University of Lethbridge

Office Hours

Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Biography

Dr. Hoar recently joined our faculty in 2004 and is from Vancouver, B.C. She completed her B.Sc. in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo. She then abandoned her dream of becoming a figure skating coach to continue her education completing a MSc. in Applied Sport Psychology from the University of Idaho and a Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology from UBC.

Selected Publications

http://people.uleth.ca/~sharleen.hoar/research.htm

Research Interests

Dr. Sharleen Hoar’s research explores emotional development of children and adolescents through participation in sport and physical activity. Specifically, her research aims to (a) understand the fundamental cognitive, social, and behavioural components of emotion regulation, and (b) identify skills and competencies that can be enhanced as part of intervention programs to facilitate positive adaptation for youth who are at risk for psychological and health problems due to exposure to stress and adversity within the sport and physical activity context. Her research has several interrelated themes including: stress, coping, and emotion; the role of the sport social network in the development of coping skills in adolescence; help-seeking behaviour in sport; and determinants of physical activity in the transition to post-secondary education. Dr. Hoar applies her expertise in the area of mental skills development by working with Canadian athletes of all ages and skill abilities.

Dr. Sharleen Hoar’s research explores emotional development of children and adolescents through participation in sport and physical activity. Specifically, her research aims to (a) understand the fundamental cognitive, social, and behavioural components of emotion regulation, and (b) identify skills and competencies that can be enhanced as part of intervention programs to facilitate positive adaptation for youth who are at risk for psychological and health problems due to exposure to stress and adversity within the sport and physical activity context. Her research has several interrelated themes including: stress, coping, and emotion; the role of the sport social network in the development of coping skills in adolescence; help-seeking behaviour in sport; and determinants of physical activity in the transition to post-secondary education. Dr. Hoar applies her expertise in the area of mental skills development by working with Canadian athletes of all ages and skill abilities.

Current Research and Creative Activity

Title	Location	Grant Information	Principal Investigator	Co Researchers
Cognitive correlates of fear of falling: An investigation of anxiety-mediated cognitive biases in a population at risk for falling.	Lethbridge	University of Lethbridge Research Fund, $7,650, 2006-08.	Jon Doan, University of Lethbridge	Lesley Brown, University of Lethbridge; Sharleen Hoar, University of Lethbridge
Fit in the Middle: A three-year investigation of correlates of Daily Physical Education with middle school students.	Lethbridge	NA.	Sharleen Hoar, University of Lethbridge	Jim Kerr, Gilbert Paterson Middle School; Mike Hansen, Wilson Middle School; David Chorney, University of Alberta
The Influence of Context on Coping Processes Among Adolescent Student Athletes.	Lethbridge	University of Lethbridge Research Fund, $4,316.45, 2005-08.	Sharleen Hoar, University of Lethbridge	Patrick Gaudreau, University of Ottawa