Presentations & Abstracts
A Call for Abstracts
The Northwest Student Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium (An AASP PNW Regional Conference) will be held April 21 and 22, 2023 on the campus of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. The program will consist of invited speakers, student lecture research presentations, student research proposals, and student intervention presentations.
Presentations
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 7th!
The conference space will have projectors and computers with internet access. Additional audiovisual and other equipment needs are available upon request.
Student Submissions: Students who wish to give a presentation must submit an abstract using the procedures outlined below. Please make all abstracts as complete and descriptive as possible. Student papers may have been presented elsewhere or submitted for upcoming national conferences. A student may serve as a presenter for one presentation only. First time presenters are welcomed and encouraged to participate.
Professional Submissions: Although students will be given priority for this symposium, space and time permitting, professional submissions will be considered. In previous conferences, professionals have been invited or accepted to give talks on applied work, research advances, or keynotes. Please follow the general abstract submission guidelines for research advances or case study submission. If you have an idea that may be relevant for an invited talk, please contact Linda Keeler (keelerl2@wwu.edu) or Jessyca Arthur-Cameselle (arthurj2@wwu.edu). (Note: Please let the conference organizers know if you are a professional but are submitting an abstract based on recent work done while a student).
Types of Presentations
- Lecture Research Presentations are presentations that involve completed data-based research on sport and exercise psychology topics. Lecture presentations should be 15 minutes in total length (12 minute presentation, 3 minutes for questions). These time limits will be strictly adhered to during the conference. Preliminary results are okay so abstracts can be written without full results completed.
- Research Proposals (student submission only) are presentations that involve developing research ideas. The speaker should provide the audience with a rationale for the study, questions, or hypotheses to be investigated, and proposed methodology for the study. Proposal presentations should be 15 minutes in total length (10-12 minute presentation, 3-5 minutes of discussion). Preliminary or pilot data would be welcome, but not required.
- Intervention Presentations are presentations that involve unique intervention techniques or programs. These may involve interventions/programs that have been previously applied or proposals for working with a specific population or individual. Presentations should include a description of the population, targeted skills or problems, the specific intervention protocols, and an evaluation or evaluation plan.
Please Note: All abstracts should include: (a) a clear statement of the problem and its significance, (b) a general description of the methods used or proposed, (c) a summary of the results, and (d) the major conclusions/practical implications you have drawn from the data. Research Proposals can elaborate more on the hypotheses, rationale, methodology, and issues the presenter may want to discuss. For the intervention abstract, elaborate more on the content contained in the Intervention Presentation description above.
Submission Procedure
1. SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 7th!
2. An abstract of approximately 250-300 words, typed in an identical format as the below sample, is required for each proposal submitted. The abstract must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font. The title goes on the top line (in bold, centered) followed by the author(s) full first and last name(s) and their affiliation (not bold) followed one blank line, and then a single spaced text of the abstract. The abstract should be in full-justification or block style.
3. Abstracts should be written in MS word and submitted as a document named “Lastname.Firstname.Abstract2023” (E.g., Skidmore.Brook.Abstract2023.doc)
Abstract Sample
Please use the following style:
The “Squat-n-Swap”: A Pilot Exercise Intervention to Promote Increased Physical Activity among Mothers of Young Children
Brook Skidmore, Western Washington University
The purpose of the current study was to determine the effectiveness of an exercise intervention for increasing physical activity levels and perceived social support for exercise among mothers of young children who serve as primary caregivers. Thirty-one mothers with at least one child under the age of five participated in the study. A treatment group….
(Please make your abstracts as complete and descriptive as possible, and limit them to 250-300 words.)