Abstract des Verlegers

How do athletes overcome fears, slumps, mental blocks, or injuries? How do they deal with stress and anxiety, be it from competitors, teammates, audiences, parents, coaches, or themselves? What psychological techniques prove effective in mental training for peak performance, maintaining concentration, motivation, and competitive drive? How can an athlete enhance his or her commitment to a training regimen, or how might the average person better adhere to a program of fitness and exercise? Readers will find anwers to these questions and more. The entries in the encyclopedia span the spectrum of topics in the scientific study and applied practice of sport and exercise psychology, as well as on matters of foundational importance. The content of the enycclopedia can rasonably be captured within the 18 topical categories identified: career transition; certification, credentialing and roles of sport and exercise psychologists; disability; emotion; exercise health; group dynamics; history and foundations; leadership; morality, aggression, and ethics in sport; motivation; motor control; persection and cognition in sport; personality and psychological characteristics in sport; psychobiology; psychological skills and interventions; psychosciocultural considerations; self-concept, self-perceptions, and identity; youth sport.