| Existential Psychology and Sport: Theory and Application Contributor(s): Nesti, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415281423 ISBN-13: 9780415281423 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: The existential approach described by Mark Nesti offers a radical alternative to the cognitive-behavioral model which informs most contemporary applied sports psychology. Whereas standard psychological models of athlete behavior would advocate appropriate "mental skills" training such as visualizing the perfect race to help an athlete overcome performance problems, the existential approach will refer to an athletes unique emotional world to find deeper causes of their limitation. These causes may be only very indirectly linked to the athletes sporting life. Existential sports psychology has gone out of phenomenological theory and existential philosophy. Mark Nesti's text is the first book to present an overview of this exciting approach. It contains case studies and a framework for psychologists to apply this approach to their work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sports Psychology - Medical | Sports Medicine - Psychology | Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior |
| Dewey: 796.01 |
| LCCN: 2004048080 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.3" W x 9.46" (0.82 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Increasing numbers of professional teams and athletes look for assistance with the psychological factors of their performance, and there exists a growing body of professional sport psychologists ready to provide support. Despite this, it seems at times there remains a significant gap between the real needs of sport performers and what is delivered by traditional sport psychology. The existential approach described by Mark Nesti offers a radical alternative to the cognitive and cognitive-behavioural approaches that have dominated sport psychology, and represents the first systematic attempt to apply existential psychological theory and phenomenological method to sport psychology. This much-needed alternative framework for the discipline of applied sport psychology connects to many of the real and most significant challenges faced by sports performers during their careers and beyond. Existential Psychology and Sport outlines an approach that can be used to add something of depth, substance and academic rigour to sport psychology in applied settings beyond the confines of MST and good listening skills. |