Social and Psychological Issues in Sports (Sports and Athletics Preparation, Performance, and Psychology)

This book presents and discusses social issues involved in sports and athletics, as well as an examination of varying topics in sport psychology. Topics discussed include an investigation of self-complexity in sport; the relationship between sport team identification and sport psychological well-being; the social interaction effect on inter-league play attendance; shame in sports; aggression and violence in youth sports and international students' sport spectator behaviour.