Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Papers
(The TQCC of Psychology of Sport and Exercise is 9. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions68
Effects of instagram sports posts on the athletic motivation of female elite athletes: Do they inspire or backfire?56
Why experience fails to foster expertise in athlete selection53
Examination of the consistency effect between physical activity levels and approach-avoidance behaviors47
Prospective associations between physical fitness and executive function in adolescents: The UP&DOWN study46
When the going gets tough, what happens to quiet eye? The role of time pressure and performance pressure during basketball free throws46
The Stride program: Feasibility and pre-to-post program change of an exercise service for university students experiencing mental distress45
The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-4): Psychometric evidence of introjected approach regulation in Portuguese health club exercisers43
Mind over body: Interfering with the inner voice is detrimental to endurance performance43
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 trial39
January 2023 Editorial38
Ego depletion does not negatively impact novice sprinters’ start performance during a timed 20m all-out sprint37
How high-performance practitioners think and intervene to change technique35
Measuring leadership in sport: Development and validation of the Identity Leadership Inventory – Youth (ILI-Y)32
Situational information and the design of representative learning tasks: What impact does a scoreboard have on expert taekwondo fighters' behaviour and affective-cognitive responses?32
Body image experiences in retired Olympians: Losing the embodied self32
(Re)conceptualizing cohesion: A theoretical realignment and roadmap for future research31
Within-person association of volitional factors and physical activity: Insights from an ecological momentary assessment study29
The relationship between physical activity environment, mental wellbeing, flourishing and thriving: A mixed method study29
A framework to explain the in-match decision-making of elite Australian football coaches29
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 students29
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 training29
Daily measures of sport enjoyment, social interaction, and attendance among female adolescent handball players28
Lady and the champ: The shared career experiences and retirement transition of a champion jockey and his partner27
Do researchers have a shared cognition on team cognition in sports?27
More active, more nature-connected? The carry-over effect of physical activity in pro-environmental behavior26
Change in the social context of physical activity across adolescence and its association with moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity25
Running as a way fat women re-story their bodies and construct a runner identity in a North American sociocultural context25
Athletic identity, values and self-regulatory efficacy governing hypercompetitive attitudes25
Controlling the flight on double-handed foiling catamarans: The role of shared equipment on the crew members' mutual modes of regulation24
A longitudinal investigation of the role of perceived autonomy support from coaches in reducing athletes’ experiential avoidance: The mediating role of subjective vitality24
Genetic associations with personality and mental toughness profiles of English academy football players: An exploratory study24
The mediational role of executive functions for the relationship between motor ability and academic performance in pediatric cancer survivors24
FEPSAC Newsletter24
A test of the impact of pain on automatic motivational processes in people with knee osteoarthritis23
Using video docuseries to explore male professional football head coaches’ well-being experiences throughout a season23
Mental health profiles among 13-16-year-Old Norwegian talent and mainstream students - A prospective person-centered analytical approach23
Advances in the study of perfectionism in sport23
A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in British and Greek athletes: A cluster randomized controlled trial23
Motor competence predicts self-esteem during childhood in typical development children22
Understanding physical education teachers’ motivational outcomes and feasibility beliefs to implement motivational strategies: The role of perceived pressures from a variable- and person-centered appr22
Effects of acute aerobic exercise on emotional memory formation in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder: Encoding vs consolidation22
Uncovering the roles of automatic attitudes and controlled processes in the regulation of physical activity behavior in children21
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)21
Identifying moderators of physical literacy interventions using meta-regression21
The impact of verbal and physical abuse on distress, mental health, and intentions to quit in sports officials20
Exploring proportions of spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk – It is not always the one or the other20
“I think the best athletes use it”: Masculinities and self-compassion among men varsity athletes20
Examining the effects of increasing then decreasing exercise intensity within a session of aerobic exercise20
Club representation in the national team: Effects on identity fusion and intra-vs intergroup attitudes19
Understanding motivational dynamics: Longitudinal associations between motivation and physical activity in children19
Advancing a grounded theory of parental support in competitive girls’ golf19
Neural representations of different features in the observation of table tennis actions19
Regulate to facilitate: A scoping review of prefrontal asymmetry in sport and exercise19
Exploring the mental health of circus artists: Circus factors, psychological resilience, and demographics predict disordered eating and exercise addictions19
Switching attentional focus across internal and external cues improves performance in a rowing task in novices18
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 symptoms18
Longitudinal analysis of stressors, stress, coping and coping effectiveness in elite esports athletes18
Exploring athletes’ gendered views of coaches and their impact of coach competency ratings18
No transfer of 3D-Multiple Object Tracking training on game performance in soccer: A follow-up study18
Promoting mental health among young males in sporting contexts: A systematic review18
A new Bayesian procedure for the estimation of the referees' decision thresholds and agreement. The case of professional handball refereeing18
FEPSAC Newsletter18
The prospective associations between internalized weight bias and physical activity among adolescents18
Editorial Board18
Do acute and chronic physical activity interventions affect the cognitive function of preschool children? A meta-analysis17
Tracking every bite and step: Associations between diet and fitness app use, disordered eating, body image concern and compulsive exercise17
A mixed methods exploration of the parent perspective of talent development environments across a national multi-sport landscape17
The physical self-concept across childhood: Measurement development and meaning for physical activity17
The long-term intensive gymnastic training influences functional stability and integration: A resting-state fMRI study17
The Multigroup Model of Identity Leadership (Multi-IL) in professional team sports: Navigating group dynamics from the perspective of professional soccer head coaches17
Gender stereotypes and motor performance: How explicit and implicit stereotypes influence girls standing long jump and anxiety17
Cognitive dual-task does not annihilate the negative effects of gender stereotype threat on girls' motor learning17
Athlete burnout and biomarkers: An exploratory, longitudinal N-of-1 study17
Identity leadership and social identification within sport teams over a season: A social network analysis16
Social identity in sport: A scoping review of the performance hypothesis16
Warm-up plus verbal communications administered as placebo procedure during the training session improves running performance16
Investigating in-performance transitions between mental states in high-level judoka using video-based stimulated recall16
How class cohesion and teachers’ relatedness supportive/thwarting style relate to students’ relatedness, motivation, and positive and negative outcomes in physical education16
Positive youth development through sport: What works, under what circumstances, for whom? And what's next?16
The role of parents toward the group dynamics of youth sport teams15
Move more today, sleep better tonight? Daily associations between physical activity and sedentary behavior with sleep among young adults with and without insomnia symptoms15
“You are either sporty or you are not” a qualitative exploration of pre-teen girls of low-socioeconomic position experiences of being physically active15
Differences in motivational dynamics between experienced cyclists and untrained participants during an incremental endurance exercise task15
Dance and stress regulation: A multidisciplinary narrative review15
FEPSAC Newsletter15
Predictors and outcomes of sports coaches’ athlete-invested contingent self-worth14
Editorial Board14
Longitudinal trajectories of emotions among athletes in sports competitions: Does emotional intelligence matter?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 context14
Is Video Assistant Referee (VAR) a disadvantage for the strong and a protection for the weak? The case of Turkish Super League14
A uniform approach for advancing athlete assessment: A tutorial on the Lens Model14
The effects of short exercise bouts on error-related negativity (ERN) and academic achievement in children14
Microsaccade behavior associated with inhibitory control in athletes in the antisaccade task14
The relationship between prescribed ratings of perceived exertion and force production in repeated isometric contractions14
What and who the research needs: Maturing the psychology of sport officiating14
Greater weekly physical activity linked to left resting frontal alpha asymmetry in women: A study on gender differences in highly active young adults14
How divergent are children’s divergent movements? The role of cognition and expertise in a class-randomized cross-over trial14
Effects of word presentation during treadmill walking on episodic memory and gait14
The role of individual and parental expectations in student-athletes’ career adaptability profiles14
Reflections on non-WEIRD behavior change and the next generation of physical activity research: A commentary on Simpson et al. (2025)14
Relationships between sport and exercise participation and subjective well-being among adults with physical disabilities: Is participation quality more important than participation quantity?13
Boredom, motivation, and perceptions of pain: Mechanisms to explain the effects of self-control exertion on subsequent physical performance13
Winner for Life: A three-year study of student-athletes’ life skills development in a training programme for coaches and teachers13
The effects of self-efficacy on physical and cognitive performance: An analysis of meta-certainty13
Specific and general transfer of perceptual-motor skills and learning between sports: A systematic review13
Macronutrient intake as a prospective predictor of depressive symptom severity: An exploratory study with adolescent elite athletes13
People who approve of one's physical activity vs. people who are influential: A randomized cross-over experiment to compare normative referent elicitation procedures13
Coping with the loan transition in professional association football13
Editorial Board13
Experiences of exercise services for individuals with severe mental illness: A qualitative approach13
How do new runners maintain their running, and what leads to others stopping? A qualitative, longitudinal study13
Practitioners in search of an identity: A Delphi study of sport psychology professional identity13
Behind the mask: Attentional focus and coping strategies of elite level fencers13
Dissociating the contributions of motivational and information processing factors to the self-controlled feedback learning benefit13
FEPSAC Newsletter13
Health behaviour change: Theories, progress, and recommendations for the next generation of physical activity research13
Positive youth development as a guiding framework in sport research: Is it time to plan for a transition?13
Situation Awareness in sports: A scoping review12
Promoting physical activity with open goals: A pilot randomised controlled trial12
Brain dynamics of visual anticipation during spatial occlusion tasks in expert tennis players12
Everything is cool when you're part of a team? The effects of outcome interdependence on appraisal, emotions, and performance under pressure12
Reimagining body image research in sport and exercise: Centering interdisciplinarity and cultural humility12
The influence of absent crowds on National Rugby League match player statistics and running metrics12
The specificity hypothesis in physical education: Investigating differentiation of motivational regulations across activities and their links to self-concept12
Examining the diversity of ultra-running motivations and experiences: A reversal theory perspective12
Association of parent, coach, and peer motivational climate with high school athlete burnout and engagement: Comparing mediation and moderation models12
A path for transforming esports into a health and performance domain12
The recognition of affective states associated with players’ non-verbal behavior in volleyball12
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 issues12
Global and appearance-contingent self-esteem: Associations with health and attractiveness exercise reasons12
FEPSAC Newsletter12
FEPSAC Newsletter12
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 study12
FEPSAC Newsletter11
Editorial Board11
Resilience profiles of elite athletes and their associations with health-related behaviors, well-being, and performance: A latent profile analysis11
Decision-making in action: How international-level professional football players gain an advantage11
Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with latent cognitive abilities in older adults11
The psychology of rock climbing: A systematic review11
Determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance in older adults: A dual process approach11
Psychology of sport injury: Selected debates and contemporary issues11
Perceived self-efficacy by Under-10 tennis players when scaling the equipment and play area11
Editorial Board11
“Nothing was lost sailing-wise and lots is gained on a personal level”: Practitioners’ behaviors and athletes’ perceptions of working in online environments11
The influence of mental toughness on responses to feedback in snooker: A real-time examination11
Temporal passing network in basketball: the effect of time pressure on the dynamics of team organization at micro and meso levels11
Flow and outdoor adventure recreation: Using flow measures to re-examine motives for participation11
“Change needs to start at home”: A reflexive thematic analysis of girl athletes' and coaches’ experiences of body image in New Delhi, India11
Communication profiles and sport experiences of collegiate track and field athletes11
Dual career (DC) experiences of Korean elite judokas before and at university11
Affective reactions to real-life stressors and the role of physical activity in sports students – An Ambulatory Assessment study11
The examination of factors influencing the recognition of affective states associated with tennis players’ non-verbal behaviour11
Physical activity identity as an axis of dual process motivation and self-regulation processes: Current evidence and future research directions11
FEPSAC position statement on safeguarding athletes in sport11
An integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based program for young elite female basketball players: Exploratory study of how it works and for whom it works best11
A cluster randomized trial of a rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) program and a mindfulness-acceptance-commitment (MAC) program, with South African adolescent rugby players11
Brief mindfulness meditation intervention improves attentional control of athletes in virtual reality shooting competition: Evidence from fNIRS and eye tracking11
It's in the water: A qualitative exploration of the perceived effects of outdoor open water swimming on swimmers' psychological well-being10
The effects of self-control exertion on subsequent physical performance in an alexithymic population10
Disentangling general and sport-specific risk factors for anxiety and depression in a mixed sample of athletes and non-athletes10
Dynamic, relational developmental systems-based models of human development: The exemplary sample case of positive youth development through youth sport10
Development of the multidimensional inventory of physical activity identity10
“I’m more than my sport”: Exploring the dynamic processes of identity change in athletic retirement10
An initial investigation into the mental health difficulties in athletes who experience choking under pressure10
Some pressures are more equal than others: Effects of isolated pressure on performance10
A conceptual model for mental health and performance of North American athletes: A mixed methods study10
Motivation, movement, and vitality: Self-determination theory and its organismic perspective on physical activity as part of human flourishing10
A Co-design approach to develop a motivational intervention to promote physical activity engagement and maintenance among individuals in residential substance use disorder treatment settings10
Compassion matters in elite sports environments: Insights from high-performance coaches10
FEPSAC Newsletter10
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 cycle10
Exploring the barriers to athlete personal development within UK Olympic and Paralympic sport10
Psychological well-being and exercise addiction: The treatment effects of an REBT intervention for females10
Qualified fitness trainers practice scientifically based judgement in prescribing exercise programs10
“Turning around an oil tanker”: Recommendations for a safeguarding program in football10
Optimal psychological states in advanced climbers: Antecedents, characteristics, and consequences of flow and clutch states10
Exploring an athletic talent development environment in China: A case study of a sport-friendly high school9
Editorial Board9
The impact of religious–psychological factors on self-perceived sport performance among religious athletes in Malaysia9
Automatic processes moderate the association between reflective processes and movement behavior: A cross-sectional study9
Get active now or later? The association between physical activity and risk and time preferences9
Beyond stereotypes: The role of exposure in reshaping Children's biases towards women as coaches in sports9
“I’m just not feeling it”: Affective processing of episodic physical activity memories differs between physically active and inactive individuals9
Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a theory-informed resistance exercise training single-arm intervention for major depression9
Mindfulness and mental wellbeing among elite athletes: The mediating role of gratitude and self-compassion9
The interplay between parental behaviors and adolescents' sports-related values in understanding adolescents' dropout of organized sports activities9
Self-compassion and body-related self-conscious emotions: Examining within- and between-person variation among adolescent girls in sport9
The association of motor competence and executive function across primary school years9
Attraction toward physical activity as a moderator of socio-cognitive predictors of physical activity9
Understanding action control of resistance training among adults9
Self-determination theory based instructional interventions and motivational regulations in organized physical activity: A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis9
FEPSAC Newsletter9
Latent profile analysis of physical activity motivation during behavioral weight loss treatment9
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 Study9
Climbing anxiety scale (CAS-20): Preliminary development and validation9
Tales from the peloton: Stress and coping in professional women's road cycling9
Working memory, sustained attention, and physical activity: An intraindividual study9
Response suppression and decision-making in association football referees9
Searching for meaning and purpose in elite sport: A narrative review of sport psychology literature with theoretical insights from psychology9
Acute effects of mindful interval exercise on cognitive performance in a higher education setting9
Self-confidence, mental toughness, and psychobiosocial experiences in elite rugby players9
Applying state space grids methods to characterize counsellor-client interactions in a physical activity behavioural intervention for adults with disabilities9
How does the manipulation of time pressure during soccer tasks influence physical load and mental fatigue?9
Editorial Board9
“We’re stronger as a family”: Family experiences and relationships in an adapted physical activity camp9
Corrigendum to “Optimizing exercise for perinatal depressive symptoms: A network meta-analysis of effective modalities and doses” [Psychology of Sport & Exercise 82 (2025) 1029809
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