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Women, cricket and gender relations: A sociological analysis of the experiences of female cricketers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The sociological study of women and sport, thus far, has focused primarily on females' involvement in football.
Velija, Philippa
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From the sports hall into the classroom: Learning life skills through sport [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This study draws upon a wide range of research to examine underachievement in UK schools.
Allen, Georgia
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Reconsidering feminisms and the work of Norbert Elias for understanding gender, sport and sport-related activities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2008 North West Counties Physical Education Association and SAGE Publications.This paper reconsiders the relationships between feminist ...
Mansfield, L, Mansfield, L.
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The motivational function of an objective in physical activity and sport

open access: yesCurrent Issues in Personality Psychology, 2017
Background As a conscious activity of an individual, physical activity (PA) constitutes an element of the free-time dimension. The type of goal allows us to distinguish between sport and PA: sport performance vs. psychophysical health.
Mariusz Lipowski, Anna Ussorowska
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The PERSiST (implementing Prisma in Exercise, Rehabilitation, Sport medicine and SporTs science) guidance: Italian translation

open access: yes, 2022
Reporting guidelines are international standards that all researchers are required to follow during the writing phase. The implementation of them help the researchers to ensure transparency and reproducibility of the research, the clinicians to understand what was done and why, and the policy makers to implement results in practice.
Stefano Salvioli   +3 more
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Rumination and Performance in Dynamic, Team Sport

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
People high in rumination are good at tasks that require persistence whereas people low in rumination are good at tasks that require flexibility. Here we examine real world implications of these differences in dynamic, team sport.
Michael eRoy   +6 more
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Predictors of Persistent Participation in Youth Sport: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
There are many factors affecting decisions to persistent participation in sports and various approaches have been used to frame these antecedents. The aim of this paper was to systematically review and quantify the primary factors of persistent participation and to assess their respective strengths of association with persistent participation in youth ...
Meng Zhang   +3 more
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Discourses of disability sport: Experiences of elite male and female athletes in Britain and Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Disability sport has been a relatively under-researched area within the fields of both sport sociology and disability studies, in particular regarding ...
Huang, Chin-Ju
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Characteristic of pedagogic techniques of persistence nurture in sportsmen with defects of mental functioning in process of emotional-will training

open access: yesPedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports, 2015
Purpose: to characterize pedagogic techniques of persistence nurture of sportsmen with defects of mental functioning in process of emotional-will training and test their effectiveness.
N.L. Babich
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Introducing Temporal Theory to the Field of Sport Psychology: Toward a Conceptual Model of Time Perspectives in Athletes’ Functioning

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Time perspective theory provides a robust conceptual framework for analyzing human behavior in the context of time. So far, the concept has been studied and applied in multiple life domains, such as education, health, social relationships, environmental ...
Maciej Stolarski   +2 more
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