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July 2014 Article Archives

Disordered Eating in Athletes: Understanding the Basics and What We Can Do About It

By Dana K. Voelker
Published July 31, 2014

Disordered eating encompasses a wide range of problematic eating attitudes, behaviors and body image distortions that adversely impact physical and psychological health. Unfortunately, student-…

How Sport Psychology Can Work for You: Lessons from NCAA Athletic Administrators

By Ian Connole
Published July 31, 2014

Where high performance sports exist, psychological demands and athletes’ abilities to cope with them are often the unseen elements influencing performance1. Enhancing performance through…

NCAA Swimmer Develops Mental Skills That Carry Her Beyond Olympic Medal

By The Association for Applied Sport Psychology Public Relations Office
Published July 31, 2014

Western Kentucky University graduate Claire Donahue set many records as a swimmer for her NCAA Division I school. Today she is a member of the USA Swimming team competing internationally, as well as…

Sport Fandom and the NCAA Athlete

By Frederick G. Grieve
Published July 31, 2014

They come in all shapes and sizes, from the little tyke who is dressed in the University of Kentucky outfit coming home from the hospital days after birth; to the twenty-year-old walking around in…