Towards removing performance barriers : Prediction of burnout in female elite soccer players

• Based on the study by Stambulova and Johnson* from 2010 it is reported that applied sport psychology (ASP) literature reveals several publications on reflective practice and professional philosophies. Still, few studies focus how novice consultants make the first steps in their careers. The objective of this lecture is to discuss lessons learned by students during their one-year ASP education and supervised practice in Sweden. In total thirty-seven ASP students took part in the study. Information was gathered from the students' final reports on their six-month interventions with athlete clients. Four categories were created named professional tools, consultant & client relationship, learning process and experiences, and professional philosophy and organized into three levels reflecting the students' learning process with the shifts from analysis to synthesis and from concrete to more generalized and strategic lessons learned. In the lecture results are discussed using career development, scientist-practitioner and cultural sport psychology perspectives.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

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