370Thursday, April 10, 2008
11:00 AM-12:15 PMConvention Center:202C
Free Communication: Issues Surrounding Athletes and The Athletic Environment
This oral presentation session highlights the difficulties and challenges athletes presently face in the sport environment. Dietary habits, hazing, and athletes’ relationships with trainers represent some of the issues faced in today’s athletic realm.
Keyword(s): coaching, research, sport topics
Presider: Andy Gillentine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Speakers:
Weight Perceptions and Dieting Behaviors of College Athletes
Brenda Malinauskas1, Reginald Overton2 and Emily Thompson1, (1)East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, (2)Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
RC Grant Findings: Exploratory Investigation Into Athletes' Hazing Experiences
Jennifer J. Waldron and Christopher Kowalski, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Assessing Character During the Recruitment of Student Athletes
Shane L. Hudson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Factors Influencing Perceived Fit of Athletes Endorsing Women's Athletic Events
Janet S. Fink, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and George B. Cunningham, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Collegiate Athlete Comfort With Same- and Opposite-Sex Athletic Training Care
Jan L. Drummond1, Karen Hostetter2, Patricia L. Laguna3, Andy Gillentine4 and Gianluca Del Rossi4, (1)University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, (2)New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (3)California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, (4)University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

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