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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Applied Sport Psychology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Reimagining positive youth development and life skills in sport through a social justice lens	35
The Gold Medal Profile for Sport Psychology (GMP-SP)	14
Mindful self-reflection to support sustainable high-performance coaching: A process evaluation of a novel method development in elite sport	14
Reflections on the Field of Mental Health in Sport: Critical Issues and Ways of Moving Forward	14
Psychological aspects of sport-related concussion: An evidence-based position paper	13
The what and the how of self-care for sport psychology practitioners: A delphi study	13
A randomized controlled study of mindful sport performance enhancement and psychological skills training with collegiate track and field athletes	13
The role and creation of pressure in training: Perspectives of athletes and sport psychologists	12
Social support among older adults in group physical activity programs	11
The role of self-care and professional quality of life in sustaining a long-lasting career in sport psychology: A qualitative exploration	11
Mental toughness measures: A systematic review of measurement properties for practitioners	11
Parental strategies for supporting children’s psychosocial development within and beyond elite sport	11
Applied psychology of sport injury: Getting to—and moving across—The Valley of death	10
Navigating the winds of change on the smooth sea - The interaction of feedback and emotional disruption on the talent pathway	10
A grounded theory of the influences affecting youth sport experiences and withdrawal patterns	9
Development and preliminary validation of the sports competition rumination scale (SCRS)	9
“All they have seen is a model for failure:” Stakeholder’s perspectives on athletic talent development in American underserved communities	9
Implementing a pressure training program to improve decision-making and execution of skill among premier league academy soccer players	9
A qualitative exploration of neophyte sport psychology practitioners self-care experiences and perceptions	8
Support for athletes with eating psychopathology symptoms: Exploring the views of athletes, coaches and sport practitioners	8
Gathering narratives: Athletes’ experiences preparing for the Tokyo summer olympic games during a global pandemic	8
UK professional male cricketers’ mental health and support experiences: A qualitative exploration	8
“Never having the right to make a mistake, I think that’s the hardest part of being an official”: Exploring young sport officials’ experiences of abuse and their related coping mechanisms	8
Athlete perceptions of playing-up in youth soccer	7
Psychological characteristics and future success: A prospective study examining youth soccer players at different stages within the German talent development pathway	7

The state of diversity in the Association for Applied Sport Psychology: Gaining momentum or still swimming upstream?	7
Presentation of self, impression management and the period: A qualitative investigation of physically active women’s experiences in sport and exercise	7
A qualitative analysis of novice and expert mental performance consultants’ professional philosophies	6
Parents in the parasport pathway: Parental experiences of facilitating their child’s engagement in competitive disability sport	6
Professional training and development: The bedrock of ethical, competent, and sustainable sport psychology	6
Women in a man’s world: Coaching women in elite sport	6
From superhero to human: A narrative analysis of digital news stories of retirement from the NFL due to injury	6
Construction and communication of evidence-based video narratives in elite sport: Knowledge translation of sports injury experiences	6
A longitudinal study on the psychological and physiological predictors of burnout in NCAA collegiate swimmers	6
Facilitating life skills transfer from sport to the classroom: An intervention assisting a high school teacher-coach	6
A season long investigation of social emotional learning associated with high school basketball participation	6
Negotiating white normativity in sport	5
Dialogue in athletics: A program evaluation of a social justice education initiative in high school sports	5
Potential moderators and mediators of intervention effects in a sport-based mental health literacy and resilience program for adolescent men	5
Cultural competence in a multinational group of sport psychology professionals	5
Emotion focused therapy with injured athletes: Conceptualizing injury challenges and working with emotions	5
Athletes’ motivational and emotional outcomes related to a Need-Supportive intervention in intensive training centers	5
Cultural diversity and group dynamics in a professional women’s volleyball team	5
Psychosocial demands and situational properties of the club-to-international transition in male youth football	5
Pathway decisions during the student-athlete transition out of university in the United Kingdom	5
The what, why, and how of goal setting: A review of the goal-setting process in applied sport psychology practice	5
Psychological support for the talent pathway: Qualitative process evaluation of a state sport academy’s psychology service	5
A retrospective investigation of the perceived influence of coaches, parents and peers on talented football players’ motivation during development	5
Confidentiality and surveillance challenges for psychologists working in men’s football academies in England	5
Elite athletes seeking psychiatric treatment: Stigma, impression management strategies, and the dangers of the performance narrative	5
The lived experience of sport-related concussion: A collaborative inquiry in elite sport	5
Exploring runners’ perspectives of potential strategies for flow interventions	5
The quest for professional self-understanding: Sense making and the interpersonal nature of applied sport psychology practice	5
An exploration of coaches’ and sport psychologists’ experiences of managing performance blocks	4
Objective and subjective performance indicators of clutch performance in basketball: A mixed-methods multiple case study	4
Body confident coaching: a pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating the acceptability of a web-based body image intervention for coaches of adolescent girls	4
Fighting the system: Psychology consultants’ experiences of working with cases of maltreatment in sport	4
“We are their last chance”: A case study of a college basketball environment in an American underserved community	4
Athletes’ perspectives of preparation strategies in open-skill sports	4
Building the “team behind the team”: A 21-month instrumental case study of the Swedish 2018 FIFA World Cup team	4
Psychological skills training and perfectionism: A single-subject multiple baseline study	4
Managing vulnerabilities in practitioner decision-making within sport psychology services: Responding to the evidence base	3
Challenging the status quo of sport injury psychology to advance theory, research, and applied practice: An epilogue to a special issue	3
Mental toughness in youth sport coaches: A phenomenological exploration	3
Coincidence and conditions: An in-depth case study of a successful age group within a grassroots football club	3
Exploring former NCAA Division I college athletes’ experiences with post-sport physical activity: A qualitative approach	3
The sisters of sport psychology: An examination of the professional black female experience	3
Emotional intelligence training program for adolescents involved in intensive training centers	3
“The relationship was a big success – the bond”: Exploring coaching strategies to foster life skills development in Eswatini	3
Beyond “a good fit”: Examining effective mentorship for BIPOC practitioners in a predominantly white profession	3
Enhancing wellbeing, long-term development, and performance in youth sport: Insights from experienced applied sport psychologists working with young athletes in the United Kingdom	3
Navigating psychological membership in sport organizations: Exploring sport employees’ identities	3
What are the perceived barriers for building and maintaining a culture of mental health support in Australian competitive youth sport?	3
“It’s all about opportunity”: From professional contract to first-team regular	3
Effects of a multifaceted team goal-setting intervention for youth volleyball teams	3

Is self-regulation key in reducing running-related injuries and chronic fatigue? A randomized controlled trial among long-distance runners	3
Exploring the processes of evidence-informed decision-making in applied sport psychology	2
Improving identity leadership through a novel targeted reflective practice intervention	2
Coaching generation Z: A response to Gould et al. from a critical cultural perspective	2
Athletes’ perceptions of unsupportive parental behaviours in competitive female youth golf	2
Māori exercise professionals: Using Indigenous knowledge to connect the space between performance and wellbeing	2
Tripartite efficacy and behavior of clients working with a personal trainer	2
How elite endurance athletes experience and manage exercise-induced pain: Implications for mental performance consultants	2
Black Student-Athletes and racism pandemic: Building antiracist practices in athletics	2
Conflict between a captain and star player: An ethnodrama of interpersonal conflict experiences	2
How women varsity athletes high in self-compassion experience unexpected stressors	2
A framework for mental training in sport: Enhancing mental skills, wellbeing, and performance	2
Exploring the meta-transitions of first level elite athletes in the Chinese Whole Nation System: A polyphonic reflective tale	2
Athlete leader development: The perspectives of athlete leaders, teammates, and coaches	2
Playful sport design: A game changer?	2
Sports officials and parents as spectators: Diffusing tensions on the sidelines	2
Advancing elite athlete mental health treatment with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy	2
Why do people cycle (a lot)? A multivariate approach on mental health, personality traits and motivation as determinants for cycling ambition	2