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Scientific Support for TOPPS

Evaluations of Methods of Assessing Factors that Interfere with Sport Performance

 Donohue, B. Miller, A., Crammer, L., Cross, C., & Covassin, T. (2007). A standardized method of assessing sport specific problems in the relationships of athletes with their coaches, teammates, family, and peers. Journal of Sport Behavior, 30, 375-397.

 

Donohue, B., Silver, N. C., Dickens, Y., Covassin, T., & Lancer, K. (2007). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Sport Interference Checklist. Behavior Modification, 31, 937-957.

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Evaluations of Sport Specific Methods of Screening Mental Health

Donohue, B., Gavrilova, Y., Galante, M., Burnstein, B., Aubertin, P., Gavrilova, E., … Benning, S. D. (2018). Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. doi.org/10.1037/aca0000199 

 

Donohue, B., Galante, M., Hussey, J., Lee, B., Paul, N., Perry, J. E., …Allen, D. N. (in press). Empirical development of a screening method to assist mental health referrals in collegiate athletes. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. 

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Hussey, J., Donohue, B., Barchard, K., & Allen, D. N. (in press). Family Contributions to Sport Performance and Their Utility in Predicting Appropriate Referrals to Mental Health Optimization Programs. European Journal of Sport Science.

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Outcome Evaluations of Programs Aimed at Engaging Athletes into Interventions that Optimize Sport Performance and Mental Wellness Concurrently

Donohue, B., Dickens, Y., Lancer, K., Covassin, T., Hash, A., Miller, A., & Genet, J. (2004). Improving athletes’ perspectives of sport psychology consultation: A controlled evaluation of two interview methods. Behavior Modification, 28, 181-193.

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Donohue, B., Gavrilova, E., Danlag, A., Perry, J. Phillips, C., Allen, D. A., & Benning, S. (2020). A Comprehensive examination of collegiate athletes’ utilization of goal oriented psychological assessment and intervention services. Psychology in the Schools

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Donohue, B., O’Dowd, A., Plant, C.P., Phillips, C., Loughran, T.A., & Gavrilova, Y. (2016). Controlled evaluation of a method to assist recruitment of participants into treatment outcome research and engage student athletes into substance abuse intervention. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 10, 272 -288.

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Outcome Evaluations of Programs Aimed at Optimizing Sport Performance

Donohue, B., Barnhart, R., Covassin, T., Carpin, K., & Corb, E. (2001). The development and initial evaluation of two promising mental preparatory methods in a sample of female cross country runners. Journal of Sport Behavior,24, 19-30.

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Donohue, B., Miller, A., Beisecker, M., Houser, D., Valdez, R., Tiller, S., & Taymar, T. (2006). Effects of brief yoga exercises and motivational preparatory interventions in distance runners: Results of a controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 40, 1-4.

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Miller, A., & Donohue, B. (2003). The development and controlled evaluation of athletic mental preparation strategies in high school distance runners. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 15, 321-334.

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Outcome Evaluations of Programs Aimed at Optimizing Sport Performance and Mental Wellness

 

Chow, G., Donohue, B., Pitts, M., Schubert, K., Loughran, T., Gavrilova, Y., & Diaz, E. (2015). Utilizing The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS) to enhance relationships, mental strength and stability, and avoidance of unsafe sexual activity and substance misuse: Results of single case controlled trial. Clinical Case Studies,14, 191– 209.

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Donohue, B. Chow, G., Pitts, M., Loughran, T., Schubert, K., Gavrilova, Y., Allen, D. N. (2015). Piloting a family-supported approach to concurrently optimize mental health and sport performance in  Athletes. Clinical Case Studies, 14, 299-323.

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Donohue, Gavrilova, Y., Galante, M., Gavrilova, E., Loughrana, T., Scott, J., Chow, G., Plant, C., & Allen, D. A. (2018). Controlled evaluation of an optimization approach to mental health and sport performance. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 12, 234 – 267. doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2017-0054

 

Donohue, B., Loughran, T., Pitts, M., Gavrilova, Y, Chow, G. M., Soto-Nevarez, A, & Schubert, K. (2016). Preliminary development of a brief intervention to prevent alcohol misuse and enhance sport performance in collegiate athletes. Journal of Drug Abuse, 2, 1 - 9. DOI: 10.21767/2471-853X.100035.

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Donohue, B., Phrathep, D., Stucki, K., Kowal, I., Breslin, G., Cohen, M., White, S., Jefferson, L., White, T., Irvin, J., Reese, G., Kessler, FHP, Kieslich da Silva, A., Gabriel Santos da Silva, F., Fothergill, M., Robinson, G., Allen, H., Light, A., & Allen, D. A. (in press). Adapting an Evidence-Supported Intervention to Optimize Mental Health and Sport Performance for Collegiate Athletes to Fit Youth from Ethnic/Racial Minority and Low-Income Neighborhoods: A National Institutes of Health Supported Stage Model Feasibility Study. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine.

 

Galante, M. & Donohue, B. (2019). The Optimum Performance Program in Sports: A case of Bulimia Nervosa in a lean sport athlete. In G. Breslin & G. Leavey (Eds.), Mental health and well-being interventions in sport: A case study analysis. New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 

 

Gavrilova, Y., Donohue, B., & Galante, M. (2017). Mental health and sport performance  programming in athletes who present without pathology: A case examination supporting optimization. Clinical Case Studies, 16, 234-253. DOI: 10.1177/15346501166689302.

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Pitts, M., Donohue, B., Schubert, Chow, G., K. N., Lougrhan, T., Gavrilova, Y. (2015). A systematic case examination of The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS) in a combative sport. Clinical Case Studies, 14, 178 – 190.

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Phrathep, D., Donohue, B., Kraus, S., Paul, M., & Mercer, J. (in press). A controlled evaluation of a sport-specific performance optimization program in an athlete diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder within the Context of COVID 19. Clinical Case Studies.

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