Psychological problem patterns found with athletes

Heyman, Steven R.

doi:10.1037/e550482011-004

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“…Again, the subscales of anger, tension, confusion and depression emerged as areas which differed significantly among high and low/non-user groups. Tension and confusion may develop in an athlete from a variety of sources, including academics, athletic and even social sources (Heyman, 1986 The results from this analysis should be viewed cautiously, however, because of the small number of barbiturate users(N-= 11) in this study.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…The combination of academic and athletic pressures may produce problems such as depression, anxiety or burnout (Heyman, 1986). Keniston (1969) supports the association between pressure and drug use among college students in general.…”

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“…The top American distance runner, Mary Decker Slaney, claimed drug use was extensive and was in favor of drug testing throughout the year, not just at meets (Briefly, 1988 any sport may put a strain on the amount of time left for the athlete to properly study, and this may be especially true for some athletes who also must work part-time in order to attend school. This type of stress may lead to responses such as depression, anxiety, psychotic breaks or burnout (Heyman, 1986).…”

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Psychological Factors Related to Drug Use in College Athletes

Evans¹

1992

The Sport Psychologist

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figures, references, 69 titles.The purpose of the present investigation was to compare the psychological factors related to drug use by college athletes on seven drug categories. A questionnaire was given to male and female Division I college athletes asking them about their use of drugs. The frequency, intensity and duration of use/non-use was used to divide subjects into high and low/nonuser categories. Dependent measures included the Profile of Mood States, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory and questions assessing athlete stress. A multivariate analysis of variance(MANOVA) was conducted in a 2 x 2 (alcohol high/low, non-user x male/female) design to distinguish significant differences on the POMS and stress questions followed by univariate ANOVA's. A separate ANOVA was run on Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory. Results indicated that high alcohol users scored significantly higher on anger, fatigue and vigor than low/non-users. Significant differences were found between males and females on the pressure felt from coaches to perform well.

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Psychological Factors Related to Drug Use in College Athletes

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1992

The Sport Psychologist

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“…The concept was initially developed by theorists writing within the discipline of sport psychology (Eldridge 1983;Heyman 1986;Rosenberg 1981). Brewer et al (1993) defined AI as the degree to which an individual identifies with their role as an athlete.…”

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Lords of the Square Ring: Future Capital and Career Transition Issues for Elite Indigenous Australian Boxers

Stronach

Adair

2010

CCS Journal

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In Australia a serious and widely documented statistical gap exists between the socio-economic circumstances of the country's Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Areas of divergence include life expectancy, health, housing, income, and educational opportunity and employment. This has made entry into an occupation or vocation problematic for some Aboriginal people. While sport has provided opportunities for a small number of talented Indigenous athletes, it has rarely been a pathway to lifelong prosperity. This paper contends that as a result of overreliance on an abundant bank of physical capital, Indigenous Australian boxers are particularly vulnerable to potential occupational obsolescence should their bodily assets erode more quickly than envisaged. Utilising an interpretive phenomenological approach, the paper examines retirement experiences of fourteen elite male Indigenous Australian boxers; the goal of this research is to understand their post-sport career decision making. In this respect, Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, capital and field are utilised to frame and interpret the capacity of Indigenous boxers to develop sustainable career pathways -future capital -during their time as elite athletes. In terms of career transition and retirement planning, boxers' engagement with education and vocational training is typically restricted to occupations that complement their sense of physical capital. While this limitation has been observed among boxers from various ethnocultural backgrounds (Hare, 1971;Ramos, 2010;Weinberg & Arond, 1969), it is particularly noticeable among non-white boxers (Hare, 1971) and, in the context of the present study, Indigenous Australian athletes. These 'Lords of the Square Ring' remain largely unaware or removed from the possibility of pursuing career pathways beyond those that draw upon or accentuate their physicality.

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“…A majority of prospective student-athletes define themselves as athletes in high school and aspire to be defined as athletes in college (Heyman, 1986;Marx, Huffmon, & Doyle, 2008). Even student-athletes with high academic expectations are prone to identifying themselves with an athletes-first/students-second mentality (Woodruff & Schallert, 2008).…”

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Psychological problem patterns found with athletes

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Psychological Factors Related to Drug Use in College Athletes

Psychological Factors Related to Drug Use in College Athletes

Lords of the Square Ring: Future Capital and Career Transition Issues for Elite Indigenous Australian Boxers

Examining the motivations and benefits of student-athletes performing community service.

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