Mindfulness and Acceptance in Sport: How to Help Athletes Perform and Thrive under Pressure

by Jakob Hansen, Carsten Hvid Larsen, Kristoffer Henriksen

Mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness Acceptance Commitment (MAC) are gaining momentum with sport psychology practitioners who work to support elite athletes. These acceptance-based, or third wave, cognitive behavioral approaches in sport psychology highlight that thought suppression and control techniques can trigger a metacognitive scanning process, and that excessive cognitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138624004
• ISBN13: 9781138624009
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"