Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts - The Key Concepts

Informationen zum Autor Ellis Cashmore Klappentext 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: adherenceaggression emotion exercise dependencehome advantage kinesiphobia left-handednessmotivationretirementself-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. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts offers an updated and expanded A-Z guide to the vocabulary of sport and exercise psychology, to its central theories and most important avenues of research, and to its application in sports performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Autori: Ellis Cashmore, Ellis (Ashton University Cashmore, Ellis (Aston University Cashmore, Ellis (Professor) Cashmore, Ellis (Staffordshire University Cashmore, Ernest Cashmore, Professor Ellis Cashmore, Cashmore Ellis
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.05.2008
• EAN: 9780415438650
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43865-0
• Pagine: 514
• Serie: Routledge Key Guides; Routledge Key Guides
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie, manuali, annuari, storia; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione