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Advances in sport psychology

Ranging from self-perceptions, moral reasoning levels, flow and peak performance and athletic injury, this guide also provides reviews on personality, motivation, anxiety and goal-setting in sports, and addresses research issues.
Print Book, English, c 2002
Human Kinetics, Champaign, Ill., c 2002
XIII, 562 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme ; 29 cm
9780736032988, 0736032983
248451980
Part 1 Introduction of sport psychology: the nature of sport psychology;; a critical analysis of knowledge construction in sport psychology. Part 2 Individual differences and sport behaviour; self-perceptions and sport behaviour; motivational orientations and sport behaviour; self-referent thought (cognitions) and sport behaviour; arousal-anxiety and sport behaviour; moral development in sport - theory, research and intevention. part 3 Socio-environmental issues, sociocultural issues and sport behaviour: group dynamics in sport; coaching effectiveness in the sport domain; gender and sport behaviour; socialisation processes and sport behav iour. Part 4 Psychological skills, intervention techiques and sport behaviour: the use of imagery in sport; attentional processes and athletic performance; the Jekyll/Hyde nature of goals; revisiting and updating goal-setting in sport; optimal experience in sport - a flow perspective; athletic injury and sport behaviour.