Date of Award

Summer 8-22-2015

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Hale Martin

Second Advisor

John McNeil

Third Advisor

Keith Henschen

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords

Assessment, Sport psychology, Therapeutic assess, Athletes, Psychological testingment

Abstract

This paper outlines the history of assessment in sport psychology and provides a summary of controversies and criticisms of psychological testing in athletics that have persisted throughout the development of the field. Such concerns include the use of personality inventories and tests for talent identification, the misuse of tests and related ethical concerns, cultural sensitivity of tests, and debates about the validity and reliability of assessment measures. In spite of these concerns, interest and demand for psychological assessment in sport remains. Therapeutic Assessment, an emerging but not yet well-known model of collaborative psychological assessment, addresses many of these criticisms and limitations and offers the potential to enhance athletic performance as well as promote general psychological well-being of athletes. With increasing calls in the sport psychology literature for interdisciplinary thinking, alternative methodologies, and evidence-based interventions in mind, Therapeutic Assessment is a model that could shift assessment and service delivery in sport psychology.

Copyright Date

6-29-2015

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

Fernando Frias

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

40 pgs

File Size

302 KB

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