Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts - Ellis Cashmore

Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts

By Ellis Cashmore

  • Release Date: 2008-06-03
  • Genre: Psychology

Description

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