Overview

This is the first book dedicated exclusively to coping in sporting contexts. Edited by Adam R. Nicholls, a scholar whom has published extensively in the coping literatures, this book includes contributions from 26 leading international researchers including Yuri Hanin, Robert Grove, Peter Crocker, Deborah Feltz, and Patrick Gaudreau. This book covers information on a range of topics in relation to coping such as: Conceptualizing Coping; Methodological Issues; Coping & Moderating Variables such as Gender, Age & Ethnicity; Coping Effectiveness; Future Orientated Aspects of Coping. Coping is related to a variety of other psychological constructs, which can be very diverse in nature. As such, a number of constructs that are related to coping are also discussed in this book: Personality & Mental Toughness; Anxiety; Self-Determination; Achievement Goals; Self-Concept & Self-Esteem; Choking.

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Author:   Adam R Nicholls
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.732kg
ISBN:  

9781608764884

ISBN 10:   1608764885
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   05 May 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Coping Conceptualized & Unraveled; Coping Across Time, Situations, & Contexts: A Conceptual & Methodological Overview of its Stability, Consistency, & Change; Traditional & New Methods of Assessing Coping in Sport; Coping: Research Designs & Analysis Issues; Gender & Coping in Sport: Do Male & Female Athletes Cope Differently?; Athletes' Coping Across the Lifespan; Cultural Differences in Coping with Stress in Sport: Theory & Practice; Personality & Coping in Sport: The Big Five & Mental Toughness; Coping with Anxiety in Sport; Coping & Self-Determination in Sport: Underlying Mechanisms & Empirical Evidence; Achievement Goals & Coping in Sport; Coping, Self Concept, & Self-esteem; Choking Under Pressure as Self-Destructive Behavior; Effective versus Ineffective Coping in Sport; Coping Self-efficay in Sport; Future-Oriented Approaches to Coping; Index.

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