Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts

<p>Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in its second edition, <em>Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts</em> 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:</p><ul> <li>adherence</li> <li>aggression </li> <li>emotion </li> <li>exercise dependence</li> <li>home advantage </li> <li>kinesiphobia </li> <li>left-handedness</li> <li>motivation</li> <li>retirement</li> <li>self-confidence. </li> </ul><p>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. </p> <p>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</p>