Dr. John Gotwals
Graduate Coordinator, Associate Professor Associate ProfessorGraduate Coordinator
Graduate Coordinator, Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Department:
Email:
jgotwals@lakeheadu.ca
Phone Number:
+1 807-343-8010ext. 7952
Office Location:
SB 1003
Office Hours:
By appointment
Academic Qualifications:
- PhD (Kine), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (2006)
- MA (Psych), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA (1999)
- BS (Psych), Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA (1996)
Previous Teaching/Work:
- Kinesiology 2059
Psychology of Physical Activity I - Kinesiology 4059
Psychology of Physical Activity II - Kinesiology 4230
Team Research Project - Kinesiology 5032
Psychology of Physical Activity
Research Interests:
Perfectionism is one of the most encouraged and endorsed characteristics in sport, exercise, and the performance arts. It is associated with enhanced performance as well as psychopathology, distress, and dysfunction. My primary research stream examines this paradox. What is perfectionism, how can it be measured, what are the mechanisms that connect it to desirable and undesirable outcomes, and what can be done to change those relationships?
Secondary lines of research include green exercise and the psychology of sport injury.