PURPOSE Bullying is a specific pattern of repeated victimization explored with great frequency in school-based literature, but receiving little attention within sport. The current study explored the prevalence of bullying in sport, and examined whether bullying experiences were associated with perceptions about relationships with peers and coaches. METHOD Adolescent sport team members (n = 35...

emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage self-emotions and others' emotions and includes the intelligent use of emotions. this study aimed at investigating the emotional intelligence in male and female elite athletes in team and individual sport fields. the sample consisted of 62 female elite athletes and 74 male elite athletes selected from different individual and t...

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...

Cardiac surgery accounts for between 15% and 20% of all blood product utilization in the United States. A body of literature suggests that patients who are exposed to even small quantities of blood have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, even after adjusting for pre-operative risk. Despite this body of literature supporting a restrictive blood management strategy, wide variability in...

Sweat losses in team sports can be significant due to repeated bursts of high-intensity activity, as well as the large body size of athletes, equipment and uniform requirements, and environmental heat stress often present during training and competition. In this paper we aimed to: (1) describe sweat losses and fluid balance changes reported in team sport athletes, (2) review the literature asse...

conclusions in conclusion, rsasl and rsacod differed for time variables (tt and bt) and hr responses. despite being non-significant, the trend that adding cod reduced the percentage differences in tt and bt between the two groups highlighted the role of sport specialization. results compared with rsasl, tt and bt were worst in rsacod (38.13 vs. 27.52 s and 3.67 vs. 2.66 s, p < 0.001, respective...

Findings from physical education research conducted over the last two decades suggest that girls' experiences in and perceptions of physical education in many team sport-based programs are less than satisfactory. Team sports taught within a traditional multi-activity format often permit dominant aggressive male players to control the game, marginalizing and alienating low-skilled girls and boys...

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...