Is it my fault Daddy doesnt love me Contributing to mainstream psychology training and development l

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Is it my fault Daddy doesnt love
me?Contributing to mainstream psychology
training and development literature from a sport
psychology perspective

• David Tod
• Aberystwyth University

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The broad overview

• Are the parents listening or do they care?
  (Walker, Kremer Moran, 2006, p. 34)
• Mainstream psychology has a rich tradition in
  evaluating training and supervision (e.g., Hill
  Lent, 2006 Ladany Inman, 2008)
• Sport psychology has not yet established a
  similar tradition (Andersen Tod, in press)

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A brief and informal analysis...

• A small number of data-based surveys exist (11)
• Cites per year 0.68 (raw range 4-12)
• 90 are in sport psychology articles
• 10 are in mainstream psychology

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Reasons for the lack of research

• Investigators motivations
• Lack of grant money
• Others?

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The information flow seems largely one-way

• Sport psychology professionals (e.g., Petitpas,
  Giges, Danish, 1999 Tod, 2007 Van Raalte
  Andersen, 2000) have drawn on mainstream
  literature
• Few authors have attempted to move the other way
  (e.g., Andersen, 2001 Andersen, Brewer, Van
  Raalte, 1996)...
• Although related work does exist (e.g., Andersen,
  Van Raalte, Brewer, 2001 Hays Smith, 2002
  Lesyk, 1998)

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Possible reasons for the one-way flow

• Perhaps we do not have a great deal to offer
• Sport psychology research may be considered poor
  (LeUnes Haywood, 1990)
• Sport psychology may not be considered legitimate
• A possible over emphasis on the mental skills
  training paradigm (Tod Lavallee, in press Tod,
  Andersen, Marchant, in press)

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Do we have something to offer?

• Who is doing the work? (Hanrahan Andersen, in
  press Meyers, Colman, Whelan, Mehlenbeck, 2001)
• We can offer contextual understanding

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The way forward

• Come under the umbrella of mainstream
  organisations
• Develop a tradition of research in training and
  supervision
• Move away from a narrow mental skills training
  base

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Is it my fault Daddy doesnt love
me?Contributing to mainstream psychology
training and development literature from a sport
psychology perspective

• David Tod
• Aberystwyth University