The International Perspective from ISSP Gangyan Si

Toluca, MexicoMay 9, 2014

ISSP MissionTo promote research, practice, and development in

the discipline of sport and exercise psychology throughout the world

- encourage and promote the study of human behaviour within sport, physical activity, and health settings

- facilitate the sharing of knowledge through a newsletter/website, meetings and a quadrennial congress

- improve the quality of research and professional practice in sport psychology

To endeavour to foster peace and understanding among people from all countries

ISSP International Collaboration

With AMPDAF With FEPSAC With AASP With ASPASP With Spanish Society With Africa Society With Arab Society With SOSUPE With Catalan Association Iberian Society

ISSP Scientific Events

ISSP World CongressesOrganization of the 2017 ISSP World Congress of SP,

Seville, Spain

Denis Glencross Workshop （ Pre-ISSP Congress）- To pay tribute to the memory of President Denis

Glencross (since 1993)

- Two-days Pre-congress workshop for students and young scholars

Associated to the Annual MC meetings

2010: “International Seminar of Sport Psychology”, Florianóplolis, Brazil, 1-3 June

2011: International Scientific Symposium “Sport Psychology Application” Hong-Kong, 6-7 November

2012: “II Dubai International Sport Psychology Symposium”, Dubai,19-20 September

2013: ISSP World Congress, Beijing, China, July 2014: International Conference of Sport Psychology, Toluca,

Mexico, 9 May 2015: ISSP 50th Anniversary and Sport Psychology Conference,

Rome, Italy, April 2016: ……

ISSP Future Perspective To increase the cooperation with other International Societies as one

of the main issues in ISSP goals & activities

To provide support to the colleagues/professionals in less developed geographic regions (in terms of sport and exercise psychology)

to advocate combining scientific with cultural competence

training together international certification of consultant professional education and training based on the regional/

national requests)

To promote S & E Psychology from a worldwide perspective via: increasing quality of the IJSEP & being the most international

journal of S & E Psychology increasing quality of the ISSP website publishing high quality books organizing world congress and regional conference