Hogue publishes in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Candace Hogue, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (SEPP) Laboratory, published the article "Division I Level Athletes Respond More Favorably to Caring, Task-Involving Climates While Ego-Involving Climates Trigger Concerning Psychophysiological Stress Responses During an Experimental Investigation" in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. This experimental investigation revealed that when coaches create caring, mastery-focused climates, this can elicit protective psychological and physiological responses in more-elite level athletes. This is in contrast to coaches creating hypercompetitive, ego-involving climates, which elicit more concerning psychophysiological responses to performance stress including a rises in inflammation and cortisol, as well as feelings of shame. This research was funded by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.