Dr. Scott Pierce

Sch Kinesiology & Recreation

Office

Student Fitness Center & McCormick - SFC 265E

Office Phone

(309) 438-8661office
phone

swpierc@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Current Courses

499Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

287Independent Study

400Independent Study In Kinesiology & Recreation

306Psychology Of Sport

381Special Studies In Recreation And Tourism

Research Interests & Areas

Focus on youth psycho-social development through sport. This includes an emphasis on how psychological skills are developed to assist sport performance, and how, why and under what conditions life skills are developed in sport and transferred to other life domains.

Ph D Kinesiology

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

MS Sport Studies

Miami University

Oxford, Ohio

BA Psychology

University of Otago

Dunedin, New Zealand

Other

University of Otago

Dunedin, New Zealand

2017 Reviewer of the Year

Journal of Sport Psychology in Action

2017

Abstract

Hevel, D., Amorose, A., Lagally, K., Miles, A., & Pierce, S. Testing the Effects of Message Framing on PA Motivation: Does Stage of Change Matter?. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise 50.5S (2018): 315.

Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Amorose, A., & Pierce, S. Competence Motivation Theory. D. Hackfort, R.J. Schinke, & B. Strauss (EDs), Dictionary of Sport Psychology. Elsevier (2018)

Pierce, S. Better People Make Better Athletes: Promoting a Positive Youth Development Approach with Young Athletes. Sport Psychology for Youth Athletes. Routledge (2017): 129-138.

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Forlenza, S., Pierce, S., Vealey, R., & Mackersie, J. Coaching Behaviors that Enhance Confidence in Athletes and Teams. International Coaching Science Journal 5.3 (2018): 205-212.

Pierce, S., Blanton, J., & Gould, D. An Online Program for High School Student-Athlete Leadership Development: Community-Engagement, Collaboration, and Course Creation. Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology 2.1 (2018): 23-29.

Pierce, S., Erickson, K., & Dinu, R. Teacher-Coaches’ Perceptions of Life Skills Transfer from High School Sport to the Classroom. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology (2018)

Driska, A., Gould, D., Pierce, S., & Cowburn, I. Understanding psychological changes in adolescent wrestlers participating in an intensive training camp: a mixed-methods investigation.. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 48.3 (2017): 303-330.

Gould, D., Pierce, S., Cowburn, I., & Driska, A. How an Elite Coach’s Philosophy Drives his Coaching to Facilitate Psychological Development of Young Athletes: A Case Study of J Robinson.. International Journal of Sport Coaching 4.1 (2017): 13-37.

Research Report

Mac Intosh, A., Pierce, S., Taradash, D., & Erickson, K. From Protest to Progress: Athlete Activism in 2016. Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (2017)

Presentations

An examination of the influence of perceived coaching behaviors and self-determined motivation on student-athlete’s grit and mental toughness. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Conference. (2018)

Coaching the coaches: An approach for sport psychology practitioners to help coaches move from leadership identification to leadership development. Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Meeting. Association for Applied Sport Psychology. (2018)

Correlation between personality factors and motivational orientations in circus performers. University Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2018)

Creating Coach and Athlete Questionnaires to Assess Life Skills Coaching and Development in Youth Sport. Leadership, Scholarship, and Outreach to Transform Youth Sport. Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University. (2018)

Goal Setting for Successful Performance. Michigan State University Summer Coaches School. Institute for the Study of Youth Sports. (2018)

High Leverage Leadership Behaviors. Michigan State University Summer Coaches School. Institute for the Study of Youth Sports. (2018)

Life Skills Research. Life Skills in Sport Think-Tank. Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, Michigan State University. (2018)

Selling Exercise: Effects of message framing and stage change on physical activity motivation. Midwest Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium. (2018)

Symposia Panel: Facilitating Psychosocial Development in Young Athletes. Leadership, Scholarship, and Outreach to Transform Youth Sport. Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, Michigan State University. (2018)

Teacher-coach perceptions of life skills transfer from high school sport to the classroom. University Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2018)

Grants & Contracts

Examination of Student-Athletes’ Developmental Transition from Youth Sport to College Sport. College of Applied Science and Technology - URG. Illinois State University. (2018)

Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program Development Grant. Illinois State University. (2018)

High School Student-Athletes’ Perspectives and Experiences of Leadership as a Life Skill. Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Private. (2017)

High School Student-Athletes’ Perspectives and Experiences of Leadership as a Life Skill. College of Applied Science and Technology - URG. Illinois State University. (2017)

Faculty Start-Up Support. Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Illinois State University. (2016)