Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction of sport psychology: the nature of sport psychology;; a critical analysis of knowledge construction in sport psychology. Part 2 Individual differences and sport behaviour; self-perceptions and sport behaviour; motivational orientations and sport behaviour; self-referent thought (cognitions) and sport behaviour; arousal-anxiety and sport behaviour; moral development in sport - theory, research and intevention. part 3 Socio-environmental issues, sociocultural issues and sport behaviour: group dynamics in sport; coaching effectiveness in the sport domain; gender and sport behaviour; socialisation processes and sport behav iour. Part 4 Psychological skills, intervention techiques and sport behaviour: the use of imagery in sport; attentional processes and athletic performance; the Jekyll/Hyde nature of goals; revisiting and updating goal-setting in sport; optimal experience in sport - a flow perspective; athletic injury and sport behaviour.

About the Author

Thelma S. Horn, PhD, is an associate professor and member of the graduate faculty at Miami University of Ohio. Horn is the former editor and a current editorial board member of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology; associate editor of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology; and an editorial board member for Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science.

Horn received her PhD in psychology of sport and physical activity from Michigan State University. She earned a master of arts degree in coaching behavior from Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo and a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Editor of the first edition of Advances in Sport Psychology, Horn has also contributed chapters to several other books and has published many articles and proceedings on sport psychology. In 1999, she was co-winner of the research writing award from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport; and in 1993, Miami University honored her with the Richard T. Delp Outstanding Faculty Award. In her free time, Horn enjoys reading, running, and watching amateur athletic contests.