Rate My Professor Christine Pacewicz

Pacewicz's research investigates how peer communication and self-perceptions influence health behaviors, athlete mental health and burnout, and incorporates measurement and quantitative methods. Her current projects span kinesiology, sport psychology, and public health. She brings applied experience in mental skills training with high school and collegiate athletes, as well as marathon runners. Her teaching portfolio includes EHS 668 Behavioral Statistics II, SLM 195 Stress Management, SLM 375 Psychological Foundations in Sport and Exercise, SLM 621 Research Foundations in SLAM, and SLM 632 Psychological Foundations in Sport. Pacewicz has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. Key publications include "Teammate communication, loneliness, and contagion of athlete burnout" (Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 2025), "The toll of the scroll: A path toward burnout" (Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 2024), "Communication profiles and sport experiences of collegiate track and field athletes" (Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 2023), "The influence of social support provider on adolescent athlete burnout and engagement" (Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 2023), and "Testing measurement invariance of the 7-item Social Physique Anxiety Scale" (Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023).