Pressures on Youth in Sports

By Steven Ungerleider, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 10, Number 5, 2003, Pages 19-21, Item# A105-UNGERLEIDERB

Abstract:

The pressures on young athletes today, many of them brought on or exacerbated by parents, drive young athletes to attain perfection and win by any means necessary. For the young athlete, the challenges of learning how to balance schoolwork, social life, family time, and sports, not to mention other interests they might have, are far more intense and daunting today than they have ever been. This article explores the dangers involved for young athletes as they become involved in sports, including eating disorders and using performance enhancing drugs. Options and potential solutions are also explored, especially those undertaken by former Olympians.

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Resource Issue 2003

The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 10, Supplement, 2003

In addition to our regular quarterly issues we also publish an annual Resource Issue filled with supplemental material. This Resource Issue includes a Q & A on Teens and Grief, an interview about "Post-Traumatic Growth," and an article about the pressures on youth in sports. Website and book reviews round out the material.

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