ASSESSMENT IN APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

• Part I. Foundation of Assessment in Sport Psychology Consulting
Chapter 1. Importance of Assessment in Sport Psychology Consulting
Chapter 2. Science of Sport Psychology Assessment
Chapter 3. Ethical Issues in Sport Psychology Assessment
Chapter 4. Diversity in Sport Psychology Assessment
• Part II. Assessment Tools
Chapter 5. Mental Health Screening: Identifying Clinical Issues
Chapter 6. Personality Tests: Understanding the Athlete as Person
Chapter 7. Inventories: Using Objective Measures
Chapter 8. Interviewing: Asking the Right Questions
Chapter 9. Observation: Seeing Athletes on the Field
Chapter 10. Applied Psychophysiology: Using Biofeedback, Neurofeedback, and Visual Feedback
• Part III. Special Issues in Assessment
Chapter 11. Coach, Team, and Parent Assessments
Chapter 12. Talent Identification
Chapter 13. Sport Injury, Rehabilitation, and Return to Sport
Chapter 14. Assessment and Management of Sport-Related Concussions
Chapter 15. Career Transition
Chapter 16. Systems Approach to Consulting in Sport Organizations
Chapter 17. Consultant Effectiveness

Assessment in Applied Sport Psychology is a comprehensive resource that offers both students and professionals the opportunity to hone their skills to help their clients, starting with the initial consultation and lasting through a long-term relationship. In this text, Jim Taylor and a team of sport psychology experts help practitioners gain a deep understanding of assessment in order to build trusting relationships and effective intervention plans that address the needs and goals of their clients.

Part I of Assessment in Applied Sport Psychology covers topics such as the importance of assessment, the appropriateness of qualitative and quantitative assessment, ethical issues that can arise from assessment, and the impact of diversity in the use of assessment. Part II introduces readers to six ways that consultants can assess athletes: mental health screening, personality tests, sport-specific objective measures, interviewing, observation, and applied psychophysiology. Chapters in this section explain the strengths and weaknesses of each approach—for example, when traditional pencil-and-paper and observation approaches may be more appropriate than interviewing—and offer consultants a more complete toolbox of assessments to use when working with athletes. Part III addresses special issues, such as career transition, talent identification, and sport injury and rehabilitation. One chapter is devoted to the hot-button issue of sport-related concussions.

Tables at the end of most chapters in parts II and III contain invaluable information about each of the assessment tools described, including its purpose, publication details, and how to obtain it. Chapters also contain sidebars that provide sample scenarios, recommended approaches, and exercises to use with clients.

Assessment in Applied Sport Psychology works toward two main goals. The first is to help consultants gain a complete understanding of their clients through the use of a broad range of assessment tools. The second is to show consultants how to ethically and effectively use assessments to develop a comprehensive understanding of their clients, thus enabling them to assist their clients in achieving their competitive and personal goals.

Author
Jim Taylor, PhD, CC-AASP, is an internationally recognized consultant and presenter on the psychology of sport and parenting. He has served as a consultant for the U.S. and Japanese ski teams, the United States Tennis Association, and USA Triathlon. He has worked with professional and world-class athletes in tennis, skiing, cycling, triathlon, track and field, swimming, golf, and many other sports. He has been invited to lecture by the Olympic Committees of Spain, France, Poland, and the United States, and he has been a consultant to the athletic departments at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. Taylor has authored or edited 18 books, published more than 800 articles, and given more than 1,000 workshops and presentations throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East.
A former world-ranked alpine ski racer, Taylor is a second-degree black belt and certified instructor in karate, a marathon runner, and an Ironman triathlete. He earned his PhD in psychology from the University of Colorado. He is a former associate professor in the school of psychology at Nova University and a former clinical associate professor in the sport and performance psychology graduate program at the University of Denver. Taylor is currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco.