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Chief assistant Ivan Ivanov, Ph.D.

Chief assistant Ivan Ivanov, Ph.D.

Faculty of Pedagogy
Deapartment of Psychology, Pedagogics and Sociology
Psychology

Contacts:
Phone: +359 2 4014 371 / Office 430
Mobile: +359 893 396 310
E-mail: ywan13@abv.bg

Education and Career

  • From 2000 to 2004, studied at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bachelor's Degree - Major in "Psychology", professional qualification: psychologist. Pedagogical competence in psychology, logic, and philosophy.
  • From 2004 to 2007, studied at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Master's Degree - Major in "Clinical and Counseling Psychology"
  • Since 2012 – Assistant and PhD candidate at the Department of "Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology"
  • 2017 – Defended PhD dissertation
  • Since 2018 – Senior Assistant at the Department of "Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology" at the National Sports Academy

Research Interests

  • Emotional and behavioral self-control in sports
  • Cognitive processes in athletes
  • Personality development in elite athletes
  • Pre-competition psychological states in sports

Scientific Publications

  1. Ivanov, I., Leading behavioral coping strategies in athletes from the national boxing team, Personality, Motivation, Sport, Vol. 23, NSA, PRESS, 2019, pp. 54-64.
  2. Ivanov, I., Cognitive styles, attention styles, and game performance in elite youth national football teams, Seventh National Congress of Psychology, Proceedings Sofia, 2014, pp. 1520-1528.
  3. Ivanov I., Kotev, V., Personality characteristics and conflict predispositions in the teams Maritza and Rakovski from the Bulgarian women's national volleyball league - “Journal of Applied Sports Sciences”, National Sports Academy, Sofia, Vol. 2, 2019, pp. 77-85
  4. Ivanov, I., Psychological aspects of preparation for elite athletes during the pandemic. Directions and perspectives, Medicine and Sport, Issue 3-4, 2021, ISSN 1312-5664, “Uni-MM” Ltd, pp. 8-12
  5. Ivanov I., Ignatov G., MENTAL SKILLS AND BEHAVIORAL COPING STRATEGIES IN ELITE FOOTBALL REFEREES, Trakia Journal of Sciences, No. 2, pp. 147-153, 2024

Professional Experience

  • Since 2017 – Psychologist for the Bulgarian Boxing Federation
  • From 2017 to 2019 – Psychologist for the women's volleyball team Maritza Plovdiv
  • From 2022 to 2024 – Psychologist for the Bulgarian Football Union
  • Since 2013 – Lecturer at the Bulgarian Football Coaching School
  • Since 2012 – Psychological and counseling work with athletes from various sports – boxing, football, volleyball, karate, wrestling, and more.