Title | Contextual and Personal Predictors of Coping with Anger in Junior Tennis Players |
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Language | English |
File Size | 1.1 MB |
Total Pages | 102 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Statement of the Problem Purposes of the Study Significance of the Study REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Conceptual and Theoretical Issues on Anger in Sport Theories of Anger Anger and Performance Sociocultural Theory Humanistic Theory Behavioral Theory Social Learning Theory Cognitive-behavioral Theory on Anger The Transactional Process Model of Stress and Coping Cognitive Appraisal Individual Differences in Stress and Coping Measurement of Anger Measurement of Coping Stress and Coping in Sport Stress and Coping of Adolescents Stress and Coping of Adolescent Athletes The Role of Anger and Coping with Anger in Sport/Tennis Hypotheses METHODS Participants Measures Adolescent Anger Rating Scale Causal Dimension Scale Coping Function Questionnaire Number of Anger Outbursts Procedure Data Analysis RESULTS Descriptive Statistics Reliability of Measures Hypothesis 1: Bivariate Correlations Hypotheses 2 and 3: High vs. Low Trait Anger Athletes Hypothesis 3: Gender Differences DISCUSSION Hypothesis 1: Bivariate Correlations Hypothesis 2: Coping Differences Between High versus Low Ang Hypothesis 3: Gender Differences Study Limitations and Future Research Directions Applied Implications INSTITUTUIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL SURVEY PACKET LIST OF REFERENCES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH