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Gill, Diane L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
In the early 1970s, both my academic career and the psychology subdiscipline within kinesiology began as "social psychology and physical activity." Since then, sport and exercise psychology research has shifted away from the social to a narrower bio-psycho-(no social) approach, and professional practice has focused on the elite rather…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Well Being, Social Psychology
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Hartmann, Douglas – Quest, 2003
Sport and recreation-based approaches to the social problems of "at-risk" urban youth have become very popular in recent years. Yet the lack of a proper theoretical understanding of these initiatives threatens to minimize their effectiveness and could generate a backlash against them. To begin to fill this void, this paper presents a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Urban Youth, At Risk Students, Outreach Programs