Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Article	Citations
The relationship between physical activity environment, mental wellbeing, flourishing and thriving: A mixed method study	81
Why experience fails to foster expertise in athlete selection	75
Body image experiences in retired Olympians: Losing the embodied self	70
Situational information and the design of representative learning tasks: What impact does a scoreboard have on expert taekwondo fighters' behaviour and affective-cognitive responses?	62
A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions	54
A framework to explain the in-match decision-making of elite Australian football coaches	53
(Re)conceptualizing cohesion: A theoretical realignment and roadmap for future research	52
Examination of the consistency effect between physical activity levels and approach-avoidance behaviors	52
January 2023 Editorial	46
Ego depletion does not negatively impact novice sprinters’ start performance during a timed 20m all-out sprint	45
Measuring leadership in sport: Development and validation of the Identity Leadership Inventory – Youth (ILI-Y)	44
The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-4): Psychometric evidence of introjected approach regulation in Portuguese health club exercisers	43
A randomized controlled trial of school-based exercise on procrastination in high school students: The mediating role of adolescence time management disposition	41
Development of the Stressors among Parents in Youth Sport Survey (SPYSS)	39
Less stick more carrot? Increasing the uptake of deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity: A randomized controlled trial	37
Mind over body: Interfering with the inner voice is detrimental to endurance performance	35
The Stride program: Feasibility and pre-to-post program change of an exercise service for university students experiencing mental distress	33
How high-performance practitioners think and intervene to change technique	32
Perceptual-cognitive performance of youth soccer players in a 360°-environment – An investigation of the relationship with soccer-specific performance and the effects of systematic training	32
Effects of non-functional overreaching and overtraining syndrome on psychological and cognitive functioning in elite athletes: A systematic review	32
Within-person association of volitional factors and physical activity: Insights from an ecological momentary assessment study	31
Prospective associations between physical fitness and executive function in adolescents: The UP&DOWN study	31
Effects of acute aerobic exercise on emotional memory formation in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder: Encoding vs consolidation	30
Mental health in sport: Opportunities for the future of recreational and elite sport psychology	30
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 students	28

Understanding physical education teachers’ motivational outcomes and feasibility beliefs to implement motivational strategies: The role of perceived pressures from a variable- and person-centered appr	28
Using video docuseries to explore male professional football head coaches’ well-being experiences throughout a season	28
Motor competence predicts self-esteem during childhood in typical development children	27
A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in British and Greek athletes: A cluster randomized controlled trial	26
Genetic associations with personality and mental toughness profiles of English academy football players: An exploratory study	26
Do researchers have a shared cognition on team cognition in sports?	26
Controlling the flight on double-handed foiling catamarans: The role of shared equipment on the crew members' mutual modes of regulation	25
Running as a way fat women re-story their bodies and construct a runner identity in a North American sociocultural context	25
Change in the social context of physical activity across adolescence and its association with moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity	25
Mental health profiles among 13-16-year-Old Norwegian talent and mainstream students - A prospective person-centered analytical approach	24
FEPSAC Newsletter	24
A longitudinal investigation of the role of perceived autonomy support from coaches in reducing athletes’ experiential avoidance: The mediating role of subjective vitality	24
Lady and the champ: The shared career experiences and retirement transition of a champion jockey and his partner	23
A test of the impact of pain on automatic motivational processes in people with knee osteoarthritis	23
The mediational role of executive functions for the relationship between motor ability and academic performance in pediatric cancer survivors	23
Advances in the study of perfectionism in sport	23
25 years of relationship research in sport: The quality of the coach-athlete relationship as defined by Closeness, Commitment, Complementarity and Co-orientation (3+1Cs Model)	23
Daily measures of sport enjoyment, social interaction, and attendance among female adolescent handball players	22
A mixed-methods exploration of how shared athlete leadership influences teamwork	22
More active, more nature-connected? The carry-over effect of physical activity in pro-environmental behavior	22
Examining the effects of increasing then decreasing exercise intensity within a session of aerobic exercise	22
The relationship between mindfulness, competitive anxiety, and self-efficacy in Taekwondo athletes with/without injury: The moderated mediation model	22
Uncovering the roles of automatic attitudes and controlled processes in the regulation of physical activity behavior in children	22
Identifying moderators of physical literacy interventions using meta-regression	21
Club representation in the national team: Effects on identity fusion and intra-vs intergroup attitudes	21
“I think the best athletes use it”: Masculinities and self-compassion among men varsity athletes	21
Neural representations of different features in the observation of table tennis actions	21
Exploring proportions of spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk – It is not always the one or the other	20
The impact of verbal and physical abuse on distress, mental health, and intentions to quit in sports officials	20
Regulate to facilitate: A scoping review of prefrontal asymmetry in sport and exercise	20
Understanding motivational dynamics: Longitudinal associations between motivation and physical activity in children	20
Advancing a grounded theory of parental support in competitive girls’ golf	20
Switching attentional focus across internal and external cues improves performance in a rowing task in novices	19
FEPSAC Newsletter	19
Warm-up plus verbal communications administered as placebo procedure during the training session improves running performance	19
A new Bayesian procedure for the estimation of the referees' decision thresholds and agreement. The case of professional handball refereeing	19
How class cohesion and teachers’ relatedness supportive/thwarting style relate to students’ relatedness, motivation, and positive and negative outcomes in physical education	19
The Multigroup Model of Identity Leadership (Multi-IL) in professional team sports: Navigating group dynamics from the perspective of professional soccer head coaches	19
Editorial Board	19
Cognitive dual-task does not annihilate the negative effects of gender stereotype threat on girls' motor learning	18
The long-term intensive gymnastic training influences functional stability and integration: A resting-state fMRI study	18
Do acute and chronic physical activity interventions affect the cognitive function of preschool children? A meta-analysis	18
Gender stereotypes and motor performance: How explicit and implicit stereotypes influence girls standing long jump and anxiety	18
Social identity in sport: A scoping review of the performance hypothesis	18
The prospective associations between internalized weight bias and physical activity among adolescents	18
Promoting mental health among young males in sporting contexts: A systematic review	18
Positive youth development through sport: What works, under what circumstances, for whom? And what's next?	18
Tracking every bite and step: Associations between diet and fitness app use, disordered eating, body image concern and compulsive exercise	17
Exploring athletes’ gendered views of coaches and their impact of coach competency ratings	17
Longitudinal analysis of stressors, stress, coping and coping effectiveness in elite esports athletes	17

Investigating in-performance transitions between mental states in high-level judoka using video-based stimulated recall	17
Short and long-term effects of a self-determination theory-based physical activity intervention on basic psychological needs and their mediating role in adults with depressive symptoms	17
Dance and stress regulation: A multidisciplinary narrative review	17
The physical self-concept across childhood: Measurement development and meaning for physical activity	17
No transfer of 3D-Multiple Object Tracking training on game performance in soccer: A follow-up study	17
Athlete burnout and biomarkers: An exploratory, longitudinal N-of-1 study	17
A mixed methods exploration of the parent perspective of talent development environments across a national multi-sport landscape	16
FEPSAC Newsletter	16
Health behaviour change: Theories, progress, and recommendations for the next generation of physical activity research	16
“You are either sporty or you are not” a qualitative exploration of pre-teen girls of low-socioeconomic position experiences of being physically active	16
Macronutrient intake as a prospective predictor of depressive symptom severity: An exploratory study with adolescent elite athletes	15
Microsaccade behavior associated with inhibitory control in athletes in the antisaccade task	15
What and who the research needs: Maturing the psychology of sport officiating	15
Editorial Board	15
The role of parents toward the group dynamics of youth sport teams	15
Move more today, sleep better tonight? Daily associations between physical activity and sedentary behavior with sleep among young adults with and without insomnia symptoms	15
How do new runners maintain their running, and what leads to others stopping? A qualitative, longitudinal study	15
Reflections on non-WEIRD behavior change and the next generation of physical activity research: A commentary on Simpson et al. (2025)	15
Practitioners in search of an identity: A Delphi study of sport psychology professional identity	15
A uniform approach for advancing athlete assessment: A tutorial on the Lens Model	15
How divergent are children’s divergent movements? The role of cognition and expertise in a class-randomized cross-over trial	15
Greater weekly physical activity linked to left resting frontal alpha asymmetry in women: A study on gender differences in highly active young adults	15
Effects of word presentation during treadmill walking on episodic memory and gait	15
Positive youth development as a guiding framework in sport research: Is it time to plan for a transition?	15
FEPSAC Newsletter	14
The effects of short exercise bouts on error-related negativity (ERN) and academic achievement in children	14
Predictors and outcomes of sports coaches’ athlete-invested contingent self-worth	14
Behind the mask: Attentional focus and coping strategies of elite level fencers	14
Coping with the loan transition in professional association football	14
Effects of 12-week mindfulness-based intervention on executive functioning skills, brain oxygenation, and biomarkers of cognitive function in baseball players: a randomized controlled trial	14
The influence of absent crowds on National Rugby League match player statistics and running metrics	14
Differences in motivational dynamics between experienced cyclists and untrained participants during an incremental endurance exercise task	14
Relationships between sport and exercise participation and subjective well-being among adults with physical disabilities: Is participation quality more important than participation quantity?	14
People who approve of one's physical activity vs. people who are influential: A randomized cross-over experiment to compare normative referent elicitation procedures	14
Trajectories of sport exhaustion, cynicism and inadequacy among adolescent student-athletes: A three-year longitudinal study of social influences in the Finnish dual career context	14
The influence of an esports-adapted coping effectiveness training (E-CET) on resilience, mental health, and subjective performance among elite league of Legends players: A pilot study	14
Boredom, motivation, and perceptions of pain: Mechanisms to explain the effects of self-control exertion on subsequent physical performance	14
Examining coping among adolescent athletes in an intensive training centre: A profile analysis	14
Experiences of exercise services for individuals with severe mental illness: A qualitative approach	14
The relationship between prescribed ratings of perceived exertion and force production in repeated isometric contractions	14
Is Video Assistant Referee (VAR) a disadvantage for the strong and a protection for the weak? The case of Turkish Super League	14
Winner for Life: A three-year study of student-athletes’ life skills development in a training programme for coaches and teachers	14
Examining the diversity of ultra-running motivations and experiences: A reversal theory perspective	14
Integrating health and clinical psychology into sport injury research: A necessary theoretical and applied expansion. A comment on “Psychology of sport injury: Selected debates and contemporary issues	14
Global and appearance-contingent self-esteem: Associations with health and attractiveness exercise reasons	13
Determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance in older adults: A dual process approach	13
FEPSAC Newsletter	13
A path for transforming esports into a health and performance domain	13
FEPSAC Newsletter	13
Promoting physical activity with open goals: A pilot randomised controlled trial	13
The association between trait mindfulness and mental fatigue-related neurocognitive function and endurance performance in athletes	13
Psychology of sport injury: Selected debates and contemporary issues	13
Reimagining body image research in sport and exercise: Centering interdisciplinarity and cultural humility	13
Decision-making in action: How international-level professional football players gain an advantage	13
Flow and outdoor adventure recreation: Using flow measures to re-examine motives for participation	13
Brain dynamics of visual anticipation during spatial occlusion tasks in expert tennis players	13
The specificity hypothesis in physical education: Investigating differentiation of motivational regulations across activities and their links to self-concept	13
Physical activity identity as an axis of dual process motivation and self-regulation processes: Current evidence and future research directions	13
Everything is cool when you're part of a team? The effects of outcome interdependence on appraisal, emotions, and performance under pressure	13
Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with latent cognitive abilities in older adults	13
The influence of mental toughness on responses to feedback in snooker: A real-time examination	13
Communication profiles and sport experiences of collegiate track and field athletes	13
The recognition of affective states associated with players’ non-verbal behavior in volleyball	13
Temporal passing network in basketball: the effect of time pressure on the dynamics of team organization at micro and meso levels	12
An integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based program for young elite female basketball players: Exploratory study of how it works and for whom it works best	12
“Change needs to start at home”: A reflexive thematic analysis of girl athletes' and coaches’ experiences of body image in New Delhi, India	12
Development of the multidimensional inventory of physical activity identity	12
The examination of factors influencing the recognition of affective states associated with tennis players’ non-verbal behaviour	12
Qualified fitness trainers practice scientifically based judgement in prescribing exercise programs	12
FEPSAC position statement on safeguarding athletes in sport	12
Brief mindfulness meditation intervention improves attentional control of athletes in virtual reality shooting competition: Evidence from fNIRS and eye tracking	12
Association of parent, coach, and peer motivational climate with high school athlete burnout and engagement: Comparing mediation and moderation models	12
Dynamic, relational developmental systems-based models of human development: The exemplary sample case of positive youth development through youth sport	12
Psychological well-being and exercise addiction: The treatment effects of an REBT intervention for females	12
A cluster randomized trial of a rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) program and a mindfulness-acceptance-commitment (MAC) program, with South African adolescent rugby players	12
The psychology of rock climbing: A systematic review	12
Resilience profiles of elite athletes and their associations with health-related behaviors, well-being, and performance: A latent profile analysis	12
“Turning around an oil tanker”: Recommendations for a safeguarding program in football	12
A Co-design approach to develop a motivational intervention to promote physical activity engagement and maintenance among individuals in residential substance use disorder treatment settings	12
Exploring the barriers to athlete personal development within UK Olympic and Paralympic sport	12

Compassion matters in elite sports environments: Insights from high-performance coaches	11
It's in the water: A qualitative exploration of the perceived effects of outdoor open water swimming on swimmers' psychological well-being	11
Editorial Board	11
FEPSAC Newsletter	11
Optimal psychological states in advanced climbers: Antecedents, characteristics, and consequences of flow and clutch states	11
Some pressures are more equal than others: Effects of isolated pressure on performance	11
Dual career (DC) experiences of Korean elite judokas before and at university	11
An initial investigation into the mental health difficulties in athletes who experience choking under pressure	11
“Nothing was lost sailing-wise and lots is gained on a personal level”: Practitioners’ behaviors and athletes’ perceptions of working in online environments	11
Affective reactions to real-life stressors and the role of physical activity in sports students – An Ambulatory Assessment study	11
Perceived self-efficacy by Under-10 tennis players when scaling the equipment and play area	11
Disentangling general and sport-specific risk factors for anxiety and depression in a mixed sample of athletes and non-athletes	11
A conceptual model for mental health and performance of North American athletes: A mixed methods study	11
FEPSAC Newsletter	11
The effects of self-control exertion on subsequent physical performance in an alexithymic population	11
Get active now or later? The association between physical activity and risk and time preferences	10
Motivation, movement, and vitality: Self-determination theory and its organismic perspective on physical activity as part of human flourishing	10
“I’m more than my sport”: Exploring the dynamic processes of identity change in athletic retirement	10
The impact of religious–psychological factors on self-perceived sport performance among religious athletes in Malaysia	10
Acute effects of mindful interval exercise on cognitive performance in a higher education setting	10
Searching for meaning and purpose in elite sport: A narrative review of sport psychology literature with theoretical insights from psychology	10
Upsetting the apple cart: Within-team profiles of intragroup conflict and their associations with narcissism	10
“I’m just not feeling it”: Affective processing of episodic physical activity memories differs between physically active and inactive individuals	10
Working memory, sustained attention, and physical activity: An intraindividual study	10
Editorial Board	10
Attraction toward physical activity as a moderator of socio-cognitive predictors of physical activity	10
Exploring an athletic talent development environment in China: A case study of a sport-friendly high school	10
The interplay between parental behaviors and adolescents' sports-related values in understanding adolescents' dropout of organized sports activities	10
The association of motor competence and executive function across primary school years	10
Self-determination theory based instructional interventions and motivational regulations in organized physical activity: A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis	10
Self-confidence, mental toughness, and psychobiosocial experiences in elite rugby players	10
Corrigendum to “Optimizing exercise for perinatal depressive symptoms: A network meta-analysis of effective modalities and doses” [Psychology of Sport & Exercise 82 (2025) 102980	10
Response suppression and decision-making in association football referees	10
Exploring the role of mindfulness in the stress-recovery balance: 10-Day monitoring of young BMX riders in an intensive training center during a pre-competition cycle	10
Tales from the peloton: Stress and coping in professional women's road cycling	10
A psychosocial investigation of exercise preferences in real and virtual environments	10
Automatic processes moderate the association between reflective processes and movement behavior: A cross-sectional study	10
Editorial Board	10
Climbing anxiety scale (CAS-20): Preliminary development and validation	10
Applicability of a supramaximal high-intensity interval training program for older adults previously not engaged in regular exercise; analyses of secondary outcomes from the Umeå HIT Study	9
Abandoning The Big Mick: A commentary on Smith et al.’s 25 years of qualitative research in sport and exercise psychology	9
Beyond stereotypes: The role of exposure in reshaping Children's biases towards women as coaches in sports	9
Forward-looking questions regarding ego depletion and mental fatigue in sport psychology: Comment on Englert	9
Editorial Board	9
Understanding the meta-transition experiences of Chinese table tennis athletes during the transition to first level teams: Group reflective practice interviews	9
FEPSAC Newsletter	9
Latent profile analysis of physical activity motivation during behavioral weight loss treatment	9
Reliability and validity of the PL-C Quest, a scale designed to assess children’s self-reported physical literacy	9
Athlete doping confrontation efficacy and confrontation likelihood	9
Resilience and Enhancement in Sport, Exercise, & Training (RESET): A brief self-compassion intervention with NCAA student-athletes	9
24h movement behaviors and self-regulation in preschoolers: Cross-sectional associations using compositional and isotemporal analyses	9
Moral behaviour in sport: Tracing the past and looking to the future	9
Doping in disabled elite sport: Perceptions, knowledge and opinions from the perspective of German and UK coaches	9
Self-regulatory processes in goal striving during excellent distance-running performances: A qualitative study	9
OPTIMAL theory’s claims about motivation lack evidence in the motor learning literature	9
Effortful self-control as a potential target for physical activity maintenance	9
Applying state space grids methods to characterize counsellor-client interactions in a physical activity behavioural intervention for adults with disabilities	9
A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in Italian athletes: A replication and extension	9
Mindfulness and mental wellbeing among elite athletes: The mediating role of gratitude and self-compassion	9
Links between environmental features and developmental outcomes of elite youth athletes: A cross-sectional study within the German talent pathway	9
Irish dual career athlete transitions into the US collegiate system	9