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IIS315 Applied sport psychology

Applied sport psychology

Anne Marte Pensgaard has a joint position at NSSS and the Norwegain Olympic Traning Centre. Her research is mainly focusing on motivation and coping with stress among elite athletes. She has been accredited sport psychologist at three Olympic Games and is currently sport psychologist for several national teams (a.o. cross-country sprint male team, and the Norwegian Female Handball team)

Pensgaard, A.M. (2008) Consulting under pressure: How to help an athlete deal with unexpected distracters during Olympic Games 2006. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 6, 301-307.

K. Steffen, K. , Pensgaard, A.M. & Bahr, R. (2008). Self-reported psychological characteristics as risk factors for injuries in female youth football. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports e-Pub.
http://www.klokavskade.no/upload/Publication/Steffen_2008_SJMSS_Self-reported%20psychological%20characteristics%20as%20risk%20factors%20for%20injries%20in%20female%20youth%20football.pdf

Abrahamsen,F.A. , Roberts, G.C. & Pensgaard, A.M. (2008). Achievement goals and gender effects on multidimensional anxiety in national elite sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.Volume 9, (4),  449-464.