Idrottspsykologi
Psykologi inriktning idrott, eller idrottspsykologi, integrerar på ett naturligt sätt kunskaper från det naturvetenskapliga och det beteendevetenskapliga området. Idrottspsykologi handlar om människors upplevelser, känslor, beteenden och tankar i relation till idrotts- och motionsaktiviteter.
I ett holistiskt perspektiv fokuserar idrottspsykologisk forskning på psykologiska faktorer som främjar motivation, hälsa, välbefinnande och prestation. Vidare betonas utvecklingspsykologiska och socialpsykologiska frågor vid studiet av individ och grupp. Forskning vid Högskolan i Halmstad fokuserar tillämpade frågeställningar kring framförallt karriärövergångar, skaderehabilitering och prevention.
Idrottspsykologisk forskning vid Högskolan i Halmstad (HH) utförs primärt av Professor Natalia Stambulova, docent Urban Johnson, docent Magnus Lindwall (deltid vid HH) samt Fil. Lic. Hansi Hinic.
Idrottares utveckling och karriärövergångar
Professor Natalia Stambulova är en av världens ledande forskare inom området “idrottares utveckling och karriärövergångar” (eng. athletes’ career development and transitions). Under de senaste tjugo åren har Stambulova specifikt studerat utvecklingspsykologiska perspektiv på idrottares ingång i tävlingsidrotten, etableringen i tävlingsidrotten samt perioden efter idrottskarriärens slut. Hon har organiserat flera forskningssymposier kring “idrottares utveckling och karriärövergångar” vid internationella konferenser i idrottspsykologi de senaste 10 åren, t ex European Congress, 2003, 2007 och World Congress, 2001, 2005, 2009). Professor Stambulova är för närvarande vice president i International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP). Under det senaste decenniet har hon även fungerat i the Editorial Board för Psychology of Sport and Exercise, vilken är den ledande idrottspsykologiska journalen i Europa.
Psykologiska perspektiv på prevention och rehabilitering efter idrottsskada
Docent Urban Johnson är en internationellt erkänd forskare med drygt 15 års forskningsverksamhet inom området “psykologiska perspektiv på prevention och rehabilitering efter idrottsskada”.
12 större projekt
Professor Stambulova har varit involverad (mestadels som projektledare) i 12 större projekt inom forskningsområdet. Exempel är: European Perspectives on Athletic Retirement samt Perceived Health and Sport Participation; Athletes’ Transition from Junior to Senior Sports: A Longitudinal Study i samarbete med forskare vid Leipzig University, Tyskland, Paris IX University, Frankrike samt University of Vilnuis, Litauien). Docent Johnson samarbetar på det internationella planet med kollegor vid Victoria University, Melbourne, Australien och Technological University of Lisbon, Portugal. Johnson har organiserat flera internationella symposier kring idrottsskadans psykologi de senaste 10 år t ex vid Europeiska och internationella kongresser 2001, 2003 och 2007). Han har också omfattande regionala, nationella och internationella kontakter och nätverk, t ex med Hallands Idrottsförbund, Riksidrottsförbundet, Europeiska (FEPSAC) och Internationella idrottspsykologiförbundet. Den idrottspsykologiska gruppen vid HH har sedan 2002 ett betydande nätverk med 12 andra universitet i Europa kring involvering i European Master’s Program in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Detta faktum adderar den internationella synligheten för gruppen och ger möjlighet till unika forskningssamarbeten med ledande Universitet i Europa.
Doktorander
För närvarande handleder Professor Stambulova en doktorand inom projektet ”Ecology of Talent Development in Sport” genom extern finansiering från Syddansk Universitet, Danmark. Flera av Professor Stambulovas projekt finansieras genom Centrum för Idrottsvetenskap (CIF). Docent Johnson erhåller reguljärt externa forskningsmedel från bl a CIF. För närvarande är docent Johnson sekreterare för FEPSAC. Johnson handleder två doktorander (Karolinska Institutet samt Örebro Universitet) samt är bihandledare till ytterligare två doktorander .
Publikationer
Natalia Stambulova
Henriksen, K., Stambulova, N., & Roessler, K. K. (in press). Successful Talent Development in Athletics: Considering the Role of Environment. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sport.
Henriksen, K., Stambulova, N., & Roessler, K. K. (in press). Holistic approach to athletic talent development environment: A successful sailing milieu. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Stambulova, N., Alfermann, D., Statler, T., & Côté, J. (2009). Career development and transitions of athletes: The ISSP Position Stand. International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology,7, 395-412.
Stambulova, N., & Alfermann, D. (2009). Putting culture into context: Cultural and cross-cultural perspectives in career development and transition research and practice. International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 7(3), 292-308.
Ryba, T., Stambulova, N., & Wrisberg, C. (2009). Forward to the past: Puni’s model of volitional preparation in sport. International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 7(3), 276-291.
Stambulova, N., Stephan, Y., & Järphag, U. (2007). Athletic retirement: A cross-national comparison of elite French and Swedish athletes. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 8, 101-118.
Stambulova, N., Wrisberg, C., & Ryba, T. (2006). A Tale of two traditions in applied sport psychology: The heyday of Soviet sport and wake-up call for North America. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 18, 3, 173 – 184.
Ryba, T., Stambulova, N., & Wrisberg, C. (2005). The Russian origin of sport psychology: A translation of an early work of A. Tch. Puni. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 17, 157-169.
Alfermann, D., Stambulova, N., & Zemaityte, A. (2004). Reactions to sports career termination: A cross-national comparison of German, Lithuanian, and Russian athletes. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 5/1, 61-75.
Hagger, M., Biddle, S., Chow, E., Stambulova, N., & Kavussanu, M. (2003). Physical self-perceptions in adolescence: Generalizability of a hierarchical multidimensional model across three cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 34, 6, 611-628.
Hanin, Y. & Stambulova, N. (2002). Metaphoric description of performance states: An application of the IZOF model. The Sport Psychologist, 16, 396-415.
Stambulova, N. (2000). Athletes’ crises: A developmental perspective. The International Journal of Sport Psychology, 31, 4, 584-601.
Peer-reviewed book chapters:
Ryba, T. V., Schinke, R. J., & Stambulova, N. (in press). Cultural sport psychology: Special measurement considerations. In G. Tenenbaum (Ed.) Handbook of measurement in sport and exercise psychology. Urbana-Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Stambulova, N. (2009). Professional culture of career assistance to athletes: A look through contrasting lenses of career metaphors. In T. V. Ryba, R. J. Schinke, and G. Tenenbaum (Eds.) Cultural turn in sport psychology (pp. 285-312). Morgantown, WV: FIT.
Stambulova, N. (2009). Talent development in sport: A career transitions perspective. In E. Tsung-Min Hung, R. Lidor, & D. Hackfort (Eds.) Psychology of sport excellence (pp. 63-74). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.
Stambulova, N., Johnson, U., & Stambulov, A. (2009). Sport psychology consulting in Russia and Sweden. In R. J. Schinke & S. Hanrahan (Eds.), Cultural sport psychology: From theory to practice (pp. 125-140). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Alfermann, D., & Stambulova, N. (2007). Career transitions and career termination. In G. Tenenbaum and R. C. Eklund (Eds.), Handbook of sport psychology (3rd ed., pp.712-736). New York: Wiley.
Hanin, Y., & Stambulova, N. (2004). Sport Psychology, Overview. In C.Speilberger (Ed.) Encyclopedia of applied psychology (pp. 463-477). New York: Elsevier.
Urban Johnson
Stambulova, N., & Johnson, U. (in press). Reflective sport psychology practice: Lessons learned by applied students. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.
Johnson, U., & Ivarsson, A. (in press). Psychological Predictors of Sport Injuries among Junior Soccer Players. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports.
Stambulova, N., Johnson, U., & Stambulova, A. (2009). In R.J. Schinke & S.J. Hanrahan (Eds.) Cultural Sport Psychology. Sport psychology consulting in Russia and Sweden (pp. 125-140). Human Kinetics.
Johnson U. (2007) Psychosocial antecedents to sport injury prevention: A case study of competitive players at risk. In D. Pargman (ed.) Psychological Bases of Sport Injury, (3rd ed), pp. 39-49). Fitness Information Technology, Morgantown, WV.
Johnson, U. (2007). Psychosocial antecedents to sport injury, prevention and intervention: An overview on theoretical approaches and empirical findings. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 5, 352-369.
Johnson, U. (2006). Sport Psychology – Past, Present and Future: The Perceptions of Swedish Sport Psychology Students. Athletic Insight, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp. 1-8.
Johnson, U., Ekengren, J., & Andersen, M.B. (2005). Injury Prevention in Sweden. Helping Soccer Players at Risk. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1, 32-38.
Johnson, U. (2004). Psychosocial antecedents to injury and illness. In G.S. Kolt & M. Andersen (Eds), Psychology for the Physical and Manual Therapies (pp. 9-19). Elsevier Science: London.
Johnson, U. (2000). Short-term psychological intervention: A study of long-term injured competitive athletes. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 9, pp. 207-218.
Magnus Lindwall
Lindwall, M., Asci, H., Palmeira, A., Fox, K.R., & Hagger, M. (in press). The Importance of Importance in the Physical Self: Support for the Theoretically Appealing but Empirically Elusive Model of James. Journal of Personality.
Rennemark, M., Lindwall, M.,Halling, A., & Berglund, M.D. (2009). Relationships between physical activity and perceived qualities of life in old age. Results of the SNAC-study. Aging and Mental Health, 13, 1-8.
Lindwall, M., & Palmeira, A. (2009). Factorial validity and invariance testing of the ExerciseDependence Scale- Revised in Sweden and Portugal. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 13(3), 166-179.
Lindwall, M., & Martin Ginis, K. (2008). Exercising impressive impressions: The Exercise stereotype in male targets. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00869.x
Lindwall, M., Rennemark, M., & Berggren, T. (2008). Movement in mind: The relationship of exercise with cognitive status for older adults in the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC). Aging and Mental Health, 12, 212-220.
Hagger, M. S., Asçi, F. H., Lindwall, M., Hein, V., Mülazimoglu-Balli, Ö.Tarrant, M., Pastor Ruiz, Y., & Sell, V. (2007). Cross-Cultural Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale in Five European Nations. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 17, 703- 719.
Lindwall, M., Rennemark, M., Halling, A., Berglund, J., & Hassmén, P. (2007). The relationship between depression and exercise for elderly men and women: results from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC). Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 15, 41-55.
Lindwall, M., & Martin Ginis, K. (2006). Moving towards a favorable image: The self-presentational benefits of exercise and physical activity. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 47, 209-217.
Lindwall, M. (2005). Examining the validity of a Swedish version of the Self-Presentation in Exercise Questionnaire. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 9,113-134.
Lindwall, M., & Lindgren, E-C. (2005). The effects of a 6-month exercise intervention programme on physical self-perceptions and social physique anxiety in non-physically active adolescent Swedish girls. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 6, 643-658.
Lindwall, M. (2004). Factorial structure and invariance across gender of the Swedish Self-Consciousness Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 82, 233-240.
Lindwall, M. (2004). Factorial validity and invariance testing of the Swedish Social Physique Anxiety Scale: Arguments for gender-specific scales. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26, 492-499.
Hagger, M.S., Lindwall, M. & Asci, H. (2004). A multidimensional and hierarchical model of physical self-perceptions: A cross-cultural study across three nations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 1075-1107.
Lindwall, M., & Hassmén, P. (2004). The role of exercise and gender for physical self-perceptions and importance ratings in Swedish university students. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 14, 373-380.
Hansi Hinic
Hinic, H. (2004). Psychological, social and motivational factors in youth football. Licentiat dissertation. Psychological institution. Stockholm University.
Boström, B., Hinic, H., Lundberg, D., & Fridlund, B. (2002). Pain and health related quality of life among cancer patients on final stage of life: A comparison between two palliative care teams. Journal of Nursing Management, 1-8.