Publications

Listed below are publications produced out of my research program (starting with the most recent). Full text copies of most can be found on my ResearchGate page.

  • Gotwals, J. K., & Spencer-Cavaliere, N. (2014). Intercollegiate perfectionistic athletes’ perspectives on achievement: Contributions to the understanding and assessment of perfectionism in sport. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 45, 271-297. doi: 10.7352/IJSP 2014
  • Gotwals, J. K., Stoeber, J., Dunn, J. G. H., & Stoll, O. (2012). Are Perfectionistic Strivings in Sport Adaptive? A Systematic Review of Confirmatory, Contradictory, and Mixed Evidence. Canadian Psychology, 53, 263-279. doi: 10.1037/a0030288
  • Gotwals, J. K. (2011). Perfectionism and burnout within intercollegiate sport: A person-oriented approach. The Sport Psychologist, 25, 489-510.
  • Dunn, J. G. H., Craft, J. M., Causgrove Dunn, J., & Gotwals, J. K. (2011). Comparing a domain-specific and global measure of perfectionism in competitive female figure skaters. Journal of Sport Behavior, 34, 25-47. 
  • Gotwals, J. K., Dunn, J. G. H., & Causgrove Dunn, J., & Gamache, V. (2010). Establishing construct validity evidence for the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 11, 423-432. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.04.013.
  • Gotwals, J. K., & Dunn, J. G. H. (2009). A multi-method multi-analytic approach to establishing internal construct validity evidence: The Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale 2. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 13, 71-92. doi: 10.1080/10913670902812663.
  • Dunn, J. G. H., Gotwals, J. K., Causgrove, Dunn, J., & Syrotuik, D. G. (2006). Examining the relationship between perfectionism and trait anger in competitive sport. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4, 7-24. 
  • Dunn, J. G. H., Causgrove Dunn, J., Gotwals, J. K., Vallance, J. K. H., Craft, J. M., & Syrotuik, D. G. (2006). Establishing construct validity evidence for the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 7, 57-79. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2005.04.003.
  • Dunn, J. G. H., Gotwals, J. K., & Causgrove Dunn, J. (2005). An examination of the domain specificity of perfectionism among intercollegiate student-athletes. Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 1439-1448. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.009.
  • Gotwals, J. K., Dunn, J. G. H., & Wayment, H. A. (2003). An examination of perfectionism and self-esteem in intercollegiate athletes. Journal of Sport Behavior, 26, 17-37. Erratum. Journal of Sport Behavior, 26, 189.