WHERE HAVE ALL THE HANDOUTS GONE - LONG-TIME PASSING

Poster sessions have become a standard feature at sport psychology con ferences. Although these sessions are intended to facilitate interacti on between presenters and audience members, recent research suggests t hat the exchange of information in poster sessions is less than optima l (Rienzi & Alien, 1994). This study examined the extent to which auth ors of poster presentations at a sport psychology conference mailed ha ndouts or manuscripts containing details of their presentations to int erested colleagues. Results indicated that authors of only 39% of the posters responded to the requests for written information, and some of those responses were not timely. By failing to provide handouts or ma nuscripts to interested individuals, poster presenters may impede scie ntific and applied progress. Presenters are encouraged to honor their ethical and professional obligations to disseminate information on the ir work to the spurt psychology community.