The International Perspective from
ISSP
Gangyan Si
Toluca, Mexico
May 9, 2014
ISSP Mission
 To promote research, practice, and development in
the discipline of sport and exercise psychology
throughout the world
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- encourage and promote the study of human behaviour
within sport, physical activity, and health settings
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- facilitate the sharing of knowledge through a
newsletter/website, meetings and a quadrennial congress
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- improve the quality of research and professional
practice in sport psychology
 To endeavour to foster peace and understanding
among people from all countries
ISSP International Collaboration
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With AMPDAF
With FEPSAC
With AASP
With ASPASP
With Spanish Society
With Africa Society
With Arab Society
With SOSUPE
With Catalan Association
Iberian Society
ISSP Scientific Events
 ISSP World Congresses
Organization of the 2017 ISSP World Congress of SP,
Seville, Spain
 Denis Glencross Workshop（Pre-ISSP Congress）
- To pay tribute to the memory of President Denis
Glencross (since 1993)
- Two-days Pre-congress workshop for students and
young scholars
 Associated to the Annual MC meetings
 2010: “International Seminar of Sport Psychology”,
Florianóplolis, Brazil, 1-3 June
 2011: International Scientific Symposium “Sport Psychology
Application” Hong-Kong, 6-7 November
 2012: “II Dubai International Sport Psychology Symposium”,
Dubai,19-20 September
 2013: ISSP World Congress, Beijing, China, July
 2014: International Conference of Sport Psychology, Toluca,
Mexico, 9 May
 2015: ISSP 50th Anniversary and Sport Psychology Conference,
Rome, Italy, April
 2016: ……
ISSP Future Perspective
 To increase the cooperation with other International Societies as one
of the main issues in ISSP goals & activities
 To provide support to the colleagues/professionals in less developed
geographic regions (in terms of sport and exercise psychology)
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to advocate combining scientific with cultural competence
training together
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international certification of consultant
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professional education and training based on the regional/
national requests)
 To promote S & E Psychology from a worldwide perspective via:
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increasing quality of the IJSEP & being the most international
journal of S & E Psychology
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increasing quality of the ISSP website
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publishing high quality books
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organizing world congress and regional conference