Meaning and Spirituality in Sport and Exercise: Psychological Perspectives

by Noora Ronkainen, Mark Nesti

Overview

Despite the growing literature on spirituality and its positive impact on well-being in health psychology, education, occupational psychology and leisure studies, it has been less examined in sport studies. Meaning and Spirituality in Sport and Exercise: Psychological Perspectives examines the many forms of spirituality in sport from a psychological perspective, from moments of transcendence and finding deeper meaning and value to prayer before an important competition or in adversity, such as a career-threatening injury.

Based on the latest research and the Nesti’s experience in applied sport psychology service delivery, this book covers a range of novel topics linking spirituality to athlete development, injury, exercise motivation, and ageing athletes, and offers applied, practical guidance for sport psychologists working with spiritual athletes.

Offering a unique contribution to the study of spirituality in sport, and to sport psychology practice, this book is vital reading for any upper-level student or academic working in sport and exercise psychology, religion and sport, or the philosophy of sport, and any practising sport psychologist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351591980
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/02/2018
Series:	Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	740 KB

About the Author

Noora J. Ronkainen is a postdoctoral researcher funded by Alfred Kordelin Foundation at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

Mark S. Nesti is a Reader in Psychology in Sport and Head of the MSc programme in Sport Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

Table of Contents

Section I: The Base

1. Introduction

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2. Theory

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3. Research

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Section II: The Fundamentals

4. Meaning Not Motivation permission for epigraph?

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5. Health: What For?

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6. Play

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Section III: Life Journeys in Sport

7. Career

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8. Injury

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9. Ageing

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Section IV: Applied Practice

10. Working with Religious and Spiritual Athletes

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11. Education and Professional Philosophy

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12. Conclusions

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