Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport
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Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport

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eBook - ePub

Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport

About this book

Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport provides the first comprehensive and contemporary overview of stress in sport and its implications on performance and well-being. It explores how athletes', coaches', and support staffs' performance can be enhanced while simultaneously optimizing their well-being in contemporary sport.

Divided into four sections following the stress process, Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport covers key topics including:

  • Appraising and coping with stress in sport

  • Responses to and outcomes of stress in sport

  • Moderators of the stress process in sport

  • Stress management to promote thriving in sport

Bringing together theory and practice, each chapter discusses conceptual and theoretical issues, current research, and innovative practical implications. Written by scholars around the globe, Stress, Well-being, and Performance in Sport offers an international perspective. It is important reading for students of sport psychology as well as coaches, athletes, and support staff.

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Yes, you can access Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport by Rachel Arnold, David Fletcher, Rachel Arnold,David Fletcher in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Physical Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780367272678
eBook ISBN
9781000353105
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Physical Education
Index
Psychology

Index

Note: Boldface page references indicate tables. Italic references indicate figures and boxed text.
abuse in sport 297, 313, 319–321, 320
Achievement Goal Theory 157
Adult STRAIN 42
adversity: accepting 195; childhood 194, 202–203, 262, 270; conclusions about research on 209, 332–333; defining 32–33; elite sport and 193–197, 202; future research on 207–208, 207–209; implications of research on 205–206; mental health in sport and 203; motivational changes and 196–197; non-sport 193–194; overview 11; personality and 197; resilience and 205–206; response trajectories after 207; severity of 207; stress-related growth and 205–206, 209; talent identification and 206; transitional process and 194–195; “uncomfortable truth” and 205–206; see also stress in sport
affect 97; see also emotions
age 7, 84–85, 90, 168–169, 248
Alder, D. 122
Alexander, K. 321
Allen, M. S. 252
allostatic load 42–43, 207
Amarel, D. 250
Anders, A. D. 319
Annas, J. 136
Anshel, M. H. 41–42, 67
antifragility 267
anxiety: competitive 5, 227; 1990s research on 4–5; performance 99; personality and 227; Theory 99; training 122
Appraisal of Life Events Scale 73
appraising and coping with stress in sport 8, 11–12, 332–333; see also cogni...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. List of Contributors
  11. Foreword by Daniel Gould
  12. Introduction
  13. Section I Appraising and Coping With Stress in Sport
  14. Section II Responses to and Outcomes of Stress in Sport
  15. Section III Moderators of the Stress Process in Sport
  16. Section IV Stress Management to Promote Thriving in Sport
  17. Conclusion
  18. Epilogue
  19. Index