Massengale's "Trends Toward the Future of Physical Education" (1987) makes no reference to the existence of the philosophic inquiry of physical activity within higher education kinesiology programs--even though the sub-discipline had been formalized by academics in the early 1970s. In contrast, Massengale and Swanson's "The History…

Teaching for personal and social responsibility (TPSR) is unconventional in nature, and this article describes the origins of the program and the many hurdles it had to overcome. It is not strictly a form of kinesiology, social work or education. It focuses instead on the whole person: kids' needs, interests and vulnerabilities. But TPSR also…

In this paper we focus on the lived experiences of multidisciplinary scholars as we navigated and coalesced into a productive, interdisciplinary collaboration. We pull from our foundations in feminist methodology and provide excerpts from personal journals and reflexive group interviews to provide a behind-the-scenes account of the inner workings…

Context: Injured athletes rely on athletic trainers to assist them when recovering from injury. Over the last 20 years, the use of psychological skills to speed recovery has become increasingly popular. Objective: Explore athletic training students' perceptions of the importance and effectiveness of psychological skills in the rehabilitation of…

Provides background information about sports counseling for student-athletes. Presents a proposal for a Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs specialty training area for sports counseling. (Author)

Surveyed 104 universities to assess attitudes of athletic directors toward clinical sports psychology, availability of counseling services for athletes, and the use of these services by athletes. While most athletic directors supported the benefits of counseling, few services were available specifically for athletes. (JAC)

Athletic counseling has emerged as a specialization within the fields of counseling and sport psychology. This paper describes a master's-level specialization in athletic counseling at Springfield College (MA), including the development of the program, course work, student recruitment, and program evaluation. (JPS)

Explains that sport psychologists play a vital role in helping athletes overcome obstacles in order to achieve their goals and provide athletes with tools to reach peak performance and personal growth (i.e., psychological and behavioral interventions for enhancing athletic performance). Sport psychologists work within the complex pathways between…

Explores factors by which people attempt to establish identities which will be remembered beyond their lifetimes. Provides a conceptual and theoretical analysis of sports success as an auspicious arena for immortalizing oneself. (JDH)

An athlete's emotional response to injury is as important as the injury. Techniques used by physicians and sport psychologists to help athletes overcome emotional distress and play again are discussed. (Author/MT)

This book addresses the causes and consequences of stress in college sports and offers effective coping mechanisms to help individuals understand and control stressors and emotions in their environment. The chapters are: (1) "Understanding Stress"; (2) "Perceptions of Stress in College Athletics"; (3) "Stress among College Athletes"; (4) "Stress…

Highlights some of the special challenges that confront the 1990s intercollegiate student-athlete and ways in which student-athletes respond differentially to these challenges, which are over and above those that non-student-athletes face. Offers suggestions for how counseling psychologists can lend their expertise and talents in helping…

Presents a classroom activity which shows gender differences in the acceptance of sports aggression. Includes the six scenarios as well as a number of discussion issues. (Author/JDH)

Surveyed 53 counseling psychology programs about sport psychology training. Found that most respondents had students who were interested in sport psychology; counseling faculty were perceived to be receptive to their colleagues and graduate students having interests and pursuing research in sport psychology; and most program directors thought best…

Examined whether conceptual and methodological perspectives pertaining to sport might be gender-biased. Applied a social role/systems approach predictive of male sport socialization to female athletes and nonathletes, finding it inappropriate. Suggests conceptual notions pertaining to sport socialization may be more accurate portrayals of…