Advances in Sport Psychology

Thelma Horn

• 01 juli 2002
• 9780736032988

Samenvatting:

New edition of a text for professionals in the field and graduate students that presents current research and classic theories in the field of sport psychology. With an emphasis on future research directions, the 17 chapters by researchers and scholars provide introductory information (definitions, history, research paradigms and methodologies), individual difference factors that affect behavior in sport and physical activity contexts, factors in the social environment that impinge on participants' behaviors, and research and theory concerning selected intervention techniques that have been used to enhance performance or modify behavior. New chapters cover topics related to self-perceptions, moral reasoning levels, flow and peak performance, and athletic injury. Edited by Horn (Miami U.). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)