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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Nesti |
| ISBN: | 0415281423 9780415281423 9780203483435 020348343X |
| OCLC Number: | 54972838 |
| Description: | xiii, 142 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction : existential and humanistic psychology -- 2. Existential-phenomenological psychology : ideas and relevance to sport -- 3. Phenomenology : methodology and methods -- 4. Anxiety and sport : an existential-phenomenological approach -- 5. Existential counselling in sport psychology : engaging in the encounter -- 6. Professional team sport : operating within an existential framework -- 7. Ethical issues in existential practice : authentic values and personal responsibility -- 8. To be or not to be ... an existential sport psychologist? |
| Responsibility: | Mark Nesti. |
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Abstract:
The existential approach described in this text offers an alternative to the cognitive-behavioural model of applied sports psychology. Standard psychological models of athlete behaviour advocate appropriate "mental skills" training; the existential approach refers to an athlete's unique emotional world to find deeper causes of their limitation.
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- Sports -- Psychological aspects.
- Existential psychology.
- Phenomenological psychology.
- Sports -- Aspect psychologique.
- Psychologie existentielle.
- Psychologie phénoménologique.
- Sportpsychologie -- Existentielle Psychologie.
- Sportpsychologie -- Phänomenologische Psychologie.
- Existentielle Psychologie
- Sport
- Sportpsychologie
