Sport Psychology Research Team Activities -- 1995-present


PUBLISHED RESEARCH:

Huddleston, S., Hamilton, N.P., Mintah, J.K., & Mack, M.G. (1996). Effect of casual messages on performance. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, 11, 95-105.

Huddleston, S., Mack, M.G., Mintah, J.K., Hamilton, N.P., Wee, R.J., Sipple, K.A., & Sandvold, J.J. (1997). Effect of casual verbal messages on mood and accuracy. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, 12, 72-84.

Huddleston, S., Mack, M.G., Schelling, C.S., Bian, W., Bush, D., Mintah, J.K., Pacelli, J., Wee, R.J., Thiese, K.E., Nelson, J.J., & Suchan, T.M. (2000). The relationship between existing mood states and performance on a novel accuracy task. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, 15, 85-100.

Huddleston, S., Mintah, J.K., Thiese, K.E., Sipple, K.A., Nelson, J.J., & Wee, R.J. (1999). Current and prior ergogenic aid use of present and former athletes. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, 14, 162-175.

Mack, M.G., Huddleston, S., Dutler, K.E., & Bian, W. (2000). Mood state changes of students enrolled in physical activity classes. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 911-914.

Mintah, J.K., Huddleston, S., & Doody, S.G. (1999). Justifications of aggressive behavior in contact and semi-contact sports. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 597-605.

Thiese, K.E. & Huddleston, S. (1999). The use of psychological skills by female collegiate swimmers. Journal of Sport Behavior, 22, 602-610.



RESEARCH CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW:

Araki, K. & Huddleston, S. The effect of color on a controlled accuracy task. International Journal of Sport Psychology.

Huddleston, S., Mack, M.G., Kamphoff, C.S., Suchan, T.M., Bian, W., Bush, D., Mintah, J.K., Dutler, K.E., & Wee, R.J. Mood state changes in collegiate track and field athletes. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.

Huddleston, S., Mertesdorf, J., & Araki, K. (2000, July). Physical Activity Participation and Reasons for Involvement Among Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Pre-Professionals. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.



PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

Araki, K. (1999). Psychological stress factors and sport injury. Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal, 33, 25-27.

Larson, L.B. (1999). Self-talk and athletic performance. Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal, 32, 22-23.

Mack, M.G., Huddleston, S., Dutler, K.A., & Mintah, J.K. (2000). Chaos Theory: A New Science for Sport Behavior? [On-line]. Athletic Insight: The Online Journal of Sport Psychology, 2. http://www.athleticinsight.com/ChaosTheoryFrame1Source1.htm

Westhoff, K. (1999). Reinforcement versus punishment in coaching. Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Journal, 32, 20-21.



PUBLISHED WWW ARTICLES:

Araki, K. (1999). Choking in big competitions. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/choking.html

Bian, W. (1999). Strategies for dealing with an unexpected poor performance or loss. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/dealloss.html

Bohnstengel, M. (1999). Relaxation techniques: Can they make you a better athlete? [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/relaxtech.html

Crane, C.C. (1999). Benefits of circuit weight training. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/circuitweight.html

Kepler, Kyle (2000). Performing Your Best...When It Counts The Most! [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/sports/perform.html

Mack, M.G. (1996). Is your stress IQ hurting your performance? [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/spstress.html

McVey, R.L. (1999). Eating disorders and athletes. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/eating.html

Milam, S. (2000). Self-confidence and peak performance. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/confidence.html

Mintah, J.K. (1998). Your anger can hurt your performance. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/anger.html

Pacelli, J. (1997). Refocusing during sport down-time. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/refocus.html

Sandman, M. (1999). Keeping youth sports fun. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/keepfun.html

Schultz, A.M. (1999). You go girl! The link between girls' positive self-esteem and sports. [On-line]. The Sport Journal. http://www.thesportjournal.org/Journal/Vol2No2/Schultz.htm

Stoker, S.E. (2000). Preventing youth sport burnout. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/preventburnout.html

Suchan, T.M. (1997). Precompetition routines in sport. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/precomp.html

Thiese, K.E. (1999). Together we stand, divided we fall: Using goal setting to increase team cohesion. [On-line]. Self Help and Psychology Magazine, Sports/Performance section. http://www.shpm.com/articles/sports/cohesion.html



PRESENTATIONS WITH PUBLISHED ABSTRACT:

Huddleston, S. & Mintah, J.K. (1998, June). Current and prior ergogenic aid use of present and former athletes. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sport, Medicine, Orlando, FL.

Schelling, C. & Huddleston, S. (1999, September). Jealousy in collegiate track and field athletes. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology, Banff, Canada.



PRESENTATIONS:

Araki, K. & Huddleston, S. (2000, July). The effect of color on a controlled accuracy task. Poster session presented at the International Congress of Physical Education 2000, Hong Kong, China.

Huddleston, S., Mertesdorf, J., & Araki, K. (2000, July). Physical Activity Participation and Reasons for Involvement Among Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Pre-Professionals. Poster session presented at the meeting of the 2000 International Conference for Physical Educators, Hong Kong, China.

Wang, L., & Doody, S. G. (2000, July). Rhythm Effect of Modeling to Physical Education Teaching. Poster session presented at the meeting of the 2000 International Conference for Physical Educators, Hong Kong, China.



RESEARCH PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN-PROGRESS:

Huddleston, S., Araki, K., Larson, L., & Westhoff, K. The relationship between belief in self-talk and performance on a balance task. Writing stage.

Huddleston, S., Schultz, A., McVey, R., & Muilenburg, T. Race and position differences in the locus of control of high school basketball athletes. Writing stage.




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