Tag: Marit Sørensen
A broad compilation of updated prestigious writings on mental health in sport and physical activity
Bringing together the most prestigious writings on mental health in sport and physical activity from the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Mental Health in Sport and Physical Activity by editor Robert Schinke (Routledge) provides an essential reference for the field of sport and exercise psychology. In her review, Marit Sørensen points to the collection’s broad span, which makes it especially valuable as an introduction to the field of mental health in sport and physical activity.
European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity, Vol 14, 2021, No 2
EUJAPA is an international, multidisciplinary and open access journal, introduced to communicate, share and stimulate academic inquiry focusing on physical activity of persons with special needs. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Perspectives on the integration of students with disabilities in physical education: An umbrella review of reviews published between 2010 and 2020 by Andreas Fröberg (open access).
European Physical Education Review, Vol. 25, 2019, No. 3
European Physical Education Review is a journal that stimulates and presents scholarly enquiry in the broad field of physical education, including sport and leisure issues and research, bringing together contributions from a wide range of disciplines across the natural and social sciences and humanities.
Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, Volume 36, 2019, Number 1
APAQ is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted in order to enable and enhance performance and participation in people with disability. Physical activity implies fine, gross, functional, and interpretive movement including physical education, recreation, exercise, sport, and dance.
Important, impressively comprehensive handbook, albeit limited to physical disabilities
Handbooks with 40 chapters are usually written by 40 different authors. Not so with Handbook of Disability Sport & Exercise Psychology (Oxford University Press), which is a single-author effort, written by Jeffrey J. Martin. Our reviewer, Marit Sørensen, is duly impressed, not least by the sheer comprehensiveness of the tome, marred only by the scant attention paid to intellectual disabilities.
European Journal for Sport and Society, Vol. 15, 2018, Issue 2
The European Journal for Sport and Society is the official journal of the European Association for Sociology of Sport, EASS. Its function is to enable an international discussion about current issues and to foster collaboration between researchers from all social scientific sub-disciplines. It’s published 4 times per year.
Where are the kids? They are in Scandinavia!
Tre professorer inom norsk idrottsforskning, Ørnulf Seippel, Mari Kristin Sisjord och Åse Strandbu, står bakom den omfångsrika antologin Ungdom og idrett (Cappelen Damm Akademisk). Vi bad en svensk forskare med ett brinnande intresse för barn- och ungdomsidrott, Karin Redelius, att recensera boken, och vi fick en bred och kunnig översikt av en uppenbart bra och viktig bok.
