Evaluations of Methods of Assessing Factors that Interfere with Sport Performance

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• Donohue, B. Miller, A., Crammer, L., Cross, C., & Covassin, T. (2007). A standardized method of assessing sport specific problems in the relationships of athletes with their coaches, teammates, family, and peers. Journal of Sport Behavior, 30(4), 375-397.

• Donohue, B., Silver, N. C., Dickens, Y., Covassin, T., & Lancer, K. (2007). Development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Sport Interference Checklist. Behavior Modification, 31(6), 937-957. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445507303827

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​Evaluations of Mental Health Screening Measures for Athletes and Performers

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• Donohue, B., Galante, M., Maietta, J., Lee, B., Paul, N., Perry, J. E., Corey, A., & Allen, D. N. (2019). Empirical development of a screening method to assist mental health referrals in collegiate athletes. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 13(4), 561-579. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2018-0070

• Donohue, B., Gavrilova, Y., Galante, M., Burnstein, B., Aubertin, P., Gavrilova, E., Funk, A., Light, Al., & Benning, S. D. (2018). Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts,14(3), 313–324. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000199

• Donohue B, Scott J, Goodwin G, Barchard KA, Bohall G and Allen DN (2023) Initial examination of the mental health disorders: screening instrument for athletes. Front. Psychol. 14:1029229. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1029229

• ​Hussey, J., Donohue, B., Barchard, K., & Allen, D. N. (2019). Family contributions to sport performance and their utility in predicting appropriate referrals to mental health optimization programmes. European Journal of Sport Science, 19(7), 972-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2019.1574906

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​Outcome Evaluations of Programs Aimed at Engaging Athletes into Interventions that Optimize Sport Performance and Mental Wellness/Health Concurrently

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• Donohue, B., Dickens, Y., Lancer, K., Covassin, T., Hash, A., Miller, A., & Genet, J. (2004). Improving athletes’ perspectives of sport psychology consultation: A controlled evaluation of two interview methods. Behavior Modification, 28(2), 182–193. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445503259399

• ​Donohue, B., Gavrilova, E., Danlag, A., Perry, J. Phillips, C., Allen, D. A., & Benning, S. (2020). A comprehensive examination of collegiate athletes’ utilization of psychological assessment and intervention services. Psychology in the Schools, 58(3), 458–474. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22458

• ​Donohue, B., O’Dowd, A., Plant, C.P., Phillips, C., Loughran, T.A., & Gavrilova, Y. (2016). Controlled evaluation of a method to assist recruitment of participants into treatment outcome research and engage student athletes into substance abuse intervention. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 10, 272 -288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2015-0022

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​Outcome Evaluations of Programs Aimed at Optimizing Sport Performance 

• ​Donohue, B., Barnhart, R., Covassin, T., Carpin, K., & Corb, E. (2001). The development and initial evaluation of two promising mental preparatory methods in a sample of female cross country runners. Journal of Sport Behavior,24(1), 19-30.

• Donohue, B., Miller, A., Beisecker, M., Houser, D., Valdez, R., Tiller, S., & Taymar, T. (2006). Effects of brief yoga exercises and motivational preparatory interventions in distance runners: Results of a controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 40(1), 60-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2005.020024

• Miller, A., & Donohue, B. (2003). The development and controlled evaluation of athletic mental preparation strategies in high school distance runners. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 15(4), 321-334.​ https://doi.org/10.1080/714044200​

 

Outcome Evaluations of Programs Aimed at Optimizing Sport Performance & Mental Wellness

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• Chow, G., Donohue, B., Pitts, M., Schubert, K., Loughran, T., Gavrilova, Y., & Diaz, E. (2015). Results of a single case controlled study of The Optimum Performance Program in Sports in a collegiate athlete. Clinical Case Studies,14(3) 191–209.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1534650114548313

• ​Donohue, B. Chow, G., Pitts, M., Loughran, T., Schubert, K., Gavrilova, Y., Allen, D. N. (2015). Piloting a family-supported approach to concurrently optimize mental health and sport performance in  Athletes. Clinical Case Studies, 14(3), 159-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534650114548311

• ​Donohue, B., Gavrilova, Y., Galante, M., Gavrilova, E., Loughrana, T., Scott, J., Chow, G., Plant, C., & Allen, D. A.(2018). Controlled evaluation of an optimization approach to mental health and sport performance. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 12(2), 234–267. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2017-0054

• Donohue, B., Loughran, T., Pitts, M., Gavrilova, Y, Chow, G. M., Soto-Nevarez, A, & Schubert, K. (2016). Preliminary development of a brief intervention to prevent alcohol misuse and enhance sport performance in collegiate athletes. Journal of Drug Abuse, 2(3), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.21767/2471-853X.100035.​

• ​Donohue, B., Phrathep, D., Stucki, K., Kowal, I., Breslin, G., Cohen, M., White, S., Jefferson, L., White, T., Irvin, J., Reese, G., Kessler, FHP, Kieslich da Silva, A., Gabriel Santos da Silva, F., Fothergill, M., Robinson, G., Allen, H., Light, A., & Allen, D. A. (2021). Adapting an evidence-supported intervention to optimize mental health and sport performance for collegiate athletes to fit youth from ethnic/racial minority and low-income neighborhoods: A National Institutes of Health Supported stage model feasibility study. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 57(3), 226-247. https://doi.org/10.1177/00912174211006547

• Galante, M. & Donohue, B. (2019). The Optimum Performance Program in Sports: A case of Bulimia Nervosa in a lean sport athlete. In G. Breslin & G. Leavey (Eds.), Mental health and well-being interventions in sport: A case study analysis. New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 

• Gavrilova, Y., Donohue, B., & Galante, M. (2017). Mental health and sport performance  programming in athletes who present without pathology: A case examination supporting optimization. Clinical Case Studies, 16(3), 234-253. https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501166689302.

• Phrathep, D., Donohue, B., & Allen, D. (2022). Family-based optimization intervention implemented through video-conferencing to address major depressive disorder in a Latina adolescent athlete during COVID-19. Sports Social Work Journal, 1(1), 13-34. 

• ​Phrathep, D., Donohue, B., Kraus, S., Paul, M., & Mercer, J. (2021). A controlled evaluation of a sport-specific performance optimization program in an athlete diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder within the Context of COVID 19. Clinical Case Studies, 21(3), 209-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501211048508

• ​​​Phrathep, D., Donohue, B., Renn, B. N., Mercer, J., & Allen, D. N. (2023). Sport and mental health performance optimization in an adolescent gymnast: a case evaluation. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1018861

• Phrathep, D., Donohue, B., Renn, B. N., Mercer, J., & Allen, D. N. (2022). Controlled evaluation of a sport-specific performance optimization program in a biracial black and white athlete diagnosed with social anxiety disorder and agoraphobia. Clinical Case Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501221117827

• ​Pitts, M., Donohue, B., Schubert, Chow, G., K. N., Lougrhan, T., Gavrilova, Y. (2015). A systematic case examination of The Optimum Performance Program in Sports (TOPPS) in a combative sport. Clinical Case Studies, 14(3), 178–190. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534650114548312

• Truitt, J. R., Donohue, B., Warhola, Z., Webb, M. J., Jahnke, M., Craig, C., Condray, R., & Allen, D. N. (2026). Performance optimization-focused family behavior therapy within the context of coordinated specialty care: A case examination involving a performance artist with bipolar I disorder with psychotic features, social anxiety and cannabis use disorder. Clinical Case Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501261457444