We present the case study of an athlete (Luca; invented name for privacy purposes) who was diagnosed with cancer during his early sporting career. Before the disease, Luca’s parents contacted the sport psychologist to support and optimize his performance. Following one year of sport psychology
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The Transition From Sport Psychology to Psychotherapy: The Journey of a Young Athlete Fighting Cancer
Sara Biondi, Cristiana Conti, Emmanouil Georgiadis, and Maurizio Bertollo
Erratum. Personality and Attitudinal Predictors of Sportspersonship in Recreational Sport
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
TO OUR READERS: An error appeared in the ahead-of-print version of the following article: Fozzard, T. & Mojtahedi, D. (2023). Personality and attitudinal predictors of sportspersonship in recreational sport. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10
Erratum. The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma, Exercise Addiction, Emotion Regulation Difficulties, and Basic Psychological Needs in Türkiye
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
Sport Psychology . Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2023-0036 The first author’s last name was incorrectly listed as Arayici instead of Gültekin Arayici. The article was corrected May 6, 2024. The authors apologize for the error.
Coaches Guide to Sport Psychology
Bob Rotella
Finding Sport and Kinesiology
Rainer Martens
to learn more about a subject that fascinated me—sport psychology. The University of Illinois stood out in my search for an institution where I could earn a Ph.D. in this emerging field. I was accepted as a student and given a graduate assistantship to teach activity classes, which I enjoyed doing. I
Is the Profession of Sport Psychology an Illusion?
Jeffrey Martin
The ideal sport psychology career is not going to be something you apply for in a newspaper advertisement. It will never happen. . . . But you’re going to have to create it yourself. ( Simons & Andersen, 1995 , p. 462) There are only a few individuals in the entire United States who maintain full
Multicultural Training and Awareness Among Sport Psychology Practitioners
Rena M.G. Curvey, Shannon C. White, Emily A. Murphy, Travis R. Scheadler, Myles T. Englis, Laura L. Phelps, and Candice N. Hargons
Over the last few decades, sport psychology has gained tremendous popularity in the United States ( Sly et al., 2020 ). Due to its growing popularity, sport psychologists and sport psychology professionals are being employed at higher rates in a variety of settings (e.g., professional sport teams
Revisiting “Gaining Entry”: Roundtable Discussion 25 Years Later
Artur Poczwardowski, Mark Aoyagi, Thomas Fritze, and Mark Laird
sport psychology). For instance, Brown et al. ( 2011 ) and Gallessich ( 1982 ) explained the importance of both formal entry (an initial meeting, contracting, and actual physical entry with an introduction) and psychological entry (being accepted by clients and consultees as evidenced by trust and
Development and Validation of a Monitoring Instrument for Sport Psychology Practice: The Sport Psychology Outcomes and Research Tool (SPORT)
Ashley A. Hansen, Joanne E. Perry, John W. Lace, Zachary C. Merz, Taylor L. Montgomery, and Michael J. Ross
Applied sport psychology practice requires the incorporation of many areas of specialty, including clinical psychology, kinesiology, and sport psychology. In order to capture the complexities that exist in this practice, the model of clinical sport psychology (CSP) has been established ( Gardner
Certified Athletic Trainers’ Experiences With and Perceptions of Sport Psychology Services for Student-Athletes
Rebecca A. Zakrajsek, Leslee A. Fisher, and Scott B. Martin
study of ATs’ use of sport psychology with injured athletes, concluded that “it is neither necessary nor feasible for athletic trainers to have the knowledge and skill to employ all of these techniques themselves, particularly the more specialized psychological skills such as relaxation and imagery” (p
