A atuação do psicólogo do esporte no Brasil: Uma revisão da literatura

Abstract

The Sport Psychology is an area of teaching, research and intervention which connect the Psychology, Sports Science and the sports in itself, having emerged with your firsts records between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Meantime, even with your consolidation as an knowledge area over the 20th century, a Sport Psychology is still seen like something new, so much for psychologists as for athletes, coaches, and the other agents involved in the sporting context. In this way, this work aims to carry out a systematic review of the literature, in which studies found between 2011 and 2021 were used, in portuguese language, through Scholar Google. It was found that there is a considerable increase in the number of publications over the decade, a predominant interest in research with professional athletes as subjects, questionnaires and interview as instruments, literature reviews as theoretical studies and a low number of indexed publications, in addition to the considerable interest in topics related to emotional factors. Therefore, the study reveals an area with a propensity to grow within the national academic environment, as well as the gaps that must be filled in order for the trend to remain positive, aiming the extent of elements with which the psychologist can work in the sports environment, as well as his recognition as a fundamental professional where he works.