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This book focuses attention on the range of unique ethical, legal, and related professional challenges faced by those who work in the areas of sport, exercise, and performance psychology. Ethical Issues in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology is organized into four sections: ethical practices, specific populations, special settings, and academic issues. Professionals in higher education, university counseling centers, sports medicine clinics, and in private practice, as well as students will find this book an informative personal resource.

Dr. Etzel serves as a Professor in the Department of Sport Sciences within the WVU College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences. He teaches a variety of sport psychology courses at the graduate level (e.g., Counseling College Student-Athletes, Psychological Aspects of Sport Injury, and Psychological Aspects of Performance Enhancement, Ethics and Professional Issues, Sport Psychology Doctoral Practicum, Supervision) and undergraduate Psychological Aspects of Sport and Psychological Aspects of Sport and Psychological Aspects of Sport Injury. He currently serves as the psychologist for the West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. His duties include being a staff member of the WVU Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. He is the liaison between the center and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. He is involved in the provision of individual and group counseling services for personal, career, and sport performance enhancement concerns and is the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program coordinator at WVU. He is listed as a consultant on the U.S. Olympic Committee s Sport Psychology Registry. He serves as Chair of the American Psychological Association s Division 47 Education Committee and served as Chair of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology s Ethics Committee from 1998 to 2007. He is also a Fellow in the Association of Applied Sport Psychology.

Dr. Watson is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Sport Sciences at West Virginia University. His academic credentials include a bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Virginia, a masters degree in sport behavior from West Virginia University, a PhD, in sport psychology from Florida State University, and a post-doctoral respecialization in counseling psychology from Florida State University. His research interests include professional issues in sport psychology (i.e., ethics, supervision and mentoring), youth sport development, and anger and aggression in sport. A certified consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and a licensed psychologist in West Virginia, Dr. Watson has worked with athletes from a variety of sports and ability levels. He was a collegiate golfer at the University of Virginia and still plays competitive golf while coaching multiple youth baseball and basketball teams. Dr. Watson is the former chair of the Ethics Committee for AASP. He has published more than 35 articles, contributed chapters to several books, and has delivered more than 80 professional presentations nationally and internationally.