Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology: Research Directions To Advance the Field

This book presents the most pressing questions to advance the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology. Organized around performance and learning, health and wellbeing, and cultural and professional considerations, expert contributors in the field summarize the state-of-the-art literature, including tables with five must-read papers in each chapter. The book then presents the 125 critical research questions that must be addressed to move the field forward. As the main source of research questions for senior scholars, graduate masters and doctoral students, and advanced undergraduate students working on research projects, this book is the ultimate guide to addressing theoretical, methodological, and applied research in the field.

Edson Filho is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He is a member of the sport psychology registry of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and an associate professor of sport psychology and counseling at Boston University. His research agenda centers on human excellence and performance optimization at both the individual and group levels of analyses, while his consultation work concentrates on elite international, college and amateur athletes. Dr. Filho has authored over 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters in the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology.

Itay Basevitch is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) in the USA. His main research interests are in the areas of decision-making and perceptual-cognitive skills in team sports. Itay received his PhD from Florida State University and has worked as a professor, researcher, and applied practitioner in the UK, US, and Israel.