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Drummond, Murray. "The social construction of masculinity as it relates to sport: An investigation into the lives of elite level athletes competing in individually-oriented masculinised sports." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1995. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1189.

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Sport has long been regarded as a masculine domain. In the past the literature has tended to focus on male athletes with respect to sensational or noteworthy performances, however little attention has been placed on the reasons why men participate in sport and the subsequent underpinning sociological implications of masculinity. This research investigated the lives of 12 elite level athletes competing in the three individually-oriented sports of triathlon, surf lifesaving and bodybuilding to attain a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between male identity and sport, and the

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McFarlin, Gavin L. "Sports television viewing and value acceptance." Scholarly Commons, 2005. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/611.

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The study examined the ability to learn values while watching sports programming on television. Sports are seen as a huge influence in our lives and helping to spread that influence and bring the games right to our living rooms is television. A total of 360 surveys were collected from three universities, one in the West, one in the Midwest, and one in the South. What was found was there is a direct connection between the exposures to the values seen in sports to the evaluation of those values in our society, which led to individual acceptance of the values personally. It was found that almost

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Cuccoli, Rosarita. "The place for social analysis in the press coverage of sports : a comparison of sports newspapers and general press in Italy's media ecosystem." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020REN1G001.

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La thèse traite de la couverture médiatique des sports dans les journaux et notamment, de la dimension sociale du phénomène sportif dans ces médias. Le sport bénéficie d'une couverture médiatique massive. Cependant, et bien que l'étendue du sport médiatique permette de présenter, en principe, une multiplicité de sujets et d'angles d'analyse, la couverture des sports a tendance, en réalité, à se concentrer sur un éventail relativement limité de sujets (les athlètes les mieux payés, les tournois les plus lucratifs, etc.). A partir de cette préoccupation centrale, à savoir si la couverture médiat

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Gibbs, Chris. "Twitter's impact on sports media relations." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/18588.

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The introduction of Social Media (SM) into sports communications in professional leagues is disrupting the traditional methods of sports media relations. In the past, teams used websites to post information for fans, but it was strictly a one-way format of communication whereby a story was posted for fans to read. To fully engage with this new communication channel, the sports communications departments in professional leagues have begun to use SM to communicate directly with fans through platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Currently, SM like Twitter allows the team communication departments

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Kaye, Fern V. (Fern Victoria). "Status Determinants for Professional Sports and Professional Athletes." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279295/.

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The purposes of the investigation were to determine if status of professional sports and professional athletes increases as male participation increases, if perceived status of 'athlete' increases with participation in sports that contain 'male' attributes, and if gender differences are related to status indicators. Sixty-eight students were administered a status-determinants questionnaire. A one-way ANOVA (gender) and a 2 x 12 ANOVA (gender x sport) were employed to determine status ratings of sports. A 3 x 2 (increase/decrease/no change x gender) Chi square was employed to determine status o

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Sheridan, Daragh Martin. "The role of social support in youth sport." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25213.

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This thesis aimed to extend knowledge concerning the role of social support in youth sport. A literature review was conducted to identify the current status of knowledge in the area through a systematic review of studies applicable to social support in youth sport. The findings provided up-to-date knowledge in the study area and informed a two-part intervention-based study designed to determine the feasibility of whether an intervention has the potential to be run again in a controlled trial. The first (quantitative) part of the study aimed to determine the effect of the intervention on partic

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Schroeder, Monica Denney. "Women's sports coverage and female sportswriters : a content analysis of the sports sections of six Indiana newspapers." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/917020.

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The impact of a female sportswriter's presence on a newspaper staff was examined by content analysis, studying photo and copy space devoted to both male and female sports coverage. Composite weeks, one each from each quarter of the year following the woman's date of hire were selected from the only four newspapers in the state of Indiana hiring female sportswriters. Compared to similar Indiana newspapers without female sportswriters, those with female staffers were found to devote more copy and photo space to women's coverage in the entire sports section, and on the sports section front page,

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Pollastro, Brittany. "NCAA injured student athletes' perception of social support." Scholarly Commons, 2013. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/855.

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Social support has a great impact on injured NCAA athletes' complete psychological and physical recovery. When individuals, such as the coach, athletic trainer, teammates, and family, incorporate social support in the recovery process the injured athlete's attitude and belief system is positively influenced. The coach and athletic trainer have been specifically researched and proven to be influential in certain types of social support, but the family has not been significantly studied in the past. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the six different types of social support given by the f

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Badenhorst, Cécile Marie. "The geography of sport as a cultural process : a case study of lacrosse." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28575.

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Over the past two decades, the geography of sport has become a rapidly expanding body of literature. Although a potentially dynamic field of research, there are at present several theoretical weaknesses. First, enquiry has focused on diffusion patterns to the exclusion of the processes that create these patterns. Second, sports scholars in the discipline tend to participate in an isolated discourse with few connections to the broader scope of geography or with the expansive non-geographical sports literature. One key focus of debate outside the discipline centres on the role of the city in th

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Méry, Stéphane. "Sociomotricité et sports de franchissement de filet : approche comparative et aspects sociaux." Paris 5, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005PA05H055.

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La courte paume, tennis, le tennis de table, le badminton et le volley : un projectile doit franchir un filet. Leur histoire est commune mais leur destinée est variée. Leur règle, leur recrutement social et la manifestation d'émotions du joueur au cours de la partie sont autant de divergences qui intéressent les sciences humaines. Nous analysons les comportements et les conduites sociomotrices du joueur dans le champ des sciences sociales que sont la sociologie et l'éthologie. Nous utilisons les concepts de la praxéologie motrice que développe Pierre Parlebas. Nous comparons les universaux et

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Wright, Shernel A. "Accessibility of recreational sports for students with disablilities at the University of the Western Cape." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2759_1257328493.

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<p>Participation in recreational sports can play a vital role in enhancing a student's life. Recreational sports are esepecially beneficial for students with disabilities as it aids in the facilitation of integration into mainstream society. The University of the Western Cape offers a range of recreational sports to their students but the question posed is, are these recreational sports accessible to students who are physically, auditory and/or visually disabled? The aim of this research project was therefore to explore the extent to which the University of the Western Cape's recreational spor

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Thompson, Glyde Edward. "Sport-specific psychological skills : a comparison between professional and social basketball players in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51919.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the present study the psychological skills of professional and social basketball players were compared. A literature review has highlighted the need for domain specific and sport specific psychological skills research, from countries outside the United States of America. The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 (ACSI-28) was administered to professional (n=60) and social (n=67) basketball players. The ACSI-28 is a multidimensional scale that measures seven specific psychological skills and also yields a global psycholo

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Collard, Luc. "Risques sportifs, prises de risques et science de l'action motrice : aspects sociologiques." Paris 5, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA05H008.

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Les risques sportifs peuvent servir d'indicateur des risques tels qu'ils sont consentis par leur société d'accueil. Aujourd'hui, la majorité des sports ne présente plus que des enjeux compétitifs. Dans les règles, il est interdit de porter atteinte à l'intégrité corporelle. Dans les faits, les écueils physiques sont mineurs. Ces pratiques, consacrées dans les duels d'équipes ou de personnes, traduisent une <> des conduites interpersonnelles. Leur risque se réduit à l'incertitude du résultat. Et son étude relève plus de la théorie des jeux que de la traumatologie. A cette campagne général

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Puchan, Heike. "Adventure sport, media and social/cultural change." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19359.

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The turn of the millennium has heralded an explosion in the popularity of adventure sports often also referred to as alternative lifestyle sports or extreme sports. These are offering both new avenues and potential challenges to the traditional ways of conceptualising and practicing sport. This thesis analyses the development of adventure sports, in particular climbing and kayaking, as a subculture. It delivers a socio-economic history of climbing, analyses the role of the media in its development, its participation and its lived experience. Further it investigates the impact of globalisation,

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Collinson, Jacquelyn Allen. "Occupational and sporting identities : knowledge, practices and performance." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2004. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/occupational-and-sporting-identities(bf469f5b-3f51-4da6-adfa-f851b65ee1fe).html.

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The work which is submitted for the degree of PhD by publication comprises eleven papers published in peer-reviewed journals: six sole-authored papers and five jointauthored. The publications span the years 1995 to the present, and the qualitative research projects from which the data and publications are derived were undertaken over a period of approximately ten years, commencing in 1994/95. The publications are included in full and are examined, both individually and within a more general context, in an overview. The overarching focus of the research coheres around the construction and maint

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Pollastro, Brittany. "NCAA injured student athletes' perception of social support : a thesis." Scholarly Commons, 2001. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/855.

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Social support has a great impact on injured NCAA athletes' complete psychological and physical recovery. When individuals, such as the coach, athletic trainer, teammates, and family, incorporate social support in the recovery process the injured athlete's attitude and belief system is positively influenced. The coach and athletic trainer have been specifically researched and proven to be influential in certain types of social support, but the family has not been significantly studied in the past. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the six different types of social support given by the f

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Smith, Shelley Elizabeth. "How Does Sport Team Identification Compare to Identification with Other Social Institutions?" TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/122.

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As social beings, people naturally form identifications with various social groups within their environment. Individuals gain benefits by forming identifications with groups, such as increased self-esteem and psychological support. Past research has examined the identification people form with various social groups, but no research has examined with which of these social groups people form the strongest identification. This study examines the strength of identification with various social groups within one’s life. It is predicted that individuals will indicate a stronger identification with a

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Benjamin, Heinrich Neil. "Perceptions of community leaders of the role sports participation in dealing with psychosocial problems amongst adolescent in a rual area." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3067_1298628551.

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<p>Participation in recreational and formal sports can play a vital role in enhancing adolescents&rsquo<br>wellbeing. Research indicates that involvement in different forms of recreation and physical activities offer beneficial effects on the physical and mental health status of individuals. Sports participation has also been associated with lowered obesity, multiple risk behaviours, smoking and substance abuse. In South Africa rural and urban areas are increasingly affected by violence and a range of psychosocial problems such as youth crime, substance abuse and alcohol abuse. The aim of this

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Tench, Elizabeth. "The nature of social cognition in high-performance adolescent team athletes." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0006/NQ38987.pdf.

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Jonas-Dwyer, Diana. "The relationship between enjoyment and ongoing participation in A Grade dancesport." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1997. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/880.

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To date no studies have considered enjoyment in Dancesport. Scanlan, Stein and Ravizza, (1989a, 1989b & 1991) have extensively studied enjoyment and recommended further studies be conducted in individual sports. Past research has tended to identity enjoyment as a one off momentary experience termed 'peak performance' (Cohn, 1991) and 'flow' (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975; Kimiecik & Stein, 1992). Many thousands of people participate in Dancesport, the competitive arm of ballroom dancing, both nationally and internationally. Determining the predictors of enjoyment for Dancesport could provide a base u

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Molapo, Rachidi Richard. "Sports, festivals and popular politics : aspects of the social and popular culture in Langa township, 1945-70." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15984.

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Bibliography: pages 233-237.<br>The rapid industrialization which transformed South African Society after the discovery of minerals, had a profound impact on the lives of most South Africans. The process of urbanization escalated during and after the Second World War because of better wages and job opportunities in the urban areas. South African urbanization was characterized by the brutal manner in which the state dealt with the Black people. The White middle and working classes' fear of being engulfed by this Black tide led to the multi-pronged strategies which were devised to contain and co

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Lofiego, Bruno Bember. "(In)visibilidade social, vulnerabilidade e mídia contemporânea : estudo de caso no futebol /." Rio Claro, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/141897.

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Orientador: Afonso Antonio Machado<br>Banca: Daniel Presoto<br>Banca: Fernanda Moreto Impolcetto<br>Resumo: O termo "invisibilidade social" pode ser utilizado para caracterizar a população que está à margem de padrões estabelecidos como de valor pela classe dominante. Sem este valor, os "invisíveis" são desprovidos de atenções básicas e acabam tornando-se vulneráveis. Assim, são obrigados a vender sua força de trabalho por muito pouco idealizando uma mobilidade social improvável. Embora maioria, distantes das oportunidades ascensão, resta à submissão a ferramentas de ratificação do sistema. Ad

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Festeu, Dorin. "Social learning programme through physical education lessons in Romania." Thesis, Bucks New University, 1998. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.714447.

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Råman, J. (Joonas). "The multimodal and collaborative aspects of demonstrations in the teaching of budo sports." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2019. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526223124.

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Abstract This dissertation, and the three original articles on which it is based, explore the nature of teaching physical skills in the particular context of three budo sports: judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and aikido. In particular, this dissertation examines the way demonstrations of budo techniques are conducted in collaboration between the teachers, their partners and the students. Particular focus is on ‘whole class demonstrations’, situations where all the participants in the class are gathered in a shared participation framework, either to observe the demonstration or perform in it. This d

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Clippert, Courtney A. "Potential Factors That Influence Team Identification: A Desire to be Similar or Different?" TopSCHOLAR®, 2010. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/148.

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The purpose of the current study is to determine whether eliciting the need for assimilation or the need for differentiation influences individuals’ identification with a given team. Team identification is defined as a fan’s psychological connection to a team; that is, the extent to which the fan views the team as an extension of him or herself (Wann, Melnick, Russell, & Pease, 2001). It is important to understand potential factors that may motivate and potentially increase one’s identification with a particular team. The sample consisted of 106 participants attending Western Kentucky Univer

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Cash, Carol-Anne. "The use of Facebook and Twitter in sports public relations in the 2012 Olympics." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020640.

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The purpose of this study was to provide professionals practising sports public relations in South Africa with insight into the use of social media platforms Facebook and Twitter. The secondary data from this study was drawn from the fields of communications, public relations, new media, social media, sport and marketing. South African Paralympic swimmers Kevin Paul and Shireen Sapiro were selected as the case studies and their Facebook and Twitter sites were analysed. The data was analysed leading up to, during and after the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. Content analysis using quantit

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Mxunyelwa, Siyabonga. "The socio-cultural impacts of sport events tourism on selected local communities in East London, with specific reference to the Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa Triathlon." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2120.

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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Events Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011.<br>In recent years, events have shown rapid growth as types of attraction within destinations, with such events creating a favourable image of a host destination, expanding the traditional tourist season, spreading tourist demand more evenly through an area and attracting foreign and domestic visitors (Keyser, 2002:18). As such, events are starting to become an established element and major part of tourism growth and marketing strategies. East London (in the Eastern Cape, South Africa) has host

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Brunette, Chantal. "A social network study to identify the user features required for an online sports community network site." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80644.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>The purpose of this study is to identify the user features for an online sports community network. Social networks sites are on a rapid increase. Designers of these sites need to consider what features are critical to optimally facilitate their users’ behaviour on these sites. This identification of features will seek to enhance the growth and development of a site’s social communities and allow for its ultimate success. This study focuses on establishing the social networking ecosystem by identifying the role of social networks in society,

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Crawford, Phillip M. "Culture and Consensus: The Use of Mathematical Models to Examine a Culture of Sports in the Portland Metropolitan Area." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4721.

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The question of what constitutes a culture has often been answered in one phrase: shared knowledge. Recent developments in both the theory and mathematics of examining this shared cultural knowledge allow researchers to produce mathematical models of informants' knowledge and perceptions of the culture they belong to. Many studies in cognitive anthropology have utilized these theoretical and mathematical tools: the present research sought to integrate a research design (based on the theory and mathematics mentioned above) with a relatively new cultural domain: the culture of sports. Three main

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Gordon, Kiernan O. "The Experiential Aspects of Sport Stadiums: An Examination of Emotion and Memory." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366236922.

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Solomon, Ghebremedhin Asihel. "Perceptions of constraints to recreational sports participation :a case study of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) undergraduate female students." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1342.

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Magister Artium (Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science) - MA(SRES)<br>The effects of attitudes and perceived constraints on behavior and the choices females make about involvement in recreational sports, exercise, and other physical recreation activities are important to consider if females physical, social, and emotional quality of life is to be enhanced. The main aim of this study was to explore the perception held by female undergraduate students at UWC regarding the physical and socio-cultural constraints that influence their participation in recreation sport.<br>South Africa

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MORAIS, Diego Batista de. "O jogo na arquibancada: o setor alvinegro e as performances do torcer no contexto do futebol espetacularizado." www.teses.ufc.br, 2015. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/12904.

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MORAIS, Diego Batista de. O jogo na arquibancada: o setor alvinegro e as performances do torcer no contexto do futebol espetacularizado. 2015. 124f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia, Fortaleza (CE), 2015.<br>Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-06-23T11:48:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_dbmorais.pdf: 2534500 bytes, checksum: a764f54051a22aea905a4b2b79d76b66 (MD5)<br>Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-06-23T12:47:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 20

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Sverduk, Kevin L. "The development of a conceptual model and definition of quality practice from the perspectives of expert coaches." Scholarly Commons, 1998. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2337.

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An investigation of. quality practice in sport had the dual purposes of developing a conceptual model of quality practice arid proposing a definition of quality practice from the perspectives of expert coaches. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with five expert coaches. The coaches were considered experts because they bad coached teams to World or National championships and worked with athletes who had attained recognizable excellence in their sports (All-American, Olympic Gold Medalist, or All-Pro). In addition the coaches represented individual team, male, and female spor

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Pilling, Michael, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Boys in the background : the impact of sports on males growing up in a small town." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/231.

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In a small town in a Canadian prairie province where spots, particularly football and basketball, are the chief activities, many young men in school define their self-worth based on their thletic ability. To determine the impact that sports had on the young men in this particular town, 20 boys between the ages of 15 and 19 were selected for interviews. Due to the importance placed upon sports in the school and the small size of the school, all 20 of the boys had some association with football and basketball. They either played on one of the sports teams but spent much of the time sitting on th

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Wilson, Shana M. "The Relationship between Superstitious Behaviors of Sports Fans, Team Identification, Team Location, and Game Outcome." TopSCHOLAR®, 2011. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1056.

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The present study examined how a fan's desire to participate in superstitious behaviors depends on team identification, team location, and game outcome. The study is a 2 (team identification: high vs. low) x 2 (game outcome: close game vs. blowout) x 2 (location of team: local vs. distant) between subjects factorial design. Participants for the current study included 234 students, recruited from undergraduate psychology classes at Western Kentucky University. Participants completed the Sport Spectator Identification Scale, read a randomly assigned vignette differing in team location and game o

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Wedgwood, Nikki. "We have contact! : women, girls and boys playing Australian Rules football : combat sports, gendered embodiment and the gender order." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2000. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27819.

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This study investigates both the reproduction and subversion of patriarchal gender relations in sport, with a particular focus on gendered embodiment. The research is fuelled by feminist concerns, especially women's embodied resistance to male domination. It is comprised of case studies of three Australian Rules football teams - a women's, a schoolgirls' and a schoolboys' team. The case studies are based on life-history interviews with players. Data was also collected through participant observation with all three teams. The data are analysed as both individual case studies and also in groups

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Gruchala, Lauren Cathryn. "Fan Perception of Justice in Team Disciplinary Decisions." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/78.

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The present study examined procedural and distributive justice outcomes of discipline in an athletic team setting. A 2 (Consistency of Punishment: consistent vs. conditional) x 2 (Violation Severity: moderate vs. severe) x 2 (Punishment Severity: moderate vs. severe) x 2 (Decision Maker: head coach vs. team captains) factorial design was used. Participants responded to four of the 16 hypothetical scenarios resulting from the design. Participants included 354 fans in attendance at a several university athletic events and students in psychology courses. The results indicated that consistent pun

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Redmond, J. L. "The retirement experiences of former elite female netball players." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1994. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1098.

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Research to date on retirement from sport has been dominated by the study of United States, male, collegiate sports. Studies within Australia, which has a substantially different community based sport system, are just commencing. This study provided an insight into retirement from sport as it was experienced by former Western Australian elite female netball players. Using a qualitative interpretive approach a three stage interview process was employed to capture the individual experiences of each of the 15 participants. The interviewees were also asked to recommend interventions or strategies

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Sanders, Ben. "Towards a level playing field -a case study of the challenges facing NGOs using sport for development within the educational system in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1935.

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Magister Artium (Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science) - MA(SRES)<br>The overall aim of the study was to determine the opportunities and challenges NGOs encounter when using sport as a vehicle for development within the education system, in post-apartheid South Africa. A case study design has been chosen since it will offer real insight, showing how specific sports programmes work in specific contexts. Two NGOs, Grassroot Soccer (GRS) and the Extra-Mural Education Project (EMEP) constitute the cases, with an in-depth exploration of their work and the challenges they face. The study populatio

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Grundlingh, Susanna Maria. "Playing with a purpose : an ethnographic study of a sport-for-development programme in Mbekweni." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17985.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There has been a concerted effort by government departments and sport-for-development non-governmental organisations (NGOs), to use sport as a vehicle for sustainable social development in previously disadvantaged areas in South Africa. South Africa, considered to be a developing country and also a country where sporting achievement and excellence is venerated, brings to the fore an intriguing intersection between sport and development. The exponential growth of the sport-for-development field in the past two decades, both on an

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Morão, Kauan Galvão. "Os efeitos do sexting no contexto esportivo universitário : uma tentativa de traçar o perfil dos envolvidos /." Rio Claro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/149745.

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Orientador: Carlos Norberto Fischer<br>Banca: Afonso Antonio Machado<br>Banca: Flávio Rebustini<br>Resumo: Devido à potencialização da utilização das novas mídias sociais e digitais nem sempre os usuários imaginam as proporções que as postagens na rede podem tomar. Sendo assim, novos perigos emergiram, como o sexting, que é um fenômeno resultante do envio/compartilhamento de textos, fotos e vídeos com conteúdos provocativos, íntimos e/ou pornográficos. Desta forma, como jovens atletas estão submersos no mundo das tecnologias, muitas vezes são autores e/ou vítimas de crimes virtuais, expondo a

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Ferguson, Robert J. "Expectation discrepancy and attribution : mediational factors of sport competition anxiety." Virtual Press, 1989. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/562773.

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The purpose of the present study is to extend past outcome-dependent models of Sport Competition Anxiety (SCA) to include attribution theory as an appraisal process of past performance outcome. It was hypothesized that unstable causal attributions for past unexpected performances would lead to uncertain expectations of future performance and subsequent SCA. Sixty-three male subjects were assessed for initial expectations of how they would perform in a cycling task, i.e., high and low, in which each subject received false feedback about his performance (success or failure). After completing the

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Zhang, Xin. "An investigation of the management and socio-economic impacts of the 2006 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1602.

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Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007.<br>South Africa is a fast growing and developing sport tourism destination and has hosted various international sport tourism events. With specific reference to the 2006 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon (OMTOM), which is considered one the most beautiful marathons in the world, this study focuses on different stakeholders' perceptions concerning the management and socio-economic impacts of sport tourism events. Questionnaire surveys for spectators (n=200), participants (n=200) and residents (n=400

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Leavitt, Stacey. "Disability, identity and media : paralympians in advertising." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Kinesiology, c2012, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3294.

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This thesis explores representations of Paralympians within media and advertising. Scholarly research on disability is extremely limited, with current research focusing on print media, and few studies going as far as to perform a discourse analysis. Media representations play a prevalent role in constructing “disability” and have the power to define what it means to be a disabled person. Using a poststructural theoretical framework, I undertake a critical discourse analysis of television advertisements produced by Nike and Visa to uncover what narratives regarding disability are circulating wi

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Cheung, Bik-ki, and 張碧琪. "Sport participation of Hong Kong secondary school students: relation to social, physical and academicself concepts and deviant behaviour." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960765.

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Aud, Joelle E. "Sports as a moderator of the effect of parent marital status and belongingness on achievement and behavior." Scholarly Commons, 2015. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/866.

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Parent marital status is a highly influential variable within the family context, as it can serve as a protective factor in many ways. However, it can also be a risk factor for youth. Despite the large body of literature that delineates the benefits of sports participation and the negative outcomes associated with divorce, researchers have yet to examine the impact of athletic participation on youth who have experienced familial disruptions, such as divorce, separation, and remarriage. Sports participation was chosen as a moderating variable in the present study, as it is believed to serve as

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Kickett-Tucker, Cheryl S. "Urban Aboriginal children in sport: Experiences, perceptions and sense of self." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1258.

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The purpose of this study was to describe the sense of self for a group of urban Western Australian Aboriginal children through analysing their perspectives and experiences in school sport and physical education. A symbolic interaction inquiry paradigm complemented with qualitative data collection methods was utilised. Informal conversational interviews and nonparticipant observations were employed. Interviews were conducted with participants and those whom they reported as their significant others. Participants were also observed in the school sport setting during physical education classes a

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Habeeb, Christine Marie. "Task structure, dyadic relations, and athlete role in team-sports settings : implications for athletes' self, relational, and collective efficacy beliefs and performances." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25856.

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The performances of athlete pairs correspond to the agency observed in self, relational, and collective efficacy beliefs. A dyadic perspective offers potentially important conceptual and methodological advantages to the investigation of interdependent action. The general purpose of this thesis was to investigate how athletes influence one another in athlete pairs of different (i.e., distinguishable) roles with a specific focus on the efficacy-performance relationship. Chapters 1 and 2 provide the general introduction and review of literature on dyads and efficacy beliefs. Chapters 3-6 include

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Lee, Heesu. "Effects of Levels of Physical Activity on Physical Self-Concept and Social Physique Anxiety Among College Students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2012. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2760.

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Physical activity plays a crucial role in contributing to psychological stability regarding physical concept. However, the evidence for showing the association between levels of physical activity and the psychological state has not been closed to focus on college students. This study was to examine the importance of physical activity by investigating the effects of different levels of physical activity on physical self-concept and social physique anxiety among college students. This study used a secondary data set approved by Institutional Review Board, and obtained a written permission and ap

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Dyreson, Mark Sanford, and Mark Sanford Dyreson. "America's athletic missionaries: The Olympic Games and the creation of a national culture, 1896-1936." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184706.

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During the late nineteenth century American reformers crafted a physical culture designed to help adjust their nation to the social changes fostered by industrialization, urbanization and immigration. The creators of modern sport considered athletics a "technology" for building a modern liberal civilization. Their "sporting republic" quickly gained a prominent place in American life. America's Athletic Missionaries examines the impact that United States participation in the Olympic Games, from 1896 to 1936, had on American culture. The idea of the sporting republic united politics and the stre

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