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Daniel Gould
Researcher at Michigan State University
Publications - 203
Citations - 16292
Daniel Gould is an academic researcher from Michigan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sport psychology & Athletes. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 188 publications receiving 15294 citations. Previous affiliations of Daniel Gould include University of North Carolina at Greensboro & Kansas State University.
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Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Robert Weinberg,Daniel Gould +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses motivation, group and team Dynamics, and leadership in the context of sport and exercise psychology.
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Psychological characteristics and their development in Olympic champions.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined psychological characteristics and their development in Olympic champions and found that the athletes were characterized by: (a) the ability to cope with and control anxiety; (b) confidence; (c) mental toughness/resiliency; (d) sport intelligence; (e) ability to focus and block out distractions; (f) competitiveness; (g) a hard-work ethic; (h) the able to set and achieve goals; (i) coachability; (j) high levels of dispositional hope; (k) optimism; and
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Understanding Psychological Preparation for Sport: Theory and Practice of Elite Performers
TL;DR: A Unifying Model of Psychological Preparation for Peak Athletic Performance is presented in this article, with a focus on stress, anxiety, self-confidence, and self-attention control.
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Life skills development through sport: current status and future directions
Daniel Gould,Sarah Carson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of current life skills through sport research is presented, and the conditions needed to examine life skills development are explored, and possible theoretical explanations of how, when, under what conditions and why life skills develop in sport participants are discussed.
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Factors affecting Olympic performance: Perceptions of athletes and coaches from more and less successful teams.
TL;DR: This article examined if mental skills and strategies such as high confidence, commitment, and the use of cooperative routines, as well as previously unexamined physical, social, and environmental factors affect Olympic performance.