April 2002

EXERCISE: Psychological Benefits of Exercise

Published on: 1st April, 2002

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By Paul Schienberg, PhD
In today’s modern world, we often hear individuals who exercise make statements about how they feel better then they did before they started exercising. If you were to ask these people to clarify what “better” means, most people would focus on the physical benefits. There is no doubt that engaging [...]

Drugs & Sports: Drug Types

Published on: 1st April, 2002

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By Paul Schienberg, PhD
This article will review drugs sometimes used by athletes. Most sports officials’ voice a consistent negative attitude towards the use of performance enhancing and recreational drugs and have developed policies to ban their use. When violations have been discovered, however, punishment is randomly handed out. Some of the reasons behind this inconsistency [...]

Building a Sports Team

Published on: 1st April, 2002

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By Paul Schienberg, PhD
When children are born, they are usually thrust into a group called a family. Over the past forty years, the stability of this unit has proven to be more and more unreliable. By the time children reach their eighteenth birthday, the family, as originally constituted, no longer exists. Children often belong to [...]