Sport and Exercise Psychology The Key Concepts [Paperback]

Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in its second edition, Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Conceptsoffers 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.

Anorexia Nervosa.  Extreme Sports.  Fear of Failure.  Giftedness.  Group Orientation.  Focus.  Halo Effect.  Integrated Regulation.  Kinesthesia.  Metacognition.  Motor Reaction.  Self-Actualization.  Trans-Gender.  Yerkes-Dodson Law. Weight-Control. Yoga