Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

by EllisCashmore (Author)

Synopsis

Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in its second 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: 2
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 23 May 2008

ISBN 10: 0415438667
ISBN 13: 9780415438667

Author Bio
Staffordshire University, UK