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.
Author(s): James H. Humphrey
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 335
CONTEMPORARY ATHLETICS COMPENDIUM VOLUME 3......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 11
FOUNDING EDITOR......Page 19
ABSTRACT......Page 21
APPLICATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT......Page 22
Likelihood......Page 23
Implementing Procedures......Page 24
CONCLUSION......Page 25
REFERENCES......Page 26
ABSTRACT......Page 29
Sport Consumers and Game Outcome......Page 30
Mood and Its Maintenance......Page 31
Negative Product Trial and Information Processing......Page 32
Covariates......Page 33
Procedure......Page 34
RESULTS......Page 35
DISCUSSION......Page 36
STUDY 2......Page 37
Cognitive Elaboration by Different Mood State and Personal Relevance......Page 38
Participants, Material, and Procedures......Page 39
DISCUSSION......Page 40
REFERENCES......Page 42
ABSTRACT......Page 45
Data Analysis......Page 46
RESULTS......Page 47
DISCUSSION......Page 48
REFERENCES......Page 50
ABSTRACT......Page 53
Selection of the Instrument......Page 54
Head Baseball and Football Coaches Demographics......Page 55
College and University Demographics......Page 57
DISCUSSION......Page 60
REFERENCES......Page 61
ABSTRACT......Page 63
Measures......Page 65
Data Analysis......Page 66
Do Athletes and Non-Athletes Differ in Self-Complexity?......Page 67
DISCUSSION......Page 68
REFERENCES......Page 69
RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT DIVISION I INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL STADIUMS: DO SPECTATORS PERCEIVE THEY ARE PROTECTED AGAINST TERRORISM?......Page 73
Concept of Risk......Page 74
Risk Management Components......Page 75
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY......Page 76
Demographics......Page 77
Perceptions of Risk Management Practices......Page 78
DISCUSSION......Page 79
CONCLUSION......Page 81
REFERENCES......Page 82
ABSTRACT......Page 85
Materials and Procedure......Page 87
Favorite Teams, Team Identification, and Social Well-being......Page 88
DISCUSSION......Page 91
REFERENCES......Page 92
ABSTRACT......Page 95
Supervisor Satisfaction......Page 96
Job Satisfaction......Page 97
Leader-Member Exchange Theory (LMX)......Page 98
Career Satisfaction Research Model......Page 99
Survey Instrumentation......Page 100
RESULTS......Page 101
DISCUSSION......Page 102
Limitations and Future Directions......Page 103
REFERENCES......Page 105
ABSTRACT......Page 109
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF STEROID USERS IN HIGH SCHOOL......Page 110
STATE STEROID TESTING LEGISLATION......Page 111
REASONABLE SUSPICION......Page 112
Design and Procedure......Page 114
DISCUSSION......Page 115
CONCLUSION......Page 117
REFERENCES......Page 119
ABSTRACT......Page 123
METHOD......Page 125
Content Analysis......Page 126
Phone Survey......Page 127
CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION......Page 128
REFERENCES......Page 129
ABSTRACT......Page 131
INTRODUCTION......Page 132
BACKGROUND OF PRESENT INVESTIGATION......Page 133
Participants......Page 135
Instruments......Page 136
Procedure......Page 137
Descriptive Statistics......Page 138
Path Analysis......Page 139
CONCLUSION......Page 141
Limitations......Page 143
REFERENCES......Page 144
ABSTRACT......Page 147
ENABLING TORTS......Page 149
RECENT TAILGATE EVENT INCIDENTS......Page 150
Threat Matrix......Page 151
Implications and Responsibilities for Sport Marketers......Page 152
CONCLUSION......Page 153
REFERENCES......Page 154
ABSTRACT......Page 157
LITERATURE REVIEW......Page 159
METHOD......Page 160
RESULTS......Page 161
DISCUSSION......Page 163
REFERENCES......Page 166
A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF STUDENT-ATHLETES COMPENSATION......Page 169
HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 170
HISTORY OF THE NCAA......Page 171
ACADEMIC REFORM WITHIN THE N.C.A.A.......Page 172
STUDENT ATHLETES AS A WORKFORCE......Page 176
REFERENCES......Page 180
ABSTRACT......Page 183
Measures......Page 186
Preliminary Analysis......Page 187
Motivational Patterns......Page 188
DISCUSSION......Page 191
REFERENCES......Page 195
ABSTRACT......Page 197
Off the Field and Outside the Classroom......Page 198
METHOD......Page 199
Interview Question #1......Page 201
Interview Question #2......Page 204
Interview Question #3......Page 205
Interview Question #4......Page 207
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 208
REFERENCES......Page 209
ABSTRACT......Page 211
BENEFITS OF ADR......Page 212
MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION DISTINGUISHED......Page 213
THE ARBITRATION PROCESS......Page 214
FEDERAL LAW......Page 215
CASE LAW INTERPRETATIONS OF ADR STATUTES......Page 216
ADR APPLICATION TO AMATEUR SPORTS......Page 217
ADR APPLICATION TO OLYMPIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS......Page 218
ADR APPLICATION TO U.S. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS......Page 219
HYBRID FORMS OF ADR AND SPORT FACILITY LEASES......Page 222
REFERENCES......Page 223
ABSTRACT......Page 227
BACKGROUND......Page 228
Different Assumptions for Male and Female Athletes......Page 229
Conceptual Framework......Page 230
Validity and Reliability......Page 231
RESULTS......Page 232
Frequencies......Page 233
Riddle Homophobia Scale......Page 234
Limitations......Page 235
CONCLUSION......Page 236
REFERENCES......Page 237
ABSTRACT......Page 239
Measures......Page 241
RESULTS......Page 242
DISCUSSION......Page 243
Practical Implications......Page 245
REFERENCES......Page 246
ABSTRACT......Page 249
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-ATHLETES......Page 250
MOTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-ATHLETES......Page 251
Instrument Development......Page 253
Demographics of International Student-Athletes......Page 254
Substructures of International Student-Athletes Motives......Page 255
Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations of Motives......Page 257
Effects of Demographics on Motivational Factors......Page 258
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 259
REFERENCES......Page 261
ABSTRACT......Page 263
Selection of the Instrument......Page 264
Head Baseball and Football Coaches Demographics......Page 265
REFERENCES......Page 271
ABSTRACT......Page 273
Characteristics of NCAA Membership Divisions......Page 275
Organizational Climate......Page 277
Instrument......Page 278
Data Analysis......Page 279
Demographic Characteristics......Page 280
Benefits Available......Page 281
Work-Life Climate......Page 282
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 284
FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 285
REFERENCES......Page 286
ABSTRACT......Page 289
Participants......Page 293
Procedure and Materials......Page 294
Relationship between Perceptions of Power and Subject Variables......Page 295
Perceptions of Power as a Function of Playing Position......Page 296
DISCUSSION......Page 297
REFERENCES......Page 299
THE ESSENCE OF COACHING......Page 301
CAUSES OF STRESS......Page 302
Student Athletes/Players......Page 303
Performance/Results......Page 304
Associates......Page 305
Finances......Page 306
COPING WITH STRESS......Page 307
Principle #5: Do Things for Others......Page 308
Coping Techniques......Page 309
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STUDENT ATHLETE WELFARE......Page 311
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 312
COMMENTARY......Page 313
REFERENCES......Page 315
INDEX......Page 317
