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CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS Association for Applied Sport Psychology – 2020 Conference Abstracts CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS Association for Applied Sport Psychology – 2020 Conference Abstracts COPYRIGHT © 2020 by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology ISBN 978-0-9855310-8-9 All rights reserved. This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or information storage and retrieval systems—without written permission of the publisher. Making copies of this book, or any portion, is a violation of United States copyright laws. First Edition For information, contact: Association for Applied Sport Psychology 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 107 Indianapolis, IN 46240 Association for Applied Sport Psychology 8365 KeystonePhone: Crossing, (317) Suite 205-9225 107 Indianapolis, INFax: 46220 (317) 205-9481 Phone:Email: (317) [email protected] Fax: (317) 205-9481 Website: www.appliedsportpsych.org Email: [email protected] Website: www.appliedsportpsych.org Disclaimer and Limits of Liability The author and publisher do not warrant or guarantee any of the products or procedures described herein. The reader is expressly warned to adopt all safety precautions that might be indicated by the activities described herein and to avoid all potential hazards. By following the instructions contained herein, the reader willingly assumes all risks in connection with such instructions. Front cover art courtesy of Stevens and Stevens. 2020 Conference Abstracts TABLE OF CONTENTS Live Sessions .................................................................................................................................. 4 CE Workshops ............................................................................................................................... 10 Featured Sessions ......................................................................................................................... 12 Lectures ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Panels ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Posters .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Symposia ..................................................................................................................................... 106 Workshops .................................................................................................................................. 119 3 2020 Conference Abstracts - Live Sessions LIVE SESSIONS In this panel, five USOPC sport psychologists (including a panel moderator) will describe the process of working to develop the MHO role, collaboration with Sports Medicine, LIVE-01 adjustments to the MHO role and enhanced provision of remote services as a result of Games postponement, and KEYNOTE SESSION examples of integrated work with the MHOs to meet athlete THRIVING IN AMBIGUITY & CHAOS mental health needs going into Tokyo 2021. Panelists will share highlights, challenges, and lessons learned from the General (Retired) Robert B. Brown new MHO role and recently hired Director of Mental Health, as Carl Ohlson, Penn State University, USA well as recommendations for ongoing support of elite athlete Travis Tilman, US Military Academy, USA mental health and performance. General Brown will reflect on his time as Commander of the United States Army Pacific, and how his involvement with LIVE-04 sport, along with principles of trust, teamwork, and vision KEYNOTE SESSION influenced his leadership during his military career. AN INTERVIEW WITH BRANDON MARSHALL, FORMER NFL ALL PRO & CURRENT CO-HOST OF INSIDE THE NFL LIVE-02 Join incoming AASP President Kensa Gunter as she DIVERSITY LECTURE interviews Brandon Marshall, a 6-time NFL All Pro wide DISABILITY SPORT: A PARALLEL PUSH FOR INCLUSION receiver who played professionally for 13 seasons. Brandon will share valuable insights over his entire career, including Anjali Forber-Pratt, Vanderbilt University, USA how he mentally prepared and stayed focused during games. Brandon will talk about the importance of sport psychology Dr. Forber-Pratt’s talk will highlight her work about disability and mental performance in the league and how it has evolved identity as well as elements of her personal story as an elite to the present day. An advocate of breaking down the cultural athlete, advocate, mentor and researcher. As a wheelchair- stigmas of mental health, he will highlight his own Foundation’s user for over 30 years, a two-time Paralympian and medalist efforts (Project375) to raise awareness in this important area. in the sport of wheelchair racing, Dr. Forber-Pratt is nationally Kensa and Brandon will discuss current events as well - and internationally recognized as a disability leader and including the current intersection of sport, media and activism mentor. She was a White House Champion of Change in related to racial injustice issues. 2013 and the American Psychological Association awarded her the 2020 Citizen Psychologist Award for Advancing Disability as a Human Rights and Social Justice Issue Award. LIVE-05 Globally, she is involved with disability advocacy efforts THE BURT GIGES WORKSHOP: WHEN AND HOW TO related to access to sport and has actively been involved to REFER A CLIENT help create inclusive sport opportunities for individuals with disabilities in Bermuda, India, Zambia and Ghana. Angel Brutus, Mississippi State University, USA Duncan Simpson, IMG Academy, USA, Jorge Ballesteros, Arizona State University, USA, LIVE-03 Dolores Christensen, University of Oklahoma, USA THE TEAM BEHIND THE TEAM: ADVOCATING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH OF TEAM USA ATHLETES Dr. Burt Giges, MD, has been a central figure in the field of clinical sport psychology for the better part of the past Sean McCann, Karen Cogan, Lindsay Shaw, Sara Mitchell, three decades. His notable contributions include articles Caroline Rodriguez, Alexander Cohen, United States on psychodynamic concepts in sport psychology, the sport Olympic & Paralympic Committee, USA psychologist–athlete relationship, and helping coaches meet their own needs. He has also written book chapters on topics As noted in the International Olympic Committee consensus such as becoming a sport psychology practitioner, mindfulness, statement on mental health in elite athletes (Reardon CL, and understanding athletes’ psychological needs. Dr. Giges Hainline B, Aron CM, et al., 2019), there is growing awareness has consulted with athletes and performers at all levels and of the major stressors and key environmental factors that trained generations of sport psychology practitioners in the influence elite athlete mental health. Leading up to the 2020 Athletic Counseling graduate program at Springfield College Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the US Olympic and and graduate programs around the country via his lectures, his Paralympic Committee (USOPC) sport psychology team book, “My work in sport psychology” (2nd ed), and his videos advocated for the additional role of Mental Health Officer (“Three Approaches to Sport Psychology Consulting,” “Brief (MHO) to create an environment that promotes mental Contact Interventions in Sport Psychology,” “Self-Awareness well-being and resilience. Elite athletes experience a range in Sport Psychology Consulting”). of mental health issues, and at the Games, occasionally experience mental health emergencies. The MHO role was In particular, Dr. Giges is known for his experiential workshops intended to supplement the support provided by the USOPC where he demonstrated a live role play with a chosen “client” sport psychologists and NGB sport psychologists/mental and then offered the audience real-time insight and feedback performance consultants to Team USA athletes and staff. into his process as it was happening in front of them. Along this vein, the second annual Burt Giges Workshop seeks to 4 2020 Conference Abstracts - Live Sessions extend the Giges experiential legacy by having a specific LIVE-06A focus on the process of recognizing when and how to refer a client to another provider. Two practitioners, one who is a TOWARDS ATHLETE CAREER EXCELLENCE: licensed mental health clinician and the other who is a mental NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CAREER RESEARCH conditioning consultant, will meet with the same “client” AND ASSISTANCE who presents with a concern that exists outside the scope of each practitioner’s competency. The practitioners will then Natalia Stambulova, Halmstad University, Sweden demonstrate how they approach a conversation with a client that includes the need to transition the client to a different The first ISSP Position Stand on athletes’ career development provider. Following this “one client, two approaches” role play and transitions (Stambulova, Alfermann, Statler, & Côté, session, there will be a live Q&A for the practitioners and the 2009) was recently updated with a comprehensive overview client to offer their shared reflections and detail when and how of the athlete career (sport psychology) discourse (ACD), the practitioners navigated the referral process with the client. emphasizing new trends in relevant research and practice In the true spirit of Dr. Giges, themes of provider self-awareness (Stambulova, Ryba, & Henriksen, 2020). The ACD consists and diverse consulting approaches will be highlighted
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