Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Papers
(The H4-Index of Psychology of Sport and Exercise is 27. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Body image experiences in retired Olympians: Losing the embodied self95
January 2023 Editorial80
Ego depletion does not negatively impact novice sprinters’ start performance during a timed 20m all-out sprint70
Less stick more carrot? Increasing the uptake of deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity: A randomized controlled trial68
Examination of the consistency effect between physical activity levels and approach-avoidance behaviors65
How high-performance practitioners think and intervene to change technique57
A randomized controlled trial of school-based exercise on procrastination in high school students: The mediating role of adolescence time management disposition52
The relationship between physical activity environment, mental wellbeing, flourishing and thriving: A mixed method study46
Why experience fails to foster expertise in athlete selection45
Effects of non-functional overreaching and overtraining syndrome on psychological and cognitive functioning in elite athletes: A systematic review39
Within-person association of volitional factors and physical activity: Insights from an ecological momentary assessment study37
The Stride program: Feasibility and pre-to-post program change of an exercise service for university students experiencing mental distress37
A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions36
Measuring leadership in sport: Development and validation of the Identity Leadership Inventory – Youth (ILI-Y)36
Mental health in sport: Opportunities for the future of recreational and elite sport psychology34
A framework to explain the in-match decision-making of elite Australian football coaches34
The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-4): Psychometric evidence of introjected approach regulation in Portuguese health club exercisers33
Mind over body: Interfering with the inner voice is detrimental to endurance performance32
(Re)conceptualizing cohesion: A theoretical realignment and roadmap for future research31
Development of the Stressors among Parents in Youth Sport Survey (SPYSS)31
Lady and the champ: The shared career experiences and retirement transition of a champion jockey and his partner30
Effects of acute aerobic exercise on emotional memory formation in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder: Encoding vs consolidation30
A test of the impact of pain on automatic motivational processes in people with knee osteoarthritis29
FEPSAC Newsletter29
Daily measures of sport enjoyment, social interaction, and attendance among female adolescent handball players29
Mental health profiles among 13-16-year-Old Norwegian talent and mainstream students - A prospective person-centered analytical approach28
The Avengers in action: A gamified-based intermittent teaching unit in the Physical Education setting to promote physical activity and its psychological mediators in secondary education students28
Running as a way fat women re-story their bodies and construct a runner identity in a North American sociocultural context27
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