Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts

Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts
English | 528 pages | ASIN: B001PDW7EI | PDF | 3.1 MB

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.