Existential Psychology and Sport

Name: Existential Psychology and Sport
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Existential Psychology and SportTheory and Application\nAuthor(s): Mark Nesti\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415281423, 978-0415281423\nSynopsis\nIncreasing 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. \n\nThe 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. \n\nThis much-needed alternative framework for the discipline of applied sport psychol.