The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of stress and coping strategies among university athletes. Fifteen athletes from a selected university Rugby Sport of Excellence Program in Malaysia aged between18 to 23 years old agreed to participate in this study. Starting from the...
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International Journals of Multidisciplinary Research Academy
2014
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| author | M.S., Omar Fauzee Don, Yahya Samad, Norinda Abdullah, Nagoor Meera Parnabas, Vincent Nazaruddin, Mohd Nizam Soh, Kim Geok |
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| description | The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of stress and coping strategies among university athletes. Fifteen athletes from a selected university Rugby Sport of Excellence Program in Malaysia aged between18 to 23 years old agreed to participate in this study. Starting from the top level, only 7% of the players have the experience playing at national level, a majority of 60% of them have the experience playing at the state level, 20% at the district level while 13% of the players only play at school level. Qualitative methodology was utilized in this investigation and the interview transcript was analyzed inductively. The results show four sources of stress: feeling nervous before the game, injuries, disruption from the audience and personal problems. Whereas, there are five coping strategies: social support, positive self-talk, mind set, remembering previous success and physical preparation. Recommendations were also suggested in the paper. |
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| spelling | upm-358142016-02-10T08:27:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35814/ The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress M.S., Omar Fauzee Don, Yahya Samad, Norinda Abdullah, Nagoor Meera Parnabas, Vincent Nazaruddin, Mohd Nizam Soh, Kim Geok The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of stress and coping strategies among university athletes. Fifteen athletes from a selected university Rugby Sport of Excellence Program in Malaysia aged between18 to 23 years old agreed to participate in this study. Starting from the top level, only 7% of the players have the experience playing at national level, a majority of 60% of them have the experience playing at the state level, 20% at the district level while 13% of the players only play at school level. Qualitative methodology was utilized in this investigation and the interview transcript was analyzed inductively. The results show four sources of stress: feeling nervous before the game, injuries, disruption from the audience and personal problems. Whereas, there are five coping strategies: social support, positive self-talk, mind set, remembering previous success and physical preparation. Recommendations were also suggested in the paper. International Journals of Multidisciplinary Research Academy 2014-03 Article PeerReviewed M.S., Omar Fauzee and Don, Yahya and Samad, Norinda and Abdullah, Nagoor Meera and Parnabas, Vincent and Nazaruddin, Mohd Nizam and Soh, Kim Geok (2014) The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress. International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences, 4 (3). pp. 386-405. ISSN 2249-5894 |
| spellingShingle | M.S., Omar Fauzee Don, Yahya Samad, Norinda Abdullah, Nagoor Meera Parnabas, Vincent Nazaruddin, Mohd Nizam Soh, Kim Geok The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress |
| title | The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress |
| title_full | The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress |
| title_fullStr | The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress |
| title_full_unstemmed | The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress |
| title_short | The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress |
| title_sort | student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35814/ |