Dictionary of Sport Psychology
Sport, Exercise, and Performing Arts

An authoritative, balanced and comprehensive guide to all relevant terminology in the realm of sport and performance psychology

Dieter Hackfort (Edited by), Robert J. Schinke (Edited by), Bernd Strauss (Edited by)

9780128131503, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 7 February 2019

336 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.63 kg

Dictionary of Sport Psychology: Sport, Exercise, and Performing Arts is a comprehensive reference with hundreds of concise entries across sports, martial arts, exercise and fitness, performing arts and cultural sport psychology. This dictionary uses a global approach to cover philosophical and cultural backgrounds, theory, methodology, education and training and fields of application. Each entry includes phenomenon, subject description and definition, related theory and research, practice and application across sports and related performance domains. An authoritative, balanced and accessible presentation of the state-of-the-art in key subject areas, this dictionary is a must-have reference for anyone studying or practicing sport psychology.

Alphabetical List of Terms

Subject Areas: Geopolitics [JPSL], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH]