Sport Psychology Study Guide

Period of life with decreased well-being

between ages 18-25

Children participating in sport in the US

44 million

Stress-athletic injury model

explains physical injuries but may also be used to explain physical illness

Peak age for youth sport participation

between 10 and 13 years old

Coping style leading to lower stress and burnout

task-oriented

Psychological challenges in returning to play

decreased motivation to play

Psychological explanation not advanced for exercise and well-being

positive changes in personality

Procedure not used in rehabilitation process

being overly optimistic

Improvement from moderate-to-vigorous physical activity

cognitive functioning in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Reasons for exercise as one moves through stages of change

internal

Taking more risks when injury risks are perceived low

risk compensation

Percentage likely to drop out of exercise programs after six months

50%

Findings on life stress, social support, coping, and injury

athletes with high levels of life stress and low levels of social support and coping exhibited the highest injury rates

Major categories of processes for behavior change

cognitive and behavioral

Major reason athletes do not return to play after injury

fear of reinjury

Number one barrier to physical activity

lack of time

Activities associated with positive psychological well-being

Weightlifting and yoga

Enhancing young athletes' perceptions of their abilities

Focus on improving their own performance

Groups of professionals working together to treat athletes

Interdisciplinary teams

Increased exercise in children and adolescents

Related to higher levels of perceived competence

Opposition to professionalized approach to children's sports

It focuses the majority of resources on the most talented children

Self-determination theory primary reasons for sport participation

Competence, relatedness, autonomy

Physiological explanation NOT advanced for exercise and psychological well-being

Decreased maximal oxygen consumption by the tissues

Passion related to risky injury behaviors

Obsessive

FALSE statement about environmental factors affecting adherence

People in walking programs have lower adherence than people in running programs

FALSE statement regarding exercise and depression relationship

Exercise produces larger antidepressant effects when the training program is more than 4 weeks

NOT a stage in the transtheoretical model

Action and reaction

Condition NOT related to positive changes in mood

Interpersonal competition

Predictive factor of athletic injury

Life stress

NOT a guideline for setting up an exercise program to enhance adherence

Exercise alone

Effect of social support on adherence

Social support produces increases in adherence compared to a lack of it in control groups

First stage of the grief reaction response

Denial

NOT a dimension of well-being

Trustworthiness

Psychological attribute differing between participants in youth sport and dropouts

Perceived competence