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Are you a thrill-seeker or a chill-seeker? A clinical psychologist lifts the lid on what makes adrenaline junkies tick.
Paradoxes of Youth and Sport
Paradoxes of Youth and Sport explores emergent debates among scholars, youth advocates, and sport practitioners concerning the role of sport in the lives of young people in urban settings. Specialists from diverse fields examine how sport can address social ills and act as a resource in the lives of disadvantaged youth versus how sport itself harbors and fosters social problems and is dominated by unequal access, the obsession to win, and commercialization. This book places sport at the crossroads of inquiry and practice regarding critical issues of our time, including youth development; violence; racial, gender, and class inequities; and inter-group relations.
Handbook on Sport and Migration
This insightful Handbook explores how sport intersects the experiences of asylum seekers, refugees, workers and migrants. Editors Joseph Maguire, Katie Liston and Mark Falcous bring together esteemed experts who draw on globally diverse cases studies to capture the complexities surrounding sport and migration, revealing how it is embedded in the wider power struggles that characterize global sport.
Paradoxes of Youth and Sport
Highlights the practical benefits and the many problems of youth and sports in the United States.
Athenian Sport
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Upside
Through cutting-edge research and thoughtful personal stories comes a “compassionate, friendly, and empathetic” (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of post-traumatic growth—the emerging idea that psychological trauma doesn’t destroy a person, but can instead spark future growth, self-improvement, and success. What if there’s an upside to experiencing trauma? Most survivors of trauma—whether they live through life-threatening illnesses or accidents, horror on the battlefield, or the loss of a loved one—can suffer for months, even years. But recently, psychologists have discovered that PTSD, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is only a piece of the whole experience. With the right circu...
Fair and Foul
This book explains America's love of sport just as it reveals sport's darker side - the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, and media grandstanding.
The Chimp Paradox
"An incredibly powerful mind management model that can help a person become happier, more confident, and a healthier more successful person"--Cover.
Global Sports Unity
Global Sports Unity explores whether international sporting events truly foster global harmony or merely amplify national rivalries. Utilizing Olympic Committee records, the book examines how events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup impact international relations, especially as globalization intensifies. It investigates if these platforms bridge cultural divides or simply concentrate existing tensions, questioning the uncritical celebration of sports as a universal peacemaker. For example, while the Olympics aim to promote international cooperation, instances of political boycotts demonstrate the complex interplay between sports and politics. The book progresses through three parts, first...
