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Whatever it Takes: In Pursuit of the Perfect 10

Keywords

• gymnastics

• perfectionism

• competition

• organized youth sports

• eating disorder

• hypercompetitive

• attention deficit disorder

• depression

• Olympian

• sacrifice

Resources

Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center (http://www.parkettes.com/)

Purdue expert helps Olympic gymnasts handle the competition (http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/9605.duda.html)

Sports Perfection: 'Just Do It' Right (http://my.webmd.com/content/article/59/66867.htm)

Female Elite Athletes at Risk for Depression, Anxiety (http://my.webmd.com/content/article/17/1676_50961.htm)

APA: Researcher Links Perfectionism in High Achievers with Depression and Suicide (http://www.apa.org/releases/perfect.html)

Perfectionism (http://www.counseling.swt.edu/perfectionism.htm)

Psychology Works for Perfectionism (http://www.cpa.ca/factsheets/perfectionism.htm)

Psychological Characteristics of U.S. Olympic Champions (http://www.tothenextlevel.org/docs/mental_skills/psych_character_champ.html)

AAASP: What is Sports Psychology (http://www.aaasponline.org/wisp.html#whatis)

Sports Psychology (http://www.mindtools.com/page11.html)

Sport Psychology Links (http://www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47/links.html)

Bookwire: Interview with Bob Bigelow (http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/MeettheAuthor/Interview_Bob_Bigelow.htm)

Sport Parent Code of Conduct (http://www.nyssf.org/sportparentcodeofconduct.html)

Sports Injuries (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportsinjuries.html)

The National Youth Sports Safety Foundation (http://www.nyssf.org/wframeset.html)

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