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Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts
Contributor(s): Cashmore, Ellis (Author)
ISBN: 0415438667     ISBN-13: 9780415438667
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $31.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Reference
- Sports & Recreation | Reference
Dewey: 796
LCCN: 2007044039
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (1.3 lbs) 514 pages
 
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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.