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Sport Social Work: Promoting the Functioning and Well-being of College and Professional Athletes provides pre-service and practicing social workers with a wide-ranging review of sport social work. The text helps social workers with an interest in athletics learn how to effectively promote the safety and well-being of athletes, advocate for athlete rights, and ensure athletes receive the recognition and help needed to become strong global leaders. The text illustrates how, despite popular assumption, college- and professional-level athletes represent a vulnerable population, often at risk of economic, academic, and social exploitation, as well as psychosocial challenges including depression and anxiety, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, eating disorders, high levels of stress, and more. Readers learn how to raise awareness for the particular needs of athletes, how athletic competition influences an athlete across their lifespan, how the strengths of athletes can help promote safety and well-being, and how to provide athletes a voice to de-stigmatize mental health risks.Product Identifiers
PublisherCognella, INC International Concepts
ISBN-139781516516346
eBay Product ID (ePID)5046579433
Product Key Features
Number of Pages110 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSport Social Work: Promoting the Functioning and Well-Being of College and Professional Athletes
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
AuthorGinger Gummelt, Matt Moore
Subject AreaSocial Work
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight333 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorGinger Gummelt, Matt Moore