Sport Psychology – Books and Resources

Last Updated on April 19, 2009 by Jimson Lee

In my previous article on Sport Psychology, I promised to mention one of my favorite resources on this highly specialized topic. I highly doubt Asafa Powell’s coaches are researching this in depth, but you never know.

The Sport Psychology Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors, coaches and students with information on the range of Sport Psychology books produced by Psychology Press and Routledge. Their journals consists of articles from the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology and International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

The Journal of Applied Sport Psychology is a refereed journal designed to advance thought, theory, and research on applied aspects of sport and exercise psychology.

The purpose of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) is to promote the development of psychological theory, research, and intervention strategies in sport psychology. The journal is a direct benefit of membership in AASP and is received by student and professional members.

InformaWorld offers journals, eBooks, abstract from their online database, and reference works from:

• Taylor & Francis
• Routledge
• Informa Healthcare
• Psychology Press

If you are a student at a major University or College, these articles are available to you at your library at no cost.

Most of these published articles are available for $25 USD. Here is a sample from the last 2 volumes of what they have to offer:

• Anxiety Responses and Psychological Skill Use During the Time Leading up to Competition: Theory to Practice I

  . Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 379-397. Thomas, Owen; Hanton, Sheldon; Maynard, Ian.

• Intervening with Athletes During the Time Leading up to Competition: Theory to Practice II

  . Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 398-418. Thomas, Owen; Maynard, Ian; Hanton, Sheldon.

• Sources and Types of Confidence Identified by World Class Sport Performers

  . Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 434-456. Bawden, Mark; Thomas, Owen; Maynard, Ian; Hays, Kate.

• Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use as a Complicating Factor in the Female Athlete Triad: Behavioral Implications for Sport Psychology

  . Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 457-470. Billings, Andrew C.; Jones, Karyn Ogata; Hawkins, Katherine W.; Denham, Bryan E..

• Self-Determination Theory and Exercise Behavior: An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Exercise Motivation Scale

  . Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 471-486. Wininger, Steven R..

• Age and Activity-Level Differences in the Use of Exercise Imagery

  . Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 487-493. Giacobbi, Peter R..

• Transference and Countertransference in Sport Psychology Service Delivery: Part I. A Review of Erotic Attraction

  . Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 253-269. Stevens, Lisa M.; Andersen, Mark B..

• Transference and Countertransference in Sport Psychology Service Delivery: Part II. Two Case Studies on the Erotic

  . Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 270-287. Stevens, Lisa M.; Andersen, Mark B..

• Is Winning Everything? The Relative Contributions of Motivational Climate and Won-Lost Percentage in Youth Sports

  . Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 322-336. Grossbard, Joel R.; Smith, Ronald E.; Smoll, Frank L.; Cumming, Sean P..

• The Impact of the Testing Environment on Affective Changes Following Acute Resistance Exercise

  . Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 364-378. Landers, Daniel M.; Short, Evan J.; Alderman, Brandon L.; Arent, Shawn M..

• Development and Validation of the Self-Talk Questionnaire (S-TQ) for Sports

  . Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 142-159. Psychountaki, Maria; Stavrou, Nektarios A.; Zervas, Yannis.

• A Psycho-Phenomenological Approach to Sport Psychology: The Presence of the Opponents in Hurdle Races

  . Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 173-186. Bouthier, Daniel; Vermersch, Pierre; Gouju, Jean-Louis.

• Effective Talent Development: The Elite Coach Perspective in UK Sport

  . Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 187-206. Martindale, Russell J. J.; Collins, Dave; Abraham, Andy.

• Professional Coaches’ Perspectives on the Return to Sport Following Serious Injury

  . Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 207-225. Eklund, Robert C.; Podlog, Leslie.

• Assessing the Effectiveness of Self-Talk Interventions on Endurance Performance

  . Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 226-239. MacDougall, Michael P.; Scott, David; Hamilton, Ryan A..

• The Moderating Effects of Self-Talk Content on Self-Talk Functions

  . Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 240-251. Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis; Zourbanos, Nikos; Theodorakis, Yannis.

• Emotional Intelligence: A Theoretical Overview and Implications for Research and Professional Practice in Sport Psychology

  . Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-15. Fletcher, Teresa B.; Meyer, Barbara B..

• Coaching Life Skills through Football: A Study of Award Winning High School Coaches

  . Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 16-37. Lauer, Larry; Collins, Karen; Chung, Yongchul; Gould, Daniel.

• Motivational Climate and Achievement Goals at the Situational Level of Generality

  . Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 38-66. Papaioannou, Athanasios G.; Milosis, Demitrios; Kosmidou, Evdoxia; Tsigilis, Nikolaos.

• Perceived Determinants of Identification with the Athlete Role Among Elite Competitors

  . Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 67-79. Stephan, Yannick; Brewer, Britton W..

• It’s All in the Mind: PETTLEP-Based Imagery and Sports Performance

  . Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 80-92. Smith, Dave; Allsopp, Amy; Westhead, Hayley; Wright, Caroline.

• Elite and Novice Athletes’ Imagery Use in Open and Closed Sports

  . Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 93-104. Weigand, Daniel A.; Arvinen-Barrow, Monna; Thomas, Scott; Hemmings, Brian; Walley, Malcolm.

• Mental Practice or Spontaneous Play? Examining Which Types of Imagery Constitute Deliberate Practice in Sport

  . Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 345-362. McGrory, Stephen; Vincent, Jenny; Cumming, Jennifer; Nordin, Sanna M..

• A Tale of Two Traditions in Applied Sport Psychology: The Heyday of Soviet Sport and Wake-Up Calls for North America

  . Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 173-184. Stambulova, Natalia B.; Wrisberg, Craig A.; Ryba, Tatiana V..

• Moving Cultural Background to the Foreground: An Investigation of Self-Talk, Performance, and Persistence Following Feedback

  . Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 240-253. Williams, Jean M.; Peters, Heather J..

• Using Psychological Skills Training to Develop Soccer Performance

  . Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 254-270. Weston, Neil J. V.; Greenlees, Iain A.; Thelwell, Richard C..

• Peer Leadership in Sport: Links with Friendship, Peer Acceptance, Psychological Characteristics, and Athletic Ability

  . Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 97-113. Weiss, Maureen R.; Moran, Molly M..

• Sport-Type Differences in Alcohol Use Among Intercollegiate Athletes

  . Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 136-150. Beck, Niels C.; Watson, Jack C.; Martens, Matthew P..