Heritage Ministry of the Canadian Government. The pr...

Introduction and Aims: Shoulder stabilisation surgery results in substantial time loss from participation sport. Following surgery, most athletes desire to return pre-injury sporting activity at their level. However, high rates of re-injury have been reported strength functional performance tests may provide valuable insight into an athlete’s upper body function readiness sport following surger...

BACKGROUND Most studies of physical activity (PA) epidemiology use behaviour measured at a single time-point. We examined whether 'PA patterns' (consistently low, consistently high or inconsistent PA levels over time) showed different epidemiological relationships for anthropometric and mortality outcomes, compared to single time-point measure of PA. METHODS Data were the Danish MONICA (MONIt...

The sport literature has produced equivocal results as to whether sport participation is a protective or risk factor for disordered eating. One mechanism by which it could be a risk factor is the increased drive or compulsion to exercise. This study compared the levels of disordered eating and compulsive exercise between adolescent sport and non-sport participants. A sample of 417 male and fema...

The sport literature has produced equivocal results as to whether sport participation is a protective or risk factor for disordered eating. One mechanism by which it could be a risk factor is the increased drive or compulsion to exercise. This study compared the levels of disordered eating and compulsive exercise between adolescent sport and non-sport participants. A sample of 417 male and fema...

This study links up the theories of social psychology, economics and sport management to assess the impact of sport participation on subjective well-being (SWB) and use a simple statistic method to estimate the relative monetary value that sport participation derives SWB for Taiwan’s college students. By constructing proper measurements on sport participation and SWB respectively, a structural ...

BACKGROUND We aimed to appraise (1) the rate of return to sport of athletes after hip surgery for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) and (2) some aspects that may influence the return to sport. METHODS Four databases (EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library) were searched until 21 October 2014. Studies evaluated return to sport of athletes who underwent hip surgery for the treatment ...

Title of Thesis: TREATMENT ACCEPTABILITY OF NCAA DIVISION I STUDENT ATHLETES: FACTORS AFFECTING ATHLETES' ATTITUDES TOWARD SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANTS Michael Hamberger, Master of Arts, Department of Kinesiology, 2004 Thesis directed by: Dr. Seppo Iso-Ahola (advisor) Dr. Ang Chen Dr. Brad Hatfield Consultations with sport psychologists can be a result of a coach implementing a sport psychology...

About the Series: The purpose of this series is to add to the conversation and dialogues occurring in sport; thus, the National Association of Girls & Women in Sport has created this series to not only inform our members but also the public about the various aspects of sport and physical activity that display the diversity and inclusive nature of women’s sport. With the ultimate goal to raise a...