Dissertation and Thesis Awards
Abstracts will be judged by a panel of professionals in sport, exercise and performance psychology who are members of APA Div. 47: Society for Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology (SSEPP). The awardee(s) will be notified of their selection by March, so they can make plans to attend the APA Annual Convention to receive the award, which includes a certificate, conference registration fee waiver and monetary gift.
The student applicant must be a member of APA Div. 47, SSEPP, at the time of application. Graduate students may become student affiliates of SSEPP, whether they are APA student members or not. The student must also have successfully received her or his degree during the year for which the award is given; that is, by Dec. 31 of the application year
Please download and complete the following applications for the Dissertation Award and Thesis Award:
- Dissertation Award application (DOC, 37KB)
- Thesis Award application (DOC, 37KB)
Please submit applications to SSEPP Cornerstone Committee chair, Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD.
The annual deadline for this award is December 31.
SSEPP Annual Dissertation Award
2019
Alexandra Thompson, PhD, “Eating Disorder Diagnosis and the Female Athlete: From College Sport to Retirement”
2018
Daniel J. Brown, PhD, “Human Thriving: A Conceptualization, Understanding, and Application to Sport”
2017
Sean Locke, PhD, "Exercise-Related Cognitive Errors: Measurement, Validation, and Process"
2016
Jaclyn P. Maher, PhD, "The Dynamics of Daily Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults"
2015
Thomas Curran, PhD, "Psychosocial Mechanisms Underpinning Motivation in Youth Sport Participants"
2014
Kaitlynn Sedabres, PhD, "The Moderating Effects of Self- and Other Efficacy on Motivation in Swimming Relays"
2013
Edson Filho, PhD, "Cohesion, Team Mental Models, and Collective Efficacy: Toward an Integrated, Nomological Network of Team Sports"
2012
Sarah S. Kohlstedt, PhD, "Psychosocial Development in College Students: A Cross-Sectional Comparison Between Athletes and Non-Athletes"
2011
No winner
2010
Carly Raab Anderson, PhD, "Test of an Etiological Model: Development of Disordered Eating in Female Collegiate Gymnasts and Swimmers/Divers"
2009
Mercedes Carswell, PhD, "Predictors of Retirement Distress Among Male Former Intercollegiate Athletes"
2008
No Winner
2007
Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD, "The Impact of Yoga on Psychological Health in Older Adults"
2006
No Winner
2005
Jennifer Woodgate, PhD, "Self-efficacy Theory and the Self-regulation of Exercise Behavior"
2004
Amy Latimer, PhD, "Bridging the Gap: Promoting Physical Activity Among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Within the Context of the Theory of Planned Behavior"
2003
Tracie Rogers, PhD, "The Mediating Effects of Peripheral Vision in the Life Stress-Athletic Injury Relationship"
2002
Shawn Arent, PhD, "Dose-Response and Mechanistic Issues in the Strength Training and Affect Relationship"
2001
Roland Carlstedt, PhD, "Line Bisecting Test Reveals Relative Left Brain Hemispheric Predominance in Highly Skilled Athletes: Relationships Among Cerebral Laterality, Personality and Sport Performance"
2000
Renee Newcomer, EdD, "Cognitive-Affective, Behavioral, and Physiological Response to Injury among Competitive Athletes"
2000
S. Nicole Culos-Reed, PhD, "Use of Social-Cognitive Theories in the Study of Physical Activity and Fibromyalgia: Self-Efficacy Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior "
1999
Claudio Nigg, PhD, "Predicting, Explaining, and Understanding Adolescent Exercise Behavior Using Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Approaches"
1998
Gregory Norman, "A Cluster Analytic Test of the Transtheoretical Model Applied to Exercise and Behavior"
1997
Alan Smith, "Peer Relationship and Physical Activity Participation in Early Adolescence"
1996
Kathleen Martin, "Self-handicapping in Sport and Physical Activity: Conceptualizing and Measuring an Elusive Concept"
1995
Gabrielle Reed, "Measuring Stage of Change for Exercise" (Behavior Change, Urica E2)
1994
Patricia Smith, "Integration of the Theories of Reasoned Action, Planned Behaviour, and Self-Efficacy in the Prediction of Exercise Behaviour"
1993
Richard Albrecht, "The Effects of Positive and Negative Cognitive Social Priming on Self-Schemata, Self-Efficacy, Mood States and Motor Performance"
1992
Anthony Piparo, "Chronic Effects of Fitness on the Golf Putt"
1991
Cathy Lirgg, "Effects of Same-Sex and Coeducational Physical Education on Perceptions of Self-Confidence and Class Environment"
1990
Karla Kubitz, "Changes in the Stress Response Following Aerobic Training: An Examination of Underlying Mechanisms"
1989
Debbie Crews and Diane Weise, "The Influence of Attentive States on Golf Putting as Indicated by Cardiac and Electrocortical Activity"
1988
John Raglin, "Stress Responses and Performance in Competitive Swimmers"
SSEPP Annual Thesis/Master’s Project Award
2019
Alexandra Rodriguez, “Exploring Social Comparison and Sociocultural Attitudes in Athletes with Physical Disabilities”
2018
Rena Marie Goodwin, “Self-Stigma, Attitudes, and Preferences When Seeking Mental Health and Sport Psychology Services: A Student-Athlete Point of View”
2017
Zenzi Huysmans, "A Preliminary Exploration of the Application of Self-Compassion Within the Context of Sport Injury"
2016
Erika Van Dyke, "Exploring Relationships Among Self-Talk and Balance Beam Performance in Gymnastics"
2015
Kayla Carrigan, "To Weigh or Not to Weigh---Relation to Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors Among Female Collegiate Athletes"
2014
No Winner