1st Edition
Psychological Perspectives in Youth Sports
Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Part I: Psychological Frontiers in Youth Sports 1. Sport and the Child: Conceptual and Research Perspectives Ronald E. Smith and Frank L. Smoll Part II: Participatory Patterns and Characteristics of Youth Athletes 2. Scope of Youth Sports Programs in the State of Michigan Vern D. Seefeldt, Thomas Gilliam, David Blievernicht and Russell Bruce 3. Age at Menarche and Family Characteristics of High School Athletes and Nonathletes Robert M. Malina and Karan A. H. Moss Part III: Impact of Sports on Psychosocial Development 4. Social Learning of Violence in Minor Hockey Michael D. Smith 5. Anxiety-Inducing Factors in Competitive Youth Sports Tara K. Scanlan and Michael W. Passer 6. Effects of Rewards on Changes in Children’s Motivation for an Athletic Task Jerry R. Thomas and L. Keith Tennant 7. Children’s Assignment of Responsibility for Winning and Losing Glyn C. Roberts 8. Coaching Behaviors in Little League Baseball Ronald E. Smith, Frank L. Smoll and Bill Curtis 9. Cooperative Games: Systematic Analysis and Cooperative Impact T. D. Orlick, Jane McNally and Tom O’Hara Part IV: Sport and the Handicapped Child 10. Adult Reactions to the Special Olympics G. Lawrence Rarick 11. Significant Others and Sport Socialization of the Handicapped Child John H. Lewko. Author Index. Subject Index.
Biography
Frank L Smoll, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington. His research focused on coaching behaviors in youth sports and on the psychological effects of competition on children and adolescents. He published more than 145 scientific articles and book chapters, and he is author/co-author of 25 books and manuals on children’s athletics. Professor Smoll is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and the National Academy of Kinesiology. He was the recipient of AASP’s 2002 Distinguished Professional Practice Award.
Ronald E. Smith
