Laboratory Name:

Center for Sport Psychology and Performance Excellence

Institution:

University of North Texas

Key Faculty:

Trent A. Petrie 

Scott Martin

Christy Greenleaf

 Karen Cogan

 Contact:

Trent Petrie

sportpsych@unt.edu 

http://www.sportpsych.unt.edu

Research Overview:

The CSPPE, approved by the university in 1997, is an interdisciplinary training center supported by the Departments of Psychology and KHPR, and the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Education. The Center supports and trains graduate students from psychology and kinesiology while pursuing its three interlocking missions – Education & Training, Research, and Service.

Education and Training 
The Center's primary mission is the education and training of future sport psychology professionals, either through the master's program in kinesiology or the doctoral program in counseling psychology. Through these programs, students prepare themselves for a variety of career opportunities, ranging from faculty member to practicing psychologist to athletic coach to exercise/fitness specialist. Our training curriculum is interdisciplinary, drawing from psychology and the exercise/sport sciences to prepare students to be competent applied sport psychology professionals.

Research 
The mission in this area has three purposes. First, to seek external funding to support ongoing projects and fund graduate student training. Second, to provide formal training and research opportunities for the graduate students in sport and exercise psychology through Center-sponsored research projects. Third, to disseminate research findings through professional/scholarly journals and conference presentations. Current lines of research within the center include: athletic injury, eating disorders, peak performance, athlete-sport psychologist sexual attractions, life skills training, factors influencing athletes’ decisions to seek sport psychology services, coping in high-risk sports, and coaching effectiveness.

Service
The service mission has two purposes. First, to provide sport and exercise psychology services, ranging from personal counseling to performance enhancement, to athletes, sport teams and organizations throughout Texas and the U.S.  We work with all age levels and all sports, and currently are consulting with high school, college and Olympic-level athletes. Second, to provide organized and supervised practica for graduate students in sport and exercise psychology. Although these practica experiences occur with athletes and teams throughout the metroplex, our consultants primarily work with UNT athletic teams to assist them with their goals of developing winning programs and successful students.

Through the CSPPE and the Departments of Psychology and KHPR, UNT is at the forefront of U.S. universities in offering interdisciplinary training in applied sport psychology.

 Recent Publications:

Martin, S.B., Lavallee, D., Kellmann, M., & Page, S. (In press).  Attitudes toward sport psychology consulting of adult athletes from the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.  International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology.

Weiller, K. H., Higgs, C. T., & Martin, S. B. (In press). Gender bias in the 1996 Olympic games: Audience perception and effects. Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal.  

Higgs, C. T., Weiller, K. H., & Martin, S. B. (2003). Gender bias in the 1996 Olympic Games: A comparative analysis. Journal of Sport & Social Issues 27 (1), 52-64.  

Straub, W.F., Martin, S.B., Williams, D.Z., & Ramsey, A.L.  (2003).  Pain apperception of contact and non-contact sport athletes.  The Sports Journal of the United States Sports Academy, 6 (2).

Brewer, B., & Petrie, T. A. (2002).  Psychopathology. In J. Van Raalte & B. Brewer (Eds.), Exploring Sport and Exercise Psychology (2^nd ed.).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Cogan, K.D. & Petrie, T.A. (2002). Diversity in athletics.  In J. Van Raalte and B. Brewer (Eds.), Exploring sport and exercise psychology (2^nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Gould, D., Damarjian, N., & Greenleaf, C. (2002). Imagery training for peak performance. In J. Van Raalte and B. Brewer (Eds.), Exploring sport and exercise psychology (2^nd ed.; pp. 49-74). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Gould, D., Greenleaf, C., Guinan, D., & Chung, Y. (2002). A survey of U.S. Olympic coaches: Variables perceived to have influenced athlete performances and coach effectiveness. The Sport Psychologist, 16, 229-250.

Gould, D., Greenleaf, C., Chung, Y., & Guinan, D. (2002). A survey of U.S. Atlanta and Nagano Olympians: Variables perceived to influence performance. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73, 175-186.

Gould, D., Greenleaf, C., & Krane, V. (2002). The arousal-athletic performance relationship: Current status and future directions. In T.S. Horn (Ed.), Advances in sport psychology (2^nd ed.; pp. 207-241). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Greenleaf, C. (2002). Athletic body image: Exploratory interviews with former female competitive athletes. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 11, 63-88.

Jackson, A. W., Dishman, R. K., & Martin, S. B. (2002). Perceived leg extension and flexion forces of young adult males and females: Comparison to previous findings. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73(2), 225-228.

Janelle, C. M., Kim, J., Martin, S. B., & Mann, D. (2002). Determining the optimal duration of mental practice for a simple golf-putting task. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 43, 331-346.  

Ludtke, A. W., Jackson, A. W., Martin, S. B., Koziris, L. P., & Dishman, R. K. (2002). Perceived incremental force production: Replication and extension of previous findings. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 34(Supplement), S154. (Abstract)

Martin, S. B. (2002). Pay attention! Clarity of focus for success. Texas Coach, 46, 58-60.

Martin, S. B., Kellmann, M., Lavallee, D., & Page, S. (2002) Development and psychometric evaluation of the sport psychology attitudes – revised form: A multiple group investigation. The Sport Psychologist, 16, 272-290.

Petrie, T. A., & Denson, E. (2002).  Academic and Life Skills for College Student-Athletes (2^nd edition). Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.

Petrie, T. A., Petrie, H. G., Pinkenburg, L., & Edwards, K. (2002).  Strategic Learning in College.  RonJon Publishing:  Denton, TX.

Petrie, T. A., Tripp, M. M., & Harvey, P. (2002). Factorial and Construct Validity of the Body Parts Satisfaction Scale-Revised:  An Examination of Minority and Non-minority Women.  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 213-221. 

Gould, D., Greenleaf, C., & Dieffenbach, K. (2001). Pursuing performance excellence: Lessons learned from Olympic athletes and coaches. Journal of Mental Excellence, 4, 21-43.

Greenleaf, C., & Collins, K. (2001). In search of our place: An experiential look at the struggles of young sport and exercise psychology feminists. The Sport Psychologist, 15, 431-437. (Invited paper for special issue of TSP).

Greenleaf, C., Gould, D., & Dieffenbach, K. (2001). Factors influencing Olympic performance: Interviews with Atlanta and Nagano U.S. Olympians. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 13, 154-184.

Martin, S. B., Akers, A., Jackson, A. W., Wrisberg, C. A., Nelson, L., Leslie, P. J., & Leidig, L. (2001). Male and female athletes' and nonathletes' expectations about sport psychology consulting. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 13, 19-40.

Martin, S. B., Dale, G. A., & Jackson, A. W. (2001) Youth coaching preferences of adolescent athletes and their parents. Journal of Sport Behavior, 24, 197-212.

Page, S., Martin, S. B., & Wayda, V. K. (2001). Attitudes toward seeking sport psychology consultation of wheelchair basketball athletes. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 18(2), 183-192.

Petrie, T. A., & Rogers, R. (2001).  Extending the discussion on eating disorders to men and athletes.  The Counseling Psychologist, 29, 743-753.

Rogers, R., & Petrie, T. A. (2001).  Psychological correlates of anorexic and bulimic symptomatology.  Journal of Counseling & Development, 79, 178-187.

Tripp, M., & Petrie, T. A. (2001). Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders:  A Test of a Conceptual Model.  Sex Roles, 44, 17-32.

Vealey, R., & Greenleaf, C. (2001). Seeing is believing: Understanding and using imagery in sport. In J. Williams (Ed.), Applied sport psychology: Peak performance to personal growth (4th ed., pp. 247-284). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

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