The Social Psychology of Sport
Başlık:
The Social Psychology of Sport
ISBN:
9781461580638
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed. 1993.
Yayın Bilgileri:
New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1993.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
XIII, 313 p. 13 illus. online resource.
Contents:
1 Motivation: The Why of Behavior -- The Need Hierarchy Theory -- ERG Theory -- Need for Achievement ("n" Ach.) -- Equity Theory -- Cognitive Evaluation Theory -- The Stress Seekers -- Sensation Seeking -- Suggested Readings -- 2 Performance and Social Influence -- The Relative Age Effect -- The Role of Expectations -- A Theory of Social Impact -- The Home (Field) Advantage -- An Exception -- Crowd Size and Performance -- Summary -- Suggested Readings -- 3 Social Theory and Performance -- Attribution Theory -- The Value of a Wooden Leg: Self-Handicapping Strategies -- Excuses, Excuses! -- Self-Efficacy -- Suggested Readings -- 4 Group Dynamics -- Group Cohesion -- Loyalty -- Social Loafing: When 2 + 2 = 3 -- Competition Versus Cooperation -- Suggested Readings -- 5 Leadership -- Definitions -- Three Approaches to Leadership -- Theories of Leadership -- Issues in Sports Leadership -- When the Going Gets Tough, the Complex Get Going -- Leadership Preferences -- Summary -- Suggested Readings -- 6 Sports Heroes: An Extension of Leadership -- The Impact of Heroes -- Heroes as Leaders -- The Functions of Exemplars -- Trends and Category Importance -- A Question of Quality -- Correlates of Hero Selection -- The Response of Admirers -- Again, the Question of Quality -- Suggested Readings -- 7 Personality -- A Matter of Definition -- Measurement of Personality -- Tests -- Social Personality Models -- A Typology of Violent Males -- Suggested Readings -- 8 Sports Aggression -- Historical Trends -- The Definition and Measurement of Aggression -- Theoretical Background -- Interpersonal Aggression -- Situational Determinants -- Drugs and Aggression -- Environmental Influences -- Coping Strategies -- Suggested Readings -- 9 Catharsis Through Sports: Fact or Fiction? -- Those Who Believe -- Roots of Catharsis -- Catharsis: One on One -- Catharsis in the Stands -- Spectatorship Through the Electronic Media -- Suggested Readings -- 10 Spectatorship and Crowd Behavior -- Motives for Attendance -- Crowd Composition -- The Spectator Experience -- Panics -- Riots -- Summary -- Suggested Readings -- References -- Author Index -- Sports Index.
Abstract:
This book is written from the perspective of a social psychologist. As a conse quence, the topics covered in the upcoming chapters were chosen from among those traditionally of interest to the discipline of social psychology. A criterion for inclusion was the topic's usefulness in providing insights and/or understand ing ofthe social processes at work in sports settings. To this end, I have drawn ex tensively from mainstream journals in social psychology (e. g. , Journal of Per sonality and Social Psychology), and grounded the discussion of topics and issues on the methodologically sound studies/experiments they generally provide. There is also an equally strong interdisciplinary emphasis that features research from physical education, sociology, management science, and education. I have made a further attempt, not as successful as I would have liked, to incorporate a substan tial amount of the fine sports research that has been conducted overseas, particu larly in Europe and Australia. I am hopeful that in bringing together the works of international scholars from a variety of disciplines a clearer and balanced outline of this field will take shape. And now a word about the audience for this text and how to get the most from its pages. I would suggest that the reader have taken a course in social psychology following an introductory-level course. An introductory course in research methodology would also be helpful.
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Dil:
English