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Achievement goals and self-talk in physical education: The moderating role of perceived competence
(2014)Self-talk plays a key role in performance and self-regulation. One of the antecedents that may influence individual's self-talk are achievement goal orientations. Three studies of 628, 313 and 1,169 participants were ... -
Affecting factors in second language learning
(2005)The present study investigated the influence of sex, handedness, level in second language (L2) and Faculty choice on the performance of phonological, syntactical and semantic tasks in L2. Level in L2 and sex were the most ... -
Attentional focus training program and soccer skills
(2004)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an attentional focus training program (AFTP) on improvement in soccer ability of young male soccer players at two age levels. The subjects for the study (N=40) ... -
Body composition characteristics of elite male basketball players
(2005)Understanding the components of the physique and body of basketball players is important for better monitoring of training and diet programs. Therefore the purpose of this study was to examine the body composition ... -
Children's developing ability to depict emotions in their drawings
(2006)55 children aged 5 to 9 years were asked to draw pictures depicting happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, and fear as well as pictures that did not express any emotion. These pictures were then scored by nonexpert adults ... -
Cognitive status in Down syndrome individuals with sleep disordered breathing deficits (SDB)
(2002)Twelve subjects with Down syndrome underwent polysomnographic studies during night sleep and performed the Mini-Mental state test and the Raven Progressive Matrices (RPM), sets A, B, and B-1. Sleep-disordered breathing ... -
A cognitive-behavioral intervention program for students with special reading disabilities
(2004)Interaction among cognitive, meta-cognitive, and emotional factors seems to play a determining part in achievement behavior and especially in scholastic performance. In this study some preliminary results are presented of ... -
Conceptual Competence as a Component of Second Language Fluency
(2009)In this article we argue that conceptual competence should be seen as a component of second language (L2) communicative competence. Abstract concepts are highly expressed by means of metaphors, metonymies, idioms and other ... -
Construct validity of the self-assessment evaluation form for the olympic education training program in Greece
(2004)The Professional Development Evaluation Form, developed to evaluate training of physical education teachers for the Olympic education program in Greece, was administered to 438 physical educators (205 men and 233 women; M ... -
Development of aerobic power in elite middle, long distance and marathon runners
(2004)The purpose of the present study is to investigate the methods that the Spanish coaches follow in order to improve the aerobic power of their middle, long distance and marathon runners. Twenty-six Spanish coaches took part ... -
A developmental study of handedness in Down syndrome pupils
(1999)Assessed hand preference in 7- to 9-yr.-old and 13- to 15-yr.-old pupils with Down syndrome (n = 41) was compared with control schoolchildren (n = 50) of the same ages. A significant increase in left-handedness and ... -
Drawing performance in children with special learning difficulties
(1998)The present study examined drawings on 5 tasks of 45 dyslexic and 45 nondyslexic children aged 6-9 pears old. Children who show low performance in written language and phonological awareness are also expected to get low ... -
Drawing performance in prediction of special learning difficulties of kindergarten children
(2001)Recent experimental studies indicate the importance of drawing process in determining the final shape of the drawn product. Emphasis has been given on short-term and working memory, visual perception, visuospatial encoding, ... -
The effect of visual and kinesthetic feedback on the performance of a static balance task in rhythmic gymnastics
(2001)The purpose of this study was to examine the role of kinesthetic or visual plus kinesthetic feedback in the performance of a complex static balance in rhythmic gymnastics. Thirty-six female P.E. students between the ages ... -
Exercise prescribed in general practitioner referral schemes: A case study
(2006)Exercise programmes aim to promote weight loss as well as the health benefits stemming from physical activity. This article seeks to identify and evaluate the type of exercise prescribed for clients referred to three ... -
Exercise-induced oxidative damage in a person with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
(2004)The purpose of this case study was to examine the effects of a single submaximal aerobic workout on the extent of oxidative stress biomarkers in blood in a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) ... -
Factors related to the incidence and severity of injuries in team handball
(2005)The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and severity of injury in Greek team handball and to correlate the endogenous factors, the type of exercise, and the environment of team handball with the injuries of ... -
Feedback regarding goal achievement and intrinsic motivation
(2000)The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of feedback for achievement of a goal on intrinsic motivation. Analysis showed that positive feedback enhanced perceptions of competence while negative feedback lowered ... -
Graphic indicators of pedagogic style in Greek children's drawings
(2003)311 Greek children's drawings of classroom life were employed to investigate the diagnostic validity of this measure in identifying teachers' pedagogic style. The sample was divided into three age groups, 6-, 8-, and 10-yr. ... -
GROSS MOTOR ABILITY OF NATIVE GREEK, ROMA, AND ROMA IMMIGRANT SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN GREECE
(2011)The purpose of this study was to estimate and compare gross motor ability of children aged 7 to 10 years, all from Roma minority families (Romas, Roma immigrants) and families of indigenous Greeks. The sample consisted of ...