Main description:

This extensively revised and updated edition offers a comprehensive account of the latest research and practice issues relating to perfectionism in sport, dance, and exercise.

The new edition of The Psychology of Perfectionism in Sport, Dance, and Exercise includes the latest understanding of perfectionism, its benefits and costs, and support that can be given to those at risk to the perils of perfectionism. The book features contributions from leading researchers and practitioners. With 9 new chapters and 6 updated chapters, the book provides an exhaustive account of research, novel approaches to studying and working with perfectionism, along with critical reflections on key issues and controversies. The book includes a new section on emerging approaches and concepts, as well as a revised section on applied issues and practitioner perspectives offering 3 new approaches to working with perfectionism. With chapters featuring returning authors and new contributors with novel perspectives, this edition will be invaluable to individuals familiar and unfamiliar with this area of work.

This book will be an essential resource and vital guide for students and researchers, as well as practitioners, coaches and instructors in sport, dance, and exercise.

Contents:

1. Conceptualising perfectionism: Resolving old quarrels and starting new ones. 2. Advances in the measurement of perfectionism in sport, dance and exercise. 3. Revisiting the development of perfectionism in sport, dance and exercise. 4. An update and extension of the independent effects approach to perfectionism in sport, dance, and exercise. 5. Re-Envisioning the tripartite model of perfectionism in sport and dance. 6. The 2 x 2 model of perfectionism in sport, dance, and exercise: An updated and critical review. 7. Perfectionistic tipping points and how to find them. 8. Perfectionism cognitions in sport, dance, and exercise. 9. Studying perfectionistic climates. 10. Working with perfectionistic athletes: An Acceptance Commitment Therapy perspective. 11. Applying self-compassion to perfectionism in sport. 12. Perfectionism in sport: A Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy perspective. 13. Reflections on 20 years studying multidimensional perfectionism in sport. 14. Questions, critical reflections, and advances with the model of excellencism and perfectionism: A call to action. 15. Reflections on the costs of rigid perfectionism and perfectionistic reactivity: The core significance of the failure to adapt in sports and in life.