1st Edition

Feelings in Sport Theory, Research, and Practical Implications for Performance and Well-being

Edited By Montse Ruiz, Claudio Robazza Copyright 2021
270 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Feeling states, including emotional experiences, are pervasive to human functioning. Feeling states deeply influence the individual’s 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... Read more

1. The Multi-States (Must) Theory for Emotion- And Action-Regulation In Sports

Montse C. Ruiz, Laura Bortoli, and Claudio Robazza

2. Challenge and Threat States and Emotions

Nadine Sammy, David Harris, and Sam Vine

3. An Evolutionary Approach to Emotions In Sports

Philip Furley

4. The Role of Passion in the Experience of Emotions in Sport

Benjamin J. I. Schellenberg, Jérémie Verner-Filion, and Robert J. Vallerand

5. The Social Influence of Emotions Within Sports Teams

Andrew P. Friesen, Svenja A. Wolf, and Gerben A. van Kleef

6. We’re in This Together: Dyadic and Interpersonal Aspects of Emotions, Coping, and Emotion Regulation in Sport

Katherine A. Tamminen and Kacey C. Neely

7. Social Identity and Group–Based Emotions: Application in the Context of Sport Setting

Mickaël Campo and Xavier Sanchez

8. Shared Zones of Optimal Functioning Framework

Edson Filho

9. Emotional Competences Training

Sylvain Laborde, Julia Eyre, Jonas Akpetou, Ann-Christin Engler, Fabian Hofmann, Justin Klanderman, Yannick Klein, Vanessa Martins, Martin Leo Reinhard, Pia Zajonz, and Emma Mosley

10. Examining the Connections of Emotion and Imagery in Sport Performance

Anthony Watt and Tony Morris

11. Self-Talk and Emotions in Sport

Julian Fritsch, Alexander T. Latinjak, and Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis

12. Lose Yourself in the Music: Regulating Performance Emotional States Through Music

Thierry R. F. Middleton, Brennan Petersen, Cole Giffin, and Robert J. Schinke

13. Mindfulness and Emotions in Sport

Cristina Fink and Montse C. Ruiz

14. Self-Regulation and Emotion Regulation in Endurance Performance

Noel E. Brick, Andreas Venhorst, Daniel T. Robinson, and Tadhg E. MacIntyre

15. Training for Success Under Stress: Appropriately Embedding Motor Skills in Sport

Howie J. Carson and Dave Collins

16. Using Technology for Self-Regulation in Sport

Selenia di Fronso, Penny Werthner, Sommer Christie, and Maurizio Bertollo

17. Emotion and Emotion Regulation from the Perspective of the Practitioner

Andrew M. Lane

18. Role of Emotions in Sport Injury

Monna Arvinen-Barrow and Damien Clement

19. Emotional Eating: Implications for Research and Practice in Elite Sports Contexts

Tracey J Devonport Wendy Nicholls, and Chao-Hwa (Josephine) Chen-Wilson

20. Fatigue, Effort and Other Feeling States in Athletic Pacing

John Raglin, Florentina Hettinga, and Ren-Jay Shei

21. Stress States, Mental Fatigue, and the Concept of Mental Recovery in Sports

Fabian Loch, Annika Hof zum Berge, Sarah Kölling and Michael Kellmann

Biography

Montse C. Ruiz (PhD, SASP-FEPSAC UPV sert.) is Senior Lecturer of sport and exercise psychology at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research interests involve emotional regulation and the study of emotional and motivational components of performance-related experiences. She is a certified consultant of the European Federation of Sport Psychology and the Finnish Psychological Association, and has worked with athletes in different sports, levels, and countries. Montse is a board member of national and international Sport and Exercise Psychology associations.

 

Claudio Robazza (PhD) is Professor of methods and didactics of motor activities at the Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences of the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. As a sport psychologist, he has been working with top-level athletes of different sports. He has conducted field-based studies in physical education, motor learning, and sport performance domains, and his primary research interest is in the area of performance-related emotions, performance optimisation, and motor learning. In 2015, Claudio received the Ema Geron Award from the FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology) in recognition of his national contribution to the development of sport and exercise psychology. In the same year, he also received the Diploma of Honour – Bronze Medal from the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) in appreciation of his service to the shooting sports.