Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
6507SPOPID-SEP-PAR
Aims
The module aims to develop student's ability to critically evaluate contemporary sport and exercise psychology concepts that influence participants’ performance, well-being, and development. The module will address topics, such as anxiety, identity, career transition within a critical evaluation of the psycho-social, cultural and environmental considerations of development.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate current perspectives and models of anxiety, identity, performance, and well-being
2.
Synthesize the effect of career transition and organisational culture to the psychosocial development of athletes
3.
Critically examine the psycho-socio, cultural and environmental considerations underpinning development issues in sport and exercise
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Current perspectives on competitive anxiety, performance (e.g., Existential and Cognitive Behavioural), identity, and personal meaning in sport performance; Managing career transitions in sport from psycho-social, cultural, and environmental perspectives; Managing organisational culture in sport from psycho-social, cultural, and environmental perspectives; Contemporary issues in sport and exercise from psycho-social, cultural, and environmental perspectives (e.g., Migration, Performance Lifestyle programmes, Developing Mental Excellence and Mental Toughness)
Additional Information:This module forms the level 6 component of the core theoretical spine of modules running through the Sport Psychology (SP) and Sport and Exercise Science (SES) programmes. The module provides focused and relevant exposure to the sport and exercise psychology and psycho-social principles underpinning sport and exercise performance and behaviour.