College of Education and Human Development

School of Kinesiology

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal

  • Interim Director, School of Kinesiology, Professor, Sport and Exercise Psychology

  • Office Hours

    Cooke Hall 111B
    612-625-5300

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal

Areas of interest

Sports medicine psychology
Sport injury psychology
Youth sport science
Sport and exercise psychology

Degrees

PhD, Physical Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Emphases: social psychology of sport, biomechanics

MS, Physical Education, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Emphases: teaching and administration, biomechanics

BA summa cum laude, Physical Education, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Emphases: K-12 teaching physical education, health education, sport coaching

Biography

BIOSKETCH

*NOTE: With my apologies, but I do not anticipate accepting new graduate student advisees for Fall 2024 admission.

Diane M. Wiese-Bjornstal, PhD, is a Professor of Kinesiology (sport and exercise psychology emphasis) and Interim Director of the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She is the Director of the Sports Medicine Psychology Laboratory an affiliated scholar with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, and was a member of the Science Board of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. She is co-editor of the book Counseling in Sports Medicine, and has served on editorial boards for the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, Elevate Health, and Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Professor Wiese-Bjornstal is a fellow (FAASP) and Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC, #168) of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and an elected fellow (#582) in the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK).

EXPERTISE

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4824-3311

Sports Medicine Psychology, Sport Injury Psychology, Youth Sport Science

My primary line of research is in sports medicine psychology, encompassing multidisciplinary theory, research and practice in the psychological, behavioral, and social aspects of injury prevention and injury experiences among physically active populations across the lifespan. Our Sports Medicine Psychology Laboratory group studies psychological and social factors that relate to physical activity injury risk, response and recovery, such as religiosity in coping with sport injury, cognitive and emotional responses of athletes to anterior cruciate ligament injury, psychological aspects of sport concussions, narratives of emotional response to microtrauma injuries among runners, gender patterns in sport injuries, and the sociocultural aspects of sport injury and rehabilitation.

A second major research interest for me is youth sport science, focusing on children, youth and adolescents in sport and the psychological, social, and physical factors that affect their health and well-being at all levels of participation. In 2009-2011 I headed a federally funded study that involved an exchange of coaching educators involved in training youth soccer coaches from across Uganda. My affiliation with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport has allowed me the chance to collaborate on multiple educational and civic engagement efforts geared towards youth sport science, including my appearance in a television documentary on concussion prevention and care among female athletes and writing significant portions of published reports on developing physically active girls.

GRADUATE EDUCATION APPOINTMENTS

CENTER AND LAB AFFILIATIONS

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK), Fellow (FNAK, #582)
  • CMPC (Certified Mental Performance Consultant, Certification #168) and Fellow (FAASP), Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
  • International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP)
  • North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)
  • Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure & Sport Studies (CSKLS)

GRANT SUPPORT

RECENT COURSES

  • KIN 5723: Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation
  • KIN 8126: Sports Medicine Psychology
  • KIN 8980: Graduate Research Seminar in Kinesiology

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

  • Interim Director, School of Kinesiology, 2023-2024
  • Associate Director, School of Kinesiology, 2017-2023
  • Interim Director of Graduate Studies, School of Kinesiology, 2018
  • Director of Graduate Studies, School of Kinesiology, 2010-2013
  • Director of Graduate Studies, School of Kinesiology, 1997-2003

PREVIOUS INSTITUTIONS

  • Northwestern College, IA: Head Softball & Volleyball Coach, PE Pedagogy, 1982-1984
  • University of Wisconsin-River Falls: Head Softball Coach, 1981
Publications

Russell, H. C., Arendt, E. A., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (accepted 2023). Psychological responses during latter rehabilitation and return to sport following ACL reconstruction surgery. Journal of Athletic Training.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Wood, K. N., Principe, F. M., & Schwartz, E. S. (2022). Religiosity and ways of coping with sport injuries among Christian athletes. Journal of the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Studies, 7(1), Article 6. https://trace.tennessee.edu/jcskls/vol7/iss1/6/

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2021). Personal and situational factors affecting psychological response to sport injuries. In A. Gledhill & D. Forsdyke (Eds.), The psychology of sports injury: From risk to retirement (pp. 33–62). Routledge.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Wood, K. N., White, A. C., Wambach, A. J., & Rubio, V. J. (2020). Exploring religiosity and spirituality in coping with sport injuries. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 14(1), 68-87. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2018-0009

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2020). Sport injury psychology. In U. Johnson & A. Ivarsson (Eds.). Psychological bases of sport injuries (4th ed., pp. 11-30). Fitness Information Technology, Inc.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Wood, K. N., & Kronzer, J. R. (2020). Sport injuries and psychological sequelae. In G. Tennenbaum & R. Eklund (Eds.), Handbook of sport psychology (4th ed., Vol. 1, pp. 711-737). Wiley.

Straw, C. M., Principe, F. M., Kurtz, E. L., Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., & Horgan, B. P. (2020). Within-field variability of turfgrass surface properties and athlete performance: Modeling their relationship using GPS and GIS technologies. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 234(2), 170-175. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754337119901090

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2019, November). The integrated model of religiosity and psychological response to the sport injury and rehabilitation process: A Christian illustration. Canadian Journal for Scholarship and the Christian Faith. PDF download here

Straw, C., Principe, F. M., Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., & Horgan, B. (2019, May). GPS athlete performance tracking devices for sports field management and research. SportsTurf, 11-12.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2019). Christian beliefs and behaviours as health protective, resilience, and intervention factors in the context of sport injuries. In B. Hemmings, N. J. Watson, & A. Parker (Eds.), Sport psychology and Christianity: Welfare, performance and consultancy (pp. 54-70). Routledge.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2019). Injury, psychological susceptibility to. In D. Hackfort, R. J. Schinke, & B. Strauss (Eds.), Dictionary of sport psychology: Sport, exercise, and performing arts (pp. 145-146). Elsevier Inc.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2019). Psychological predictors and consequences of injuries in sport settings. In M. Anshel  (Ed.), APA handbook of sport and exercise psychology (2nd ed., Vol. 1: Sport psychology, pp. 697-726). American Psychological Association.

Smith, A. M., Alford, P. A., Aubry, M., Benson, B., Black, A.,…Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Stuart, M. J. (2019). Proceedings from the Ice Hockey Summit III: Action on Concussion. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 18(1), 23-34.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2019). Sociocultural aspects of sport injury and recovery. In E. O. Acevedo (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of sport, exercise, and performance psychology (pp. 841-863). Oxford University Press. 

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., & Wood, K. N. (2018). Sport injuries among female children and youth. In the 2018 Report of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, Developing physically active girls: An evidence-based multidisciplinary approach (pp. 73-98). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., White, A. C., Wood, K. N., & Russell, H. C. (2018). Sports medicine psychology. In T. S. Horn & A. L. Smith (Eds.), Advances in sport and exercise psychology (4th ed.) (pp. 387-408). Human Kinetics.

Russell, H. C., Tracey, J., Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., & Canzi, E. (2017). Physical activity in former competitive athletes: The physical and psychological impact of musculoskeletal injury. Quest, 69(3), 1-17. PDF link

Russell, H. C., White, A. C., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2017). Physical and psychological changes during marathon training and running injuries: An interdisciplinary, repeated-measures approach. SAGE research methods cases. Sage Publications. 

Russell, H. C., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2016). A narrative approach to understanding psychological stories of overuse injuries among long-distance runners. SAGE research methods casesSage Publications. 

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Franklin, A. N., Dooley, T. N., Foster, M. A., & Winges, J. B. (2015). Observations about sports injury surveillance and sports medicine psychology among female athletes. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 23(2), 64-73.

Russell, H. C., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2015). Narratives of psychological response to microtrauma injury among long-distance runners. Sports, 3(3), 159-177. PDF download here

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., White, A. C., Russell, H. C., & Smith, A. M. (2015). Psychology of sport concussions. Kinesiology Review, 4(2), 169-189.

Smith, A. M., Stuart, M. J., Dodick, D. W., Roberts, W. O., Alford, P. W., Ashare, A. B., ...Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. ( 2015). Ice Hockey Summit II: Zero tolerance for head hits and fighting. Published in Current Sports Medicine Reports, 14(2), 135-144, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 25(2), 78-87, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 7(3), 283–295.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2014). Reflections on a quarter-century of research in sports medicine psychology. Revista de Psicologia del Deporte (Journal of Sport Psychology), 23(2), 411-421. PDF download here

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Albinson, C. B., Henert, S. E., Arendt, E. A., Schwenz, S. J., Myers, S. S., & Gardetto-Heller, D. M. (2012). Evaluating the dynamic model of psychological response to sport injury and rehabilitation. In J. H. Bastos & A. C. Silva (Eds.), Athlete performance and injuries (pp. 79-98). Nova Science Publishers. PDF download here

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2010). Psychology and socioculture affect injury risk, response, and recovery in high intensity athletes: A consensus statementScandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 20(Suppl. 2), 108-116.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2009). Sport injury & college athlete health across the lifespanJournal of Intercollegiate Sport, 2(1), 64-80.

Weiss, M. R., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2009, September). Promoting positive youth development through physical activity. President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest, Series 10(3), p. 1-8.

Ray, R., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (Co-Editors). (1999). Counseling in sports medicine. Human Kinetics.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Smith, A. M., Shaffer, S. M., & Morrey, M. A. (1998). An integrated model of response to sport injury: Psychological and sociological dynamicsJournal of Applied Sport Psychology10(1), 46-69.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Smith, A. M., & LaMott, E. E. (1995). A model of psychologic response to athletic injury and rehabilitationAthletic Training: Sports Health Care Perspectives1(1), 16-30. PDF download here

Presentations

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Principe, F. M., Stanford, R., Eckholm, K, & Straw, C. (2023, October). An interdisciplinary research approach to examining intersections between sports field conditions, sport performance, sport injuries, and athlete well-being in collegiate club sports. Refereed poster presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2023, October). Where has all the sport science gone? The marginalization of kinesiology expertise limits the quality of professional development in the field and practice of sport, performance, and exercise psychology. Refereed poster presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Principe, F. M., Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Neff, B.; Straw, C., & Wood, K. N. (2022, July). Perceptions of injury risk and turfgrass properties: Collegiate club athlete sport injuries and performance. Refereed lecture presented at the 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology - FEPSAC 2022, Padova, Italy.

Sturch, B. M., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2021, October). Assessments of psychological sequelae following sport injury. Refereed lecture presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Meeting, virtual.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2021, September). The sport injury lifespan and psychological sequelae model: Conceptualizing a chronological biopsychosocial view of sport injury psychology. Refereed poster presented at the International Society for Sport Psychology 15th World Congress, virtual.

Wolfe, E., Frykholm, J., Eckholm, K., Straw, C., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. (2020, October). Relationships between pre-match sleep, in-match running metrics, and post-match wellness perceptions among women’s collegiate club soccer midfielders. Refereed poster presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Meeting, virtual.

Frykholm, J., Wolfe, E., Eckholm, K., Straw, C., & Wiese-Bjornstal, D. (2020, October). Detecting patterns: Linking GPS motion analysis with self-reported psychological reflections among collegiate women soccer players. Refereed poster presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Meeting, virtual.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2019, September). Sports medicine psychology: Developing conceptual models through an integrative approach to sport science. Invited lecture presented at the National Academy of Kinesiology Annual Meeting, Bellevue, WA.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., & Ray, R. (2019, October). Counseling in sports medicine: Are religiosity and spiritual health the forgotten elements in sports injury prevention and care? Refereed lecture presented at the 2nd Global Congress on Sport and Christianity, Grand Rapids, MI.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Wood, K. N., Principe, F. M., & Schwartz, E. S. (2019, July). Religiosity and the use of religious ways of coping among Christian athletes during sport injury recoveries. Refereed poster presented at the 15th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Münster, Germany.

Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M. (2019, July). The model of sport injury socioculture: A socio-ecological view of the psychological, social, and cultural aspects of sport injury. Refereed lecture presented at the 15th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Münster, Germany.