Filho Edson - Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology: Research Directions To Advance the Field

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Filho, Edson, editor. | Basevitch, Itay, editor.

Title: Sport, exercise and performance psychology :

research directions to advance the field / Edson Filho, Itay Basevitch.

Other titles: Sport, exercise and performance psychology

(Oxford University Press)

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021. |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021023962 (print) | LCCN 2021023963 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780197512494 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197512517 (epub) |

ISBN 9780197512524 (online)

Subjects: LCSH: SportsPsychological aspectsResearch. |

ExercisePsychological aspectsResearch | SportsPhysiological

aspectsResearch. | Self-efficacy. | Sports sciences.

Classification: LCC GV706.4 .S657 2021 (print) |

LCC GV706.4 (ebook) | DDC 796.01dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021023962

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021023963

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197512494.001.0001

Edson Filho and Itay Basevitch

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Itay Basevitch and Gershon Tenenbaum

Maurizio Bertollo, Marika Berchicci, and Selenia di Fronso

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Itay Basevitch and Edson Filho

Edson Filho and Itay Basevitch

125 Novel Research Questions to Guide Future Research

in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology

Know thyself.

Oracle of Delphi

In Ancient Greece, thousands of people would visit the Temple of Delphi to ask questions about their future. A large scripture at the entrance of the temple reminded the visitors that before seeking knowledge about their future, they should be attuned to their present, inside world. In editing this book, we asked experts from around the world, each with a unique background and theoretical and methodological outlook, to propose questions that can propel the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology into the future. We consider ourselves global citizens and holistic researchers, and as such, we believe that multiple theoretical stances and empirical methods are needed to study the manifold topics that exist in our field.

The idea for this book originated over a decade ago, when we were both graduate students, during a drive back to campus from our weekly Monday night soccer game. At the time we were both reviewing literature for our dissertations in search for gaps. On the return trip to campus, we talked about the difficulty of finding a meaningful research idea to inform our dissertations, and the challenges with navigating vast amounts of literature without knowing the key essential readingsthat is, Where do you start when your literature search returns hundreds of articles of both classic and contemporary literature? As the conversation progressed over the 25-minute drive, we discussed how most book chapters and peer-reviewed manuscripts conclude with a short section (usually one or two paragraphs) discussing avenues for future research; we connected the dots and this was a Eureka moment for us! We decided that night that one day we would edit a book together focusing on (a) open research questions that address the unknown in the field and (b) key readings for a given subfield or topic within the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology. We were inspired by the writings of some of the best philosophers of all time, and we wanted to put forth a resourcer that could help students and seasoned researchers to identify some of the key questions that must be addressed to move our field forward. In essence, we envisioned the book to be a database of the most important questions to addressone of the main sourcers for researchers across the world and at various points in their career, updated every few years in accordance with theoretical, methodological, practical, and of course technological advancements in the field.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Socrates

Socrates, the father of Western Philosophy, never ceased asking questions. We believe scholars need this curiosity and intellectual humility to advance the knowledge base across domains. To this day, the so-called Socratic Method is a fundamental pillar of scientific research and evidence-based practice (e.g., Overholser, 2018; Stenning et al., 2016). Research projects are based on questions that, when addressed properly, might provide us with answers and, most certainly, generate more questions. Likewise, practitioners informed by an evidence-based practice philosophy must ask their clients key questions (e.g., needs assessment or a performance profile) to design an effective and personalized intervention plan (Rousseau & Gunia, 2016). Put plainly, this book is primarily inspired by the Socratic Method. Each chapter starts with a brief overview of what we know followed by five open research questions about what we know that we dont know that should be addressed to move our field forward.