Contemporary athletics compendium. Volume 3 / James H. Humphrey, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Wrestling with Herpes: A Case Study -- Can Spectators' Mood be Manipulated & Maintained in a Losing Game?: Interaction Between Team Identification & Pre-Game Mood -- Why College Athletes Play Through Pain During Competition -- A Description & Comparison of Duties & Responsibilities of NCAA Division II Head Baseball & Football Coaches -- Identity Foreclosure? A Preliminary Investigation of Self-Complexity in Sport -- Risk Management Strategies at Division I Intercollegiate Football Stadiums: Do Spectators Perceive They Are Protected Against Terrorism? -- The Positive Relationship Between Sport Team Identification & Social Psychological Well-Being: Identification with Favorite Teams The Positive Relationship between Sport Team Identification & Social Psychological Well-being: Identification with Favorite Teams Versus Local Teams -- For Love of the Game: The Mediating Potential of Job Satisfaction of College Coaches Upon Career Satisfaction -- Steroids in Interscholastic Athletics: Does Reasonable Suspicion Exist? -- In Demand? Examining Sport Management Faculty Openings & Hires -- The Importance of Parent Physical Activity Levels & Their Expectations for Their Children's Health: A Path Analysis -- Negligent Marketing: What all Sport Marketers Should Know -- Investigating Fantasy Sport Participation Among College Students -- A Look at Academic Reform, Student Athlete Compensation & the Case for a New Classification of Student-Athlete -- Motivational Profiles of Sport Fans Attending Different Levels of Baseball Games -- Characteristics of Success in Men's Football & Men's Basketball at the Division I Level -- Alternative Dispute Resolution in Sport: A Conceptual Approach -- Just Not on My Turf: Student-Athletes' Perceptions of Homosexuality -- Identification with Multiple Sporting Teams: How Many Teams Do Sport Fans Follow? -- Motivations of International Student-Athletes to Participate in Intercollegiate Athletics -- Fundraising Responsibilities & Expectations of NCAA Division II Head Baseball & Football Coaches -- Athletic Administrators Perceptions of Work-Life Balance Policies: A Divisional Comparison -- The Impact of Playing Position on Perceptions of Horizontal Interpersonal Power in Sport -- Stress Factors in the Profession of Coaching: Assess Their Nature, Scope & Impact -- New Technology Holds Promise for the Future Application of Psychophysiological Methods for the Enhancement of Performance During Sport & Exercise -- Index.

This book is concerned with all levels of athletics - interscholastic, intercollegiate, club, and professional. Articles on all aspects of contemporary athletics are invited. Topics include, but are not limited to, event scheduling, stress, sports medicine, graduation rates, academic eligibility, gender issues, commercialization, funding or the lack of it, sports psychology, sports sociology, parental aggression, coaching, drug use in athletics, teamwork, philosophy, athletic competition/participation in relation to life, spectator behavior, officiating, religion in sports, sports gambling, history of athletics, athlete administration, ethics, sports management, nutrition, and legal issues.

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