PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Protective Factor, Endorphins, Somatosensory System
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Sport academy model provides a very different environment (people are identified by the sport they play because they"re seen as having extraordinary skills : they leave their families and homes to go and live at the sport academy, unique social environment every other person is likewise a unique and has the potential to become an elite athlete (there are some exceptions, take classes together by sport, also held to very very high academic standards. 3 groups athlete, de selected athlete (if they are not doing so well academically or athletically, then they can still stay at the school, but they don"t train), non athlete (no specific type of sport training or sport interest just students: the de selected athletes were children who chose to stay at the school even after being de selected, the children (athlete, de selected athlete, and non athlete) were matched by age and gender.
