Overview

Sport psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviours in sport contexts and the practical application of that knowledge. Sport psychologists identify principles and guidelines that professionals can use to help adults and children participate in and benefit from sport and exercise activities in both team and individual environments. Sport psychologists have two objectives in mind: (a) to understand how psychological factors affect an individual's physical performance and (b) to understand how participation in sport and exercise affects a person's psychological development, health and well-being. This important book gathers the latest research from around the globe in the study of this dynamic field and highlights such topics as: gender role conflict among female rugby players, stress in young athletes, sport and spirituality, supplementation in bodybuilding, performing under pressure, measuring sport spectators' coping strategies, and others.

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Author:   Calvin H Chang
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9781607412564

ISBN 10:   160741256
Pages:   462
Publication Date:   21 May 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Attributional Processes Before, During & After Competitions: A Qualitative Analysis Approach to Understand Explanatory Style Starting from Athletes Words; Gender Role Conflict among Female Rugby Players: Gender Role Expectations, Observations of Conflict, & Coping Strategies; Addiction to Exercise: A Symptom or a Disorder?; Stress in Young Athletes: Time for a Developmental Analysis?; Sport & Spirituality: A Review of the Literature; Coping in Competitive Sport Settings; Supplementation in Bodybuilding: Pseudoscience, Marketing & Muscle Dysmorphia; The Importance of Interpersonal Style in Competitive Sport: A Self-Determination Theory Approach; Performing under Pressure: Attentional Control & the Suppression of Vision in Basketball Free-Throw Shooting; Self-Regulation, Training & Performance; Athlete Performance, Coping & Anxiety: Clinical Issues for the Consultant; Therapeutic Value of Sport for Children with Disabilities; Stress & Coping Among Youth Sport Parents; Effects of A One-Week Planned Period of Overreaching Training in Experienced Weightlifters; Measuring Sport Spectators Coping Strategies: Preliminary Validation of the Sport Spectator Identity Management (SSIM) Scale; Virtual Reality for Research & Training in Sport: an Illustration with CoPeFoot; The Role of Physical Activity in the Treatment & Prevention of Anxiety & Depression in Children: An Overview; Subjective Sleep Quality & State Anxiety of High-School Students Prior to a Final Sport Exam; Salivary Cortisol & Mood Reductions in an Olympic Athlete Using Cognitive-Behavioral Methods; Coping, Performance, & Anxiety Sport Psychology Research: Some Thoughts on Methods; Index.

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