Motivation and Emotion in Sport: Reversal Theory

ISBN-13: 9780863775000 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 240 str.

John H. Kerr

Opis

Why did Michael Jordan quit basketball and take up baseball? Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? Why did Diego Maradona take performance-enhancing drugs during the 1994 soccer World Cup? Why did ice-skater Tonya Harding involve herself in physical attacks on her Olympic rival Nancy Kerrigan? These and many other aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book.

Spis treści

Preface. I Introduction. II Key Elements in Reversal Theory. III Into Sport: Aspects of Participation and Preference. IV Skating on Thin Ice: The Special Attraction of Dangerous Sports V We are the Champions!: Winning and Losing in Sport. VI Up for the Match?: Experiencing Arousal and Emotion in Sport. VII Get Your Retaliation in First: Aggression and Violence in Team Contact Sports. VIII The Feel-Good-Factor: Sport, Exercise, and Psychological Well-Being. IX Over the Top?: Stress in Competitive Sports. X Rethinking the Script: Future Directions in Reversal Theory Sports Research and Practice. Appendix A: Summary of Studies Investigating Dominance in Sport (Chapter III). Appendix B: Summary of Studies Investigating Dominance in Risk Sports (Chapter IV). Appendix C: Summary of Studies Investigating Success and Failure in Sports (Chapter V). Appendix D: Telic Dominance Scale (TDS). Appendix E: Negativism Dominance Scale (NDS). Appendix F: Telic State Measure (TSM) Appendix G: Tension and Effort Stress Inventory

O autorze

John H. Kerr