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Sources of stress in national champion figure skaters

Article Abstract:

Qualitative methodology used in a study to identify specific sources of stress in 17 US national champions in figure skating, who earned their titles between 1985 and 1990, showed that 71% of them felt more stress after winning their titles. Relationships, performance expectations, and the physical, psychological, and environmental demands on the skaters' resources were among the identified sources of stress. Mail and telephone interviews were used to elicit information from seven who were no longer skating competitively and from ten who still took part in competitions.

Skating

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People helping people? Examining the social ties of athletes coping with burnout and injury stress

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The impact that significant or important others have in helping athletes cope with burnout and injury may be overemphasized. Inductive analysis has demonstrated that the correlation between athletes' perceptions of support varied according to the stress experienced, and frequency analysis showed that athletes tend to perceive interactions with others as negative rather than positive.

Analysis, Burn out (Psychology), Support (Domestic relations)

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Down but not out: athlete responses to season-ending injuries

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In depth interviews conducted with U.S. ski team athletes revealed the types of emotions athletes experienced when they were injured during the racing season. Their responses were recorded within four types of categories. These included personal growth, psychologically-based performance enhancements, physical-technical development and none.

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