Robert C. Eklund, PhD, is currently Professor and Chair in Physical
Activity and Health in the School of Sport at the University of
Stirling in Scotland. Previously, and while working on this
encyclopedia, he served as Distinguished Professor of Sport
Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning
Systems at Florida State University. His doctoral degree was earned
at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Exercise and
Sport Science with a specialization in sport and exercise
psychology. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Sports
Medicine (ACSM) and the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK).
Dr. Eklund has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles,
co-edited (with Gershon Tenenbaum) the prestigious Handbook of
Sport Psychology (3rd ed.), Measurement in Sport and Exercise
Psychology, Critical Readings in Sport Psychology, and Critical
Readings in Exercise Psychology, in addition to having coauthored
two measurement manuals on Flow, and authored or co-authored 12
book chapters in edited sport and exercise psychology compendia.
Eklund has presented his research and participated as a keynote
lecturer and invited colloquia speaker at numerous conferences
worldwide.
With regard to professional service to the field, Dr. Eklund is the
current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sport & Exercise
Psychology, the premier journal in the field, and has served in
that capacity since January 2003. He has also served as Associate
Editor for the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology and Section
Editor (Psychology) for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
In addition to providing editorial review services for a range of
scholarly journals, Eklund presently serves as an
editorial/advisory board member for The Sport Psychologist, Sport,
Exercise, and Performance Psychology, Pamukkale Journal of Sport
Sciences, and Hacettepe Journal of Sport Sciences. In the past, he
has also served on the editorial boards for the Journal of Sport &
Exercise Psychology and the Journal of Applied Sport
Psychology.
Gershon Tenenbaum, PhD, is Benjamin S. Bloom Professor of
Educational Psychology and Professor of Sport and Exercise
Psychology at Florida State University. He is a former director of
the Ribstein Center for Research and Sport Medicine at the Wingate
Institute in Israel, and coordinator of the graduate program in
sport psychology at the University of Southern Queensland,
Australia. From 1997 to 2001 he was President of the International
Society of Sport Psychology, and from1996–2008 served as Editor of
the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. He has
published extensively in psychology and sport psychology in the
areas of expertise and decision making; linking emotions,
cognitions, and motor systems; psychometrics; and coping with
physical effort experiences. Dr. Tenenbaum has written and edited
several books. In 2012 he edited Measurement in Sport and Exercise
Psychology (with Robert C. Eklund and Akihito Kamata); Case Studies
in Applied Psychophysiology: Neurofeedback and Biofeedback
Treatments for Advances in Human Performance (with William A.
Edmonds), and the Handbook of Sport Psychology, 3rd Edition (with
Robert C. Eklund).
Dr. Tenenbaum has received several awards for his academic and
scientific achievements, such as the Distinguished Scientific and
Research Contributions to Exercise and Sport Psychology Award from
the American Psychological Association, Division 47–Exercise and
Sport Psychology, The International Society of Sport Psychology
(ISSP) Presidential Award, The ISSP Honor Award, The ISSP
Distinguished International Scholar Award, and the Journal of
Educational Research’s Harold E. Mitzel Award for Meritorious
Contribution to Educational Practice through Research. He is a
member of several professional organizations and a fellow of the
American Psychological Association (Division 47), Association for
the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology, and the American
Academy of Kinesiology. Dr. Tenenbaum is a scientific advisor to
the Israeli Olympic Committee and has been invited to lecture in
many conferences and for organizations worldwide.
"...The editors have compiled an impressive array of topics,
ranging from the general (e.g., "Conflict," "Race," "Perception")
to the more specific (e.g.,"Yips," "CALO-RE Taxonomy of Behavior
Change Techniques"). Undergraduates and graduate students from
institutions with programs in exercise or sport psychology will
find this encyclopedia worthwhile. Summing Up: Recommended.
Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students."
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