Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology

✍ Scribed by Thelma S. Horn, Alan L. Smith

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 530
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The fourth edition of Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology retains the book’s sterling reputation in the field and provides advanced psychology students with a thorough examination and critical analysis of the current research in the psychology of physical activity. This revitalized text, known in its first three editions as Advances in Sport Psychology, uses a traditional textbook approach, appropriate for advanced classes, as opposed to an informal handbook style. Longtime editor and author Thelma Horn is joined by a new coeditor, Alan Smith, as well as new and returning contributors (55 in all), including many of the most prolific researchers and scholars in the field.

As the updated title indicates, this edition emphasizes exercise psychology constructs as well as sport psychology. The new edition highlights some of the career possibilities in health and wellness areas as well as some of the distinctions between sport and exercise psychology research. Further updates to this text include the following:

• Nine new and heavily referenced chapters, including Family Influences on Active Free Play and Youth Sport, Leadership in Physical Activity Contexts, and Youth Talent Development

• Refreshed theoretical and empirical data based on advances in the sport, exercise, and physical activity psychology field

• Expanded topics in exercise psychology, such as physical activity and mental health, physical activity and cognitive abilities, and health-based exercise motivation models

• Contemporary interest areas in sport psychology, such as perfectionism, passion, self-presentation concerns, stereotype threat, psychopathology issues in sport and exercise, positive youth development, sport talent development, and physical activity within specific populations

The reorganized text is divided into seven parts. Part I provides an overview of the field in the psychology of physical activity. Part II examines characteristics of people that can affect their behavior and psychosocial well-being in sport, exercise, and physical activity contexts. In part III, students learn about socioenvironmental factors that impinge on participants’ behavior and psychosocial well-being in sport and physical activity domains. Part IV explores psychological factors that can affect behavior and performance in sport and physical activity settings. In part V, students gain insights into the motivational models and theories regarding individuals’ behavior in sport, exercise, and physical activity contexts. Part VI discusses the links between sport, physical activity, exercise, and health. Part VII analyzes the concepts related to lifespan and developmental processes.

For instructors, Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology includes an image bank that houses nearly all the tables and figures from the book.

With its broad range of new and established content, its inclusion of exercise psychology constructs, and its addition of many new and bright voices, Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology maintains the standard of excellence set by its preceding editions.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Part I: Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology
Chapter 1: The Nature of Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity Psychology
Chapter 2: Research Approaches in the Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity Field
Chapter 3: Applied Sport and Exercise or Physical Activity Psychology
Part II: Individual Differences in Behavior
Chapter 4: Self-Perception in Sport and Exercise
Chapter 5: Self-Presentation Concerns in Physical Activity and Sport
Chapter 6: Perfectionism in Competitive Sport
Part III: Socioenvironmental Factors
Chapter 7: Family Influences on Active Free Play and Youth Sport
Chapter 8: Peers and Psychological Experiences in Physical Activity Settings
Chapter 9: Leadership in Physical Activity Contexts
Chapter 10: Group Dynamics in Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity Contexts
Part IV: Behavior and Performance
Chapter 11: Moral Behavior in Sport and Physical Activity
Chapter 12: Performance Anxiety, Arousal, and Coping in Sport
Chapter 13: Anticipation in Sport
Chapter 14: Exergames to Enhance Physical Activity and Performance
Part V: Motivated Behavior
Chapter 15: Achievement Goals in Sport and Physical Activity
Chapter 16: Self-Determination-Based Theories of Sport, Exercise, and Physical Activity Motivation
Chapter 17: Developmentally Based Perspectives on Motivated Behavior in Sport and Physical Activity Contexts
Chapter 18: Public Health Perspectives on Motivation and Behavior Change in Physical Activity
Part VI: Health
Chapter 19: Physical Activity and Mental Health in the Era of Evidence-Based Medicine
Chapter 20: Disability, Physical Activity, and Psychological Well-Being
Chapter 21: Sports Medicine Psychology
Chapter 22: Athlete Burnout in Competitive Sport
Chapter 23: Physical Activity and Self-Management of Chronic Disease
Part VII: Lifespan and Developmental Issues
Chapter 24: Physical Activity and Cognition
Chapter 25: Youth Talent Development in Sport
Chapter 26: Positive Youth Development Through Physical Activity
Index
Contributors
About the Editors
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