Full metadata
Title
Stresses and distresses of professional Taiwanese tennis players and resources they use to cope
Description
Playing tennis professionally is a stressful profession. However, it has the potential to be even more stressful for players who must move from their home country in order to train. If not dealt with, these stresses have the potential of causing many negative outcomes, including increasing levels of distress, in these professional tennis players. It is known that resources play a role in reducing or buffering levels of stress and distress among individuals, but there are competing theories as to how this occurs. Using Ensel and Lin's models of stress processes, this is an exploratory study that identifies the stresses and distresses professional Taiwanese tennis players face and the resources they use to cope. Participants included in this study are professional Taiwanese tennis players (2 males and 2 females) who continuously attend national and international tennis competitions and have both domestic and world ranks. Results from the semi-structured interviews revealed that challenges, frustration, resources, and toughness were four general themes to describe stresses and distresses professional Taiwanese tennis players face and the resources they use to cope. Future research for professional tennis players is also discussed.
Date Created
2011
Contributors
- Hung, Wei-Hsia (Author)
- Rodriguez, Ariel (Thesis advisor)
- Chuang, Shu-Tzu (Committee member)
- Budruk, Megha (Committee member)
- Hager, Mark A. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
v, 50 p. : 2 ill., 1 col
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.14413
Statement of Responsibility
by Wei-Hsia Hung
Description Source
Viewed on September 13, 2012
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2011
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-42)
Field of study: Recreation and tourism studies
System Created
- 2012-08-24 06:11:30
System Modified
- 2021-08-30 01:49:31
- 3 years 2 months ago
Additional Formats