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2020/2021

Applying Assessment Instruments and Intervention Techniques in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Code: 43891 ECTS Credits: 9
Degree Type Year Semester
4316214 Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity OB 1 2
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Carles Ventura Vall-Llovera
Email:
Carles.Ventura2@e-campus.uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
spanish (spa)

Teachers

Jaume Cruz Feliu
Yago Ramis Laloux
Gerard Soriano Gillue
Jesús Portillo Morilas

External teachers

Antoni Caparrós
Beatriz Galilea
Carles Ventura
Catarina Sousa
Eduardo Amblar
Joan Barangé
Joan Palmi
Joan Vives
Josep Marí

Prerequisites

There are no specific prerequisites for the module.

Objectives and Contextualisation

This model may seem that students are able to:

     - Know and apply the assessment tools for psychological intervention applied to the areas of sports initiation, performance and healthy physical activity.

    - Know the main techniques of psychological intervention, guidance in the context of sports production.

    - Choose the psychological technique that can best fit all three in each particular case.

    - Apply the corresponding technique / psychological issues according to the criteria of effectiveness.

Competences

  • Analyze critically the most current theories, models and methods in psychological research.
  • Analyze the psychological factors that impact sports initiation, performance and abandonment.
  • Apply psychological interventions to school-age children, with trainers and parents, in the field of sports performance and exercise in relation to health.
  • Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
  • Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  • Know the main models of intervention in sports initiation and in the psychology of sport.
  • Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
  • Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Choose and apply the appropriate techniques, procedures and protocols for detecting and evaluating the different problem areas in the field of sport and exercise.
  2. Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
  3. Identify the most suitable evaluation instruments and systems for responding to the needs and requirements of the different sport agents (practitioners, trainers, clubs, etc.).
  4. Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  5. Know the evidence-based techniques, procedures and protocols for evaluating and intervening in the main problem areas in the field of sport and exercise.
  6. Know the main research methods and identify their suitability in relation to the demands of sport.
  7. Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
  8. Summarise the main mechanisms involved in the psychological processes that intervene in the different sports agents, based on current theories and models.
  9. Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.

Content

Assessment instruments:

    Anamnesis and the interview.

    Questionnaires.

    Observation and recording.

 Psychological intervention techniques:

    Goal setting

    Activation management.

    Focus management

    The management of mental images.

    Emotional management and beliefs

    Self-talk

 

Applications:

    Interdisciplinary work in sports psychology

    Arbitration and sports judgment

    Case studies

Methodology

For the development of the module, 3 types of training activities are planned:

48 hours of face-to-face teaching activity in the classroom. Most of these hours correspond to lectures with the highest participation by the teacher.

48 hours supervised with group work training activity, tutorials.

129 hours corresponding to autonomous work by the student: search for information, study, preparation of tests and work.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Directed 47 1.88 6, 5, 3, 4, 1
Type: Supervised      
Supervised 47 1.88 3, 4, 1, 8, 9
Type: Autonomous      
Autonomous 129 5.16 7, 4, 1, 8, 9

Assessment

Written test: exam on the contents developed during the module.

 

Written work: individual development on a case, making use of the contents developed in the module.

 

Oral presentation: summary presentation of the written work.

 
 

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Delivery of work / Reports 60% 0 0 7, 5, 4, 2, 1, 9
Oral presentation of works 10% 1 0.04 5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 8, 9
Written tests 30% 1 0.04 7, 6, 5, 3, 4, 1

Bibliography

Dosil, J. (2002). El psicólogo del deporte. Asesoramiento e intervención. Madrid: Editorial Síntesis.
Font, J. (2018). Psicología aplicada al MotorSport. Madrid: Editorial EOS.
Martin, G.L. (2008). Psicología del deporte. Guía práctica del análsisi conductual. Madrid:  Pearson.
Mora, J.A. & Díaz, J. (2008). Control del pensamiento y sus estrategias en el Deporte. Madrid:  Editorial EOS.
Moran, A. & Toner, J. (2018). Psicología del Deporte. Ciudad de México: Editorial Manual Moderno.
Weinberg, R.S. & Gould, D. (2010). Fundamentos de psicología del Deporte y del EjercicioFísico. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana.