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SELF-GENERATED COPING STRATEGIES AMONG MUSLIM ATHLETES DURING RAMADAN FASTING |
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Jolly Roy1, Ooi Cheong Hwa1, Rabindarjeet Singh2, Abdul Rashid Aziz3 and Chai Wen Jin1 |
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1National Sports Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia , Penang, Malaysia, 3Singapore Sports Institute, Singapore Sports Council, Singapore. |
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© Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2011) 10, 137 - 144 |
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| ABSTRACT | |||
| The study explored the self-generated coping strategies employed
by Muslim athletes from South East Asian region during the Ramadan fasting
month. Sixty-five National elite Muslim athletes responded to an open-ended
question on coping strategies employed during Ramadan fasting. Inductive
content analysis identified five general dimensions from 54 meaning units
which were abstracted into 14 first-order themes and 10 second order themes.
The general dimension included four problem-focused coping: training modifications,
dietary habits, psychological, rest and recovery, and one emotion-focused
coping i.e., self- control. The coping strategies employed were diverse
and dynamic in nature and no specific pattern was evident. The most frequently
employed strategies were associated with training and dietary habits. Emotion
focused coping was the least frequently used by the athletes.
Key words: Ramadan, training, competition, psychological coping, self-control, habit. |
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