Dr Alexander Latinjak

Alexander is currently teaching:

• Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Psychosocial Performance Analysis
• Sport Science and Performance Analysis Dissertations

Alexander organises a CPD course about #PsychMapping

Research Interests

• Sport Psychology Practice 

Partnerships 

• Teaching and Research 
• University of Thessaly (Greece) 
• University of Girona (Spain) 
• Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
• University of Leipzig (Germany)
• Inland University of Norway (Norway)
• University of Wisconsin – Lacrosse (USA)

Applied Practice 

• Club Bàsquet Girona (Professional Basketball, Spain) 
• CF Villarreal (Professional Football, Spain)
• Athletic Club Bilbao (Professional Football, Spain)
• Nastic Club Tarragona (Professional Football, Spain)
• And many more

Selected journal articles

• Fritsch, J., Jekauc, D., Elsborg, P., Latinjak, A. T., Reichert, M., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2022). Self-talk and emotions in tennis players during competitive matches. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(3), 518-538.
• Latinjak, A., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2022). Self-talk: chats that Athletes have with themselves. Frontiers for Young Minds, 10(681923), 1-7.
• Fritsch, J., Feil, K., Jekauc, D., Latinjak, A. T., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2022). The relationship between self-talk and affective processes in sports: a scoping review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-34.
• Latinjak, A. T., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2021). The knowledge map of sport and exercise psychology: An integrative perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 661824.
• Latinjak, A. T., Morelló-Tomás, E., & Figal-Gómez, L. (2021). # SportPsychMapping: An Exploratory Interview Framework for Sport and Exercise Psychology. The Sport Psychologist, 35(3), 240-249.
• Latinjak, A. T., Masó, M., Calmeiro, L., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2020). Athletes’ use of goal-directed self-talk: Situational determinants and functions. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 18(6), 733-748.
• Latinjak, A. T., Hatzigeorgiadis, A., Comoutos, N., & Hardy, J. (2019). Speaking clearly... 10 years on: The case for an integrative perspective of self-talk in sport. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 8(4), 353.
• Latinjak, A. T., Hatzigeorgiadis, A., & Zourbanos, N. (2017). Goal-directed and spontaneous self-talk in anger-and anxiety-eliciting sport-situations. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 29(2), 150-166.

Latest book

• Latinjak, A. T., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (Eds.). (2020). Self-talk in Sport. Routledge.

CPD 

• Introduction to: Sport-Psych Mapping - An exploratory interview tool for sport and performance psychology practice 

External Partners  

• BT Adastral Park – Research Team 
• Ipswich Town Football Club 
• Villarreal Football Club 
• CB Girona 

• Visiting Researcher and Professor at the School of Health and Sports Sciences (EUSES) at the University of Girona 
• Invited Lecturer at the Masters of Sport and Exercise Psychology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona 
• Invited Lecturer at the European Masters of Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Thessaly 
• Invited Lecturer at the Masters of Return to Play at the School of Health and Sports Sciences (EUSES) at the University of Girona 
• Invited Lecturer at the Masters of Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Leipzig

• Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society CPsychol (#469074) 
• Member of the European Federation of Sport and Exercise Psychology FEPSAC 
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 
• Editorial Board Member International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 
• Editorial Board Member Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 
• Advisory Board Member Journal of Sports Sciences