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What Shall We Do with Sport Psychology?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

David R. Boorer*
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University of Papua New Guinea
*
Department of Education, University of Papua New Guinea, Box 320, University Post Office, NCD, Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Sport psychology has attracted the support of athletes and coaches in recent years but has yet to win the approval of mainstream academic psychology. This article considers arguments for and against the proposition that sport psychology is a legitimate subdiscipline within psychology.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © University of Papua New Guinea & University College of Central Queensland 1991

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