| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Wrestling with Herpes: A Case Study -- Can Spectators' Mood be Manipulated and Maintained in a Losing Game?: Interaction Between Team Identification and Pre-Game Mood -- Why College Athletes Play Through Pain During Competition -- A Description and Comparison of Duties and Responsibilities of NCAA Division II Head Baseball and Football Coaches -- Identity Foreclosure? A Preliminary Investigation of Self-Complexity in Sport -- Risk Management Strategies at Division I Intercollegiate Football Stadiums: Do Spectators Perceive They Are Protected Against Terrorism? -- The Positive Relationship Between Sport Team Identification and Social Psychological Well-Being: Identification with Favorite Teams The Positive Relationship between Sport Team Identification and Social Psychological Well-being: Identification with Favorite Teams Versus Local Teams -- For Love of the Game: The Mediating Potential of Job Satisfaction of College Coaches Upon Career Satisfaction -- Steroids in Interscholastic Athletics: Does Reasonable Suspicion Exist? -- In Demand? Examining Sport Management Faculty Openings and Hires -- The Importance of Parent Physical Activity Levels and Their Expectations for Their Children's Health: A Path Analysis -- Negligent Marketing: What all Sport Marketers Should Know -- Investigating Fantasy Sport Participation Among College Students -- A Look at Academic Reform, Student Athlete Compensation and the Case for a New Classification of Student-Athlete -- Motivational Profiles of Sport Fans Attending Different Levels of Baseball Games -- Characteristics of Success in Men's Football and Men's Basketball at the Division I Level -- Alternative Dispute Resolution in Sport: A Conceptual Approach -- Just Not on My Turf: Student-Athletes' Perceptions of Homosexuality -- Identification with Multiple Sporting Teams: How Many Teams Do Sport Fans Follow? -- Motivations of International Student-Athletes to Participate in Intercollegiate Athletics -- Fundraising Responsibilities and Expectations of NCAA Division II Head Baseball and Football Coaches -- Athletic Administrators Perceptions of Work-Life Balance Policies: A Divisional Comparison -- The Impact of Playing Position on Perceptions of Horizontal Interpersonal Power in Sport -- Stress Factors in the Profession of Coaching: Assess Their Nature, Scope and Impact -- New Technology Holds Promise for the Future Application of Psychophysiological Methods for the Enhancement of Performance During Sport and Exercise -- Index. |
| Summary |
This book is concerned with all levels of athletics - interscholastic, intercollegiate, club, and professional. Articles on all aspects of contemporary athletics are invited. Topics include, but are not limited to, event scheduling, stress, sports medicine, graduation rates, academic eligibility, gender issues, commercialization, funding or the lack of it, sports psychology, sports sociology, parental aggression, coaching, drug use in athletics, teamwork, philosophy, athletic competition/participation in relation to life, spectator behavior, officiating, religion in sports, sports gambling, history of athletics, athlete administration, ethics, sports management, nutrition, and legal issues. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Athletics -- United States.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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Athletics. (OCoLC)fst00820127
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Humphrey, James H. (James Harry), 1911-2008.
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Humphrey, James H. (James Harry), 1911-2008.
Issues in contemporary athletics.
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| Added Title |
Journal of contemporary athletics.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Contemporary athletics compendium. Volume 3. Hauppauge NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2009 9781607415619 (OCoLC)435374070 |
| ISBN |
9781617282027 (electronic bk.) |
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1617282022 (electronic bk.) |
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