Social Support Mechanisms Among Athletes With Disabilities

The purpose of this investigation was to describe social support mechanisms of swimmers with disabilities and examine relationships among social support, self-efficacy, and athletic satisfaction. Results indicated that athletes felt satisfied with the social support they received. Mothers and friends provided primary support in a variety of areas requiring non-sport-related knowledge. Additionally, there were important secondary sources of support in areas requiring sport-specific knowledge. Coaches were primary sources of support in areas that required sport expertise. Fathers were also important sources of secondary support in areas that required both sport expertise and nonsport expertise. Correlational results suggested that athletes who were supported by being listened to and by being challenged to become better athletes and people also reported strong self-efficacy

Factor Structure of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale With Athletes With Disabilities

Individuals who perceive themselves as athletes are thought to have self-schemas composed of, in part, an athletic identity (Brewer, Van Raalte, & Linder, 1993). The recent development of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) has allowed sport psychology researchers to assess athletic identity. Research with adolescent athletes with disabilities has suggested that the AIMS is composed of 4 factors (Martin, Mushett, & Eklund, 1994). The purpose of the current study was to further examine the psychometric properties of the AIMS. Seventy-eight international swimmers (34 females, 44 males) with disabilities, ranging in age from 12 to 44 (M = 23.4 years), participated in the present study. Using structural equation modeling procedures, a confirmatory factor analysis determined that the data fit the 4-factor model specified in the Martin et al. (1994) study, thus providing support for the multidimensionality of the AIMS

Un análisis cuantitativo de los Registros del Nivel del Nilo del Tercer Período Intermedio del 'Muelle' de Karnak y sus implicaciones

The Nile Level Records were found by Georges Legrain in 1896 on the side of what has been called the ‘Karnak quay’ in front of the first pylon of the temple of Amun at Karnak. Ever since they were discovered, much of the research on them has been focused on the assistance they can provide for clarifying the difficult chronology of the Third Intermediate Period, rather than the information they can give us about the nature of the environmental conditions during this period. This is an oversight given that paleo-environmental evidence from Nile sources in the Ethiopian Highlands appear to suggest that this was a period of low Nile floods, and that these are the most closely dated records to the end of the New Kingdom - something which is attributed by some scholars to a decline in flood levels. This article carries out a quantitative analysis of the surviving records and reviews what the results can tell us about the nature of the annual floods and Egyptian reactions to periods of low annual floods.Los registros del nivel del Nilo fueron encontrados por Georges Legrain en 1896 en el lado de lo que se ha llamado el "muelle de Karnak" frente al primer pilón del templo de Amón en Karnak. Desde que fueron descubiertos, gran parte de la investigación sobre ellos se ha centrado en la ayuda que pueden brindar para aclarar la difícil cronología del Tercer Período Intermedio, más que en la información que pueden brindarnos sobre la naturaleza de las condiciones ambientales durante este período. Esto es un descuido dado que la evidencia paleoambiental de las fuentes del Nilo en las tierras altas de Etiopía parece sugerir que este fue un período de bajas inundaciones del Nilo, y que estos son los registros más cercanos al final del Nuevo Reino, algo que es atribuido por algunos estudiosos a una disminución en los niveles de inundación. Este artículo lleva a cabo un análisis cuantitativo de los registros sobrevivientes y revisa lo que los resultados pueden decirnos sobre la naturaleza de las inundaciones anuales y las reacciones egipcias a los períodos de bajas inundaciones anuales

The Bohemian Horizon: 21st-Century Little Magazines and the Limits of the Countercultural Artist-Activist

This dissertation examines the emergence of a cohort of independent literary, intellectual, and political publications—“little magazines”—in New York City over the past decade. Helmed by web-savvy young editors, these publications have cultivated formidable reputations by grasping and capitalizing on a constellation of economic, political, and technological developments. The little magazines understand themselves as a radical alternative both to a journalistic trend toward facile, easily digestible content and to the perceived insularity and exclusivity of academic discourse. However, the bohemian tradition in which they operate predisposes them toward an insularity of their own. Their particular web of allusions, codes, and prerequisite knowledge can render them esoteric beyond the borders of a specific subculture and, in so doing, curtail their political potency and reproduce systems of privilege. This dissertation explores the tensions and limitations of the bohemian artist-activist ideal, and locates instances in which little magazines were able to successfully transcend subcultural boundaries to productively engage in a broader politics

Decline in ancient Egypt? A reassessment of the late new kingdom and third intermediate period

The late New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period (1215-650 BC) have been, and continue to be, interpreted as periods of decline and dramatic change within ancient Egyptian history. This thesis challenges such views through an analysis of those interpretations and the evidence used to support them. In so doing I have evaluated if these periods do reflect a decline from previous periods and if the changes were as all-encompassing as previously suggested. In order to carry out this evaluation three key processes have been examined through detailed analysis of related datasets. These will establish the complexity of the periods, and the potential for nuance within specific datasets which is masked by the current descriptions. Reference has also been made to cross-cultural comparisons and ethno-archaeological theories as many of these processes have been identified in other societies and discussed outside Egyptology. This has led to some clarity regarding the complexity of the periods, recognising the extensive level of continuity and possible explanations for the changes visible, and thus an alternative to the 'simplistic' interpretation of decline and decay

Athletic Identity and Sport Orientation of Adolescent Swimmers With Disabilities

Measures of athletic identity and sport orientation, developed from self-schema theory, social role theory, and achievement motivation theory, were used to examine international adolescent swimmers with disabilities. The multidimensional Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (Brewer, Van Raalte, & Linder, 1993) was used to assess self-identity, social identity, exclusivity, and negative affectivity. The Sport Orientation Questionnaire (Gill & Deeter, 1988) measured competitiveness, win orientation, and goal orientation. Swimmers reported (a) a strong self-identity, (b) a moderate to strong social identity, (c) negative affectivity with lower levels of exclusivity, (d) strong competitiveness and goal orientation, and (e) moderate win orientation. Self-identity was correlated with competitiveness, suggesting that swimmers did not simply report an identification with an athletic role; they also reported a strong desire to attain competitive goals. Additionally, exclusivity was associated with negative affectivity, indicating that athletes without diversified self-schemas may be at risk for emotional problems when unable to compete. In general, the results indicated that these swimmers possess a strong athletic identity and that sport is important to them

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