The New Psychology of Sport and Exercise

S Alexander Haslam (Alex Haslam) is Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland. Together with colleagues, he has written and edited 15 books and over 300 research articles and chapters. His most recent books are The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power (with Steve Reicher and Michael Platow, 2nd ed. 2020) and Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies (edited with Joanne Smith, 2nd ed. 2017). He is former Chief Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology and former President of the Psychology Section of the British Science Association. He is a recipient of the European Association of Social Psychology’s Kurt Lewin Medal for research excellence, and the International Society of Political Psychology’s Nevitt Sanford Award for contributions to political psychology. He has also received awards for distinguished contributions to psychological science from both the British Psychology Society and the Australian Psychology Society. In 2022 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia “for significant service to higher education, particularly psychology, through research and mentoring”. Katrien Fransenis an Assistant Professor of Performance Psychology at the Department of Movement Sciences at KU Leuven. Her research focuses on how shared leadership can benefit sport team effectiveness and athlete well-being, with a particular emphasis on the role of social identity processes. Filip Boen is Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology and Head of Department at KU Leuven. His research focuses on the psychology of sports fans and on the ways in which this is shaped by, and shapes, team-based social identities.

Section 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Towards a new psychology of sport and exercise - Filip Boen, Katrien Fransen & S. Alexander Haslam
Chapter 2: The social identity approach to sport and exercise psychology - S. Alexander Haslam, Katrien Fransen, Filip Boen & Stephen Reicher
Section 2: Performance
Chapter 3: Leadership - Niklas K. Steffens, Katrien Fransen & S. Alexander Haslam
Chapter 4: Communication - Kim Peters
Chapter 5: Teamwork and group performance - Matthew J. Slater, Will Thomas & Andrew L. Evans
Chapter 6: Motivation - Katharine H. Greenaway, Sindhuja Sankaran, Svenja A. Wolf & Jardine Mitchell
Chapter 7: Cognition and performance - Jessica Salvatore, Sindhuja Sankaran & DaZané Cole
Chapter 8: Attribution - Pete Coffee, Patti Parker, Ross Murray & Simon Kawycz
Chapter 9: Emotion and emotion regulation - Svenja A. Wolf, Amit Goldenberg & Mickaël Campo
Section 3: Participation
Chapter 10: Physical activity - Mark Stevens, Tegan Cruwys, Tim Rees, S. Alexander Haslam, Filip Boen & Katrien Fransen
Chapter 11: Group-based physical activity participation - Mark R. Beauchamp & Joseph J. O’Rourke
Chapter 12: Youth development - Mark W. Bruner, Luc J. Martin, M. Blair Evans & Alex J. Benson
Chapter 13: Team identity development - Jamie B. Barker, S. Alexander Haslam, Katrien Fransen, Matthew J. Slater, Craig White & Niels Mertens
Section 4: Physical and Psychological Health
Chapter 14: Social support - Christopher Hartley, S. Alexander Haslam, Tim Rees & Pete Coffee
Chapter 15: Mental health and resilience - Tegan Cruwys, Mark Stevens, Catherine Haslam, S. Alexander Haslam & Lisa Olive
Chapter 16: Career transitions - Lisa M. O’Halloran & Catherine Haslam
Section 5: Partisanship
Chapter 17: Fan behaviour and loyalty - Filip Boen, Daniel L. Wann, Iouri Bernache-Assollant, S. Alexander Haslam & Katrien Fransen
Chapter 18: Crowd behaviour and hooliganism - Clifford Stott
Section 6: Politics
Chapter 19: Comparing the social identity approach with self-determination theory - Michael J. Platow & Diana M. Grace
Chapter 20: The political psychology of sport - Stephen D. Reicher, Meredith Schertzinger & Fergus Neville