Dr. John Gotwals

Associate Professor

Department: 
Kinesiology
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: 
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.