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The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress

The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of stress and coping strategies among university athletes. Fifteen athletes from a selected university Rugby Sport of Excellence Program in Malaysia aged between18 to 23 years old agreed to participate in this study. Starting from the top level, o...

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Main Authors: Omar-Fauzee M. S., Don Yahya, Samad Norinda, Abdullah Nagoor Meera, Parnabas Vincent, Mohd Nizam Nazarudin, Geok, Soh Kim
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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BF Psychology
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18659/1/The%20Student%20athletes%20coping.pdf
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spelling my.ums.eprints.186592018-02-18T11:53:56Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18659/ The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress Omar-Fauzee M. S. Don Yahya Samad Norinda Abdullah Nagoor Meera Parnabas Vincent Mohd Nizam Nazarudin Geok, Soh Kim BF Psychology The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of stress and coping strategies among university athletes. Fifteen athletes from a selected university Rugby Sport of Excellence Program in Malaysia aged between18 to 23 years old agreed to participate in this study. Starting from the top level, only 7% of the players have the experience playing at national level, a majority of 60% of them have the experience playing at the state level, 20% at the district level while 13% of the players only play at school level. Qualitative methodology was utilized in this investigation and the interview transcript was analyzed inductively. The results show four sources of stress: feeling nervous before the game, injuries, disruption from the audience and personal problems. Whereas, there are five coping strategies: social support, positive self-talk, mind set, remembering previous success and physical preparation. Recommendations were also suggested in the paper. 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18659/1/The%20Student%20athletes%20coping.pdf Omar-Fauzee M. S. and Don Yahya and Samad Norinda and Abdullah Nagoor Meera and Parnabas Vincent and Mohd Nizam Nazarudin and Geok, Soh Kim (2014) The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress. International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences., 4 (3). pp. 386-405.
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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topic BF Psychology
spellingShingle BF Psychology
Omar-Fauzee M. S.
Don Yahya
Samad Norinda
Abdullah Nagoor Meera
Parnabas Vincent
Mohd Nizam Nazarudin
Geok, Soh Kim
The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
description The purpose of this study was to examine the sources of stress and coping strategies among university athletes. Fifteen athletes from a selected university Rugby Sport of Excellence Program in Malaysia aged between18 to 23 years old agreed to participate in this study. Starting from the top level, only 7% of the players have the experience playing at national level, a majority of 60% of them have the experience playing at the state level, 20% at the district level while 13% of the players only play at school level. Qualitative methodology was utilized in this investigation and the interview transcript was analyzed inductively. The results show four sources of stress: feeling nervous before the game, injuries, disruption from the audience and personal problems. Whereas, there are five coping strategies: social support, positive self-talk, mind set, remembering previous success and physical preparation. Recommendations were also suggested in the paper.
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author Omar-Fauzee M. S.
Don Yahya
Samad Norinda
Abdullah Nagoor Meera
Parnabas Vincent
Mohd Nizam Nazarudin
Geok, Soh Kim
author_facet Omar-Fauzee M. S.
Don Yahya
Samad Norinda
Abdullah Nagoor Meera
Parnabas Vincent
Mohd Nizam Nazarudin
Geok, Soh Kim
author_sort Omar-Fauzee M. S.
title The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
title_short The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
title_full The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
title_fullStr The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
title_full_unstemmed The student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
title_sort student-athletes coping strategy and sources of stress
publishDate 2014
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/18659/1/The%20Student%20athletes%20coping.pdf
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