1st Edition
Mind-Body Maturity Psychological Approaches To Sports, Exercise, And Fitness
By Louis Diamant
Copyright 1991
286 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
304 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
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A description of the ways in which sport, exercise and fitness affect human psychology and development from before birth to old age. The contributing authors cover psychological attitudes to fitness, environmental factors, adolescent identity and moral development.
Part 1 How psychology relates to sports, exercise and fitness, L. Diamant. Part 2 Developments - growing and maturing: environmental effects of the fetus - the examples of alcohol, cocaine and exercise, L. Eisen et al; athletic activity, body image and adolescent identity, A.E. McCabe et al; moral development and sports participation, I.J. Toner; exercise, fitness and ageing - psychological perspectives, B.G. Gray and T.J. Puglisi. Part 3 Theoretical contributions: behavioural approach to health psychology, P.A. Lamal; Psychological Motivation In Sport, Exercise And Fitness, S.D. Butt; personality traits and athletic performance, L. Diamant et al.
Biography
Louis Diamant
