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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Psychological Factors in Athletic Performance | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Sport-Specific Definition of Motivation | |
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| Impact of Motivation on Athletic Performance | |
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| Sources of Motivation for Sport Participation | |
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| Identifying and Strengthening Optimal Motivation Levels | |
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| Reaching and Sustaining Ideal Motivation | |
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| Confidence | |
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| Defining Confidence in Sport | |
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| Assessing Confidence | |
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| Developing Confidence | |
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| Defining the Optimistic Mind-Set | |
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| Developing an Optimistic Mind-Set | |
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| Intensity | |
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| Sport-Specific Definition of Intensity | |
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| Identifying Optimal Intensity | |
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| General Intensity Control Strategies | |
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| Controlling Overintensity | |
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| Controlling Underintensity | |
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| Focus | |
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| Understanding Focus in Sport | |
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| Components of Focus | |
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| Focus Style | |
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| Assessing Focus | |
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| Focus Strategies | |
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| Focus on the Ultimate Goal | |
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| Emotions | |
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| Defining Emotions and Emotional Experiences | |
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| Emotions and Athletic Performance | |
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| Why Athletes Respond Emotionally | |
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| Gaining Emotional Mastery | |
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| Techniques for Emotional Mastery | |
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| Enhancing Athletic Performance | |
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| Psychological Assessment | |
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| Characteristics of Sound Measures | |
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| Uses of Psychological Assessment | |
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| Additional Assessment Methods | |
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| Goal Setting | |
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| Understanding Goal Setting and Sport Performance | |
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| Goal-Setting Interventions in Sport | |
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| Why Goals Work | |
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| Goal-Setting Principles | |
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| Goal-Setting Program | |
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| Mental Imagery | |
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| Understanding the Use of Mental Imagery in Sport | |
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| How Does Mental Imagery Work? | |
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| Impact of Mental Imagery | |
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| Maximizing the Value of Mental Imagery | |
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| Contributors to Effective Imagery | |
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| Structuring Mental Imagery | |
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| Developing a Mental-Imagery Program | |
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| Routines | |
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| Understanding the Rationale for Routines | |
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| Measuring the Effects of Routines on Performance | |
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| Convincing Athletes of the Benefits of Routines | |
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| Types of Routines | |
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| Practical Concerns | |
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| Psychology and the Coach | |
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| Coach-Athlete Relationship | |
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| Understanding the Coach-Athlete Relationship | |
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| Influences on the Coach-Athlete Relationship | |
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| Obstacles to Effective Coach-Athlete Relationships | |
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| Facilitating Coach-Athlete Relationships | |
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| Team Cohesion | |
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| Understanding Team Cohesion | |
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| Relationship Between Team Cohesion and Athletic Performance | |
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| Life of a Team | |
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| Assessing Team Cohesion | |
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| Enhancing Team Cohesion | |
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| Psychological Problems of Athletes | |
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| Injury | |
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| Patient As Athlete | |
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| Understanding the Psychological Factors of Injury and Rehabilitation | |
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| Path to Rehabilitation Failure | |
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| Path to Rehabilitation Success | |
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| Remarkable Recovery | |
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| Eating Disorders | |
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| Definitions of Eating Disorders | |
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| Prevalence of Eating Disorders | |
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| Symptoms of Eating Disorders Among Athletes | |
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| Associated Health Problems | |
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| Causes of Eating Disorders | |
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| Sport-Specific Contributors to Eating Disorders | |
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| Treatment of Eating Disorders | |
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| Prevention of Eating Disorders | |
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| Substance Abuse | |
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| Why Athletes Take Drugs | |
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| Commonly Used Substances | |
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| Recognition, Prevention, and Intervention | |
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| Treatment for Substance Abuse | |
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| Drug Treatment Professionals | |
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| Drug Testing | |
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| Career Transitions | |
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| Definitions of Career Transitions in Sports | |
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| Social and Pschological Explanations of Career Transition | |
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| Causes of Career Transitions | |
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| Psychological Reactions to Career Transition | |
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| Coping Factors Related to Quality of Career Transition | |
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| Career Transition Interventions | |
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| Sample Programs in Sport | |
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| Sample Programs From Dance | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Editors | |
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| About the Contributors | |