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Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice

Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice

by Markus Raab (Editor), Markus Raab (Editor), Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis (Series Editor), Anne-Marie Elbe (Series Editor), Roland Seiler (Series Editor), Dr. Paul Wylleman (Series Editor)

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Synopsis

Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice provides a comprehensive summary of new research in sport and exercise psychology from worldwide researchers. Encompassing theory, research, and applications, the book is split into several themed sections. Section 1 discusses basic antecedents to performance including fitness, practice, emotion, team dynamics, and more. Section 2 identifies factors influencing individual performance. Section 3 discusses applied sport psychology for athletes and coaches, and section 4 includes approaches from exercise psychology on motivation and well-being. The book includes a mix of award winning researchers from the European Sport Psychology Association, along with top researchers from the U.S. to bring an international overview to sport psychology.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 522
 Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 15 Jul 2016
ISBN 10: 0128036346
ISBN 13: 9780128036341
Book Overview: This thorough reference offers a summary of new research in sport and exercise psychology from leading worldwide researchers. Encompassing theory, research, and applications, the book is split into several themed sections, and features input from award-winning researchers from the European Sport Psychology Association, along with top researchers from the U.S.

Author Bio
Professor Markus Raab (GSU) is Head of the Institute of Psychology at the German Sport University and Head of the Performance Psychology Department. Additionally, he is Research Professor of Psychology at London South Bank University, UK. The main focus of the research programme in performance psychology is on judgement and decision making in sports, health and peak performance. He favours a simple heuristic approach and an embodied cognition approach to understanding the interaction of sensorimotor and cognitive behaviour from a psychological perspective. Prof. Raab has about 80 scientific publications in well to highly ranked journals, was awarded by European and international scientific associations and has supervised 10 PhDs in graduate schools or in individual supervision.