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Areas of specialization
Sport and exercise psychology
Research interests
Psychology of sport injury
Youth sport
Diane M. Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the
School of Kinesiology and affiliated scholar
with the
Tucker Center for Research on Girls and
Women in Sport and a collaborative member of the
Minnesota Youth Sport Research Consortium at
the University of Minnesota, where she has been since 1988. From 1982 to
1984 she taught in the physical education majors’ program and head
coached women’s intercollegiate volleyball and softball at Northwestern
College, Orange City, IA. At the University of Minnesota Dr. Wiese-Bjornstal
teaches graduate level courses in sport psychology, competitive sport
for children and youth, and the psychology of sport injury, and has
advised over forty sport psychology graduate students to completion. Dr.
Wiese-Bjornstal has published and presented in a variety of forums on
her collaborative line of conceptual scholarship on the psychological
responses of athletes to sport injury, and she is co-editor of the
related book,
Counseling in Sports Medicine. Her scholarship about
multidisciplinary aspects of sport and physical activity participation
among children and youth has appeared in a variety of sport psychology,
sports medicine, and physical activity publications, and she has
presented at coaching education workshops and in other applied forums.
Her professional service has included being on the editorial boards of
several journals, such as the Journal of Sport and Exercise
Psychology, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, and
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. She is a fellow of the
Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and of the Research
Consortium of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD), and is an AASP Certified Consultant in
Sport Psychology. Current civic engagement related to her professional
expertise includes volunteering her time as a youth volleyball coach,
serving as a local volleyball club board member, and raising two young
athletes of her own.
Academic degrees
- Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1989
Major: physical education; Emphases: sport psychology, biomechanics
- M.S., Springfield College, Springfield, MA, 1983
Major: physical education; Emphases: teaching and administration,
biomechanics
- B.A., Luther College, Decorah, IA, 1980
Major: physical education; Emphasis: K-12 teaching physical education;
Minors: health education, coaching
Selected publications
Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. (2007, December). Girls’
physical activity participation: Psychology. In the Report of the Tucker
Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, Developing
physically active girls: An evidence-based multidisciplinary approach.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, retrieved December 20, 2007
from
http://cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter.org.
Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M., & LaVoi, N.M. (2007,
December). Girls’ physical activity participation: Recommendations for
best practices, programs, policies and research. In the Report of the
Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, Developing
physically active girls: An evidence-based multidisciplinary approach.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, retrieved December 20, 2007
from
http://cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter.org.
Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. (2004). Psychological
responses to injury and illness. In G.S. Kolt & M.B. Andersen (Eds.),
Psychology in the physical and manual therapies (pp. 21-38).
Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. (2003). From skinned knees and
Pee Wees to menisci and masters: Developmental sport injury psychology.
In M.R. Weiss (Ed.), Developmental sport and exercise psychology: A
lifespan perspective (pp. 525-568). Morgantown, WV: Fitness
Information Technology.
Ray, R., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. (Co-Editors).
(1999). Counseling in sports medicine. Champaign, IL: Human
Kinetics.
Morrey, M.A., Stuart, M.J., Smith, A.M., & Wiese-Bjornstal,
D.M. (1999). A longitudinal examination of athletes’ emotional and
cognitive response to anterior cruciate ligament injury. Clinical
Journal of Sports Medicine, 9(2), 63-69.
Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M., Smith, A.M., Shaffer, S.M., &
Morrey, M.A. (1998). An integrated model of response to sport injury:
Psychological and sociological dynamics. Journal of Applied Sport
Psychology, 10, 46-69.
Wang, J., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. (1997). The
relationship of school type and gender to motives for sport
participation among youth in the People’s Republic of China.
International Journal of Sport Psychology, 28(1), 13-24.
Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M., Smith, A.M., & LaMott, E.E.
(1995). A model of psychologic response to athletic injury and
rehabilitation. Athletic Training: Sports Health Care Perspectives,
1(1), 16-30.
Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M., & Weiss, M.R. (1992).
Modeling effects on children’s form kinematics, performance outcome, and
cognitive recognition of a sport skill: An integrated perspective.
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 63(1), 67-75.
Full vitae
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updated December 2007
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