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.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • 2003 Readers' Survey, Pages 14-15
- • From the Inside: Yellowwood, Pages 8-9
- • Post-Traumatic Growth -- Understanding a New Field of Research: An Interview with Dr. Mark Chesler, Pages 10-12
- • Pressures on Youth in Sports, Pages 19-21
- • Teens & Grief Q&A, Pages 3-4
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