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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Body image experiences in retired Olympians: Losing the embodied self67
Situational information and the design of representative learning tasks: What impact does a scoreboard have on expert taekwondo fighters' behaviour and affective-cognitive responses?52
Examination of the consistency effect between physical activity levels and approach-avoidance behaviors50
When the going gets tough, what happens to quiet eye? The role of time pressure and performance pressure during basketball free throws47
Prospective associations between physical fitness and executive function in adolescents: The UP&DOWN study45
The Stride program: Feasibility and pre-to-post program change of an exercise service for university students experiencing mental distress44
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 training44
January 2023 Editorial42
The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-4): Psychometric evidence of introjected approach regulation in Portuguese health club exercisers41
Effects of instagram sports posts on the athletic motivation of female elite athletes: Do they inspire or backfire?41
Development of the Stressors among Parents in Youth Sport Survey (SPYSS)39
Mind over body: Interfering with the inner voice is detrimental to endurance performance36
Less stick more carrot? Increasing the uptake of deposit contract financial incentives for physical activity: A randomized controlled trial36
Within-person association of volitional factors and physical activity: Insights from an ecological momentary assessment study34
How high-performance practitioners think and intervene to change technique32
Ego depletion does not negatively impact novice sprinters’ start performance during a timed 20m all-out sprint32
Measuring leadership in sport: Development and validation of the Identity Leadership Inventory – Youth (ILI-Y)30
A framework to explain the in-match decision-making of elite Australian football coaches29
(Re)conceptualizing cohesion: A theoretical realignment and roadmap for future research29
The relationship between physical activity environment, mental wellbeing, flourishing and thriving: A mixed method study29
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
A grounded theory of youth athlete concussion under-reporting decisions28
Daily measures of sport enjoyment, social interaction, and attendance among female adolescent handball players27
More active, more nature-connected? The carry-over effect of physical activity in pro-environmental behavior27
Do researchers have a shared cognition on team cognition in sports?26
Effects of acute aerobic exercise on emotional memory formation in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder: Encoding vs consolidation26
Lady and the champ: The shared career experiences and retirement transition of a champion jockey and his partner25
Understanding physical education teachers’ motivational outcomes and feasibility beliefs to implement motivational strategies: The role of perceived pressures from a variable- and person-centered appr24
Controlling the flight on double-handed foiling catamarans: The role of shared equipment on the crew members' mutual modes of regulation24
Athletic identity, values and self-regulatory efficacy governing hypercompetitive attitudes24
Running as a way fat women re-story their bodies and construct a runner identity in a North American sociocultural context24
Change in the social context of physical activity across adolescence and its association with moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity24
A longitudinal investigation of the role of perceived autonomy support from coaches in reducing athletes’ experiential avoidance: The mediating role of subjective vitality23
The mediational role of executive functions for the relationship between motor ability and academic performance in pediatric cancer survivors23
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
FEPSAC Newsletter23
A test of the impact of pain on automatic motivational processes in people with knee osteoarthritis23
Genetic associations with personality and mental toughness profiles of English academy football players: An exploratory study23
Mental health profiles among 13-16-year-Old Norwegian talent and mainstream students - A prospective person-centered analytical approach23
Motor competence predicts self-esteem during childhood in typical development children22
Using video docuseries to explore male professional football head coaches’ well-being experiences throughout a season22
A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in British and Greek athletes: A cluster randomized controlled trial22
Uncovering the roles of automatic attitudes and controlled processes in the regulation of physical activity behavior in children21
Advancing a grounded theory of parental support in competitive girls’ golf20
Identifying moderators of physical literacy interventions using meta-regression20
Warm-up plus verbal communications administered as placebo procedure during the training session improves running performance19
Exploring the mental health of circus artists: Circus factors, psychological resilience, and demographics predict disordered eating and exercise addictions19
“I think the best athletes use it”: Masculinities and self-compassion among men varsity athletes19
Exploring proportions of spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk – It is not always the one or the other19
The impact of verbal and physical abuse on distress, mental health, and intentions to quit in sports officials19
Examining the effects of increasing then decreasing exercise intensity within a session of aerobic exercise19
Editorial Board19
Regulate to facilitate: A scoping review of prefrontal asymmetry in sport and exercise19
Understanding motivational dynamics: Longitudinal associations between motivation and physical activity in children19
Switching attentional focus across internal and external cues improves performance in a rowing task in novices18
The prospective associations between internalized weight bias and physical activity among adolescents18
A new Bayesian procedure for the estimation of the referees' decision thresholds and agreement. The case of professional handball refereeing18
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
FEPSAC Newsletter18
Dance and stress regulation: A multidisciplinary narrative review18
Cognitive dual-task does not annihilate the negative effects of gender stereotype threat on girls' motor learning17
Tracking every bite and step: Associations between diet and fitness app use, disordered eating, body image concern and compulsive exercise17
The long-term intensive gymnastic training influences functional stability and integration: A resting-state fMRI study17
Gender stereotypes and motor performance: How explicit and implicit stereotypes influence girls standing long jump and anxiety17
Athlete burnout and biomarkers: An exploratory, longitudinal N-of-1 study17
Do acute and chronic physical activity interventions affect the cognitive function of preschool children? A meta-analysis17
Positive youth development through sport: What works, under what circumstances, for whom? And what's next?17
Longitudinal analysis of stressors, stress, coping and coping effectiveness in elite esports athletes16
The physical self-concept across childhood: Measurement development and meaning for physical activity16
Social identity in sport: A scoping review of the performance hypothesis16
FEPSAC Newsletter16
A mixed methods exploration of the parent perspective of talent development environments across a national multi-sport landscape16
Identity leadership and social identification within sport teams over a season: A social network analysis16
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
Promoting mental health among young males in sporting contexts: A systematic review16
How do new runners maintain their running, and what leads to others stopping? A qualitative, longitudinal study15
“You are either sporty or you are not” a qualitative exploration of pre-teen girls of low-socioeconomic position experiences of being physically active15
Move more today, sleep better tonight? Daily associations between physical activity and sedentary behavior with sleep among young adults with and without insomnia symptoms15
The role of parents toward the group dynamics of youth sport teams15
Differences in motivational dynamics between experienced cyclists and untrained participants during an incremental endurance exercise task15
Longitudinal trajectories of emotions among athletes in sports competitions: Does emotional intelligence matter?14
The effects of short exercise bouts on error-related negativity (ERN) and academic achievement in children14
Is Video Assistant Referee (VAR) a disadvantage for the strong and a protection for the weak? The case of Turkish Super League14
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
Practitioners in search of an identity: A Delphi study of sport psychology professional identity14
Editorial Board14
A uniform approach for advancing athlete assessment: A tutorial on the Lens Model14
Macronutrient intake as a prospective predictor of depressive symptom severity: An exploratory study with adolescent elite athletes14
The effects of self-efficacy on physical and cognitive performance: An analysis of meta-certainty14
Specific and general transfer of perceptual-motor skills and learning between sports: A systematic review14
Microsaccade behavior associated with inhibitory control in athletes in the antisaccade task14
Relationships between sport and exercise participation and subjective well-being among adults with physical disabilities: Is participation quality more important than participation quantity?14
Predictors and outcomes of sports coaches’ athlete-invested contingent self-worth14
Boredom, motivation, and perceptions of pain: Mechanisms to explain the effects of self-control exertion on subsequent physical performance13
Examining the diversity of ultra-running motivations and experiences: A reversal theory perspective13
Positive youth development as a guiding framework in sport research: Is it time to plan for a transition?13
Experiences of exercise services for individuals with severe mental illness: A qualitative approach13
Behind the mask: Attentional focus and coping strategies of elite level fencers13
Editorial Board13
Dissociating the contributions of motivational and information processing factors to the self-controlled feedback learning benefit13
Health behaviour change: Theories, progress, and recommendations for the next generation of physical activity research13
The relationship between prescribed ratings of perceived exertion and force production in repeated isometric contractions13
FEPSAC Newsletter13
Winner for Life: A three-year study of student-athletes’ life skills development in a training programme for coaches and teachers13
Situation Awareness in sports: A scoping review13
The role of individual and parental expectations in student-athletes’ career adaptability profiles13
Greater weekly physical activity linked to left resting frontal alpha asymmetry in women: A study on gender differences in highly active young adults13
People who approve of one's physical activity vs. people who are influential: A randomized cross-over experiment to compare normative referent elicitation procedures13
The influence of absent crowds on National Rugby League match player statistics and running metrics12
The recognition of affective states associated with players’ non-verbal behavior in volleyball12
Determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance in older adults: A dual process approach12
“Change needs to start at home”: A reflexive thematic analysis of girl athletes' and coaches’ experiences of body image in New Delhi, India12
Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with latent cognitive abilities in older adults12
FEPSAC Newsletter12
The specificity hypothesis in physical education: Investigating differentiation of motivational regulations across activities and their links to self-concept12
Brain dynamics of visual anticipation during spatial occlusion tasks in expert tennis players12
Global and appearance-contingent self-esteem: Associations with health and attractiveness exercise reasons12
The influence of mental toughness on responses to feedback in snooker: A real-time examination12
An integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based program for young elite female basketball players: Exploratory study of how it works and for whom it works best12
Decision-making in action: How international-level professional football players gain an advantage12
Coping with the loan transition in professional association football12
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
Everything is cool when you're part of a team? The effects of outcome interdependence on appraisal, emotions, and performance under pressure12
Communication profiles and sport experiences of collegiate track and field athletes12
Flow and outdoor adventure recreation: Using flow measures to re-examine motives for participation12
It's in the water: A qualitative exploration of the perceived effects of outdoor open water swimming on swimmers' psychological well-being11
Perceived self-efficacy by Under-10 tennis players when scaling the equipment and play area11
Brief mindfulness meditation intervention improves attentional control of athletes in virtual reality shooting competition: Evidence from fNIRS and eye tracking11
The psychology of rock climbing: A systematic review11
Temporal passing network in basketball: the effect of time pressure on the dynamics of team organization at micro and meso levels11
A conceptual model for mental health and performance of North American athletes: A mixed methods study11
“Nothing was lost sailing-wise and lots is gained on a personal level”: Practitioners’ behaviors and athletes’ perceptions of working in online environments11
FEPSAC Newsletter11
FEPSAC Newsletter11
Editorial Board11
Editorial Board11
FEPSAC position statement on safeguarding athletes in sport11
Resilience profiles of elite athletes and their associations with health-related behaviors, well-being, and performance: A latent profile analysis11
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
The effects of self-control exertion on subsequent physical performance in an alexithymic population11
Exploring the barriers to athlete personal development within UK Olympic and Paralympic sport11
Dual career (DC) experiences of Korean elite judokas before and at university11
Psychological well-being and exercise addiction: The treatment effects of an REBT intervention for females11
The examination of factors influencing the recognition of affective states associated with tennis players’ non-verbal behaviour11
Psychology of sport injury: Selected debates and contemporary issues11
Association of parent, coach, and peer motivational climate with high school athlete burnout and engagement: Comparing mediation and moderation models11
Physical activity identity as an axis of dual process motivation and self-regulation processes: Current evidence and future research directions11
Affective reactions to real-life stressors and the role of physical activity in sports students – An Ambulatory Assessment study11
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 cycle11
Dynamic, relational developmental systems-based models of human development: The exemplary sample case of positive youth development through youth sport10
Get active now or later? The association between physical activity and risk and time preferences10
Tales from the peloton: Stress and coping in professional women's road cycling10
Attraction toward physical activity as a moderator of socio-cognitive predictors of physical activity10
Working memory, sustained attention, and physical activity: An intraindividual study10
Disentangling general and sport-specific risk factors for anxiety and depression in a mixed sample of athletes and non-athletes10
Qualified fitness trainers practice scientifically based judgement in prescribing exercise programs10
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
Exploring an athletic talent development environment in China: A case study of a sport-friendly high school10
The interplay between parental behaviors and adolescents' sports-related values in understanding adolescents' dropout of organized sports activities10
Acute effects of mindful interval exercise on cognitive performance in a higher education setting10
Compassion matters in elite sports environments: Insights from high-performance coaches10
Some pressures are more equal than others: Effects of isolated pressure on performance10
“I’m more than my sport”: Exploring the dynamic processes of identity change in athletic retirement10
Optimal psychological states in advanced climbers: Antecedents, characteristics, and consequences of flow and clutch states10
Self-confidence, mental toughness, and psychobiosocial experiences in elite rugby players10
Automatic processes moderate the association between reflective processes and movement behavior: A cross-sectional study10
Response suppression and decision-making in association football referees10
An initial investigation into the mental health difficulties in athletes who experience choking under pressure10
Motivation, movement, and vitality: Self-determination theory and its organismic perspective on physical activity as part of human flourishing10
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
Self-determination theory based instructional interventions and motivational regulations in organized physical activity: A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis9
The impact of religious–psychological factors on self-perceived sport performance among religious athletes in Malaysia9
Applying state space grids methods to characterize counsellor-client interactions in a physical activity behavioural intervention for adults with disabilities9
FEPSAC Newsletter9
Understanding the meta-transition experiences of Chinese table tennis athletes during the transition to first level teams: Group reflective practice interviews9
Doping in disabled elite sport: Perceptions, knowledge and opinions from the perspective of German and UK coaches9
Abandoning The Big Mick: A commentary on Smith et al.’s 25 years of qualitative research in sport and exercise psychology9
Forward-looking questions regarding ego depletion and mental fatigue in sport psychology: Comment on Englert9
“We’re stronger as a family”: Family experiences and relationships in an adapted physical activity camp9
Mindfulness and mental wellbeing among elite athletes: The mediating role of gratitude and self-compassion9
Searching for meaning and purpose in elite sport: A narrative review of sport psychology literature with theoretical insights from psychology9
“I’m just not feeling it”: Affective processing of episodic physical activity memories differs between physically active and inactive individuals9
Editorial Board9
Athlete doping confrontation efficacy and confrontation likelihood9
Dual career in sport and non-sport work: Exploring experiences of North American professional female ice hockey players9
OPTIMAL theory’s claims about motivation lack evidence in the motor learning literature9
Resilience and Enhancement in Sport, Exercise, & Training (RESET): A brief self-compassion intervention with NCAA student-athletes9
The association of motor competence and executive function across primary school years9
Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a theory-informed resistance exercise training single-arm intervention for major depression9
Self-compassion and body-related self-conscious emotions: Examining within- and between-person variation among adolescent girls in sport9
Understanding action control of resistance training among adults9
Climbing anxiety scale (CAS-20): Preliminary development and validation9
How does the manipulation of time pressure during soccer tasks influence physical load and mental fatigue?9
Upsetting the apple cart: Within-team profiles of intragroup conflict and their associations with narcissism9
Effortful self-control as a potential target for physical activity maintenance9
Self-regulatory processes in goal striving during excellent distance-running performances: A qualitative study9
Beyond stereotypes: The role of exposure in reshaping Children's biases towards women as coaches in sports9
Latent profile analysis of physical activity motivation during behavioral weight loss treatment9
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