SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Praise for the first edition:

‘‘The exploration of the concepts is concise, the writing style is engaging and easily understandable without being patronising or simplistic . . . a useful reference tool, a quick and user-friendly resource to be used to inform discussion, or [as] a source of illumination.’’

Higher Education Academy Psychology Network

Now including exercise psychology terms for the first time in its new 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
kinesiophobia
left-handedness
motivation
retirement
self-confidence.

Cross-referenced, with suggestions for further reading and a full index, this 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. Ellis Cashmore is Professor of Culture, Media and Sport at Staffordshire University, UK, and author of Making Sense of Sports as well as biographies, such as Beckham and Tyson: Nurture of the Beast.