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Essentials of dance psychology / Sanna Nordin-Bates.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, Illinois : Human Kinetics, 2023Description: xi, 339 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781718207554
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Essentials of dance psychologyDDC classification:
  • 792.8 N758e 23/eng/20220321
LOC classification:
  • GV1588.5 .N67 2023
Contents:
Introduction to dance psychology -- Part I. Individual differences -- Personality -- Perfectionism -- Self-esteem and self-confidence -- Anxiety -- Part II. Dance-specific characteristics and dispositions -- Motivation -- Attentional focus -- Creativity -- Part III. Psychological skills -- Mindfulness -- Goal setting and self-regulation -- Imagery -- Part IV. Dance environments and challenges -- Motivational climates -- Talent -- Injury -- Body image and disordered eating.
Summary: "Primarily an undergrad textbook that also may also be adopted in some grad-level dance programs, this book is built on a foundation of evidence from dance and sport psychology research, with applied experiences featured as examples. Its 15 chapters start with Introduction to Dance Psychology and are then divided into four parts: (1) Individual Differences, (2) Dance-Specific Characteristics and Dispositions, (3) Psychological Skills, and (4) Dance Environments and Challenges"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to dance psychology -- Part I. Individual differences -- Personality -- Perfectionism -- Self-esteem and self-confidence -- Anxiety -- Part II. Dance-specific characteristics and dispositions -- Motivation -- Attentional focus -- Creativity -- Part III. Psychological skills -- Mindfulness -- Goal setting and self-regulation -- Imagery -- Part IV. Dance environments and challenges -- Motivational climates -- Talent -- Injury -- Body image and disordered eating.

"Primarily an undergrad textbook that also may also be adopted in some grad-level dance programs, this book is built on a foundation of evidence from dance and sport psychology research, with applied experiences featured as examples. Its 15 chapters start with Introduction to Dance Psychology and are then divided into four parts: (1) Individual Differences, (2) Dance-Specific Characteristics and Dispositions, (3) Psychological Skills, and (4) Dance Environments and Challenges"-- Provided by publisher.

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