Applying Assessment Instruments and Intervention Techniques in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Code: 43891 ECTS Credits: 9| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4316214 Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity | OB | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Carles Ventura Vall-Llovera
- Email:
- carles.ventura@uab.cat
Teachers
- Marta Borrueco Carmona
- Eduardo Amblar Burgos
- (External) Anna Verdaguer
- (External) Beatriz Galilea
- (External) Carles Ventura
- (External) Ernest Baiget
- (External) Gerard Soriano
- (External) Joan Barangé
- (External) Joan Palmi
- (External) Josep Marí
- (External) Núria Rabassa
- (External) Saül Alcaraz
- (External) Àlex Latinjak
Teaching groups languages
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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
- Choose and apply the appropriate techniques, procedures and protocols for detecting and evaluating the different problem areas in the field of sport and exercise.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Identify the most suitable evaluation instruments and systems for responding to the needs and requirements of the different sport agents (practitioners, trainers, clubs, etc.).
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know the evidence-based techniques, procedures and protocols for evaluating and intervening in the main problem areas in the field of sport and exercise.
- Know the main research methods and identify their suitability in relation to the demands of sport.
- Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
- Summarise the main mechanisms involved in the psychological processes that intervene in the different sports agents, based on current theories and models.
- 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
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Directed | 48 | 1.92 | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Supervised | 48 | 1.92 | 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Autonomous | 129 | 5.16 | 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 |
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.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 10% | 0 | 0 | 4, 5 |
| Delivery of work / Reports | 60% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 |
| Oral presentation of works | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 |
Bibliography
Font, J. (2018). Psicología aplicada al MotorSport. Editorial EOS.
León, E.M., & Garcés de los Fayos, E.J. (2024). Fundamentos de Psicología del Deporte. Editorial Médica Panamericana.
Mora, J.A. & Díaz, J. (2008). Control del pensamiento y sus estrategias en el Deporte. Editorial EOS.
Moran, A. & Toner, J. (2018). Psicología del Deporte. Editorial Manual Moderno.
Salom, M., Núñez, A., & Leguizamo, F. (2023). Psicología del Deporte. Una aproximación práctica desde la evidencia científica. Editorial Médica Panamericana.
Weinberg, R.S. & Gould, D. (2010). Fundamentos de psicología del Deporte y del EjercicioFísico. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana.
Software
No specific software is required
Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TEm) Theory (master) | 1 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |