Mary Jo MacCracken
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- Mary Jo MacCracken
Mary Jo MacCracken Ph.D.
Professor
Sport Science & Wellness Education
College of Education, The University of Akron
Publications
International Publications
- MacCracken, M.J. and Stadulis, R.E. (20 June 2009). Sub-Cultural Differences in Psychological Well-Being of Minority Youth As Reflected in Social Physique Anxiety and Intrinsic Motivation, 12th ISSP World Congress of Sport Psychology, Marrakesh, Morocco.
- Bonnie G. Berger, et al. (2007). Advances in Physical Activity and Subjective Well-Being: International Perspectives. Joint Congress 2007 SEA Games & ASEAN Para Games Scientific Congress and 5th Bangkok ASPASP International Congress on Sport Psychology Proceedings and Papers, pages 145-147.
- MacCracken, Mary J. and Stadulis, Robert E. (2007). Social Physique Anxiety Assessment and Application in Children and Adolescents. Joint Congress 2007 SEA Games & ASEAN Para Games Scientific Congress and 5th Bangkok ASPASP International Congress on Sport Psychology Proceedings and Papers, pages 155-158.
- MacCracken, M.J. and Stadulis, R.E. (2007). Project MacD: An innovative tennis program for minority children to combat type 2 diabetes and obesity. International Conference on Physical Activity & Obesity in Children, Toronto, Canada; refereed published abstract #P5, page 67.
- Stadulis, R., MacCracken, M., Fender-Scarr, L., et al. (2005). Psychometric Properties of the Children’s Version of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS-C). International Society of Sport Psychology Proceedings: World Congress, Sydney, Australia.
- Stadulis, R.E., Neal-Barnett, A., Fender-Scarr, L., MacCracken, M.J., Gandee, R., et al. (2004). Psychometric Properties of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (short form) with an African-American Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Female Sample. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. (Supplement- Abstracts of the 2004 NASPSPA Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia)
- MacCracken, M.J., Stadulis, R.E., & Neal-Barnett, A. (2001b). Children’s motives and values concerning sport and physical activity in the new millennium: Ewing and Seefeldt (1989) revisited (with an emphasis upon race). In Papaioannou, A., Goudas, M., & Theodorakis, Y. (Eds.), In the dawn of the new millennium: Proceedings for the 10th World Congress of Sport Psychology, 296-298. Thessaloniki, Greece: Christodoulidi.
- Kornspan, Alan S. & MacCracken, Mary J. (1999, October). An historical description applied to Sport: The case of David F. Tracy. Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) Conference Proceedings, pp. 74-75.
- MacCracken, M.J. (1998). Should we physical educators strive to thrive or merely survive? Proceedings of the International Sport Science Congress, Korean Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Seoul, South Korea, pp.94-105.
National, State Refereed Publications
- MacCracken, M.J., Stadulis, R.E., Gandee, R., & White, A. (2012b). Changes in adolescents’ social physique anxiety, body composition, body satisfaction/dissatisfaction, AASP Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, p. 80
- King, J. I., Pugh, D.M., Stadulis, R., MacCracken, M.J., & Neal-Barnett, A. (2012a). An Evaluation of the factor structure of the multidimensional anxiety scale (MASC) for children in middle school aged African American girls. (In review)
- MacCracken, M.J., Stadulis, R.E. & Gandee, R. (2011b), Social physique anxiety, body composition and body satisfaction in middle school children, AASP Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, WI: The Association of Applied Sport Psychology, p. 35. ISBN 0-976178-9-9
- Stadulis, R.E., MacCracken, M.J., el al publication submitted to Journal Sport & Exercise Psychology (August 2011) (rejected). Social Physique Anxiety in Later Childhood and Early Adolescence: Examining the Phenomenon in Caucasian and African American Samples. (rewriting for publication)
- MacCracken, Mary J. (Spring/Summer 2011a). Teaching Character Education Through Tennis in School Physical Education Programs. Future Focus, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, pp. 8-10.
- MacCracken, Mary Jo. (Spring/Summer 2009). Grant Writing: Help to Get You Started. Future Focus, Vol. XXX, No. 1, pp. 14-21.
- MacCracken, M.J. & Stadulis, R.E. (December 2009). Grant Writing Update for Beginners. Ohio Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (OAHPERD), Columbus, OH. CD.
- MacCracken, M.J. & Stadulis, R.E. (Sept 2008), Assessing subjective well-being in minority children involved in physical activity and exercise programs, Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Proceedings, St. Louis, MO.
- Stadulis, R.E. & MacCracken, Mary J. (June 2008). Social Physique Anxiety in Pre-Adolescents. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30 (1), S200-201 (Supplement).
- Stadulis, R. E., MacCracken, M. J., Ford, B. A., Morse, R. E., Queener, J. E., Sadler, C. S., & Shin-Park, K. (March 2008). Appropriateness of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale for Children (SPAS-C). Supplement to Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 79 (1), Research Consortium Abstracts, A74-A75.
