Motivation And Emotion In Spor [Hardcover]

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Key Elements in Reversal Theory; Chapter 3 Into Sport: Aspects of Part Icipation and Preference; Chapter 4 Skating on Thin Ice: The Special Attraction of Dangerous Sports; Chapter 5 We are the Champions!: Winning and Losing in Sport; Chapter 6 Up for the Match? Experiencing Arousal and Emotion in Sport; Chapter 7 Get Your Retaliation in First: Aggression and Violence in Team Contact Sports; Chapter 8 The Feel Good Factor: Sport, Exercise, and Psychological Well-being; Chapter 9 Over the Top?: Stress in Competitive Sports; Chapter 10 Rethinking the Script: Future Directions in Reversal Theory Sports Research and Practice; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; TELIC DOMINANCE SCALE (TDS), S.Murgatroyd, C.Rushton, M.J.Apter, C.Ray; APPENDIX E NEGATIVISM DOMINANCE SCALE (NDS); APPENDIX F TELIC STATE MEASURE; APPENDIX G TENSION AND EFFORT STRESS INVENTORY (TESI)STATE VERSIONIndex; Subject Index;First Published in 2004. Why did Michael Jordan quit basketball and take up baseball? Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? Why did Diego Maradona take performance? enhancing drugs during the 1994 soccer World Cup? Why did ice-skater Tonya Harding involve herself in physical attacks on her Olympic rival Nancy Kerrigan? These and many other questions about aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book. The theoretical background to the book is provided by reversal theory, a general psychological theory which is demonstrating its usefulness and versatility as it is being increasingly applied within sport psychology. Reversal theory's systematic conceptual framework allows a unique perspective for interpreting behaviour in sport contexts. Topics discussed include the motivation behind individual participation in different types of sport and the special attraction of dangerous sports; the psychological processes involved in winning and losing in competitive sport; the enjoyment of being aggressl“3