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Sport psychology : concepts and applications / Richard H. Cox.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The McGraw-Hill companies | McGraw-Hill connect learn succeedPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2012.Edition: 7th ed., International edDescription: xii, 564 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780071086226 (pbk.) :
  • 9780071086226
  • 0071086226
  • 0071106421
  • 9780071106429
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.01 COX
LOC classification:
  • GV706.4 .C49 2012
Contents:
Foundations of sport psychology -- 1.Sport psychology: a discipline and profession -- 2.Personality as a core characteristic of the individual -- Motivation in sport and exercise -- 3.Self-confidence and intrinsic motivation -- 4.Goal perspective theory --5.Youth sports -- Effects of attention, emotion and mood on performance -- 7.Anxiety, stress, and mood relationships -- 8.Alternative to inverted-U theory -- Cognitive and behavioral interventions -- 10.Goal setting in sport -- 11.Imagery and hypnosis iin sport -- 12.Psychological skills training -- Social psychology of sport -- 13.Aggression and violence in sport -- 14.Audience and self-preservation effects in sport -- 15.Team cohesion in sport -- 16.Leadership and communication in sport -- Psychobiology of sport and exercise -- 18.Exercise psychology -- 18.The psychology of athletic injuries and career termination -- 19.Negative aspects of sport and exercise.
Summary: This edition provides revised coverage of important topics such as exercise behaviour, social physique, eating disorders and drug abuse, as well as new coverage of humanistic theory, and issues related to the psychology of optimal experience.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 796.01 COX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 223112

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations of sport psychology -- 1.Sport psychology: a discipline and profession -- 2.Personality as a core characteristic of the individual -- Motivation in sport and exercise -- 3.Self-confidence and intrinsic motivation -- 4.Goal perspective theory --5.Youth sports -- Effects of attention, emotion and mood on performance -- 7.Anxiety, stress, and mood relationships -- 8.Alternative to inverted-U theory -- Cognitive and behavioral interventions -- 10.Goal setting in sport -- 11.Imagery and hypnosis iin sport -- 12.Psychological skills training -- Social psychology of sport -- 13.Aggression and violence in sport -- 14.Audience and self-preservation effects in sport -- 15.Team cohesion in sport -- 16.Leadership and communication in sport -- Psychobiology of sport and exercise -- 18.Exercise psychology -- 18.The psychology of athletic injuries and career termination -- 19.Negative aspects of sport and exercise.

This edition provides revised coverage of important topics such as exercise behaviour, social physique, eating disorders and drug abuse, as well as new coverage of humanistic theory, and issues related to the psychology of optimal experience.

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