Giving everything for athletic success! – Sports-specific risk acceptance of elite adolescent athletes

Understanding the Paths to Appearance- and Performance-Enhancing Drug Use in Bodybuilding

“…They learn to control everything in their lives and give attention to nutrition, training, sex, sleeping, recovering, drugs, etc. Though it seems sometimes obsessional, similar to a perfectionist attitude, it is this same perfectionism that incites bodybuilders to take risks to be successful (Schnell et al, 2014). Although low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction seem to be a common background (Hildebrandt et al, 2006) that is shared with a significant part of the population, it is also important to understand the crucial role that the investment in bodybuilding plays in individuals’ behaviors and what bodybuilding means for them (Hauw and Bilard, 2017).…”

Self‐regulatory skills: Are they helpful in the prevention of overuse injuries in talented tennis players?

“…Contrary to our expectations, tennis players with higher reflection scores reported higher severity scores. In their goal to reach peak performance, athletes can be conflicted between protecting their health (to remain competitive), and increasing the risk of injury (by training to the limit) . The reflection scale measures the extent to which individuals are able to appraise what they have learned and adapt their past knowledge and experiences to improve performance (eg, “I often reappraise my experiences so I can learn from them”).…”

“…In their goal to reach peak performance, athletes can be conflicted between protecting their health (to remain competitive), and increasing the risk of injury (by training to the limit). 13,14 The reflection scale measures the extent to which individuals are able to appraise what they have learned and adapt their past knowledge and experiences to improve performance (eg, "I often reappraise my experiences so I can learn from them"). It is possible that the young players in the current study are mainly focused on short-term performance goals, because these goals are concrete and because they think performing at the elite level as a junior is essential in reaching the senior elite level.…”

“…12 In their goal to reach peak performance, athletes are often conflicted between protecting their health (to remain competitive) and pushing the limits of their bodies' capacities (to reach long-term performance goals). 13,14 This is even more of a problem in adolescent athletes, where the demands of their sport are superimposed on those of growth and maturation. 15 In this period, developmental cognitive processes lead to an increased tendency among adolescents to opt for short-term success, even if this leads to long-term (health) consequences.…”

Performance Orientation and Injury Among Military Cadets: The Mediating Role of Disinhibition

“…Similarly, football players with a strong internal locus of control sustained fewer injuries than others. A German study of 1138 young national squad members, age 14-18, representing all Olympic sports, found that specific personality traits were correlated with higher willingness to take physical risks and thus be exposed to injuries (Schnell et al, 2014). The study concluded that athletes who were extremely willing to take physical risks attached high importance to their sports environment and minor importance to their non-sports environment.…”