Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; PART I: Contextual Understanding; 1 Introduction; 2 Professional Philosophy; 3 Governance on the Move: Actively Applying Ethics in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology Settings; 4 Personality in Relation to Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology: Perspectives and Guidelines for Professional Practice; 5 Multicultural Diversity and Issues of Difference; 6 Working with Organizations in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology PART II: Mind-Body Relationship and Performance Challenges7 Arousal, Stress, and Anxiety in Sport, Exercise, and Performance: Concepts and Management Strategies; 8 Burnout; 9 Sport Injury: Psychological Consequences and Management Strategies; 10 Clinical Issues in Sport, Exercise and Performance: A Whole-Person Approach to Helping Athletes and Individuals Succeed in Sport and Life; 11 the Evolution of a Career: Navigating through and Adapting to transitions in Sport, Exercise, and Performance; PART III: Core Mental Skills 12 Theories and Applications of Motivation in Sport, Exercise and Performance13 Goal Setting; 14 Attention and Concentration; 15 The Psychophysiology of Self-Regulation; 16 Imagery in Sport, Exercise and Performance; 17 Confidence; 18 Routines, Preparation and Performance; PART IV: The Role of Relationships and Performance in Groups; 19 Group and Team Dynamics; 20 Communication; 21 Leadership; Index
This book brings together world-class professionals to share theoretical understanding applied to sport, exercise and performance domains. It highlights how to be more effective in developing psychological skills, context and understanding for educators, students and professionals. From both academic and practitioner perspectives, this book takes readers through contextual understanding of this field of study and into a wide variety of important areas. Specifically, the chapters focus on the mind-body relationship and performance challenges, and on core mental skills applied across different sport, exercise and performance examples (including professional athletes, normal exercise populations and military service members) The final section expands the context into the role of relationships and performance in group settings to cover a broad practice of modern day applied performance psychology.