Planning Alcohol Education Programs for Intercollegiate Student-Athletes

Issues and concerns in planning and implementing alcohol education programs for student-athletes were outlined. Factors that may contribute to alcohol abuse by student-athletes were discussed, and structural and implementation problems with existing alcohol education programs were addressed. Finally, a six-part comprehensive alcohol education program was presented which includes the following components: education, enhancement, support, counseling, follow-up, and evaluation

The Nature and Conceptualisation of Career Transitions in Sport

First paragraph: While an athlete’s sports career may seem to develop in a smooth and continuous way from beginning to end, it is in fact characterized by specific phases and transitions. Asked to describe its development, athletes highlight their athletic career, for example, in terms of specific moments or situations which occurred throughout their career (Wylleman & De Knop, 1997a,b). These moments or situations do not only require athletes to cope with specific changes, but are also perceived by the athletes to influence the quality of their participation at their current competitive level. The occurrence of phases and transitions in the athletic career can also be illustrated by chronologically pin-pointing athletes’ sport achievements (e.g., a first national championship title) and selections (e.g., selection for the national team). Comparison of such developmental data has revealed many similarities in (elite) athletes’ athletic careers (Stambulova, 1998; Wylleman & De Knop, 1998): athletes start out in their sport at the ages of approximately 8 to 12 years-of-age; one or two years later athletes start competing at club level, and go, some three to four years later on to national level; a first selection for a national team occurs somewhere between 17-19 years-of-age, while a first Olympic selection is achieved during their early twenties; and finally, athletes do end their involvement in highlevel competitive sport at approximately 30 years-of-age (3). In fact, researchers have been able to identify a sequence of career developmental phases, not only with elite level athletes, but with talented performers in general, namely an initiation, a development, a mastery, and a post-career phase (e.g., Bloom, 1985; Salmela; 1994)

Psychological skills and adherence to rehabilitation after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

Evaluation de l'utilisation de la fixation des objectifs, des images et de l'autosuggestion cinq semaines après l'opération chirurgicale

Psychological skills and adherence to rehabilitation after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

Evaluation de l'utilisation de la fixation des objectifs, des images et de l'autosuggestion cinq semaines après l'opération chirurgicale

Construct validity and interrater agreement of the Sport Injury Rehabilitation Adherence Scale

Context: Adherence to clinic-based rehabilitation might influence outcomes. Objective: To examine the construct validity and interrater agreement of a measure of adherence to clinic-based rehabilitation. Design: Repeated-measures in both study 1 and study 2. Participants: 43 student rehabilitation practitioners in study 1 and 12 patients undergoing rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in study 2. Interventions: Participants in study 1 rated the adherence of a simulated videotaped patient exhibiting high, moderate, and low adherence. Two certified athletic trainers rated the adherence of patients at 4 consecutive appointments in study 2. Main Outcome Measure: The Sport Injury Rehabilitation Adherence Scale. Results: In study 1, adherence ratings increased in a linear fashion across the 3 levels of adherence, and fWGU) and rater-agreement-index values ranging from .84 to .95 were obtained. In study 2, the rater-agreement index was .94. Conclusions: Strong support was found for the construct validity and interrater agreement of the Sport Injury Rehabilitation Adherence Scale

The BaBar detector

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