HSE309 Study Guide Notes

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Questions provided by study guide provided to students at the beginning of the unit to assist with exam preparation. All areas covered with information taken from provider's lecture and seminar notes for the unit Topics covered: What is sport and exercise psychology – motivation, feedback and reinforcement Personality and sport – personality, key principles relating to psychology Arousal, anxiety and stress – main approaches, theoretical perspectives, effect on performance Psychological skills training – Self-regulation, developing a program, imagery and influences, arousal regulation, anxiety-reducing techniques, emotion-focused coping, increasing arousal, attention and concentration Group and team dynamics – Group structure, team climates, maximising individual performance, faulty group processes, social loafing Team cohesion – difference between task and social, Carron’s conceptual model, cohesion and performance, key principles/guidelines Leadership – approaches, styles Team-building – approaches and purposes, benefits Exercise psychology – Reasons for and against, theories and frameworks, strategies to enhance adherence, Psychological effects of exercise – link between exercise, depression and anxiety, link between exercise, stress and personality, proposed mechanisms Counselling and communication – prescription and holistic approach, dimensions, of counselling, models, coaching principles, GROW model Psychological aspects of injuries – factors and antecedents, Andersen and Williams model, adhering to rehabilitation programs Unhealthy behaviours – concepts, eating disorders, exercise dependence, substance misuse, compulsive gambling Burnout and overtraining – overtraining, staleness and burnout, proposed models, main factors and symptoms, prevention strategies Transitions in sport – career transitions for sportspeople, theoretical perspectives