Human Performance Lab - Research and Presentations
- Research articles by Human Performance Lab faculty can be found at ResearchGate: Springfield College.
- Clinical trial research by Human Performance Lab faculty can be found at Clinical Trials.
Presentations
| UMASS Department of Kinesiology 2024 | |
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| Samuel Headly | The Impact of Lifestyle Interventions in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease |
| North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity 2024 | |
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| Samantha Adler, Kathleen Mellano, Jill Kochanek, and Elizabeth Mullin | Adolescent Female Swimmers’ Navigation of Femininity and Muscularity |
| Kathleen Mellano | The Toll of the Scroll: A Path Toward Burnout |
| The International Symposium on Embodied Cognition 2024 | |
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| Jasmin Hutchinson | Sports Psychology: Embracing Embodied Cognition in Physical Activity and Sport Settings |
| Mary Kate Feit | Technology Use in Strength and Conditioning |
| Bianca De Lucia, Jasmin Hutchinson, and Kathleen Mellano | Embodied Endurance: Understanding Pacing in Sports Distance Events |
| Jasmin Hutchinson, Kathleen Mellano, and Elizabeth Mullin | Stereotype Threat in Youth Sport: An Embodied Perspective |
| Society of Behavioral Medicine 2024 | |
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| Jasmin Hutchinson | Perceived Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on the Exercise Experience: Qualitative Analysis Among Menstruating Women |
| Social Justice through Sport and Exercise Psychology 2024 | |
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| Elizabeth Mullin and *Anna Bottino | Efficacy of Certified Mental Performance Consultants When Working with LGB Clients |
| Elizabeth Mullin and *Anna Bottino | Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Sexual Orientation, and Extant Demographic Identities of NCAA Athletes in 2023 |
| *Emily Nitzsche, Mary Kate Feit, Elizabeth Mullin, and Adam Feit | Division III Athlete Attitudes Towards Male, Female, and Non-Binary Strength and Conditioning Coaches |
| Association for Applied Sport Psychology 2024 | |
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| *Kelsie Meintel, Kathleen Mellano, Adam Feit, and Elizabeth Mullin | An Examination of the Exercise Attitudes and Behaviors of Retiring Collegiate Athletes |
| *Kaitlyn Hauser, Kathleen Mellano, Erika Van Dyke, and Elizabeth Mullin | Perfectionism and Social Physique Anxiety Among Youth Aesthetic Sport Athletes |
| *Kaitlyn Clouse, Kathleen Mellano, Elizabeth Mullin, and Lee Arakawa | An Examination of Grateful Outlook on Collegiate Athletes’ Mental Health |
| New England American College of Sports Medicine 2023 | |
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| Bianca DeLucia, Jasmin Hutchinson, Elizabeth O’Neill, Kathleen Mellano, Luke Pelton,, and Nicholas Coker | Effects of Preferred vs. Nonpreferred Music on Bench Press Performance: An Extension Study |
| Association for Applied Sport Psychology 2023 | |
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| Samuel Fonder, Jasmin Hutchinson, Daniel Smith, and Zhan Liu | Virtual Reality Training Intervention as a Tool for Pitchers in Baseball |
| Allison Grace, Jasmin Hutchinson, Elizabeth Mullin, and Kathleen Mellano | Confirming the Athlete Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale’s Underlying Factor Structure and Establishing Convergent Evidence of Validity |
| Jasmin Hutchinson, Daniel Smith, and Elizabeth O’Neill | The Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Exercise Tolerance and Psychological Responses to Exercise in Premenopausal Women |
| *Zachary Bryant and Elizabeth Mullin | Kiteboarding: At the Intersection of Adventure and Extreme Sports |
| *Anna Bottino and Elizabeth Mullin | Graduate Mental Performance Consultants’ Attitudes Towards LGBT Individuals |
| Elizabeth Mullin | Trauma Informed Sport and Basic Psychological Needs: Implications for Practitioners |
| United States Center for Coaching Excellence 2023 | |
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| Elizabeth Mullin and *Anna Bottino | Attitudes Towards Lesbian, Gay Male, and Bisexual Athletes |
| Social Justice through Sport and Exercise Psychology 2023 | |
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| Elizabeth Mullin and *Anna Bottino | CMPC Attitudes Towards Transgender Individuals |
| Elizabeth Mullin and *Anna Bottino | LGBTQ+ Individuals Experiences in NCAA Women’s Sport Since the Passage of Title IX: A Systematic Review |
| Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology 2022 | |
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| Jasmin Hutchinson | A Qualitative Investigation of Self-Handicapping in Endurance Runners |
| Allison Grace, Jasmin Hutchinson, Elizabeth Mullin, and Kathleen Mellano | Scale Development: Establishing Item-Content Relevance and Content Evidence of Validity for the Athlete Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale |
| Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology 2022 | |
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| Jasmin Hutchinson | A Qualitative Investigation of Self-Handicapping in Endurance Runners |
| Allison Grace, Jasmin Hutchinson, Elizabeth Mullin, and Kathleen Mellano | Scale Development: Establishing Item-Content Relevance and Content Evidence of Validity for the Athlete Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale |
| European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology 2022 | |
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| Kathleen Mellano | Interaction of Coach and Teammate Social Support on Youth Athlete Engagement |
| Jasmin Hutchinson, Daniel Smith, and Elizabeth Mullin | The Psychological Effects of Misogynistic Music Lyrics on Female Exercisers |
| Elizabeth Mullin, *Allison Grace, and *Caitlin Haworth | Sexual Prejudice, Traditional Masculinity, and Athletic Identity in US Collegiate Athletes |
| SHAPE America 2022 | |
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| Michelle Moosbrugger, Kathleen Mangano, and Jasmin Hutchinson | A Structured Approach to Preparing Doctoral Students as Future Faculty |
| Social Justice through Sport and Exercise Psychology 2022 | |
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| Elizabeth Mullin and Anna Baeth | Gender and Sexual Orientation Identities Among NCAA Athletes: A Pilot Study |
| Association for Applied Sport Psychology 2022 | |
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| Jasmin Hutchinson | My Feet Hurt: A Qualitative Study of Self-Handicapping in Endurance Runners |
| Jasmin Hutchinson, Allison Grace, Samantha Adler, and Yan Luo | Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Up- And Down-Ramped Resistance Training |
| Yan Luo and Jasmin Hutchinson | Reciprocal Effects of Esport Participation and Mental Fatigue Among Chinese Undergraduate Students Using Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling |
| Allison Grace, Jasmin Hutchinson, Elizabeth Mullin, and Kathleen Mellano | Scale Development Phase 1: Scale Development and Item-Content Relevance Evidence of Validity for the Athlete Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale |
| Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology 2021 | |
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| Kathleen Mellano, Daniel Smith, and Jasmin Hutchinson | The Association Between Coach-Athlete Relationship Quality and Sport Domain-Specific Self-Esteem in College Athletes |
| Association for Applied Sport Psychology 2021 | |
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| Elizabeth Mullin | Transitioning into Academic Leadership Positions: What to Know and Consider |
| *Caitlin Haworth, Elizabeth Mullin, Kathleen Mellano, and Michelle Moosbrugger | Roles and Cohesion in Sport: A Systematic Review |
| *Adam Feit, Elizabeth Mullin, Jasmin Hutchinson, and Brian Thompson | Examining the Use of Psychological Skills and Strategies in Division-I Strength and Conditioning |
| American Association of Cardiology 2021 | |
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| Samuel Headley and Jasmin Hutchinson | Exercise Testing in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A National Survey |
Journal Publications Since 2021
Mullin, E. M., Halbrook, M. K., *Socolow, R., & *Bottino, A. (in press.) Cohesion and heterosexist attitudes in men’s collegiate athletics. The Sport Psychologist.
Mullin, E. M., Halbrook, M., *Grace, A., & *Haworth, C. (in press). Sexual prejudice, traditional masculinity ideology, and athletic identity. Journal of Sport Behavior.
*Luo, Y., Mellano, K., Mullin, E., Zhong, J., Zhou, Y., Sha, Y., Zhang, Y., Luo, S., & Guo, N. (in press). Translation and psychometric assessment of a Chinese version of the Behavioral Regulation in Sport (BRSQ) with university sport athletes. Perceptual and Motor Skills.
Hill, C. R., Mellano, K. T., Trujillo, H. B.P., & Ferguson, D. P. (2024). A phenomenological evaluation of the psychological factors that influence motorsports performance. The Sport Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2024-0019
Curtis, D. & Hutchinson, J.C. (2024). My feet hurt: A qualitative study of self-handicapping in distance runners. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Preprint available at SportRχiv. https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.326
Hutchinson, J.C., Murphy, J., DeLucia, B., O’Neill, E., Curtis, D., Mellano, K.T., Pelton, L., & Coker, N. (2024). Effects of preferred vs. nonpreferred music on bench press performance: A replication and extension study. Communications in Kinesiology, 1(6). https://doi.org/10.51224/cik.2024.60
Moore, A., Hutchinson, J.C., Winter, C.R., Dalton, P., Bolgla, L., & Paolone, V. (2024). Music alters heart rate and psychological responses but not muscle activation during light-intensity isometric exercise. Sports Medicine and Health Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2024.01.008.
Mellano, K. T. (2023). Thinking out-to-in: Psychological considerations for optimal sport and exercise performance. ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, 27(5), 20-25.
Mellano, K. T. & Pacewicz, C. E. (2023). The influence of social support provider on adolescent athlete burnout and engagement. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 1, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2022-0054
Jakob, E. R., Hutchinson, J. C., Smith, D..M, & Sotir, S. (2023). The effect of Ironman taper on mood and engagement of nonprofessional triathletes: An interrupted time series study. Journal for Advancing Sport Psychology in Research, 3(2), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.55743/000021
Shea, M.G., Farris, S.G., Hutchinson, J.C., Headley, S.A., Schilling, P., & Pack, Q.R. (2023). Effects of exercise testing and cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary heart disease on fear and self-efficacy of exercise: A pilot study. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-023-10207-9
Hutchinson, J. C., Jones, L., Ekkekakis, P., Cheval, B., Brand, R. Salvatore, G. M., Adler, S. A. & Luo, Y. (2023). Affective responses to increasing- and decreasing-intensity resistance training protocols. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2022-0243.
Curtis, D. & Hutchinson, J.C. (2023). Preserving perfectionism: The relationship between perfectionism and self-handicapping in distance runners. Journal of Sport Behavior, 46(2). Preprint available at SportRχiv. https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.193
Aburto-Corona, J. A., Romero-Torres, J.A., Montero-Herrera, B., & Hutchinson, J.C. (2023). Listening to fast-tempo music improves physical performance in recreational swimmers. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 94(2), 578–585 https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.2024124
Mullin, E. M., Baeth, A., & Viera, K. (2023). Sexual orientation and gender identities among NCAA athletes: A pilot study. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 16, 352-370.
Smith, A. L. & Mellano, K. T. (2022). Three ways peers matter in youth sport. Frontiers for Young Minds. 10, 685811.
Luo, Y., Hutchinson, J.C., O’Connell, C. S., & Sha, Y. (2022). Reciprocal effects of esport participation and mental fatigue among Chinese undergraduate students using dynamic structural equation modeling. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 16, 102251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102251
Timme, S., Brand, R, Hutchinson, J.C., & Regorius, A. (2022). The influence of affective priming on the affective response during exercise: A replication study. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2022-0025
Pack, Q.R., Shea, M., Brawner, C.A., Headley, S.A., Hutchinson, J.C., Madera, H., & Keteyian, S.J. (2022). Exercise testing and prescription in cardiac rehabilitation: A national survey. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000680
Mullin, E. M., *Bottino, A., Wadworth, D., Petruzzello, S., & Vargas, T. (2022). Mental health and perceived stress of Kinesiology graduate students. Kinesiology Review, 11(4), 337-342. https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2022-0020
*Luo, Y., Mullin, E. M., Mellano, K. T., Wang, C., & Sha, Y. (2022). Examining the psychometric properties of the Chinese Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3: A bi-factor approach. PLoS ONE, 17(3), e0265004. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265004
Moore, A., Hutchinson, J.C., Winter, C.R., Dalton, P., & Paolone, V. (2021). The effect of endurance exercise modality on markers of fatigue. International Journal of Kinesiology & Sports Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijkss.v.9n.3p.35
Mullin, E. M., Hutchinson, J. C., Mellano, K. T., Bird, J. M., & Karageorghis, C. I. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on mental health and physical activity among LGBQAP and heterosexual adults. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 26(3), 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2021.1995097
Waldron, J. J., & Mullin, E. M. (2023). Queer, non-biological mothers: Competing, marginalized athletic identities. Journal of Homosexuality, 70(1), 660-680. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2021.1999120
Karageorghis, C.I., Bird, J.M., Hutchinson, J.C., Hamer, M., Delevoye-Turrell, Y.N., Guérin, S.M.R., Mullin, E.M., Mellano, K.T., Parsons-Smith, R.L., Terry, V.R., & Terry, P.C. (2021). Physical activity and mental well-being under COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional multination study. BMC Public Health, 21, 988. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10931-5
Mullin, E. M., & *Cook, S. (2021). Collegiate coach attitudes towards lesbians and gay men. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 16(3), 519-527. https://www.doi.org/10.1177/1747954120977130
*Pottratz, S., T., Hutchinson, J. C., Karageoghis, C. I., Mullin, E. M., & Zenko, S. (2021). Prime movers: Effects of subliminal primes, music, and music-video on psychological response to exercise. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55(2), 112-122. https//www.doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa036
Book Chapters Since 2021
Hutchinson, J.C. & DeLucia, B. (in press). Attention allocation during exercise performed at various intensities. In M. Bigliassi & E. Filho (Eds.). Sport and Exercise Psychophysiology. Springer.
Razon, S., Hutchinson, J.C. & Basevitch, I. (2024). Use of imagery and sensory modalities in exercise. In S. Razon & M. Sachs (Eds.) Applied Exercise Psychology: The Challenging Journey from Motivation to Adherence (2nd ed.). Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis. https://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1932-0191.1031
Mellano, K. T., & Weinberg, R. S. (July 2023). Activation/arousal control. In D. Tod, K. Hodge, & V. Krane (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 533-542). New York, NY: Routledge.
Hill, C. R., & Mellano, K. T. (2021). Taking the field: An introduction to the field of sport psychology. In Z. Zenko & L. Jones (Eds.) Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook (pp. 429-450). Society for the Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology. https://doi.org/10.51224/B1019
Hutchinson, J.C. (2021). Education and Behavior Change. In P. Magyari (Ed.) ACSM's Certification Review. Lippincott.
Hutchinson, J.C. (2021). Perceived effort and exertion. In Z. Zenko & L. Jones (Eds.) Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook. Society for the Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology.
