A considerable amount of human behavior occurs within the context of sports. In recent
years there have been notable advances in psychological science research applied to …

The updated third edition of Advances in Sport Psychology offers a view of the latest
research in the field of sport psychology. The text is written by 34 of the field's most prolific …

The psychology of sport: The behavior, motivation, personality and performance of athletes.
The psychology of sport: The behavior, motivation, personality and performance of athletes …

Sport psychology's evolution is reflected in a wide array of research topics spanning levels
and disciplines, and the areas of health, activity, and business. Consequently, researchers …

Imagine being in a room with more than 20 renowned researchers and consultants in sport
psychology, who are giving advice to elite coaches and athletes. The sport psychologists …

The most heavily publicized area of sport psychology tends to be interventions for
enhancing per-formance of elite athletes, as the re-cent Olympic games have shown …

Canada has been a hotbed for sport psychology research since the 1960s. This chapter will
present the evolving sport psychology research landscape in Canada over the last 50 years …

Sport history is replete with examples of athletes and teams that appear to have had a knack
for coming through when the pressure is on and conquering the competition despite the …

This new, updated, fourth edition has comprehensive coverage of sport psychology with a
healthy balance between theory and application. The strong applied approach is …

The growth in our understanding of sport behavior has been slow. Some leaders in sport
psychology have called for the development of our own theories or conceptual frameworks …