Mental Health in Sport and Physical Activity

Robert J. Schinke is President for the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) and a Past President of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Robert is a Full Professor and the Canada Research Chair of Multicultural Sport and Physical Activity at Laurentian University, in Canada, and a Distinguished Honorary Professor at Tsing Hua University, in Taiwan. Robert has worked extensively with world champion professional boxers featured on major television networks, consults also with an assortment of professional sport athletes across disciplines, and has served as Mental Training Consultant with several Canadian male and female national teams each Olympic cycle since 1996.Alessandro Quartiroli is a current member of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) and previously a member of the Executive Board of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP, USA). Ale is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (US) and a Visiting Reader at the University of Portsmouth (UK). A transnational scientist-practitioner, Ale provides applied services to a variety of clients from different performing domains, levels of competition, and geographical locations. He supervises trainees' applied and scholarly practice in the US, UK, and other countries. Ale’s scholarly work is centered around the training, development, and practice of sport, exercise, and performance psychology scientist-practitioners.

"This compilation of knowledge and understanding covers a broad range of topics related to mental health in sport and physical activity, making the book an important resource for researchers, practitioners and sport organisations. Because it has such a broad span, it is especially valuable as an introduction to the field of mental health in sport and physical activity."Marit Sørensen, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (A broad compilation of updated prestigious writings on mental health in sport and physical activity | idrottsforum.org)

• 1. Introduction: The International Society of Sport Psychology Academy of ScienceRobert J. Schinke, Alessandro Quartiroli, YoungHo Kim, Kazutoshi Kudo, Yu-Kai Chang, and Nikos Comoutos2. Updated Consensus Statement on Improving the Mental Health of High-Performance AthletesKristoffer Henriksen, Robert J. Schinke, Karin Moesch, Sean McCann, William D. Parham, Carsten Hvid Larsen, and Peter C. Terry3. International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand: Mental Health Through Occupational Health and Safety in High performance SportRobert J. Schinke, Cole Giffin, Suzanne Cosh, Kitrina Douglas, Daniel Rhind, Chris Harwood, Gangyan Si, and Athanasios Papaiounnou4. The Mental Health of Chinese Elite Athletes: Revisiting the Assessment Methods and Introducing a Management FrameworkGangyan Si, Xin Li, Zhijian Huang, Dandan Wang, Yuan Wang, Jing-Dong Liu, Hao Liu, Daliang Zhao, Danran Bu, and Chun-Qing Zhang5. Preliminary Psychometric Validation of a Brief Screening Tool for Athlete Mental Health Among Male Elite Athletes: The Athlete Psychological Strain QuestionnaireSimon M. Rice, Alexandra G. Parker, Daveena Mawren, Patrick Clifton, Peter Harcourt, Michael Lloyd, Alex Kountouris, Ben Smith, Patrick D. McGorry, and Rosemary Purcell6. Elite Athletes’ Achievement Goals, Burnout Levels, Psychosomatic Stress Symptoms, And Coping StrategiesMartin Daumiller, Raven Rinas, and Jennifer Breithecker7. Swedish Athletes’ Adjustment Patterns in the Junior-to-senior Transition: Viewing the Study from Today’s PerspectiveAlina Franck, Natalia B. Stambulova, and Andreas Ivarsson8. Cumulative Lifetime Stressor Exposure and Health in Elite Athletes: The Moderating Role of PerfectionismElla McLoughlin, David Fletcher, Hannah, L. Graham, Rachel Arnold, Daniel, J. Madigan, George M. Slavich, and Lee J. Moore9. Body Shaming as a Form of Emotional Abuse in SportErin Willson and Gretchen Kerr10. Lifestyle Challenges and Mental Health of Professional Tennis Players: An Exploratory Case StudySaul Shrom, Jennifer Cumming, and Sarah-Jane Fenton11. The Association and Mechanisms Between Mindfulness and Mental Health Outcomes in Athletes: Testing Self-Determination TheoryStephen Shannon, Donncha Hanna, Gerry Leavey, Tandy Haughey, Drew Neill, and Gavin Breslin12. Reflections on the Empirical Examination Comparing the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment Approach and Psychological Skills Training for the Mental Health and Sport Performance of Female Student AthletesZella E. Moore, Frank L. Gardner, Mike Gross, Andrew T. Wolanin, Rachel Pess-Gross, and Donald R. Marks13. Passion and Exercise Addiction: Healthier Profiles in Team than in Individual Sports: An UpdateAttila Szabo, István Soós, Ricardo de la Vega, Roberto Ruíz-Barquín, and Rita Kovacsik14. Long-Term Qigong Practice is Associated with Improved Self-perceived Health and Quality of LifeTakashi Shimazaki, Tibor Hortobágyi, Azusa Uematsu, Hirofumi Kobayashi, Madoka Nakamura, Masataka Kiryu, and Shuji Suzuki15. Exercise May Benefit Patients with SchizophreniaChen Chang, Chiung-Ling Chu, and Tsung-Min Hung16. Concluding Reflections and Future PathwaysRobert J. Schinke and Alessandro Quartiroli