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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2021 Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the sporting and exercise activities of millions of youth. Running is an activity that could be maintained while social distancing restrictions were implemented during the pandemic.
David M. Bazett-Jones +8 more
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Subsidizing Enjoyable Education [PDF]
Labour Economics, 2005 College education is not only an investment; for many people it also generates consumption benefits. If these benefits are normal goods, then the rich attend college at higher rates than the poor. Furthermore, the marginal poor student is smarter than the marginal rich student.
Robert Dur, Amihai Glazer
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Children, 2021 The major purpose of this study was to examine the potential mediating role of perceived motor skill competence on relationships between actual ball skills and children’s physical activity (PA) and PA enjoyment.
Tao Zhang +3 more
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Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 2021 ing two correlated but distinct dimensions of enjoyment. In total, 277 individuals (female = 108) aged between 18 and 53 years (M = 35.66; SD = 7.42) participated in the study. The unidimensional model solution displayed good fit.
Filipe Rodrigues +4 more
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A structural Model of Self-efficacy in Handball Referees
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 The study aimed to identify factors predicting self-efficacy in a sample of 248 Italian handball referees. The main hypothesis was that perception of teamwork efficacy would be a significant predictor of self-efficacy in handball referees.
Pierluigi Diotaiuti +3 more
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Greater rewards in videogames lead to more presence, enjoyment and effort [PDF]
, 2018 There is currently limited understanding of whether and how different amounts and diversity of virtual rewards impact on the player experience. A repeated-measures experiment was undertaken in which participants (N = 59) were compared on subjective ...
Klarkowski, Madison +12 more
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Studies in Second Language Learning and TeachingThe present study aimed to explore the association between 302 (93 males and 209 females) English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ perceived teacher support (i.e., personal support and academic support) and their reading motivation.
Ali Derakhshan +3 more
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Analysis of eye movements in the judgment of enjoyment and non-enjoyment smiles [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Enjoyment smiles are more often associated with the simultaneous presence of the Cheek raiser and Lip corner puller action units, and these units' activation is more often symmetric. Research on the judgment of smiles indicated that individuals are sensitive to these types of indices, but it also suggested that their ability to perceive these specific ...
Perron, Melanie, Roy-Charland, Annie
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The Motivation of Crossfit Practitioners for Competition
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Educatio Artis GymnasticaeCrossFit is an emerging trend that has captured the attention of many studies in recent years. Despite the high number of research papers covering different aspects of the sport, the motivation of participants in CrossFit competitions remains a topic ...
Cristian NEGREA +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Enjoyment for teaching represents one of the most frequently reported teaching emotions and positively affects student outcomes. Therefore, researchers and teacher educators need to understand its nature and underlying appraisal processes to prepare ...
Alexander Georg Büssing +2 more
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