Gavin Breslin & John Kremer 
Understanding Sport Psychology [EPUB ebook] 

Sports Psychology is a popular area that has grown dramatically over the past few decades due to an increasing emphasis on the importance of psychology for athletic performance, engagement in exercise and in the business and industry of sport. This text is a concise, focussed overview of all the core concepts in sports psychology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Using key studies and evidence, this book explains and develops key topics, and acts as a springboard for further reading and debate. This is a stimulating and practical resource for sport and exercise students, sport coaches, and athletes alike, covering new developments within the field including: Social Identity Theory, Mental Health Awareness in Sport, Resilience and Mindfulness. With additional pedagogy including further reading, figures and diagrams to help visualise key theories, and case studies, Understanding Sport Psychology is essential reading for any student of sport psychology.

Зміст

1: INTRODUCING SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

1.1 The History of Sport Psychology

1.2 Practising Sport Psychology

1.3 Ethical Issues in Sport Psychology

1.4 Sport Psychology Organisations, Sources and Resources

2: ANXIETY AND STRESS IN SPORT

2.5 Stress, Anxiety and Arousal

2.6 Measuring Stress and Anxiety

2.7 Pre-performance Routines

2.8 Choking Under Pressure

2.9 Coping Strategies

3: MOTIVATION

3.10 Sport Participation: Motives and Correlates

3.11 Burnout and Drop-out

3.12 Goal Setting

3.13 Fear of Failure and Need to Achieve

3.14 Self-Determination Theory

3.15 Achievement Goal Theory

3.16 Self-Efficacy and Perceived Competence

4: COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN SPORT

4.17 Mental Imagery

4.18 Mental Practice

4.19 Attention and Concentration

4.20 Positive Self-Talk and Thought Control

4.21 Mental Toughness

5: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT

5.22 Team Cohesion

5.23 Team Building

5.24 Causal Attribution

5.25 Social Facilitation and Social Loafing

5.26 Leadership and Management

5.27 Effective Coaching Styles

5.28 Home Advantage

5.29 Aggression

5.30 Fans and Spectators

5.31 Social Identity Theory

6: MOTOR SKILLS

6.32 Motor Development

6.33 Expertise

6.34 Decision-Making

6.35 Practising Motor Skills

6.36 Analysis and Measurement of Motor Performance

7: SPORT, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING

7.37 Gender, Diversity and Inclusion

7.38 Overtraining and Exercise Addiction

7.39 Injury and Retirement

7.40 Mental Health Awareness in Sport

7.41 Mental Health Disorder in Sport

7.42 Resilience

7.43 Mindfulness and Wellbeing in Sport

Про автора

Stephen Shannon is a Lecturer in the School of Sport at Ulster University within the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, and holds a BSc (hons), Pg Dip, and Ph D from Ulster University, along with a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. In a research capacity, he conducts his research through the Sport and Exercise Research Institute and the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, and has published several peer-reviewed articles on mental health promotion within and through sport and physical activity. Additionally, Stephen has provided written evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Sport and Recreation, and has delivered and hosted conference symposiums in Ireland, the UK and Internationally. In a teaching and learning discipline, Stephen teaches on several undergraduate and postgraduate psychology, research methods and social science modules at Ulster. He is also Course Director for the BSc Sport, Physical Activity and Health, in addition to fulfilling an active supervisory role with MSc and Ph D student research projects.