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In this thoroughly revised new edition, with eleven new chapters and substantial updates to all others, Rowan Bayne and Gordon Jinks expertly combine the professional and academic aspects of applied psychology. The contributing authors, all experts in their field, provide authoritative and engaging overviews of their areas of expertise and an important range of perspectives. Applied Psychology: Research, Practice and New Directions, Second Edition is organized into three parts. The first part is a general context for applied psychology including a discussion of questions about evidence based practice. The second part discusses practice and training in a plethora of areas of applied psychology, including all of the traditional routes (for e.g. clinical, health and educational psychology) eight ‘relative newcomers’ to the field (for e.g. sport and forensic) and four areas not always regarded as applied psychology: counseling, coaching, careers guidance and lecturing. The innovative third part is a roundtable of expert practitioners commenting on the new directions they would like to see in their areas of applied psychology.
Sport Psychology
Sport Psychology
This chapter discusses:
- what is sport psychology?
- how sport psychology is governed within the UK;
- the process of recognition for those working within sport psychology in the UK;
- three key ways of working within sport psychology;
- a case study of the application of sport psychology;
- training for people who are interested in sport psychology but who do not have a psychology degree.
Introduction
Sport psychology has received considerable attention in recent years, from a range of different areas including the media, the applied field and the academic sphere. This interest is demonstrated through an increase in the number of media reports referring to sport psychology and directly requesting sport psychology comment; the number of athletes utilising sport psychology services and skills (still considerably lower than most expect); ...
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