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SPMA: Sport Management

This research guide introduces you to the most relevant resources in the field of sport management.

Sport psychology

Research in Sport Psychology by Chris Beedie (Editor)
Call Number: Online book. Click title for access.
Sport Psychology: the basics by David Tod
Call Number: GV 706.4 T643 2022
Endure: mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance by Alex Hutchinson; Malcolm Gladwell (Foreword by)
Call Number: RC 1235 H88 2021
Sport and exercise psychology: A Canadian perspective by Crocker, Peter
Call Number: GV 706.4 S67 2016

Suggested search terms:

"athletic performance"
"performance anxiety"
"sport psychology"
"coaching psychology"
motivation
"intrinsic motivation"
burnout
"mental training"
visualization
sportsmanship

Tip: use the quotation marks to indicate a phrase search

Relevant associations:

Suggested article databases

APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Content from journals by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. Can also be accessed from APA PsycInfo.
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Considered the major psychology database, APA PsycInfo is a resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new window
Sport, sport business, physiology, and training articles; academic focus.