Freshly Printed - allow 10 days lead
Couldn't load pickup availability
Sport and Exercise Psychology Research
From Theory to Practice
This thorough reference offers a summary of new research in sport and exercise psychology from leading worldwide researchers. Encompassing theory, research, and applications, the book is split into several themed sections, and features input from award-winning researchers from the European Sport Psychology Association, along with top researchers from the U.S.
Markus Raab (Edited by), Paul Wylleman (Edited by), Roland Seiler (Edited by), Anne-Marie Elbe (Edited by), Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis (Edited by)
9780128036341, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 15 June 2016
522 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.1 cm, 1 kg
Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice provides a comprehensive summary of new research in sport and exercise psychology from worldwide researchers. Encompassing theory, research, and applications, the book is split into several themed sections. Section 1 discusses basic antecedents to performance including fitness, practice, emotion, team dynamics, and more. Section 2 identifies factors influencing individual performance. Section 3 discusses applied sport psychology for athletes and coaches, and section 4 includes approaches from exercise psychology on motivation and well-being. The book includes a mix of award winning researchers from the European Sport Psychology Association, along with top researchers from the U.S. to bring an international overview to sport psychology.
Chapter 1: European Perspective on Sport Psychology Section I: Prerequisites of Sport and Exercise Psychology Chapter 2: Importance of Instructions in Sport and Exercise Psychology Chapter 3: Benefits of Physical Activity and Fitness for Lifelong Cognitive and Motor Development—Brain and Behavior Chapter 4: Visual Perception and Motor Action: Issues in Current Quiet-Eye Research Chapter 5: Learning a Motor Action “From Within?: Insights Into Perceptual-Cognitive Changes With Mental and Physical Practice Chapter 6: Perspectives on Team Cognition and Team Sports Section II: Individual Differences in Sport and Exercise Psychology Chapter 7: Antecedents of Need Supportive and Controlling Interpersonal Styles From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective: A Review and Implications for Sport Psychology Research Chapter 8: Why Self-Talk Is Effective? Perspectives on Self-Talk Mechanisms in Sport Chapter 9: Personality-Trait-Like Individual Differences: Much More Than Noise in the Background for Sport and Exercise Psychology Chapter 10: Promoting Acculturation Through Sport: An Ethnic-Cultural Identity Approach Section III: Perspectives From Sport Psychology Chapter 11: Doing Sport Psychology? Critical Reflections of a Scientist-Practitioner Chapter 12: Theoretical Developments in Career Transition Research: Contributions of European Sport Psychology Chapter 13: Holistic Perspective on the Development of Elite Athletes Chapter 14: Serial Winning Coaches: People, Vision, and Environment Chapter 15: Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport: Implications for Sport Psychologists Chapter 16: Theory-Based Team Diagnostics and Interventions Section IV: Perspectives From Exercise Psychology Chapter 17: Empowering and Disempowering Coaching Climates: Conceptualization, Measurement Considerations, and Intervention Implications Chapter 18: Escape From Cognitivism: Exercise as Hedonic Experience Chapter 19: Coach Behaviors and Goal Motives as Predictors of Attainment and Well-Being in Sport Chapter 20: Health Assets and Active Lifestyles During Preadolescence and Adolescence: Highlights From the HBSC/WHO Health Survey and Implications for Health Promotion Chapter 21: Emotional Experiences and Interpersonal Relations in Physical Activity as Health Prevention and Treatment—A Psychodynamic Group Approach
Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]
