When you have studied this chapter, you should be able to:
- 1 Describe and evaluate Vealey and Chase’s (2008) revised model of sport confidence
- 2 Identify some sources and types of sport confidence reported by athletes
- 3 Explain and evaluate confidence profiling as an assessment of belief assessments in sport
- 4 Be aware of the ethical issues that might be relevant in the measurement and application of sport confidence
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Zinsser, N., Bunker, L. and Williams, J. M. (2001). Cognitive techniques for building confidence and enhacing performance. In Williams, J. M. (ed.) Applied
Sport Psychology: Personal growth to peak performance, pp. 284–311. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing.
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