Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Key Concepts

By Ellis Cashmore

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415438667
• ISBN13: 9780415438667
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"