Laboratory Name:

Center for Performance Enhancement and Applied Research

Institution:

Springfield College

Key Faculty:

Allen E. Cornelius (Director)

Albert J. Petitpas

Judy L. Van Raalte

 Britton W. Brewer

 Contact:

Allen E. Cornelius 

acorneli@spfldcol.edu

 413-748-3861

 Research Overview:

Faculty affiliated with the Center for Performance Enhancement and Applied Research (CPEAR) have a broad range of research interests within exercise and sport psychology.  Ongoing CPEAR research projects are addressing psychological aspects of sport injury rehabilitation, effects of the Play It Smart academic and life skills program for high school student-athletes, and the relationship between self-talk and sport performance. CPEAR research initiatives have been funded in part by grants from the National Institutue of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Football Foundation. CPEAR researchers have used a variety of methods (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal, experimental, quasi-experimental, qualitative, observational) and participant populations (e.g., surgery patients, high school football players, adult tennis players) in pursuit of their research goals. Key findings generated from CPEAR research include: (a) linking presurgical psychological variables and rehabilitation adherence to clinical outcomes following knee surgery; (b) documenting the positive effects of an academic and life skills program on the academic performance of high school football players; and (c) identifying potential negative consequences of negative self-talk on sport performance.

 Recent Publications:

Brewer, B. W. (2001). Psychology of sport injury rehabilitation. In R. N.       Singer, H. A. Hausenblas, & C. M. Janelle (Eds.), Handbook of sport psychology (2nd ed., pp. 787-809). New York: Wiley.

Van Raalte, J. L., Cornelius, A. E., Brewer, B. W., & Hatten, S. J. (2000). The antecedents and consequences of self-talk in competitive tennis.            Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 22, 345-356

Harvey, D. T., Van Raalte, J. L., & Brewer, B. W. (2002). Relationship between self-talk and golf performance. International Sports Journal, 6(2), 84-91.  

Brewer, B. W., Van Raalte, J. L., Cornelius, A. E., Van Raalte, J. L., Petitpas,  A. J., Sklar, J. H., Pohlman, M. H., Krushell, R. J., & Ditmar, T. D. (2000). Psychological factors, rehabilitation adherence, and rehabilitation outcome following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Rehabilitation Psychology, 45, 20-37.

Sport Psychology Lab Profiles