Sport Psychology Institute
Program Details:
June 26 - 28, 2013
PSY 390
The Sport Psychology Institute will be held at the Joel and Linda Abromson Community Education Center on USM's Portland Campus. Presentations are held in the 500 seat, climate-controlled Hannaford Lecture Hall. The institutes are led by USM Psychology Professor William Gayton, Ph.D. During the past 20 years, Professor Gayton has been instrumental in the creation, promotion, and execution of these intense and fascinating educational programs.
The institutes consist of three-day intensive classes (Wednesday-Friday) for college students seeking academic credit or for community professionals seeking certification and professional development opportunities. The institutes offer CEU's for teachers requiring recertification, as well as for participants seeking Board of Psychology or Social Work CEU's.
The educational focus of these unique programs is to bring together a tremendous team of academic experts to facilitate a discussion of theory and practice. The institutes are intended to appeal to mental health practitioners, health care professionals, physicians, physical therapists, nursing students, psychologists, counselors, social workers, human service workers, coaches, athletic directors, and athletes.
Open to all majors, no prerequisites.
Schedule:
Wednesday, June 26
- Registration and Check-in: 8:00-9:00am
- Introduction and Welcome: 9:15-9:30am
William Gayton, Ph.D., University of Southern Maine
Timothy J. Thornton, USM Summer
- Morning Session: 9:30am-12:00pm
- Psychological Preparation for Competition
John Silva, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
- Lunch, Woodbury Campus Center: 12:00pm-1:00pm
- Afternoon Session: 1:00pm-3:30pm
- Understanding & Regulating Anxiety in Sports Competition
John Silva, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Thursday, June 27
- Morning Session: 9:30am-12:00pm
- An Introduction to Group Dynamics of Sport: Group Cohesion and Team Building in Sport
W. Neil Widmeyer, Ph.D., McMaster University
Albert Carron, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
- Lunch, Woodbury Campus Center: 12:00pm-1:00pm
- Afternoon Sessions: 1:00-3:30
- Sports Violence: Causes, Consequences, and Cures W. Neil Widmeyer, Ph.D., McMaster University
- Home Advantage
Albert Carron, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
Friday, June 28
- Morning Session: 9:30am-12:00pm
- The Delivery of Sport Psychology Services to Coaches and Athletes in an Intercollegiate Setting
DaveYukelson, Ph.D., Penn State University
- Lunch, Woodbury Campus Center: 12:00pm-1:00pm
- Afternoon Session: 1:00pm-3:30pm
- The Affective and Aggression Reactions of Sports Spectators: The Importance of Team Identification
Daniel Wann, Ph.D., Murray State University
- Closing Comments: 3:30pm-4:00pm
William F. Gayton, Ph.D., University of Southern Maine
Faculty
John M. Silva, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. from The University of Maryland, and the MA and BS from The University of Connecticut. At Carolina he developed the sport psychology graduate program and served as the director of the sport psychology program and the sport psychology laboratory. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses in sport psychology and statistics. Dr. Silva has consulted with Carolina student athletes, professional athletes, Olympic athletes, coaches and teams for over 30 years. He has provided consultation and on-site services to professional athletes and athlete's competing at National, International and World competitions. Discussion of his research and work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Psychology Today, NCAA News, USA Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, in National wire releases and on National television. In 2000 he was elected to the USA Team Handball Board of Directors and served on their Sports Medicine Committee from 1987-2006. From 1995-2006 he chaired or co-chaired the Sport Science and Technology Committee overseeing all sport science service provision for USA Team Handball National and Olympic teams.
Dr. Silva is the founding president of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), currently the largest sport psychology association in the world. As AAASP president he initiated the first sport psychology certification program for practicing consultants. AASP’s certification is the only certification program recognized by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). He was the inaugural editor of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, is a Fellow in AASP, a certified AASP consultant, a member of the USOC Sport Psychology Registry, and an AAHPERD Research Consortium Fellow. Dr. Silva has published over one hundred research-based and applied articles in noted refereed journals, and has published book chapters in some of the leading texts in the field. He is co-author of three sport psychology textbooks including the widely used "Psychological Foundations of Sport" published by Allyn and Bacon Publishers. Recently he published the second edition of “Training Professionals in the Practice of Sport Psychology”, the first graduate text focused on the training of sport psychology consultants. Dr. Silva has presented numerous invited keynote addresses worldwide and has conducted workshops regionally, nationally and internationally on various sport psychology topics. He presented The Coleman Griffith Memorial Keynote at the 10th anniversary AASP conference, and Invited Keynote lectures at the 20th and 25th AASP anniversary conferences.
As a participant, Dr. Silva participated in two sports in college, has run five marathons, and played on the Carolina Team Handball Club that won a Bronze Medal at the USA Open National Championships in 1991. He coached the Carolina Team Handball Club to three consecutive USA Team Handball Collegiate National Championships from 2004-2006. Carolina Team Handball has produced over a dozen USA National Team Players and two starters on the 1996 Olympic Men’s Team and one starter on the 1996 Olympic Women’s Team.
Daniel Wann, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Murray State University and a member of the Executive Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Youth Sports. Dr. Wann has been studying the psychology of sport fans and spectators since the mid 1980s, with a particular interest in fan identification (i.e., a fan’s psychological connection to a team), spectator violence, and the actions of parents as spectators at youth sporting events. Professor Wann has published two books (Sport Psychology, Prentice Hall, 1997; Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Spectators, Routledge, 2001), authored over 100 referred journal articles, has given over 60 conference presentations on the topic of sport fans and parental involvement in sport, and serves on the editorial board of several journals. He currently serves as founder and director of the Sport Fandom Special Interest Group for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Professor Wann has been interviewed by over 300 media outlets including newspaper and magazine (e.g., Time, Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today, Sporting Kid), radio (e.g., talk-net, sport-talk, NPR), and television (e.g., ESPN, CNN, CNBC). He has been hired as a consultant to several national businesses and sport organizations (e.g., the Professional Golfers’ Association, Taylor Made Golf, the National Basketball Association, ARAMARK/Major League Baseball, National Collegiate Athletic Association) to assist them in their understanding of sport fans. Dr. Wann has received numerous awards for his research and teaching including the Murray State University College of Humanities and Fine Arts Outstanding Researcher Award, the Murray State University Alumni Foundation Distinguished Researcher Award, the College of Humanities and Fine Arts Service Excellence Award, 2008, the Outstanding Recent Graduate Award from the Teachers College of Emporia State University, the Dale Pease Award for Contributions to the Study of Fan Behavior, and he is a multiple recipient of the Murray State University Department of Psychology Psi Chi Teacher of the Year Award.
Dave Yukelson, Ph.D., is the Director of Sport Psychology services for the Penn State University Athletic Department. In his 26th year at Penn State, Dave provides counseling and support to coaches and athletes in the areas of motivation and goal setting, visualization and mental skills training for managing peak performance under pressure, leadership, communication, team cohesion, and individualized strategies for managing stress and balancing multiple demands effectively.
Dr. Yukelson is a Past-President and Fellow in the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). He has published numerous articles in professional refereed journals, and is a frequent invited speaker at various national and international conferences. He is a member of the USOC Sport Psychology Registry, the USA Track and Field Sport Psychology Registry, and serves on the advisory board for USA Football. Dr. Yukelson has traveled internationally as team sport psychologist for USA Track and Field with various national and junior national teams.
Dr. Yukelson obtained a B.A. degree in 1976 from the University of California at San Diego (Social Psychology); M.S. degree in 1979 from Florida State University (Movement Science with specialization in Motor Learning and Sport Psychology), and a Ph.D. in 1982 from the University of North Texas (Higher Education with specialization in Sport Psychology).
A native of Los Angeles, CA, Dave and his wife Marla have been married 37 years, and have three children: Adam, Joshua, and Drew. In addition to spending quality time with family and friends, his hobbies and interests include traveling, biking, relaxing at the beach, and playing golf.
Albert V. Carron, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. His teaching and research focus on group dynamics in sport and exercise groups. Carron has published extensively on such topics as group cohesion, role ambiguity, the home advantage, and exercise adherence. He is a co-author (with Dr. Mark Eys) of Group Dynamics in Sport (4th ed., 2012; Fitness Information Technology). In 2002, he had two new books make their appearance. One, entitled The Psychology of Physical Activity (Mc-Graw-Hill), is co-authored by Drs. Heather Hausenblas and Paul Estabrooks. The second, The Group Environment Questionnaire: Test Manual (Fitness Information Technology), is co-authored by Drs. Larry Brawley and Neil Widmeyer.
W. Neil Widmeyer, Ph.D., was a professor for 30 years in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo. Unable to accept the concept of “retirement,” he continues to teach sport psychology at McMaster University as well as in a special program at the high school level for elite athletes. During his academic career, Widmeyer conducted considerable research in both group cohesion and aggression in sport. In the former area, he, along with Drs. Albert Carron and Larry Brawley developed the “Group Environment Questionnaire.” This frequently utilized measure of group cohesion has been translated into several languages and been adapted to business, residence, and exercise settings. . On the practical side of group dynamics, he and Dr. Carron have conducted team building sessions with athletes, dental personnel, corporate organizations, and physiotherapy staffs. Widmeyer is also well equipped to speak on aggression in sport given his association with the National hockey League. He has written several articles and book chapters on this topic in refereed publications. Widmeyer has held numerous positions within international professional organizations including three years as chair of the social psychology section of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology. In the past fifteen years, Dr. Widmeyer has been increasingly involved in Applied Sport Psychology. During this period, Neil has been the sport psychologist for one of the most successful major junior hockey franchises for Canada. In additition, he has done mental skills training with elite boxers, wrestlers, figure skaters, skiers, volleyball players, and golfers. This will be his eighth appearance at the Sport Psychology Institute.
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