College of Education and Human Development

School of Kinesiology

Hogue publishes in Psychology of Sport and Exercise

This research revealed athletes have psychological effects in response to hyper-competitive, winning-centered climates.

Headshot of Candace Hogue

Candace M. Hogue, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (SEPP) Laboratory, published her work "Psychoneuroendocrine interactions in response to the motivational climate in a sport setting: An experimental investigation" in Psychology of Sport and Exercise. This research revealed psychologically induced elevations in athletes' cortisol, testosterone, and alpha-amylase in response to hyper-competitive, winning-centered climates and more adaptive psychophysiological stress and motivational responses to athlete-centered, caring climates.