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Book SynopsisFeeling states, including emotional experiences, are pervasive to human functioning. Feeling states deeply influence the individualâs effort, attention, decision making, memory, behavioural responses, and interpersonal interactions. The sporting environment offers an ideal setting for the development of research questions and applied interventions to improve the well-being and well-functioning of the people involved.
This ground-breaking book is the first to offer cutting-edge knowledge about contemporary theoretical, methodological, and applied issues with the contributions of leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Feeling states in sports are comprehensively covered by adopting an international and multi-disciplinary perspective.
Part I covers most relevant conceptual frameworks, including emotion-centred and action-centred approaches, challenge and threat evaluations, an evolutionary approach to emotions, and the role of passion in the experience of emotion. Part II focuses on interpersonal aspects related to emotions and regulation, encompassing social and interpersonal emotion influence and regulation, social identity and group-based emotions, and performance experiences in teams. Part III presents applied indications surrounding emotional intelligence training, and emotional regulation strategies including imagery, self-talk, the use of music, mindfulness, motor skills execution under pressure, self-regulation in endurance sports, and the use of technology. Finally, Part IV examines issues related to athlete well-being, including the role of emotions in sport injury, emotional eating, and mental recovery.
Feelings in Sport: Theory, Research, and Practical Implications for Performance and Well-being is an essential source for sport psychology practitioners, researchers, sports coaches, undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Table of Contents1. The Multi-States (Must) Theory for Emotion- And Action-Regulation In Sports
2. Challenge and Threat States and Emotions
3. An Evolutionary Approach to Emotions In Sports
4. The Role of Passion in the Experience of Emotions in Sport
5. The Social Influence of Emotions Within Sports Teams
6. We’re in This Together: Dyadic and Interpersonal Aspects of Emotions, Coping, and Emotion Regulation in Sport
7. Social Identity and Group–Based Emotions: Application in the Context of Sport Setting
8. Shared Zones of Optimal Functioning Framework
9. Emotional Competences Training
10. Examining the Connections of Emotion and Imagery in Sport Performance
11. Self-Talk and Emotions in Sport
12. Lose Yourself in the Music: Regulating Performance Emotional States Through Music
13. Mindfulness and Emotions in Sport
14. Self-Regulation and Emotion Regulation in Endurance Performance
15. Training for Success Under Stress: Appropriately Embedding Motor Skills in Sport
16. Using Technology for Self-Regulation in Sport
17. Emotion and Emotion Regulation from the Perspective of the Practitioner
18. Role of Emotions in Sport Injury
19. Emotional Eating: Implications for Research and Practice in Elite Sports Contexts
20. Fatigue, Effort and Other Feeling States in Athletic Pacing
21. Stress States, Mental Fatigue, and the Concept of Mental Recovery in Sports
