KINE 3000 Lecture 28: KINE 3000 Lecture 9

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 3000
• Professor: Joseph Baker

Document Summary

Consulting: small but growing number doing this full time. Advance k/u describe, predict, explain & change. Research areas motivation, anxiety, stress, coping, aggression & youth development. Sport psychologist: in canada provincial & territorial laws regulate use of the term psychologists. Consulting terms include: mental skills trainer, mental coach, sport psychology consultant. Research/teacher terms: instructor o professor of sport psychology. 1920s coleman griffith was a teacher, a researcher and a consultant. Post wwii (1950s to 80s) franklin henry u of california. Graduate students to canada: dr. rikk aldermann & dr. albert carron. Establishment as field: prominent journals & key publications emerged & profession organizations such as scapps 1977. Recent years (1990-now): tremendous growth in the field and expansion to exercise & health body image, self-esteem, well-being, behavioral change, self-presentation, exercise adherence & eating disorders. Current sister fields: clinical & counseling psychology: work among individuals with mental health challenges or other life/development challenges uses theories of personality to understand and describe performance.