Counselling Athletes: Applying Reversal Theory

by John Kerr

2021-05-28 13:58:37

Reversal theory is an innovative psychological theory exploring human motivation, emotion and personality. This is the first book in the field to examine how reversal theory can be used by practitioners in applied sport psychology in their counsellin... Read more
Reversal theory is an innovative psychological theory exploring human motivation, emotion and personality. This is the first book in the field to examine how reversal theory can be used by practitioners in applied sport psychology in their counselling work with athletes.Counselling Athletesexplores the key elements of reversal theory, and comprehensively demonstrates how reversal theory can improve understanding in the following key areas:
* athletes'' motivational states when performing
* athletes'' motivational characteristics
* identifying performance problems
* athletes'' experiences of stress
* intervention strategies
* eating disorders
* exercise addiction.
Each chapter includes real-life case study material from elite performers in sport, as well as guides to further reading and questions for discussion.
Counselling Athletesis essential reading for all practising sport psychologists and coaches, and for any student of sport psychology. Less

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ISBN9780419261308
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John H. Kerr Institute of Health and Sports Sciences The University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Ibaraki 305 Japan. Amanda Griffiths Centre for Organizational Health & Development Department of Psychology Unive...

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