Exploring Sport and Exercise Psychology

✍ Scribed by Britton W. Brewer (editor), Judith L. Van Raalte (editor)

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 565
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the field of sport and exercise psychology, including common interventions for performance enhancement and health and well-being. Recommendations are also provided for assessing, treating, and referring clients with psychopathology. Special populations include youth sport participants, college student-athletes, elite athletes, and culturally diverse groups.

The volume also discusses professional issues such as education, certification, and the unique ethical challenges of working in this area.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology
I Performance Enhancement
2 Comprehensive Sport Psychology Services
3 Goal Setting in Sport and Exercise: Research to Practice
4 Imagery Training for Peak Performance
5 Cognitive Strategies in Sport Psychology
6 Intensity Regulation and Sport Performance
7 Modeling: Is What You See, What You Get?
II Promoting Well-Being
8 Exercise Initiation, Adoption, and Maintenance in Adults: Theoretical Models and Empirical Support
9 Promotion of Physical Activity in Communities: Public Health Psychology of Physical Activity
10 Clinical Applications of Exercise Therapy for Mental Health
11 Counseling Interventions in Applied Sport Psychology
12 Teaching Life Skills Through Sport: Community-Based Programs to Enhance Adolescent Development
III Clinical Issues
13 Measurement in Sport and Exercise Psychology
14 Psychopathology in Sport and Exercise
15 Referral Processes in Sport Psychology
IV Working With Specific Populations
16 Psychological Interventions in Youth Sports
17 Helping Intercollegiate Athletes In and Out of Sport
18 Working With Elite Athletes
19 Diversity in Sport
V Professional Issues
20 Education for Sport and Exercise Psychology
21 Certification in Sport and Exercise Psychology
22 Incorporating Sport and Exercise Psychology
Into Clinical Practice
23 Ethics in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Index
About the Editors