BACKGROUND Within the context of problem-behaviour theory, this study investigated the intra-relationship between attitudes and behaviours towards exercise, sport involvement, violence in sport-related events, eating fruits, smoking and hashish or ecstasy use in a sample of Greek adolescents. Age and gender patterns are considered. METHODS Participants were 5991 Greek school pupils who respon...

Complete List of Authors: Deighton, Kevin; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Duckworth, Lauren; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Matu, Jamie; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Suter, Matthew; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisur...

Cathy J. Campbell, BPE, MSc, MD, Dip Sport Med,* James D. Carson, MD, Dip Sport Med,* Elena D. Diaconescu, MD,† Rick Celebrini, PT, PhD,‡ Marc R. Rizzardo, Dip Sports Physio, BScPT, MPE, BPE,‡ Veronique Godbout, MD, Dip Sport Med, MA, MedEd, BSc,§ Jennifer A. Fletcher, MD, Dip Sport Med,¶ Robert McCormack, MD,k Ross Outerbridge, MD, Dip Sport Med,** Taryn Taylor, MSc, MD, Dip Sport Med,†† Naama...

1. A globalizing sports economy 1.1 The Economic Significance of Sport 1.2 From Sport Participation to Global Sport Markets 1.3 Sports and Economic (Under-) Development 2. Sports economics: the economic determinants and impact of sport activities 2.1. The economic determinants of sport performances 2.2. The economic impact of sports megaevents 2.3. The economic theory of professional team sport...

Purpose – Sport celebrities often endorse their team, their sport, and non-sports-related products. Increased idolizing of sport celebrities by adolescents is one artifact of this promotional practice. Although seemingly innocuous, adolescents who idolize sport celebrities may, as adults, come to worship such celebrities; this unhealthy obsession may afflict 10 percent or more of adults. If ado...

This paper presents many common areas of interest of different specialists. There are problems described from sport, biomechanics, sport biomechanics, sport engineering, robotics, biomechanics and robotics, sport biomechanics and robotics. There are many approaches to sport from different sciences and engineering. Robotics is a relatively new area and has had m...

Despite the reality of intersex individuals whose biological markers do not necessarily all point towards a traditional binary understanding either male or female, vast majority sports divide competition into categories based on notion sex and develop policies regulations to police divide. In so doing, governing bodies (SGBs) adopt an imperfect model in order serve their particular purposes, wh...

BACKGROUND The contribution of sport to overall health-enhancing leisure-time physical activity (HELPA) in adults is not well understood. The aim was to examine this in a national sample of Australians aged 15+ years, and to extend this examination to other ostensibly sport-associated activities. METHODS The 2010 Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) was conducted by telephone intervi...

 e determinants of human athletic performance have long been a challenging € eld of study in sport sciences. Sports performance is an enormously complex multifactorial phenomenon, and is determined by numerous intrinsic (e.g., genetics, motor behavior, physiological and psychological pro€ le) and extrinsic factors (e.g., training, nutrition, development opportunities and overall health conditi...

The purpose of this study was to enhance understanding of how parents are socialized by their children's organized youth sport participation. Five semistructured focus groups were conducted with youth sport parents (N = 26) and analyzed using qualitative methods based on Strauss and Corbin (1998). Sixty-three underlying themes reflected parents' perceived socialization experiences resulting fro...