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This textbook combines five main areas within applied sport psychology: 1. Conceptual issues about science and knowledge. 2. Research process 3. Methods 4. Data Analysis 5. Reporting research.
List of contents
1. What is Science?
2. Traditions of Applied Sport Psychology Research
3. Planning research and Ethical Considerations in Applied Sport Psychology
4. What Do You Want to Study? Research Questions, Aims, and Objectives
5. Understanding what Already Exists in Applied Sport Psychology Knowledge
6. Introduction to Methods: Key Theories and Concepts.
7. Research Designs 101
8. Introduction to Quantitative Research
9. Collecting Quantitative Data via Questionnaires: The Tool to Collect Quantitative Data
10. Analysis of Quantitative Data
11. Qualitative Inquiry: Approaches and Methods
12. Collecting Qualitative Data
13. Analysis of Qualitative Data
14. Writing the Research Report
15. The Practical Researcher
About the author
Paul McCarthy, PhD leads the taught doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is a BPS chartered psychologist, HCPC registered sport and exercise psychologist and Senior Teaching Fellow. He developed the first taught doctorate in sport and exercise psychology in Scotland and the UK. He works in private practice in professional sport.
Sahen Gupta, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, UK and a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. He specialises in resilience, positive environments, integrative psychotherapy and youth sport environments. He has worked with athletes from cricket, football, tennis, track & field, having held positions in International Cricket, and National Governing Bodies in several countries.
Jamie Barker, PhD is a Reader in Applied Sport and Performance Psychology at Loughborough University, UK a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. Jamie has an international and world-leading research profile with research interests in stress, group dynamics, wellbeing, and mental health. As an applied sport psychologist, Jamie has over 25 years of experience working in business, professional sport, and the military.
