Identity Crises in North American Sport Psychology: Academics in Professional Issues

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod K. Dishman
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Professional Issues ◽  
General Psychology ◽  
Educational Models ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Applied Technology ◽  
Current Availability ◽  
Identity Crises

Recent views of professional concerns facing sport psychology have not addressed academic dimensions of service delivery. The perspective developed in this paper suggests that defining sport psychology by what sport psychologists do or by who offers services may permit, but cannot ensure, professional competence. The assumption is made that in order for a field of study to sanction applied services it must possess an applied body of knowledge and a reliable technology. The current availability of these for sport is not clear. It is proposed that an acceleration is needed in development of applied technology and theory through creation of sport psychology models rather than exclusive reliance on applying clinical or educational models borrowed from general psychology. It is also proposed that errors associated with available techniques be better defined. Scientific cautions are re-emphasized in the hope that issues over professional services not overshadow the need for a reciprocity between applied questions and theoretical attempts at answering them.

Providing Sport Psychology Consulting Services to Professional Tennis Players

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Loehr
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Applied Technology ◽  
Professional Tennis ◽  
Assessment Procedures

This paper explores personal experiences in building a career in sport psychology and providing consulting services to professional tennis players. It describes the range of services provided, major client groups, and philosophy of service delivery. It reviews the overall training model used in service delivery as well as psychological assessment procedures used in consultation. It also describes how professional services were organized, type of services provided to specific client groups, and specific training components. Factors and issues influencing professional effectiveness and competence are explored. The importance of training and competence in all sport sciences are emphasized. The challenges and hardships encountered in building a successful career in this specialty are reviewed. The need for more effective and responsible applied technology and research is discussed.

Maintaining professional competence in innovation organizations*

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-87
Author(s):  
Khalid Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Design ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Environmental Support ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Production Knowledge ◽  
High Level

Public organizations involved in planning and implementation of developmental activity, education, research and development, as well as private firms delivering professional services and operating in a rapidly changing socio-economic environment are often concerned mainly with innovation, problem-solving and learning rather than with the production of any tangible outputs. The income streams of such organizations also often stem from environmental support rather than from a sale of widgets. Sustaining developmental activity in part requires maintaining such organizations at a high level of productivity, which calls for special design considerations that this paper attempts to delineate. A formal model of the production, knowledge acquisition and governance functions of an innovation organization is developed and experimented with through computer simulation using the heuristical approach of system dynamics. The analysis suggests that professional competence in organizations may atrophy, eventually leading to their demise, due to the development of a governance system that is largely driven by manifest authority, unless a concerted effort is made to preserve collegial decision roles. In terms of organizational design, this translates into considering constituents other than those used normally for creating mechanistic and organic components of organizational structure. Since professional competence often emanates from collegial rather than manifest processes, an important aspect of the design is to sustain collegial roles. Since collegial roles are undefined, their maintenance calls for placing constraints on manifest roles with prolific expansion potential. A promising design constituent for sustaining an appropriate governance system for an innovation organization appears to be a chartering process that should create an organizational magna carta clearly stating the limitations of the manifest roles. Other possible entry points into the system, albeit external, include bringing in leadership perspectives and linking with market forces that should allow the curtailment of prolific expansion of manifest roles.

Continuing Education Requirements Are Unnecessary and Are Not Relevant to My Professional Competence

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Barnett ◽  
Jeffrey Zimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Mental Health Clinicians ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
License Renewal

Even the best trained and most highly skilled mental health clinicians must take active steps to maintain, update, and expand their knowledge and skills. Failure to do so on an ongoing basis places one’s professional competence at risk. This chapter explains the fragile nature of competence and the steps to take to help ensure the maintenance of ongoing clinical effectiveness. Enhancing one’s competence to add new skills and to expand one’s clinical practice into new areas also is addressed. Continuing requirements for license renewal are described and placed within the broader context of each mental health practitioner’s overarching ethical obligation to provide the highest quality professional services possible. Specific recommendations for achieving this goal are provided in the hope that mental health clinicians will incorporate them into their ongoing professional activities.

(The) Body (of) Knowledge: Somatic Contributions to the Practice of Sport Psychology

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Strean ◽  
Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Knowledge

Ethical and Professional Issues in Contemporary British Sport Psychology

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J.H. Biddle ◽  
Stephen J. Bull ◽  
Carole L. Seheult
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
International Community ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Professional Issues ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Illustrative Case Study ◽  
Ethical And Professional Issues ◽  
Shed Light

Associated with the rapid increase in the demand for, and supply of, sport psychologists in Britain, a number of ethical and professional issues have arisen. Although some of these may not be unique to Britain, they may shed light on important issues that can contribute to a wider, international dialogue. Specifically, the paper addresses issues associated with the establishment of the Code of Conduct and the Register of sport psychologists in Britain. In addition, the consultancy process is considered from what have been termed educational and clinical perspectives, with illustrative case-study examples. Future directions are discussed in the hope of stimulating informed debate in the international community of sport psychology.

Toward the Professionalization of Sport Psychology

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Professional Issues ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Media

The application and professionalization of sport psychology has attracted increased attention from various sources including colleagues in the field, sport science and psychology departments, collegiate, Olympic, and professional sport organizations, and the media. Unfortunately, the attention generated has not resulted in significant organizational progress on issues crucial to the integrity of a developing specialization such as sport psychology. These crucial professional issues include the orderly growth of the field, requirements for the establishment of a recognized profession in sport psychology, the training of future sport psychologists, and the process and procedures required to develop and implement the certification of sport psychologists. The present paper was written to address these critical issues, identify progressive steps currently being taken, and recommend subsequent actions that can advance the field toward the professionalization of sport psychology without compromising the integrity of the academic subdiscipline.

The Social Psychology of the Benchwarmer

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
Robert J. Rotella ◽  
Douglas S. Newburg
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Crises ◽  
The Impact

Some athletes who are benched may experience identity crises, the impact of which may be long-lasting and far-reaching for them. Case-study interviews with three athletes who have experienced such crises are presented. The similarities in the case studies suggest that the bench/identity crisis may be a relatively common phenomenon. Suggestions are offered for athletes, coaches, and sport psychology consultants to help respond to such experiences effectively.

Determinants of Elite Disability Sport Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Developmental Model ◽  
Mental Skills ◽  
Disability Sport ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Sport Competition

In the last 10-20 years sport psychologists have started to emphasize the value of mental strengths such as self-confidence for disability sport athletes (Martin, 2012). The pinnacle of disability sport competition, the Paralympics, is becoming increasingly competitive, suggesting a strong need for athletes to possess effective mental skills. Like the Olympics there is intense pressure to win at the Paralympics. In the current review article I discuss the body of knowledge in sport psychology that focuses on potential direct and indirect determinants of performance in elite disability sport. The review is organized around a personnel developmental model used by Martin (1999, 2005, 2012). This model is a humanistic model and revolves around foundation qualities, psychological methods and skills, and facilitative and debilitative factors. The premise of the model is also similar to McCann's sentiment that “at the Olympics [Paralympics], everything is a performance issue” (2008, p. 267).

scholarly journals ANALISIS KINERJA GURU (Studi Korelasional Antara Kompetensi Dengan Kinerja Guru) Suku Dinas Pendidikan Dasar Kota Administrasi Jakarta Timur

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
D.M. Dharmawati
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
National Development ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Optimal Service ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Very High

Teachers have a very strategic role in efforts to achieve national development goals, particularly in the fields of education, so it is necessary to develop a professional force that is dignified and professional. Teaching profession has the task of serving the community in the field of education. This profession demands provide optimal service to the community in the field of education. In particular, teachers in demand to provide professional services to the learners so that learning objectives are achieved. So the teacher said professional is a person who has the ability and expertise in the field of teacher training so that he is able to carry out its duties and functions as a teacher with a maximum capability. Given that teachers need competence standards that we have professional teachers who meet the standards in accordance with dist. The study aims to determine the correlation between the professional competence of the teacher performance competency SDN / S on the basis of tribal education office in East Jakarta city administration. Performance Analysis of the results of the survey with a sample of 50 teacher respondents, the results obtained, Pedagogic Competence Variables (X1); Professional Competence (X2), and Teacher Performance (Y). Descriptive results Pedagogic Competence (X1) with an average (mean) of 52.54 and standard deviation (standard deviation) of 3.743, with the category being. Professional Competence Variables (X2) with an average (mean) of 36.34 and standard deviation (standard deviation) of 9.343, with a very high category, in the sense of increasing the level of competence of teachers in the profession is very high. Teacher performance variable (Y) with an average (mean) of 66.78 and standard deviation (standard deviation) of 4.995 , with a medium category. Results Correlations obtained value for X1 with Y of 0.815 means that there is a fairly strong relationship between the Pedagogic Competence Teacher Performance . Professional competence X2 with Y teacher performance by 0.430 means there is a significant correlation with performance on Teacher Professional Competence between variables X1 , X2 , and Y.

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