Gily Meir
Gily
Meir
Full Time Faculty
Campus:
- Online
- Department
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Sport & Performance Psychology (SPP)
- Institution
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University of Western States
- Biography
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Dr. Gily Meir was born and raised in Israel where she also received her a BA in Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology from the University of Haifa, Israel. She received her PhD in Educational Psychology with a major in Sport Psychology from Florida State University, and an MS in Kinesiology with a major in Sport and Exercise Psychology from California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Meir is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) and approved CMPC mentor through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Dr. Meir's main research focuses on training and supervision of Mental Performance Consultants. In addition, she conducted, presented, and published research in the area of attention and information processing in sport, learning and motor behavior and control, and athletes' experiences and attitudes towards counseling.
Currently Dr. Meir serves as the coordinator of the applied training of the Sport and Performance programs at the University of Western States (UWS). As a researcher-practitioner and a former collegiate tennis player, Dr. Meir holds a private practice in the Bay Area in California. She has been consulting athletes and coaches of different levels, sport and ages for over a decade.
- Education History
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Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Educational Psychology - Sport Psychology Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 2017 M.S. Kinesiology - Sport & Exercise Psychology California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 2010 B.A. Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel 2007 - Professional Memberships
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Role Organization Member Association for Applied Sport Psychology - Publications
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Chapter McAlarnen, M., Arvinen-Barrow, M. Iwasaki, S., Meir, G. (2023). Academic Career Paths in Sport and Performance Psychology. In Chu, T. Z. A, Christensen, D., & Brueckner S. (Ed.) 13th Edition of the Directory for Graduate Programs in Applied Sport Psychology (pp. 48-65). : Association for Applied Sport Psychology..
Journal Fogaca, J., McAlarnen, M., Meir, G., Quartiroli, A., (2023). Needs Assessment of Applied Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Supervisors. Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 18 (1), 56-67.
Liu, S; Boiangin, N., Meir, G., Shaffer, K., Lebeau, J.C., Basevitch, I. & Tenenbaum, G. (2019). Ironic and Overcompensating Processes Under Avoidance Instructions in Motor Tasks: An Attention Imbalance Model with Golf-Putting Evidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45 (12), 1596–1613.
Bird, M.D., Chow, G.M., Meir, G., & Freeman, J. (2019). The Influence of Stigma on College Students' Attitudes Toward Online Video Counseling and Face‐to‐Face Counseling. Journal of College Counseling, 22 (3), 256-269.
Bird, M.D., Chow, G.M., Meir, G., & Freeman, J. (2018). Student-athlete and student non-athletes’ attitudes toward seeking online and face-to-face counseling.. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 12 (3), 1-32.
Meir, G., Hutchniston, J., Habeeb, C. M., Boiangin, N., Shaffer, C., Basevitch, I., & Tenenbaum G., (2015). Are the Measurements of Attention Allocation and Perceived Exertion Trustworthy?. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 19 (4), 167-176.
Wu, W. F. W., Young, D. E., Schandler, S. L., Meir, G., Judy, R. L. M., Perez, J., & Cohen, M. J. (2011). Contextual interference and augmented feedback: Is there an additive effect for motor learning?. Human Movement Science, 30 (6), 1092-1101.