Contemporary Sport Psychology de Robert Schinke PhD, CSPA

Contemporary Sport Psychology

Robert Schinke PhD, CSPA

This book captures the contributions of world-wide experts, based upon earlier special editions of a peer reviewed sport psychology journal titled Athletic Insight. Most often sport psychology books either contain similar chapters across books pertaining to theoretical concepts or applied practices. On occasion, textbooks also contain a special topics section placed at the very end of the compendium with a few contributions regarded as a special topics issue. The present compilation is built entirely of special topics, where the focus is to forefront diverse perspectives through three distinct sections, each with contributions pertaining to research and practice. Section One is comprised of practical application. Within Section One the reader will find contributions pertaining to applied practice with Olympic and professional athletes based upon the first-hand experiences of elite practitioners from several continents. The intent through Section One is to propose strategies, reflecting several national perspectives that applied practitioners might employ as they enter the field or seek positions with elite sport organisations in the global sport community. Section Two reflects contributions about Cultural Sport Psychology (CSP). CSP is a burgeoning research and practice trajectory within sport and exercise psychology, launched formally through a special instalment of Athletic Insight. Most recently the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, the peer reviewed journal for the International Society of Sport Psychology has also featured a devoted instalment to the topic (Autumn, 2009). Section Two provides the reader with the most current work on CSP written by several highly creditable researchers a the forefront of the trajectory. Section Three is devoted to the intersection of sport psychology and ethics. Within Section Three the authors provide their respective views on the topic, carrying from the role of student practitioners struggling with matters of ethic to consultants of high-risk Olympic and professional sport teams faced with the ethical implications they encounter when working in the field.

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Cuprins

Introduction; The Contextual Side of Professional Boxing Re-visited; Preparing Professional Hockey Players for the Playoffs; A Case for a New Sport Psychology: Applied Psychophysiology & fMRI Neuroscience; The Psychology of Being an Olympic Favorite; Psychological Preparation of Athletes for the Olympic Context: Team Culture & Team-Building; From One Olympics to the Next: A Four-Year Psychological Preparation Program; Introduction to Cultural Sport Psychology Revisited; Revisiting Diversity & Politics in Sport Psychology Through Cultural Studies: Where Are We Five Years Later?; Sport Psychology as Cultural Praxis; Theoretical Approaches to Cultural Sport Psychology; Through the Funhouse Mirror: Understanding Access & (Un)Expected Selves through Confessional Tales; Using Psychological Skills Training from Sport Psychology to Enhance the Life Satisfaction of Adolescent Mexican Orphans; Sport Psychology Consulting with Latin American Athletes; A Model for Supervision of Applied Sport Psychology Consultations in Division I College Sports; Ethical Decision-Making in Sport Psychology: Issues & Implications for Professional Practice; Sport Psychology Consulting with Canadian Olympic Athletes & Coaches: Values & Ethical Considerations; A profession of violence or a high contact sport? Ethical issues working in professional boxing; Commentary Chapter; Index.