OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Applied Sport Psychology is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Reimagining positive youth development and life skills in sport through a social justice lens	27
A renewed call to queer sport psychology	26
“The forgotten session”: Advancing research and practice concerning the psychology of rest in athletes	19
Student-athlete disclosures of psychological distress: Exploring the experiences of university coaches and athletes	15
Self-talk and emotions in tennis players during competitive matches	14
A systematic review of sport-based life skills programs for young people: The quality of design and evaluation methods	13
Reflections on the Field of Mental Health in Sport: Critical Issues and Ways of Moving Forward	13
Helping soccer players help themselves: Effectiveness of a psychoeducational book in reducing perfectionism	10
The Gold Medal Profile for Sport Psychology (GMP-SP)	10
Mental toughness in sport: The Goal-Expectancy-Self-Control (GES) model	10
Navigating the winds of change on the smooth sea - The interaction of feedback and emotional disruption on the talent pathway	10
Applied psychology of sport injury: Getting to—and moving across—The Valley of death	9
Psychological aspects of sport-related concussion: An evidence-based position paper	9
Implementing a pressure training program to improve decision-making and execution of skill among premier league academy soccer players	9
Athlete perceptions of playing-up in youth soccer	9
The state of diversity in the Association for Applied Sport Psychology: Gaining momentum or still swimming upstream?	9
Mental toughness measures: A systematic review of measurement properties for practitioners	8
The what and the how of self-care for sport psychology practitioners: A delphi study	8
The role and creation of pressure in training: Perspectives of athletes and sport psychologists	8
Mindful self-reflection to support sustainable high-performance coaching: A process evaluation of a novel method development in elite sport	8
The Athlete Gratitude Group (TAGG): Effects of coach participation in a positive psychology intervention with youth athletes	8
A randomized controlled study of mindful sport performance enhancement and psychological skills training with collegiate track and field athletes	8
“The principles are good, but they need to be integrated in the right way”: Experimenting with creativity in elite youth soccer	7
UK professional male cricketers’ mental health and support experiences: A qualitative exploration	7
A grounded theory of the influences affecting youth sport experiences and withdrawal patterns	7

Support for athletes with eating psychopathology symptoms: Exploring the views of athletes, coaches and sport practitioners	7
“All they have seen is a model for failure:” Stakeholder’s perspectives on athletic talent development in American underserved communities	6
Development and preliminary validation of the sports competition rumination scale (SCRS)	6
Psychological characteristics and future success: A prospective study examining youth soccer players at different stages within the German talent development pathway	6
Elite figure skaters’ experiences of thriving in the coach-athlete relationship: A person-centered theory perspective	5
Sport arbitration as an emergent process in a complex system: Decision-making variability is a marker of expertise in national-level football referees	5
Cultural competence in a multinational group of sport psychology professionals	5
Mindfulness training for a college team: Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness from within an athletic department	5
“Think about what you’re doing and why you’re doing it”: Coach feedback, athlete self-regulation, and male youth hockey players	5
Gathering narratives: Athletes’ experiences preparing for the Tokyo summer olympic games during a global pandemic	5
Exploring runners’ perspectives of potential strategies for flow interventions	5
Professional training and development: The bedrock of ethical, competent, and sustainable sport psychology	5
The potential benefits of nonspecific goals in physical activity promotion: Comparing open, do-your-best, and as-well-as-possible goals in a walking task	5
“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	5
The role of self-care and professional quality of life in sustaining a long-lasting career in sport psychology: A qualitative exploration	5
Psychological support for the talent pathway: Qualitative process evaluation of a state sport academy’s psychology service	5