Nikos Chatzisarantis, Professor at Curtin University, Australia, was an internationally renowned researcher in the field of exercise and health psychology, Section Editor of the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Unfortunately, Nikos passed away very recently, at a young age. Nikos grew up in Thessaloniki, Greece, graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and he received a Masters and a…
Dear ISSP Membership, you might have found that there has been a recent flurry of activity within this organization. We are quite enthused by the developments that have ensued since the beginning of 2020, despite clear challenges that have been posed with COVID-19. Within this news update, I am happy to share a few of the highlights that have ensued…
Dear ISSP Member: following our recent website resource on “Mental Health and the Olympic-Paralympic Games – Executive Summary”, we want to call your attention to a scholarly publication of this consensus in the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. The article, “Athlete Mental Health in the Olympic/Paralympic Quadrennium: A Multi-societal Consensus Statement”, can be accessed here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1612197X.2020.1746379. These are two formal products of…
We are now calling for 2017-2021 ISSP Awards Nominations. The ISSP Awards are presented to outstanding scholars and practitioners in acknowledgement of their significant contributions to the area of sport and/or exercise psychology. The ISSP has four categories of awards, they are: The ISSP Distinguished International Sport Psychologist Award, The ISSP Honor Award, The ISSP Developing Scholar Award, and The…
It is with deep regret that the international sport psychology community has lost a world leader in the area of cognitive sport psychology. Dr. Aidan Moran from Dublin University contributed as a tremendous scholar and person to our field at large. For those who were able to spend time with Aidan, he was insightful, creative, well spoken, and always humourous.…