ABSTRACT

Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport provides the first comprehensive and contemporary overview of stress in sport and its implications on performance and well-being. It explores how athletes’, coaches', and support staffs' performance can be enhanced while simultaneously optimizing their well-being in contemporary sport.

Divided into four sections following the stress process, Stress, Well-Being, and Performance in Sport covers key topics including:

  • Appraising and coping with stress in sport
  • Responses to and outcomes of stress in sport
  • Moderators of the stress process in sport
  • Stress management to promote thriving in sport

Bringing together theory and practice, each chapter discusses conceptual and theoretical issues, current research, and innovative practical implications. Written by scholars around the globe, Stress, Well-being, and Performance in Sport offers an international perspective. It is important reading for students of sport psychology as well as coaches, athletes, and support staff.

chapter |27 pages

Introduction

section Section I|66 pages

Appraising and Coping With Stress in Sport

chapter 2|15 pages

Cognitive Appraisals

chapter 3|17 pages

Coping

section Section II|93 pages

Responses to and Outcomes of Stress in Sport

section Section III|70 pages

Moderators of the Stress Process in Sport

chapter 10|18 pages

Personality

chapter 11|19 pages

Social Support

section Section IV|73 pages

Stress Management to Promote Thriving in Sport

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion

chapter |2 pages

Epilogue