The current study aimed to determine the relationship between perceived coaching behaviours, motivation, self-efficacy and general self-efficacy of wrestlers who competed in the Super National Wrestling League. The sample consisted of 289 wrestlers. The Self-Efficacy Scale was used to measure self-efficacy perception, the Sports Motivation Scale to measure the motivation of the athletes, the Le...

In the current study, variables grounded in social cognitive theory with athletes with disabilities were examined. Performance, training, resiliency, and thought control self-efficacy, and positive (PA) and negative (NA) affect were examined with wheelchair basketball athletes (N = 79). Consistent with social cognitive theory, weak to strong significant relationships among the four types of sel...

Objectives: We investigated the developmental origins of fear of failure (FF) in adolescent athletes by examining how parental sport socialization practices in daily parentechild interaction contribute to the development of FF in the child-athlete. Method: Three intact families of adolescent athletes (ages 13e14 years) participated in the study; three athletes and six parents. Each mother, fath...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of an unsupervised proprioceptive training programme on recurrences of ankle sprain after usual care in athletes who had sustained an acute sports related injury to the lateral ankle ligament. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial, with one year follow-up. SETTING Primary care. PARTICIPANTS 522 athletes, aged 12-70, who had sustained a lateral ankle sp...

Background: Eating disorder (ED) such as restrictive eating and menstrual dysfunction (MD) is a serious Health related problem which threatens the female athletes. Menstrual dysfunctions are Estimated to affect around 20% of Social pressure remain thin for various Sporting activities can lead decreased self-esteem, negative effect, unhealthy weight Control practice. Fewer studies have examined ...

OBJECTIVE To compare bone mineral density (BMD), investigate factors associated with BMD, and examine the prevalence of low BMD in athletes and non-athletic controls. METHODS The study included a questionnaire (part I), measurement of BMD (part II), and a clinical interview (part III). All Norwegian female athletes on national teams (n = 938) and an aged matched random sample of non-athletic ...

Background. Universities are perceived as the hub for sports talent identification and development. This perception puts much pressure on student-athletes who are expected to excel in sport despite their academic commitments. Based on this expectation, students who participate in sports could be regarded as athlete-student, rather than student-athlete. Objectives. The study was carried out to ...