Division 47 Dissertation Award Guidelines

Division 47 of the American Psychological Association invites the submission of applications for the annual Dissertation Award. This award recognizes outstanding student research that has the greatest potential for making a significant contribution to the theoretical and applied knowledge base in exercise and sport psychology.

Application requirements are as follows:

1. a 1500 word abstract which includes (References should also be included but will not be counted toward the 1500-word limit):
   
          a) Introduction
          b) Review of Literature
          c) Methodology/Statistics
          d) Discussion
          e) Contribution to Science and Practice

1. the student applicant and/or his or her dissertation advisor must be a member of Division 47 at the time of application
2. the name and contact information of the applicant’s advisor
3. confirmation of the completion of the dissertation and the degree by December 31 of the year before the award would be conferred

Applications must be sent electronically (PDF preferred) to Jack Raglin at raglinj@indiana.edu, by February 15.

Abstracts will be judged (blind review) by a panel of professionals in exercise and sport psychology who are members of Division 47. The awardee(s) will be notified of their selection by March 14, so plans can be made to attend that year's annual convention to receive the award (which includes a plaque and a monetary gift), and to present their research.

Previous Dissertation Award Winners

Year	Name of Recipient	Title of Dissertation
1988	John Raglin	Stress Responses and Performance in Competitive Swimmers
1989	Debbie Crews & Diane Weise	The Influence of Attentive States on Golf Putting as Indicated by Cardiac and Electrocortical Activity
1990	Karla Kubitz	Changes in the Stress Response Following Aerobic Training: An Examination of Underlying Mechanisms
1991	Cathy Lirgg	Effects of Same-Sex and Coeducational Physical Education on Perceptions of Self-Confidence and Class Environment
1992	Anthony Piparo	Chronic Effects of Fitness on the Golf Putt
1993	Richard Albrecht	The Effects of Positive and Negative Cognitive Social Priming on Self-Schemata, Self-Efficacy, Mood States and Motor Performance
1994	Patricia Smith	Integration of the Theories of Reasoned Action, Planned Behavior, and Self-Efficacy in the Prediction of Exercise Behavior
1995	Gabrielle Reed	Measuring Stage of Change for Exercise (Behavior Change, Urica E2)
1996	Kathleen Martin	Self-handicapping in Sport and Physical Activity: Conceptualizing and Measuring an Elusive Concept
1997	Alan Smith	Peer Relationship and Physical Activity Participation in Early Adolescence
1998	Gregory Norman	A Cluster Analytic Test of the Transtheoretical Model Applied to Exercise and Behavior
1999	Claudio Nigg	Predicting, Explaining, and Understanding Adolescent Exercise Behavior Using Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Approaches
2000	S. Nicole Culos-Reed	Use of Social-Cognitive Theories in the Study of Physical Activity and Fibromyalgia: Self-Efficacy Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior
2000	Renee Newcomer	Cognitive-Affective, Behavioral, and Physiological Response to Injury among Competitive Athletes
2001	Roland Carlstedt	Line Bisecting Test Reveals Relative Left Brain Hemispheric Predominance in Highly Skilled Athletes: Relationships Among Cerebral Laterality, Personality and Sport Performance
2002	Shawn Ardnt	Dose-Response and Mechanistic Issues in the Strength Training and Affect Relationship
2003	Tracie Rogers	The Mediating Effects of Peripheral Vision in the Life Stress-Athletic Injury Relationship
2004	Amy Latimer	Bridging the Gap: Promoting Physical Activity Among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Within the Context of the Theory of Planned Behavior
2005	Jennifer Woodgate	Self-efficacy Theory and the Self-Regulation of Exercise Behavior
2007	Kimberlee Bonura	The Impact of Yoga on Psychological Health in Older Adults
2008	Mercedes Carswell	Predictors of Retirement Distress Among Male Former Intercollegiate Athletes