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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Sport psychologists"”.
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Service-Delivery Expertise in Student Sport Psychologists
… examine factors that influence neophyte applied sport and exercise psychologists' development as service providers. The specific aim of Study 1 was to explore the educational experiences perceived to contribute to service delivery competence from the viewpoints of educators and recent graduates …
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EXPLORING THE CONTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL QUALITIES TO THE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE PROVISION
Previous literature within applied sport psychology offers little detailed discussion regarding the personal qualities of sport psychology practitioners and the impact of these qualities on practice. This is despite the development of models of professional philosophy that advocate the person …
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Exploring the role of the sport psychologist : athletes' and practitioners' reflections on applied experiences and competencies.
The role of the sport psychologist is multifaceted. One element of this role is in using relating skills. This aspect has received little detailed attention in the sport psychology literature. In study I of the thesis, the roles of researcher and consultant were combined in an applied project with …
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Treatment Acceptability of NCAA Division I Student-Athletes
Consultations with sport psychologists can be a result of a coach implementing a sport psychology intervention for an athlete or team, or athletes personally choosing to utilize such services. The present study attempted to identify factors that could best predict an athlete's attitudes toward …
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ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE IN SPORT PSYCHOLOGY: MYTHS, DEFICIENCIES AND THE BROADENING OF CULTURAL HORIZONS
… enhancement discourses of organisational sport psychology. It is now regularly recommended that cultivating expertise in organisational culture is essential so that sport psychologists can work more effectively with groups and in a broader, organisational role. In spite of frequent claims …
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Development and validation of the sport imagery ability measure
imagery is widely accepted by sport psychologists, coaches, and athlètes to be a useful psychological technique in the training of athlètes for excellence (1998; Janssen & Sheikh, 1994). If imagery training is to be maximally effective, practitioners need to establish an understanding ofthe …
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Using Sport Psychology in the Athletic Training Room: Perceptions and Beliefs of Certified Athletic Trainers.
… I schools have greater access and referrals to sport psychologists than do Division II schools. It was also evident that athletic trainers knew they need more education to properly implement certain psychological techniques when dealing with their athletes.</p>
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Locomotor sensitization and conditioned place preference for amphetamine in late adolescent and adult male and female rats /
… outcome on testosterone responses in a team sport. Furthermore, this was also the first study in humans to demonstrate that post-contest Cortisol levels were significantly higher after a loss of status. Last, the current study also adds to the sport psychology literature by demonstrating that …
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The journey of the developing sport psychologist -'Navigating the applied lowlands and limitations of our language'
… of literature exploring the early development of sport psychology consultants (Collins, Evans-Jones, & O’Connor, 2013; Tod & Bond, 2010). However, there remains limited exploration of the longitudinal development of practitioners, an area which may provide important insights relevant for both …
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Challenge and threat states: An examination of variance components, interventions, and performance
… threat states may provide useful information for sport psychologists. The first two empirical studies indicated that challenge and threat states vary largely as a function of personal and person by situation interactional components, suggesting that these factors are promising targets for …
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Factor Levels Associated with Fear of Failure Among Age-Group Competitive Swimmers
… a topic of concern among athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists. The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI), measuring five factors (fear of shame and embarrassment (FSE), fear of devaluing one's self estimate (FDSE), fear ofuncertain future (FUF), fear of important others losing …
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Super-strengths in elite sport
… termed super-strengths can be delivered by Sport Psychology practitioners, and to investigate the effects of the approach. The rationale for exploring this particular strengths-based approach (super-strengths) was that although this way of working has scarcely featured in the sport …
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The Role of Deliberate Practice in Developing Adolescent Golfing Excellence
… The second study retrospectively examined the sports participation and practice trends of current elite adolescent male English golfers. It was found how these individuals tended not to participate within golf specific deliberate practice regimes until the mid-teenage years and instead …