Sports psychology
The sports psychology tries human behavior, actions and experiences of people in the field of practice sports to capture.
Content
Sports psychology is a branch of both psychology and sports science in research, teaching and application . It deals with development, motivation, learning and social psychology. On the one hand, it is about the application of sport psychological methods to gain knowledge in the practical fields of sport. On the other hand, it is about the importance and function of sport as a means of psychological interventions. As applied sports psychology, the discipline and its representatives make a contribution to the overall system of support for athletes. In the more natural scientific sport psychology , connections between psychological control and training are explored.
National and international associations
Europe
At the European level there is the Fédération Européenne de Psychologie des Sports et des Activités Corporelles (FEPSAC), which has 21 national associations as members. ( As of 2016. ) These include:
Germany
The Working Group for Sport Psychology (asp) was founded in Germany in 1969 .
Austria
The Austrian Federal Network for Sport Psychology with around 120 members has existed in Austria since 2006 .
See also
literature
- Ralf Brand: Sports Psychology . VS-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010. ISBN 978-3-531-16699-5 .
- Frank Hänsel, Sören D. Baumgärtner, Julia M. Kornmann, Fabienne Ennigkeit: Sports Psychology . Springer, Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-662-50388-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arnd Krüger & Paul Kunath: The development of sports science in the Soviet zone and the GDR, in: W. BUSS, C. BECKER u. a. (Ed.): Sport in the Soviet Zone and the early GDR. Genesis - structures - conditions . Schorndorf: Hofmann 2001, 351 - 366.