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A01=Aidan Moran
A01=Cathy Craig
A01=Gavin Breslin
A01=John Kremer
A01=Stephen Shannon
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Understanding Sport Psychology

Sports Psychology is a popular area that has grown dramatically over the past few decades due to an increasing emphasis on the importance of psychology for athletic performance, engagement in exercise and in the business and industry of sport. This text is a concise, focussed overview of all the core concepts in sports psychology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Using key studies and evidence, this book explains and develops key topics, and acts as a springboard for further reading and debate. This is a stimulating and practical resource for sport and exercise students, sport coaches, and athletes alike, covering new developments within the field including: Social Identity Theory, Mental Health Awareness in Sport, Resilience and Mindfulness. With additional pedagogy including further reading, figures and diagrams to help visualise key theories, and case studies, Understanding Sport Psychology is essential reading for any student of sport psychology. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 710g
  • Dimensions: 186 x 232mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Nov 2021
  • Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781529744644

About Aidan MoranCathy CraigGavin BreslinJohn KremerStephen Shannon

Gavin Breslin is a Senior Lecturer in the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing School of Psychology Ulster University Coleraine. He has applied sport psychology to national and international athletes across a range of sports. He is the Chief Assessor for the British Psychological Societys Qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology. His book publications include Sport and Exercise Psychology Practitioner Case Studies (2016) and Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions in Sport: Research Theory and Practice (2019). John Kremer is a former Reader in Psychology at Queens University Belfast where he lectured from 1980. He combines his academic interest in sport and exercise psychology with practical work with numerous sports including several national and international teams and individual athletes. His list of book publications include Pure Sport: Sport Psychology in Action (2019) Sport Psychology: Contemporary Themes (2012) Psychology in Sport (1994) and Young Peoples Involvement in Sport (1997). Aidan Moran was Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Psychology Research Laboratory in University College Dublin. A Fulbright Scholar and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology he has published extensively on mental imagery and attentional processes in athletes. A former psychologist to the Irish Olympic squad Aidan advised many of Irelands leading athletes and teams and is rightly credited as the founding father of sport psychology in Ireland. Cathy Craig is a Professor in Perception and Action Psychology at the School of Psychology Ulster University and CEO/Co-Founder of INCISIV a neuro-technology company based in Belfast Northern Ireland. She publishes extensively on motor timing perception/action and decision making in sport. Much of her work involves working closely with elite sporting organisations to develop innovative solutions using technologies such as immersive interactive virtual reality to better understand how perception influences decisions about action. Stephen Shannon is a Lecturer in the School of Sport at Ulster University within the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences and holds a BSc (hons) PgDip and PhD from Ulster University along with a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. In a research capacity he conducts his research through the Sport and Exercise Research Institute and the Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing and has published several peer-reviewed articles on mental health promotion within and through sport and physical activity. Additionally Stephen has provided written evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Sport and Recreation and has delivered and hosted conference symposiums in Ireland the UK and Internationally.  In a teaching and learning discipline Stephen teaches on several undergraduate and postgraduate psychology research methods and social science modules at Ulster. He is also Course Director for the BSc Sport Physical Activity and Health in addition to fulfilling an active supervisory role with MSc and PhD student research projects.

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