• Poor cardiorespiratory fitness in first year medical students at a South African University 

  Borresen, Jill; Celie, Bert; Laubscher, Ria; Bac, Martin; Wood, Paola; Camacho, Tanya Chantelle de Sousa; Nolte, Kim; Schwellnus, Marianne; Basu, Debashis; Schwellnus, Martin Peter (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  The personal health behaviours, including physical activity, of healthcare professionals influence their counselling practices as they relate to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, despite the importance of producing ...
• The ego phenomenon and the doping problem in sport : a historical conceptual analysis 

  Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Nolte, Kim (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2021-11-10)

  The concept of ego has various meanings in the field of psychology, depending on the paradigmatic and theoretical framework point of departure. The ego phenomenon as operationalized and measured in the theoretical framework ...
• Skills development or talent identification? An exploration of sport development initiatives in three previously disadvantaged communities in Tshwane, South Africa 

  Botha, Janine; Van der Klashorst, Engela (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2020)

  The development of skilled athletes and players is an important step towards creating a winning sporting nation. Even though there are a variety of approaches that can be used to develop the sport skills of young athletes, ...
• Physical education in Gauteng schools, South Africa : a case study 

  Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth) (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2020-12)

  The global survival and revitalization of physical education (PE) in schools have been the priority of experts and lobbyists for decades. On the African continent, especially, efforts to reawaken PE escalated in the ...
• Twitter as barometer of public opinion on the female athlete : the case of Caster Semenya 

  Van der Klashorst, Engela; Safarikova, Simona (LAM Publications Limited, 2018-12)

  Twitter is a social platform that has become well-known for the controversial opinions posted by politicians and celebrities. Caster Semenya became an overnight topic on Twitter with an overwhelming number of people posting ...
• Essential competencies in contemporary applied sport psychology : comparative perspectives from South Africa and the United Kingdom 

  Jooste, J.; Kruger, A.; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Edwards, D.J. (LAM Publications Limited, 2016-03)

  Investigation of essential competencies in present-day sport psychology practice is critical to keeping the training, education and regulation standards of applied sport psychology (ASP) practitioners at the forefront ...
• A comparison between skinfold callipers and ultrasound imaging for assessing body composition in recreationally active students 

  Nolte, Kim; Nolte, Heinrich W.; Van der Merwe, Reon A.; Van der meulen, Julia; Helena, Cindy A. (Ergonomics Society of South Africa, 2016)

  The measurement of skinfold thickness by means of skinfold callipers (SC) is a widely accepted method to assess subcutaneous fat thickness and percentage body fat (%BF). Ultrasound imaging (USI) is a more recent technology ...
• Mindfulness : a foothold for Rogers's humanistic person-centred approach 

  Jooste, Julius; Kruger, Ankebé; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Edwards, David John (Routledge, 2015-11)

  This article probed and contextualised the strong parallels between meditation derived mindfulness and Rogers’s humanistic person-centred (PC) approach. This was done through a conceptual and evaluative literature review ...
• Formative reflections of university recreation science students in South Africa as catalyst for an adapted service-learning program 

  Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth); Van der Klashorst, Engela; Kluka, Darlene Ann; Van Wyk, Johannes G.U. (The Australian Association of Adult and Community, 2016-04)

  Community-university partnerships through service-learning have progressively developed as part of institutions of higher education’s mission statements. This paper explores the qualitative reflections of 410 undergraduate ...
• Physical, anthropometric and physiological profiles of experienced junior male and female South African Taekwondo athletes 

  Mathunjwa, M.L.; Mugandani, S.C.; Ngcobo, M.; Djarova-Daniels, T.; Ivanov, S. (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-12-31)

  The research was aimed at identifying the anthropometric, physical and physiological characteristics of junior Taekwondo athletes to achieve an international status. Data were collected from 25 males and 11 females aged ...
• Management capacity at sport and recreation facilities on local government level 

  Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth); Sere, M.G.O.; Kluka, Darlene Ann (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-12)

  The mandate of public local government is to provide services to constituents to improve overall quality of life. Local governments are increasingly pressured to provide services that reflect value for taxpayers' money and ...
• A cross-over from sport psychology to the psychology of music : an intervention study on undergraduate music students 

  Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Steyn, Margaretha Helena; Maree, David J.F.; Panebianco-Warrens, Clorinda Rosanna (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2015-06)

  The primary aim of this research was to evaluate whether the cross-over from Sport Psychology to the Psychology of Music in terms of the knowledge base, intervention Psychological Skills Training (PST) protocols and ...
• Exploring public recreation service delivery under two political ideologies in South Africa - 1948-2006 

  Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth); Kluka, Darlene Ann (South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 2015)

  This study aimed to explore the provision of public recreation to the citizens of South Africa under two distinct political ideologies of ‘Apartheid’ and the current democratic political system. Results from this qualitative ...
• The correlation between the health-related fitness of healthy participants measured at home as opposed to fitness measured by sport scientists in a laboratory 

  Grant, C.C. (Catharina Cornelia); Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina; Pepper, Michael Sean; Du Toit, Peet J.; Wood, Paola Silvia; Ker, James A.; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Grobbelaar, C.W. (Craig); Nolte, Kim; Fletcher, F.; Grant, T.C. (Thelani) (Medpharm Publications, 2014)

  BACKGROUND : Fitness is defined in the health context as a state of good health or physical condition, primarily as a result of exercise and proper nutrition. Conventional methods of measuring fitness are expensive, time ...
• An argument for the struggles to de-racialise South African sport : the Olympic movement's response, 1896-1946 

  Nongogo, P.; Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth); Van Wyk, Johannes G.U. (AJPHERD (South Africa), 2014-12)

  This historical review examines the background to the struggles against inequality, discrimination and the fight to deracialise South African sport. South Africa has a long history of racial discrimination. The struggles ...
• African musical rhythm : an overlooked factor in East Africa's middle and long distance running success? 

  Van der Klashorst, Engela; Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth) (Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014-12)

  This review article presents the contribution of rhythm as socio-cultural contributor to the dominance of East-African distance athletes. It aimed to qualitatively review similarities between growing up in music, bodily ...
• The incidence of chronic low back pain on employment status in working adults in South Africa 

  Billson, John Henry; Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst) (Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA), 2014)

  Low back pain has become one of the most influential musculoskeletal disorders of modern society. Exercise has been shown to be very effective in the treatment of chronic low back pain. The goal of the study was to test ...
• Women and sport leadership : perceptions of Malawi women educated in sport business leadership 

  Goslin, Anneliese E. (Anna Elizabeth); Kluka, Darlene Ann (Southern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreation, 2014)

  Traditional beliefs, cultural expectations and attitudes regarding the position of women in society still exist in the sub-Saharan African patrimonial society. Gender inequality in Africa’s regional and national sport ...
• Standardisation of Bull's mental skills questionnaire in South Africa and the United Kingdom 

  Edwards, David John; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Buscombe, Richard M.; Edwards, Stephen D.; Denyer, Philip; Grobbelaar, Heinrich W. (Southern African Alliance for Sport Science, Physical Education and Recreation, 2014)

  The contemporary science of sport and exercise psychology requires the standardisation of mental skills questionnaires to facilitate accurate assessment of and intervention for individuals and groups in various health and ...
• Doping in sport : attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of competitive high-school athletes in Gauteng Province 

  Nolte, Kim; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus); Kruger, P.E. (Pieter Ernst); Fletcher, Lizelle (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014)

  OBJECTIVE. To determine the attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of talented young athletes residing in Gauteng regarding prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) and anti-doping rules and regulations. METHODS. This was ...

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