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A Survey of U.S. Olympic Coaches: Variables Perceived to Have Influenced Athlete Performances and Coach Effectiveness (open access)

A Survey of U.S. Olympic Coaches: Variables Perceived to Have Influenced Athlete Performances and Coach Effectiveness

This article discusses research on variables perceived to have influenced athlete performances and coach effectiveness.
Date: 2002
Creator: Gould, Daniel; Guinan, Diane; Greenleaf, Christy & Chung, Yongchul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of Youth Obesity Among Physical Educators (open access)

Perceptions of Youth Obesity Among Physical Educators

This article discusses perceptions of youth obesity among physical educators.
Date: 2005
Creator: Greenleaf, Christy & Abels, Karen Weiller
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Objectification Among Physically Active Women (open access)

Self-Objectification Among Physically Active Women

This article discusses self-objectification among physically active women.
Date: January 2005
Creator: Greenleaf, Christy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fighting Fat: How Do Fat Stereotypes Influence Beliefs About Physical Education (open access)

Fighting Fat: How Do Fat Stereotypes Influence Beliefs About Physical Education

Article discussing a study on how fat stereotypes influence beliefs about physical education.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Greenleaf, Christy; Martin, Scott B. & Rhea, Deborah J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Prevalence of Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Male Collegiate Athletes (open access)

Prevalence of Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Male Collegiate Athletes

This article discusses the prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors among male collegiate athletes.
Date: 2008
Creator: Petrie, Trent A.; Greenleaf, Christy; Reel, Justine J. & Carter, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physique Attitudes and Self-Presentational Concerns: Exploratory Interviews with Female Group Aerobic Exercisers and Instructors (open access)

Physique Attitudes and Self-Presentational Concerns: Exploratory Interviews with Female Group Aerobic Exercisers and Instructors

Article discussing physique attitudes and self-presentational concerns and exploratory interviews with female group aerobic exercisers and instructors.
Date: February 2006
Creator: Greenleaf, Christy; McGreer, Rosemary & Parham, Heather
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tidal Wave II, Community Colleges, and Student Financial Aid (open access)

Tidal Wave II, Community Colleges, and Student Financial Aid

Article examining the impact of "Tidal Wave II" (a bulge of high school graduates wanting access to higher education) on public community colleges for the five-year period from 2000-2001 to 2005-2006.
Date: 2007
Creator: Hardy, David E.; Katsinas, Stephen G. & Bush, V. Barbara
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study (open access)

Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study

Article discussing a cross-sectional survey study of Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices.
Date: November 14, 2005
Creator: Mas, Francisco G. Soto; Papenfuss, Richard L.; Jacobson, Holly E.; Hsu, Chiehwen Ed; Urrutia-Rojas, Ximena & Kane, William M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differential Growth Trajectories for Achievement Among Children Retained in First Grade: A Growth Mixture Model (open access)

Differential Growth Trajectories for Achievement Among Children Retained in First Grade: A Growth Mixture Model

Article discussing a growth mixture model and differential growth trajectories for achievement among children retained in first grade.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Chen, Qi; Hughes, Jan N. & Kwok, Oi-Man
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reduced Inflammatory and muscle damage biomarkers following oral supplementation with bioavailable curcumin (open access)

Reduced Inflammatory and muscle damage biomarkers following oral supplementation with bioavailable curcumin

This article seeks to determine the effects of oral curcumin supplementation on muscle and activities of daily living soreness, creatine kinase, and inflammatory cytokines following exercise-induced muscle damage.
Date: February 18, 2016
Creator: McFarlin, Brian K.; Venable, Adam S.; Henning, Andrea L.; Best Sampson, Jill N.; Pennel, Kathryn; Vingren, Jakob L. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes of Children's Motivation in Physical Education and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Perspective (open access)

Changes of Children's Motivation in Physical Education and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Perspective

This article attempts to examine the relationship between changes of children's motivation to changes in children's intention for future participation in physical education and physical activity over an academic year, guided by the expectancy-value model.
Date: August 8, 2016
Creator: Gu, Xiangli & Zhang, Tao
System: The UNT Digital Library
Validation of the Physical Education Teacher's Efficacy for Standards-Based Instruction (ESBI) Scale (open access)

Validation of the Physical Education Teacher's Efficacy for Standards-Based Instruction (ESBI) Scale

This article studies the validity and reliability of the Efficacy for Standards-Based Instruction (ESBI) scale, developed by the current investigators, and to compare the ESBI with two other self-efficacy scales that had been used in physical education.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Buns, Matthew T. & Thomas, Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bayesian Prior Choice in IRT Estimation Using MCMC and Variational Bayes (open access)

Bayesian Prior Choice in IRT Estimation Using MCMC and Variational Bayes

This study investigates the impact of three prior distributions: matched, standard vague, and hierarchical in Bayesian estimation parameter recovery in two and one parameter models.
Date: September 27, 2016
Creator: Natesan, Prathiba; Nandakumar, Ratna; Minka, Tom & Rubright, Jonathan D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children's Physical Activity Levels and Psychological Correlates in Interactive Dance Versus Aerobic Dance (open access)

Children's Physical Activity Levels and Psychological Correlates in Interactive Dance Versus Aerobic Dance

This article compares children's physical activity levels, self-efficacy, and enjoyment when experiencing dance-exergaming and aerobic dance in physical education.
Date: January 16, 2013
Creator: Gao, Zan; Zhang, Tao & Stodden, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Endothelial Markers during a Summer Ultra-Endurance Road Cycling Event in the Heat (open access)

Changes in Endothelial Markers during a Summer Ultra-Endurance Road Cycling Event in the Heat

This article assesses the impact of completing a 164 km road cycling event performed in a hot environment (Wichita Falls, Texas in August), on endothelial biomarkers and resultant risk of blood clots in men and women.
Date: August 22, 2016
Creator: Kupchak, B. R.; Kazman, J. B.; Umeda, E. A.; Vingren, Jakob L.; Lee, Elaine C.; Armstrong, Lawrence E. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Longitudinal trajectories of physical activity in women using latent class growth analysis: The WIN Study (open access)

Longitudinal trajectories of physical activity in women using latent class growth analysis: The WIN Study

This article discusses a study to examine the longitudinal trajectories in objectively measured physical activity (PA), to identify unknown (i.e., latent) subgroups with distinct trajectories, and to examine the correlates of latent subgroups among community dwelling women.
Date: April 21, 2015
Creator: Kim, Youngdeok; Kang, Minsoo; Tacón, Anna M. & Morrow, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Non-invasive Measures of Core Temperature versus Ingestible Thermistor during Exercise in the Heat (open access)

Non-invasive Measures of Core Temperature versus Ingestible Thermistor during Exercise in the Heat

This article discusses a study to cross-validate temporal, two tympanic devices, and oral devices compared to an ingestible thermistor during exercise in a hot, humid environment.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Fogt, Donovan L.; Henning, Andrea L.; Venable, Adam S. & McFarlin, Brian K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Better Health-Related Fitness in Youth: Implications for Public Health Guidelines (open access)

Better Health-Related Fitness in Youth: Implications for Public Health Guidelines

This article discusses the upcoming 2018 update to public health physical activity guidelines.
Date: April 4, 2017
Creator: Barton, Mitch; Jackson, Allen W.; Martin, Scott B.; Morrow, James R.; Petrie, Trent A. & Greenleaf, Christy
System: The UNT Digital Library
American-British Sporting Rivalries and the Making of the Global Sports Industry (open access)

American-British Sporting Rivalries and the Making of the Global Sports Industry

This article examines a key aspect of American sports history within a transnational context.
Date: January 31, 2017
Creator: Pope, Steven W. & Nauright, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Child Care Experiences Among Dual Language Learners in the United States: Analyses of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort (open access)

Child Care Experiences Among Dual Language Learners in the United States: Analyses of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort

This article uses nationally representative data from the Early Chlidhood Longitudinal Study--Birth Cohort used to examine child care experiences with repreated cross-sectional analysis at 9, 24, and 52 months for dual language learner and non-dual language learner children.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Espinosa, Linda M.; LaForett, Doré R.; Burchinal, Margaret; Burchinal, Margaret; Winsler, Adam; Tien, Hsiao-Chuan et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ignorance or Indifference? Seeking Excellence and Equity for Under-Represented Students of Color in Gifted Education (open access)

Ignorance or Indifference? Seeking Excellence and Equity for Under-Represented Students of Color in Gifted Education

This article discusses data on under-representation of students of color in gifted education programs in the U.S., along with contributing factors and recommendations.
Date: 2017
Creator: Wright, Brian L.; Ford, Donna Y. & Young, Jemimah L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meeting USDHHS Physical Activity Guidelines and Health Outcomes (open access)

Meeting USDHHS Physical Activity Guidelines and Health Outcomes

This article discusses relating health markers (blood pressure, percent fat, BMI, blood glucose, cholesterol, and cardiorespiratory fitness) to verify the dose response for physical activity guidelines revision.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Lauer, E. Earlynn; Jackson, Allen W.; Martin, Scott B. & Morrow, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Medical Costs of Obesity for Fifth Graders in California and Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Medical Costs of Obesity for Fifth Graders in California and Texas

This article uses data from FitnessGram® and previous studies to estimate the lifetime economic impact of childhood obesity for a single age cohort in the two most populous states: California and Texas.
Date: January 15, 2016
Creator: Levitt, Danielle E.; Jackson, Allen W. & Morrow, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Efficacy of Common Fit Indices for Enumerating Classes in Growth Mixture Models When Nested Data Structure is Ignored: A Monte Carlo Study (open access)

The Efficacy of Common Fit Indices for Enumerating Classes in Growth Mixture Models When Nested Data Structure is Ignored: A Monte Carlo Study

This article investigates whether the correct number of classes can still be retrieved when a higher level of nesting in multilevel growth mixture model (MGMM) is ignored.
Date: March 30, 2017
Creator: Chen, Qi; Luo, Wen; Palardy, Gregory J.; Glaman, Ryan & McEnturff, Amber
System: The UNT Digital Library