Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts

TRAMA

Offers advice on the psychology of Sport and Exercise. This book includes entries, which cover terms such as: adherence; aggression; emotion; exercise; dependence; home; advantage; kinesiphobia; left-handedness; motivation; retirement; and, self-confidence.

NOTE EDITORE

Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in itssecond edition, Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts offers a highly accessible introduction to this fascinating subject, its central theories and state-of-the-art research. Over 300 alphabetically-ordered entries cover such diverse terms as: adherence aggression emotion exercise dependence home advantage kinesiphobia left-handedness motivation retirement self-confidence. Cross-referenced, with suggestions for further reading and a full index, this latest key guide contains invaluable advice on the psychology of sport and exercise. A comprehensive A-Z guide to a fast-moving field of inquiry, this book is an essential resource for scholars, coaches, trainers, journalists, competitors, exercisers; in fact anyone associated with sport and exercise.

SOMMARIO

Anorexia Nervosa. Extreme Sports. Fear of Failure. Giftedness. Group Orientation. Focus. Halo Effect. Integrated Regulation. Kinesthesia. Metacognition. Motor Reaction. Self-Actualization. Trans-Gender. Yerkes-Dodson Law. Weight-Control. Yoga

AUTORE

Ellis Cashmore

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415438650
• Collana: Routledge Key Guides
• Dimensioni: 8.5 x 5.5 in Ø 1.50 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 514
• Pagine Romane: xiv