This book uses helpful pedagogical features such as learning objectives, glossaries, case studies, practical exercises, and a companion website to investigate an emerging field that explores how athletes, coaches, sports organisations, and sport science support staff interact with technology and its role in improving performance in sport settings.
This book uses helpful pedagogical features such as learning objectives, glossaries, case studies, practical exercises, and a companion website to investigate an emerging field that explores how athletes, coaches, sports organisations, and sport science support staff interact with technology and its role in improving performance in sport settings.
Sport Cyberpsychology is the first book devoted to assessing the influence of technology on human interaction, behaviour and mental health in a sport context, gathering research on the use of technology and the Internet by athletes, coaches and sport science support staff.
The book identifies the potential impact of technology on athletes' mental preparation for competition, as well as the role of technology in improving performance. It explores the use of technology by athletes and sport organisations for social interaction, while also considering the 'darker' side of athletes’ Internet use.
It covers topics including:
Accessibly written, with a companion website featuring lecture slides, reading lists, video links and suggested social media accounts, Sport Cyberpsychology offers a complete resource for students and instructors alike. It is important reading for any students of sport psychology, sport coaching or sport media, as well as coaches, athletes and sport science support staff.
Olivia A. Hurley is Lecturer in Psychology and Sport Psychology at the Institute of Art, Design + Technology (IADT), Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, and works as a Visiting Assistant Professor in University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. She is a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), and a consultant Sport Psychologist with the Sport Ireland Institute. Olivia holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, along with an MSc and a PhD in Sport Psychology from University College Dublin (UCD).
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