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Download full textBryan, Clifford; Horton, Robert – 1976
Athletic programs in the public schools and colleges are often justified by assertions that competitive team sports build character and sportsmanship for participants and spectators, and that sports reinforce such school and community ideals as the virtues of competition, patriotism, and the desirability of healthy living. Spectator behavior at…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Athletics, Audience Participation
Peer reviewedAnshel, Mark – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Examines the various coping strategies that competitive adolescent athletes use to deal with errors, penalties, and unpleasant comments from spectators. Identifies and discusses four coping strategies: avoidance, approach, task-focused, and emotion-focused. Briefly reviews the literature on coping and the results of a survey of Australian…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Athletics, Behavior Patterns
