Sport psychology is a topic of growing interest. Many professionals
read journals such as The International Journal of Sports, Journal
of Sport Behavior, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Research
Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, and The Sport Psychologist. In
August 2008, Monitor on Psychology, the monthly publication of the
American Psychological Association (APA), featured a special issue
on sport psychology. Indeed, Division 47 of APA is devoted to "the
scientific, educational, and clinical foundations of exercise and
sport psychology." The North American Society for the Psychology of
Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) and the Association for the
Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) convene conferences
each year to present scientific findings and new developments in a
rapidly expanding field. The AAASP and other organizations also
qualify professionals as certified sport and exercise psychology
consultants. Finally, a visit to any bookstore will reveal the lay
public's fascination with sports, as revealed in numerous self-help
books and guides to perfecting athletic performance. Behavioral
psychologists have studied sport psychology for more than three
decades (Martin, Thompson, & Regehr, 2004). Applied behavior
analysis (ABA), in particular, has been an instrumental approach to
behavioral coaching in many sports, including baseball (Osborne,
Rudrud, & Zezoney, 1990), basketball (Pates, Cummings, &
Maynard, 2002), figure skating (Ming & Martin, 1996), football
(Ward & Carnes, 2002), golf (Pates, Oliver, & Maynard,
2001), ice hockey (Rogerson & Hrycaiko, 2002), soccer (Brobst
& Ward, 2002), swimming (Hume & Crossman, 1992), and tennis
(Allison & Ayllon, 1980). ABA stresses the application of
learning theory principles, objective measurement of athletic
skills, controlled outcome evaluation, and socially significant
behavior-change. Cognitive behavior therapy, or CBT, also has been
a dominant approach to psychological intervention in sports
(Meyers, Whelan, & Murphy, 1996; Weinberg & Comar, 1994).
CBT addresses athletic performance through cognitive-change methods
combined with behavioral practice and environmental modifications.
The purpose of the book described in this proposal is to compile
the most recent experimental and applied research in behavioral
sport psychology. Several journal articles have reviewed critical
dimensions of behavioral sport psychology (Martin et al., 2004;
Martin, Vause, & Schwartzman, 2005) but no book has covered the
topic with an emphasis on ABA and CBT methodology and practice.
Accordingly, Behavioral Sport Psychology: Evidence-Based Approaches
to Performance Enhancement is a first of its kind volume.
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