Judy L. Van Raalte | Springfield College

Judy L. Van Raalte

Judy L. Van Raalte

Professor of Psychology
Judy L. Van Raalte head shot
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., 1990
  • Master of Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., 1988
  • Bachelor of Science, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., 1986

Judy L. Van Raalte, PhD, is a certified consultant for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and listed in the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry. She has presented at conferences in 18 countries and published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, the NCAA, and the International Tennis Federation. Van Raalte served as president of the American Psychological Association's Society of Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology (APA Division 47) and vice president of the International Society of Sport Psychology. She is a fellow of APA and AASP.

Certifications and Memberships
  • Listed in the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry, 1996-2024
  • SafeSport Certified, 2019, 2020
  • Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC), 2017 – 2024
  • Certified Consultant (#73), Association for Applied Sport Psychology, 1993 – 2017
  • American Psychological Association
  • Running Psychologists
  • Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology
  • Association for Applied Sport Psychology
  • European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC)
  • International Society of Sport Psychology
  • New England Psychological Association
  • Sport Psychology Council
Research Interests
  • Self-Talk
  • Professional Issues in Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Mental Warmup and Mental Cooldown

Selected Works

Presentations

"Mental health and navigating sudden loss” webinar for National Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (NFCA), May 6, 2020. https://nfca.org/pages/nfca-webinar-presented-by-rapsodo

“How to talk to yourself,” story by Malia Wollan, New York Times Magazine, April 21, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/magazine/how-to-talk-to-yourself.html

“Staying active at home: The psychological benefits of movement” interview on NPR “On Point,” April 2, 2020. https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/04/02/staying-active-movement-coronavirus

“Talking to yourself,” The Lisa Show, BYU Radio, 2020  https://www.byuradio.org/episode/40fe5c0e-a334-4c09-b0d1-9d8135495899/the-lisa-show-how-to-stop-enabling-self-talk-the-paper-therapist

Van Raalte, J. L (2019, August). Distinguished contribution to science and research in sport, exercise & performance psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Van Raalte, J. L. (2019, June). Self-talk. Keynote presented at the annual meeting of the German Association of Sport Psychology (ASP), Halle (Saale), Germany.

Van Raalte, J. L. (2019, May). Self-talk workshop. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the German Association of Sport Psychology (ASP), Halle (Saale), Germany.

O’Connell, M. & Van Raalte, J. L. (2019, April). Athletic identity and self-talk in the lives of competitive athletes. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Hampton Bays Science Research Symposium, Hampton Bays, NY.

Monaco, M., Brewer, B. W., Van Raalte, J. L., & May, C. (2019, March). Concussion frequency and the decision to retire from one’s primary sport. Paper presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Northeast Regional Conference, Springfield, MA.

Monaco, M., Reardon, I., Avendano, A., Cannizzaro, C., Carbone, J., Damm, M., Groover, A., Rieger, M., Yezzi, J. P., Van Raalte, J. L., & Brewer, B. W. (2019, March). Counseling in multidisciplinary sport injury rehabilitation settings. Paper presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Northeast Regional Conference, Springfield, MA.

Christensen, D., Beachy, E., Walker, R., & Van Raalte, J. L. (2018, October). Managing decision-making dilemmas: Navigating your ethical expeditions. Continuing education workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Takahashi, M., Isogai, H., Mizuochi, F., Iwatsuki, T., & Van Raalte, J. L. (2018, October). Prediction of tennis serve direction: Expert tennis players’ visual attention and microsaccades. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Brewer, B. W., Kontos, A. P., Reeves, V. L., Kim, N., Van Raalte, J. L. (2018, October). Projective assessment of psychological readiness to return to sport after concussion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Van Raalte, J. L., Brewer, B. W., Cornelius, A. E., Keeler, M. H., Gudjenov, C., Reiner, J., & Steifel, A. (2018, October). Effects of a mental warmup on the workout readiness and stress of college students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Publications

 

Ruiz, L., Van Raalte, J. L., France, T., & Petitpas, A. (2020). Sueños de Béisbol:  Hopes, Experiences, and Expectations of Professional Baseball Players in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 14, 1-19doi10.1123/jcsp.2018-0091

Hong, X., Liao, Y., Shi, Y., Qi, C., Zhao, M., & Van Raalte, J. L. (2020). An empirical test of the self-talk dissonance hypothesis: The effects of self-talk overtness and personality on performance. The Sport Psychologist, 34, 173-176. doi: 10.1123/tsp.2019-0134

Van Raalte, J. L. & Brewer, B. W. (2019). Why wasn’t sport included? Comment on the special issue on the science of teamwork (2018). American Psychologist, 74, 252-253. doi:10.1037/amp0000409

Van Raalte, J. L., Vincent, A., & Dickens, Y. (2019). Dialogical consciousness and descriptive experience sampling: Implications for the study of intrapersonal communication in sport. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:653. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00653

Brewer, B. W., Haznadar, A., Katz, D., & Van Raalte, J. L., Petitpas, A. J. (2019). A Mental Warmup for Athletes. The Sport Psychologist, 33, 213–220doi:10.1123/tsp.2018-0120

Van Raalte, J. L., Vincent, A., & Dickens, Y. L., & Brewer, B. W. (2019) Toward a common language, categorization, and better assessment in self-talk research: Commentary on “Speaking clearly…10 years on”. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 8, 368-378. doi: 10.1037/spy0000172

Van Raalte, J. L., Brewer, B. W., Cornelius, A. E., Keeler, M., & Gudjenov, C. (2019). Effects of a mental warmup on the workout readiness and stress of college student exercisers. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 4, 42. doi:10.3390/jfmk4030042.

Van Raalte, J. L., Wilson, L., Cornelius, A. E. & Brewer, B. W. (2018). Self-talk in a SCUBA diving context. The Sport Psychologist, 32, 244-247. doi:10.1123/tsp.2017-0091

Van Dyke, E. D., Van Raalte, J. L., Mullin, E., & Brewer, B. W. (2018). Self-talk and competitive balance beam performance. The Sport Psychologist, 32, 33-41. doi: 10.1123/tsp.2016-0085

Dickens, Y., Van Raalte, J. L., Hurlburt, R. T. (2018). On investigating self-talk: A descriptive experience sampling study of inner experience during golf performance. The Sport Psychologist, 32, 66-73. doi: 10.1123/tsp.2016-0073

Trammel, R., Van Raalte, J. L., Brewer, B., Petitpas, A. (2017). Coping with verbal gamesmanship in golf: The PACE model. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 8, 163-172. doi:10.1080/21520704.2016.1263980

MacIntyre, T. E., Jones, M., Brewer, B. W., Van Raalte, J. L., O'Shea, D., & McCarthy, P. J. (2017). Editorial: Mental health challenges in elite sport: Balancing risk with reward. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:1892. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01892

Morris, J. F., & Van Raalte, J. L. (2016). Transgender and gender nonconforming athletes: Creating safe spaces for all. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 7, 121-132. doi: 10.1080/21520704.2016.1184732

Van Raalte, J. L., Vincent, A., & Brewer, B. W. (2016). Self-talk: Review and sport-specific model. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 22, 139-148. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.08.004