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Psychological Assessments in Physical Exercise

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This chapter will present a short review of psychological assessment techniques which are frequently used to measure cognitive and affective functions. If available, these measurement approaches are illustrated with examples from recent sports- and exercise-related studies. In addition, the chapter will discuss important caveats and methodological perspectives and that may be relevant for future studies in this research field, especially in the context of neuroimaging applications.

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    Marcel Daamen

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Daamen, M., Raab, M. (2012). Psychological Assessments in Physical Exercise. In: Boecker, H., Hillman, C., Scheef, L., Strüder, H. (eds) Functional Neuroimaging in Exercise and Sport Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3293-7_6

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