Meaning and Spirituality in Sport and Exercise

Psychological Perspectives
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-73275-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Despite the growing literature on spirituality and its positive impact on well-being in health psychology, education, occupational psychology and leisure studies, it has been less examined in sport studies. Meaning and Spirituality in Sport and Exercise: Psychological Perspectives examines the many forms of spirituality in sport from a psychological perspective, from moments of transcendence and finding deeper meaning and value to prayer before an important competition or in adversity, such as a career-threatening injury.

Based on the latest research and the Nesti’s experience in applied sport psychology service delivery, this book covers a range of novel topics linking spirituality to athlete development, injury, exercise motivation, and ageing athletes, and offers applied, practical guidance for sport psychologists working with spiritual athletes.

Offering a unique contribution to the study of spirituality in sport, and to sport psychology practice, this book is vital reading for any upper-level student or academic working in sport and exercise psychology, religion and sport, or the philosophy of sport, and any practising sport psychologist.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ronkainen, Noora

Nesti, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sportpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I: The Base

1. Introduction

Noora J. Ronkainen and Mark S. Nesti

2. Theory

Mark S. Nesti

3. Research

Noora J. Ronkainen

Section II: The Fundamentals

4. Meaning Not Motivation permission for epigraph?

Noora J. Ronkainen

5. Health: What For?

Noora J. Ronkainen

6. Play

Mark S. Nesti

Section III: Life Journeys in Sport

7. Career

Noora J. Ronkainen

8. Injury

Noora J. Ronkainen

9. Ageing

Noora J. Ronkainen

Section IV: Applied Practice

10. Working with Religious and Spiritual Athletes

Mark S. Nesti

11. Education and Professional Philosophy

Mark S. Nesti

12. Conclusions

Noora J. Ronkainen and Mark S. Nesti

Über Autor(innen)

Noora J. Ronkainen is a postdoctoral researcher funded by Alfred Kordelin Foundation at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

Mark S. Nesti is a Reader in Psychology in Sport and Head of the MSc programme in Sport Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.