Although social psychology has been traditionally focused on interpersonal relationships,
the cognitive revolution in psychology has had the effect of refocusing some social …

OBJECTIVES: To systematically review and evaluate the literature on the effectiveness of
coach education interventions. Specifically, we aimed to:(a) describe the non-formal coach …

This article analyzes the development of initiative as an exemplar of one of many learning
experiences that should be studied as part of positive youth development. The capacity for …

Established as the foremost textbook on communication, the seventh edition of Owen
Hargie's Skilled Interpersonal Communication is thoroughly revised and updated with the …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

Research in the coaching effectiveness area has been conducted under the general
assumption that coaches exert a large influence not only on the performance and behavior …

Although there is considerable interest in the use of sport as a vehicle to promote
psychosocial development in youth, little is known about the specific content or …

An expert system approach (Buchanan et al., 1983) was used to identify and conceptualize
the knowledge of 17 Canadian expert high-performance gymnastic coaches. The …

The mastery approach to coaching is a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to
promote a mastery-involving motivational climate, shown in previous research to be related …

Some of these categories are reactive in that they are responses to immediately preceding
player/team behaviors, such as desirable performances, mistakes, or misbehaviors. Other …