RESEARCH
AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Dr. Kim's major research emphasis centers on the examination of sport and
exercise psychology theories and interactions from a cross-cultural perspective.
Dr. Kim’s recent research interests revolve around how an individual’s the
motivational orientations and perceptions of motivational atmosphere are related
to the experience of stress and coping strategies employed to deal with the
stress encountered in sport and exercise domains across cultures. Integrating
motivational theories and coping related theories, she is currently studying how
such frameworks explain stress, cognitive appraisals, and coping processes among
athletes from different cultural dimensions (i.e., individualism and
collectivism). Dr. Kim is also
involved in research on motivation and health-related cognitions and behaviors
of sport participants with a colleague who is a sport psychologist of the US
Olympic Gymnast Team. She is currently working on concerns the relationship of
the perceived motivational climate to psychological precursors of eating
disorders among young elite female gymnasts, which will be published soon.
Since Dr. Kim started her professional career at San Francisco State
University, she has been continuing cross cultural research between Korea and US to
investigate causes of stress perceived by sport participants and motivational
goals in a collectivistic
culture (i.e., Korea in this study) and how those are different from causes of
stress perceived in a individualistic culture (i.e., US).
Recently, she is expending her interest in motivational aspects in
competitive sport to recreational physical activity and physical education
settings.
Publications
Kim, M.S., Duda, J.L, & Gano-Overway, L. (Accepted for Publication). Predicting Occurrence of and Responses to Psychological Difficulties: The Interplay between Achievement Goals, Perceived Ability and Motivational Climates among Korean Athletes. Submitted to International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Gano-Overway, L., Newton, M., Magyar, M., Fry, M., Kim, M.S., & Guivernau, M. (2009)The influence of the perception of caring climate on character developments among Youth sport Participants. Developmental Psychology, 45, 329-340.
Kim, M.S., Destani, F., Supnet, B.S., & Park, Y.K. (2007). Motivational precursors of experience and appraisal of stress among youth Taekwondo participants: A pilot study. Proceedings of 2nd International Taekwondo symposium: The history & sprit of Taekwondo and strategies for globalization (p. 114-129). University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Boyd, M., & Kim, M.S. (2007). The relationship of goal orientations and thrill-seeking to psychological variation and self-perceptions of fitness among skateboarders. Journal of Sport Behaviors.
Newton, M., Fry, M., Gano-Overway, L., Watson, D., Kim, M.S., Magyar, M., & Guivernau, M. (2007). The psychometric Properties of a Caring Measure in Physical Activity. Revista de Psicologia del Deporte
Newton, M., Watson, D.L., Fry, M., Gano-Overway, L., Kim, M.S., Magyar, M. (2007). The Role of a Caring-Based Intervention in a physical activity setting. Urban Review, 39(3).
Magyar, M., Gano-Overway, L., Guivernau, M., Newton, M., Kim, M.S., Watson, D., & Fry M. (2007). The influence of leader efficacy and emotional intelligence on personal caring in physical acidity. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 26, 310-319.
Newton, M., Watson, D.L.., Kim, M.S. (2006). Application of achievement goal theory and the taking personal and social responsibility model in a sample of underserved youth. Youth and Society, 37, 348-371
Kim, M.S. (2005). Cross cultural research in sports studies. In the Encyclopedia of International Sports Studies (R. Bartlett, Ed). Taylor and Francis
Kim, M.S., Duda, J.L., Tomas, I., & Balaguer, I. (2003). Examination of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Approach to Coping in Sport Questionnaire (ACSQ) and cultural differences in the use of coping strategies. Revista de Psicologia del Deporte, 12 (2), 197-212
Kim, M.S. & Duda, J.L. (2003) The coping process: Cognitive appraisals of stress, coping strategies, and coping effectiveness. The Sport Psychologist, 17 (4), 407-427.
Kim, M.S., Duda, J.L., & Notumanis, N. (2003) Examination of the validity and reliability of the Korean Approach to Coping in Sport Questionnaire (ACSQ-Korean). International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 14 (2), 35-55.
Watson, D.L., Newton, M., Kim, M.S. (2003). Recognition of values-based constructs in a summer physical activity program. Urban Review, 35, 217-232.
Kim, M.S. & Duda, J.L. (in Revision) Predicting coping responses: An integration of Lazarus' transactional theory of psychological stress and coping and achievement goal theory. Journal of Sports Sciences.
Refereed
Scholarly Presentations
Gano-Overway, L., Kim, M.S., Newton, M., Magyar, M., Fry, M., & Guivernau, M. (2009). From the classroom to the field: The development and implementation of caring in youth sport contexts. Accepted for the presentation at 2009 Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Salt Lake City, UT, September 22rd – 27, 2009.
Supnet, B., & Kim, M.S. (2009). Perceived Caring Climate and Basic Psychological Needs in Relation to Emotions and Performance among Intercollegiate Athletes. Accepted for the presentation at 2009 Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Salt Lake City, UT, September 22rd – 27, 2009.
Buckle, M., Kim, M.S., Walsh, B. (2009). Perceived Caring Climate and Basic Psychological Needs in Relation to Emotions and Performance among Intercollegiate Athletes. Accepted for the presentation at 2009 Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Salt Lake City, UT, September 22rd – 27, 2009.
Kim, M.S., Chang, D.S., Chung, C.H., Kozuma, Y., Lu, F.J.H., Wang, J. (2008). International Perspectives: The Practice of Sport Psychology in East Asian Countries. Association for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), St. Louis, Mo, September 23rd – 27, 2008.
Duckworth, T., & Kim, M.S., & Zieff, S. (2008). Exercise Therapy and Depression: Current Professional Practices Presented at American Psychology Association, Boston, August 14–17, 2008.
Kim, M.S., & Kim, B.H., & Supnet, B.S. (2007). Cognitions, Emotions, and Coping Skills among World Class Athletes. Presented at the meeting of Association for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), Louisville, KY, October 24th -28th, 2007
Yoon, S.R., Whang, O.N., Whang, H.Y., Nam, K.S., Kern, M., & Kim, M.S. (2006). A Study on the Application of a Dementia Prevention Program. Presented at the annual meeting of ACSM, Denver, Colorado, May 28-June 2, 2006.
Boyd, M., Kim, M.S., Rooney, J., & Harmston, B. (2006). Surfing the waves of motivation, cognitions, and emotions. Presented at the meeting of Association for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), Miami, FL, September 26th -30th, 2006.
Newton, M., Gano-Overway, L., Magyar, M., Fry, M., Kim, M.S., & Guivernau, M. (2006). Caring, Self-Regulatory Efficacy, Empathetic Efficacy and Prosocial/Antisocial Behaviors in a Physical Activity Setting. Presented at the meeting of Association for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), Miami, FL, September 26th -30th, 2006.
Magyar, M., Guivernau, M., Gano-Overway, L., Newton, M., Fry., M., Kim, M.S., & Watson, D. (2005). Exploring the Relationship Between the Caring Climate and Achievement Goal Theory Among Underserved Youth in Physical Activity. presented at the 2005 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) convention. Chicago, Illinois, April 12-16.
Destani, F., Kim, M.S., Anderson, D., & Newton, M. (2005). Predicting Relationships between Dispositional Goal Orientations, Psychological Needs, and Contextual Motivation in Intramural Sport: Utilizing Self Determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory. To be presented at the meeting of the Association for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), Vancouver, Canada, October 25th-30th, 2005.
Kim, M.S., Destani, F., Gershteyn, L., Buckle, M., & Supnet, B. (2005). Stress, Is It Really Stressful?: Predictions of Children’s Appraisal of Stress from Self-Determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory. To be presented at the meeting of the Association for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), Vancouver, Canada, October 25th-30th, 2005.
Kim, M.S., & Gano-Overway, L. (2004). Exploring the Caring Climate and its Influence on Motivational Processes with a Physical Activity Setting. Presented at the meeting of the Association for the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2004. [abstract will appear in 2004 AAASP conference proceedings]*
Destani, F., & Kim, M.S. (2004). The relationships between psychological needs, contextual motivation and affects among intramural sport participants. Presented at the meeting of the North American Society for Psychology of Sport and physical Activity (NASPSPA). Vancouver, Canada, June 8-10, 2004. [abstract appears in Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26 Sup., S63.].