Journal of Sport Psychology in Action

Members may access JSPA online in the Member Area under Publications.

JSPA is an official publication of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and is produced four times annually. 

5-Year Impact Factor 1.8
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EDITOR
Robert Schinke
Laurentian University, Canada
rschinke@laurentian.ca
(term ends December 31, 2026)

The Journal of Sport Psychology in Action (JSPA) provides psychology practitioners involved in the sport industry with sound information that is immediately applicable to their work. The journal also provides sport psychology practitioners with useful and informed guidance that will make a difference in the way they practice.

The scope of JSPA is any information that assists sport psychology practitioners to better understand, assess, and intervene with clients (e.g., individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities) in order to promote more effective functioning. In all sport settings, practitioners are likely to encounter a range of issues that require an understanding of performance enhancement, health and well-being, clinical disorders, ethical guidelines and dilemmas, all forms of diversity, coaching and support, and so forth.

Although JSPA's core audience is practitioners and psychologists practicing in the sport and performance domain, we also wish to appeal to a range of other informed delivers and consumers, including students, trainee psychologists, educators and supervisors, sport scientists and medics, sport coaches and parents, performance directors and managers, the media, and athletes themselves.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Journal of Sport Psychology in Action receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website, located at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uspa. ScholarOne Manuscripts, which allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitates the review process and internal communication between authors, editors, and reviewers via a web-based platform. For ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support, you may contact them by email or phone support via http://scholarone.com/services/support. If you have any other requests, please contact the journal editor at rschinke@laurentian.ca. To view the complete Instructions for Authors online, visit www.tandfonline.com/USPA and click on the "Authors & Submissions" tab.

Instructions for Authors (PDF) are available for individuals who would like to submit a manuscript to JSPA.

JOURNAL AWARDS FOR JSPA
For both the Paper of the Year Award and Reviewer of the Year Award, the Associate Editor (AE) of the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action (JSPA) will propose two papers/reviewers.

Available awards include:

• Paper of the Year Award
• Reviewer of the Year Award

Learn More About JSPA Awards