Call for Abstracts
New Deadline: January 31, 2024
Why do people start with martial arts, why do they stay with it or quit, why do they change the sport or the art, how do people behave in martial arts, how do they act in various settings, what do they think about it and what do they experience in it? These are the kinds of questions that the 11th Annual Conference of the Commission on Martial Arts and Combat Sports will address from March 13-15, 2024, at the University of Bayreuth.
We invite you to share and discuss your work in the context of psychology, martial arts and combat sports with your colleagues at this conference.
Call for Abstracts (PDF)
Possible topics
(each in the context of martial arts and combat sports)
- Motives and motivation
- Behavior and action
- Speech, language, communication
- Attention and awareness
- Perception and decision
- Development and personality
- Learning, knowledge, skills, competencies
- Experiencing power and powerlessness
- Anxiety and fear
- Aggression and aggressiveness
- Pain
- Stress
- Problems and overcoming
Abstracts on further topics can be submitted by young researchers.
Abstract types
- Abstracts on (initial) results of empirical studies
- Abstracts on concepts for the implementation of theoretical, hermeneutic, or normative studies or also empirical studies that have not yet been finally carried out
- Workshop abstracts
Notes and formalities
Short presentation: 20 min + 10 min discussion
Poster presentation: 10 min + 5 min discussion
Practical workshop: 50 min
Abstracts can be one A4 page in length and should include the following points:
- Title
- Abstract
- References
- Keywords
- Contact details
Please indicate whether you would like to give a short presentation, a poster presentation, or a practical workshop and send your abstract to:
Dinah.Kretschmer@uni-bayreuth.de
Awards
At the 2024 Annual Meeting, we will honor for the first time the best contributions in the categories of
- Young researchers
- Short presentation
- Poster
Contact
Dinah Kretschmer M.Sc.
Dinah.Kretschmer@uni-bayreuth.de