Browsing by Subject "athletes"

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    Connect [Fall 2009]
    (University of Minnesota: College of Education and Human Development, 2009-10) University of Minnesota: College of Education and Human Development
    More than a game: The college is essential to all Gopher athletes’ academic lives. Teaming up: Outreach expands access to physical activity. The sporting life: Research plumbs the impact of athletics on youth and the family. Gopher greats: Six alumni athletes share lessons learned on and off the field.
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    Development and Psychometric Testing of the Coach Self-Efficacy Body Image Scale
    (2022-06) Silva-Breen, Hannah
    Body image concerns is a commonly cited reason for sport drop out among young female athletes (Neumark-Sztainer et al., 2018; Slater & Tiggemann, 2011). Research has begun to explore the systemic issues that underpin abusive, disordered, and uninformed coaching. However, no measure exists to accurately assess interventions or predict coach body image supportive behaviors. Using self-efficacy theory as a conceptual framework, the Coach Self-Efficacy Body Image Scale (CSEBIS) was developed. Content validity was judged by a panel of experts (n = 3) and through interviews with coaches (n = 4) of across levels of experience. Following a pilot test, the CSEBIS was assessed with 708 coaches for reliability and validity, including internal consistency, comparison of contrasted groups, and correlations with measures of similar constructs. Following further testing, this instrument may be used to accurately assess the effectiveness of body image education and intervention efforts in the sport context.
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    LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick, and the New Era of Athletic Activism
    (2016-11-15) Fitzgerald, Larry; Freedman, Samuel; Hartmann, Doug
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    Vitamin D Deficiency and Physical Performance in Athletes
    (2013-07) Fitzgerald, John
    The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between vitamin D status and laboratory measures that are relevant to physical performance in competitive ice hockey players. Data was collected for 53 junior and collegiate ice hockey players residing near Minneapolis, Minnesota (44.9� N) during the offseason (May 16-June 28). Vitamin D status was inversely associated with percent body fat and positively associated with handgrip strength, trended with peak power during the wingate test, but not with vertical jump height after adjusting for measured covariates. Representing a novel finding of this study, 25(OH)D status was inversely related to jump execution time, time to peak power and positively associated with force gradient during the squat jump after adjusting for potential covariates.