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The Choice of Sports Affects Mental Rotation Performance in Adolescents

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2019
This study investigates mental rotation performance of adolescent female dancers and soccer players in object-based and egocentric mental rotation tasks using human body stimuli.
Stefanie Pietsch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
wiley   +1 more source

Esimene teade eestlaste laulmisest – kas ainult?

open access: yesKeel ja Kirjandus
"The first record of Estonians singing – or more?". This article explores three key questions: how folklorists have interpreted the account of warriors’ singing and dancing in Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum; how 20th-century researchers have ...
Tiiu Jaago
doaj   +1 more source

“I feel free”: Experiences of a dance intervention for adolescent girls with internalizing problems

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2016
Adolescent girls today suffer from internalizing problems such as somatic symptoms and mental health problems at higher rates compared to those of previous decades, and effective interventions are warranted.
Anna Duberg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Literal torture’: Vulnerability, resilience and young people's experiences of pressure in physical education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper combines vulnerability and resilience theory to explore the pressure young people experience in Physical Education (PE) and sport at secondary school. The theoretical framework was used to understand both how young people experience PE in school and how vulnerability and resilience function interdependently in social contexts like ...
David Littlefair, Michael Jopling
wiley   +1 more source

Visual stimulus does not alter fluid replacement in women practicing Zumba fitness

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Nutrição Esportiva, 2023
Hydration is an important component of physical performance. The lack of adequate hydric replacement can lead to severe dehydration and early fatigue.
Suelem Aparecida de Almeida   +3 more
doaj  

Dançarinar as an ethical act in the follow-up of children in mental health

open access: yesCadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 2020
This paper is an extract from the thesis “Policies of the encounter and the wild forces in child and young people care” held at the Post-Graduate Program in Psychology of UNESP-Assis. It is a narrative of a story presented through issues pertinent to the
Juliana Araujo Silva   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mindfulness and resilience: The experiences of global majority students in a mindfulness intervention Programme at a UK university

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Wellbeing in higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom has been increasingly prioritised for many institutions, with a growing demand for student support requests. There are various determinants in life that can influence mental health. As such, protected characteristics, including race, can indicate that students who are Black or Asian ...
Amy Bywater, Helen Keane
wiley   +1 more source

Thai Cultural Dance with Ruesi Dadton (traditional Thai exercise): The Effects on Physical Health, Cognitive Performance, and Quality of Life in Older Adults

open access: yesPhysical Education Theory and Methodology
Background. Regular physical activity offers substantial benefits for older adults. However, it must be varied and engaging to sustain their participation.
Pitchanan Thiantongin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘When joy comes your way, you have to grab it!’ Troubling how queer joy features in the lives of LGBT+ school‐attending youth in South Africa

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, the concept ‘queer joy’ has gained interest in LGBT+ scholarship in the West. I use this scholarship as an entry point to explore how school‐attending LGBT+ youth express joy and how joy serves as a form of resistance against gender and sexuality norms in educational settings.
Dennis Francis
wiley   +1 more source

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