title: Sport psychology group consultation using social networking web sites.
abstract: A social networking Web site, Facebook, was used to deliver long-term sport psychology consultation services to student-athletes (i.e., soccer players) in 30- to 60-min weekly sessions. Additional short-term team building, group cohesion, communication, anger management, injury rehabilitation, mental toughness, commitment, and leadership workshops were provided. Cohesion and overall relationships between both the student-athletes and the sport psychology consultants benefited from this process. Social networking Web sites offer a practical way of providing sport psychology consulting services that does not require use of major resources.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Florida State University.
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Texas Tech University.
authors.forename: Amber M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shipherd
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Florida State University.
authors.forename: Lael
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gershgoren
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Florida State University.
authors.forename: Edson Medeiros
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8548-4651
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, Florida State University.
authors.forename: Itay
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Basevitch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D060756:Social Networking; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult