Ethical Issues in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology PDF

Introduce students to the ethical considerations in sport psychology.

Ethical Issues in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology focuses on a multitude of unique ethical, legal, and related professional challenges faced by sport, exercise, and performance psychology practitioners. The book contains 17 chapters organized into four sections:

I. Ethical Practices
II. Specific Populations
III. Special Settings
IV. Academic Issues

Students will be given a comprehensive look at the most up-to-date, critical issues facing sport psychology practitioners. A wide range of professionals in higher education, university counseling centers, sports medicine clinics, and private practice will also find this book to be an informative personal resource.

Formerly published in 2014 by FiT Publishing.

Audience

Text for undergraduate and graduate students studying sport psychology as well as those studying in kinesiology-related fields. A resource for professionals and researchers in teaching, coaching, consulting, exercise instruction and leadership, sports medicine, rehabilitation, and athletic training environments.

Foreword
Gerald P. Koocher

Section I. Ethical Practice

Chapter 1. Some Impressions on Ethics in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Edward F. Etzel

Chapter 2. The Law and Sport Psychology: When Doing What Is Right and Doing What Is Legal May Not Be the Same Thing
Patrick H. F. Baillie

Section II. Specific Populations

Chapter 3. Ethical Issues in Youth Sport Consulting
Lindsey C. Blom, Amanda J. Visek, and Brandonn S. Harris

Chapter 4. Ethical Issues in Work With Collegiate Student-Athletes
Mary Jo Loughran, Edward F. Etzel, and Doug Hankes

Chapter 5. Ethical Issues in Professional Sport
Leonard D. Zaichkowsky and Mark Stonkus

Chapter 6. Five Ring Fever: Ethical Considerations When Consulting With Olympic Athletes
Mark W. Aoyagi and Steven T. Portenga

Section III. Special Settings

Chapter 7. The Ethical Practice of Exercise Psychology
Samuel J. Zizzi and Vanessa Shannon

Chapter 8. Ethics in Peak Performance Business Coaching
Doug Hirschhorn, Daniel Leidl, and Joe Frontiera

Chapter 9. Sports Medicine: The Ethics of Working as Part of a University Medical Team
James C. Moncier

Chapter 10. Ethical Challenges for Mental Skills Trainers Working With Soldiers in the United States
Army Tiz A. Arnold, Marjourie B. Fusinetti, and Keith A. Wilson

Chapter 11. Ethical Issues in Consulting With Performing Artists
Kate F. Hays

Section IV. Academic Issues

Chapter 12. Ethical Issues Affecting the Use of Teletherapy in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Jack C. Watson II, Robert J. Schinke, and James P. Sampson, Jr

Chapter 13. Ethical Issues in Supervision: Client Welfare, Practitioner Development, and Professional Gatekeeping
John R. Lubker and Mark B. Andersen

Chapter 14. Ethics and Teaching in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Michael L. Sachs

Chapter 15. Ethical Considerations in Sport and Exercise Psychology Research
Gershon Tenenbaum, Selen Razon, and Lael Gershgoren

Chapter 16. Ethics in Assessment and Testing in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Edward F. Etzel, Michael Yura, Frank Perna, and Justine Vosloo

Chapter 17. Ethical Decision Making
Jack C. Watson II and Edward F. Etzel

Edward Etzel, PhD, is an emeritus professor of sport psychology at West Virginia University (WVU). At WVU, he taught a variety of graduate-level sport psychology courses (e.g., counseling for college student-athletes, psychological aspects of sport injury, psychological aspects of performance enhancement, ethics and professional issues, sport psychology doctoral practicum) and undergraduate courses on the psychological aspects of sport and the psychological aspects of sport injury.

Dr. Etzel is licensed as a psychologist in West Virginia. He served as the psychologist for the WVU department of intercollegiate athletics. His duties included being a staff member of the WVU Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. He was the liaison between the center and the department of intercollegiate athletics. He was involved in the provision of individual and group counseling services for personal, career, and sport performance enhancement concerns and is the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program coordinator at WVU. He was listed as a consultant on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Sport Psychology Registry.

He served as chair of the American Psychological Association’s Division 47 Education Committee and served as chair of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Ethics Committee from 1998 to 2007. He was also a fellow of AASP.

Jack C. Watson II, PhD, is the dean of the College of Health and Human Services at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His academic credentials include a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in sport behavior from West Virginia University, a doctorate in sport psychology from Florida State University, and a postdoctoral respecialization in counseling psychology from Florida State University. His research interests include professional issues in sport psychology (i.e., ethics, supervision, and mentoring), youth sport development, and anger and aggression in sport. Dr. Watson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to sport in American society, performance enhancement, and supervision.

A certified consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and a psychologist licensed in West Virginia, Dr. Watson has worked with athletes from a variety of sports and ability levels. He was a collegiate golfer at the University of Virginia and still plays competitive golf while coaching multiple youth baseball and basketball teams.

Dr. Watson is the former chair of the Ethics Committee for AASP. He has published more than 35 articles, contributed chapters to several books, and delivered more than 80 professional presentations nationally and internationally.