Essays about: "female athletes"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 essays containing the words female athletes.

  1. 21. Performance and knowledge related to the menstrual cycle within Swedish elite sports : From the athletes’ point of view

    University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap

    Author : Linda Dupree; [2019]
    Keywords : menstrual cycle; performance; sports performance; female athletes; contraceptives; knowledge;

    Abstract : Aim The overall aim was to investigate Swedish elite athlete’s perceptions about the effects of the menstrual cycle on sports performance. The research questions applied was: 1. How do elite athletes perceive the effects of the menstrual cycle on performance, and do they adjust training or competition accordingly? 2. READ MORE

  3. 22. Women’s experiences of gender-based barriers and stereotypes in bodybuilding as a masculine sport in Poland

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Kaja Daroszewska; [2018-06-27]
    Keywords : Gender; Poland; women bodybuilding; stereotypes;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study gender-based barriers and stereotypes that influence women in masculine sports taking bodybuilding as an example and analyzing four interviews by using a feminism perspective and professional discourse analysis. In terms of methodology it applies narrative writing, interviews, analysis and professional discourse analysis from female bodybuilding athletes and autoethnography. READ MORE

  4. 23. The role of teammate burnout on athlete burnout: The mediating effect of coach-athlete relationship quality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Jennica Haikarainen; Tove Stenberg; [2018]
    Keywords : athlete burnout; burnout contagiousness; coach-athlete relationship; utbrändhet hos idrottare; smittsamhet av utbrändhet; tränare-idrottare relation;

    Abstract : Within organizational psychology, previous research has shown that there is a relationship between burnout on team-level and individual team members’ burnout, but little is known if this contagiousness of burnout is also relevant within sport contexts. Therefore, the first aim of the present study was to examine the effect of perceived teammate burnout on athletes perceptions of their own burnout. READ MORE

  5. 24. Media portrayal of Finnish athletes' mental health : A qualitative study of how Finnish news websites portray Finnish elite athletes with mental health problems

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Sanni Kaski; [2018]
    Keywords : mental health problems; elite athletes; media representation; framing; narrative analysis;

    Abstract : Background: Since athletes are often perceived as unbreakable, their mental health problems might be bypassed or denigrated by their coach, peers or even by the media. However, athletes are as, if not more, susceptible to mental health problems as anyone else. READ MORE

  6. 25. “Every Body Has A Story” : A Multimodal Analysis on the Discursive Construction of the Athletic Form

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Simon Johansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Athletic form; gender; sports media; objectification; hyper sexualisation; discourse;

    Abstract : This study sought to examine how the prototypical male athletic form and the prototypical female athletic form are discursively constructed when a sports magazine has full control of what material to produce and publish. What makes up the ‘athletic form’ involves all the various traits and characteristics that are attached to the notion of what it means to be an athlete and what it means to have an athletic figure. READ MORE