Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Papers
(The TQCC of Psychology of Sport and Exercise is 8. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Physical activity is positively associated with college students' positive affect regardless of stressful life events during the COVID-19 pandemic81
The impact of identity leadership on team functioning and well-being in team sport: Is psychological safety the missing link?76
Home advantage during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of European football leagues59
Psychological and physiological stress in non-competitive and competitive esports settings: A systematic review56
A systematic review and meta-synthesis of mental health position statements in sport: Scope, quality and future directions55
A dual-process model of affective and instrumental attitudes in predicting physical activity48
Physical activity and motor skills in children: A differentiated approach47
Cumulative lifetime stress exposure, depression, anxiety, and well-being in elite athletes: A mixed-method study45
Executive functions in elite athletes – Comparing open-skill and closed-skill sports and considering the role of athletes' past involvement in both sport categories44
All for us and us for all: Introducing the 5R Shared Leadership Program41
To Flourish or Languish, that is the question: Exploring the mental health profiles of Danish elite athletes37
Representative co-design: Utilising a source of experiential knowledge for athlete development and performance preparation37
Effects of school-based interventions on motivation towards physical activity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis34
Parents about parenting dual career athletes: A systematic literature review.33
Effects of psychological interventions on competitive anxiety in sport: A meta-analysis32
Higher inhibitory control is required to escape the innate attraction to effort minimization30
Drop-out from team sport among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies28
The effectiveness of psychological skills training and behavioral interventions in sport using single-case designs: A meta regression analysis of the peer-reviewed studies28
Athlete perspectives on the enablers and barriers to nutritional adherence in high-performance sport27
Focusing on the coach’s eye; towards a working model of coach decision-making in talent selection26
To act or not to act? Student-athlete perceptions of social justice activism25
When the final whistle blows: Social identity pathways support mental health and life satisfaction after retirement from competitive sport25
Stress mindset in athletes: Investigating the relationships between beliefs, challenge and threat with psychological wellbeing25
Community sport and physical activity programs as sites of integration: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research conducted with forced migrants25
Ten essential features of European dual career development environments: A multiple case study25
Too bored for sports? Adaptive and less-adaptive latent personality profiles for exercise behavior24
Defining and characterizing organizational resilience in elite sport24
Exercise as a coping strategy and its impact on the psychological well-being of Japanese community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study23
Storying sports injury experiences of elite track athletes: A narrative analysis23
Social identity leadership in sport and exercise: Current status and future directions23
Longitudinal analysis of stressors, stress, coping and coping effectiveness in elite esports athletes23
Extraordinary claims in the literature on high-intensity interval training (HIIT): IV. Is HIIT associated with higher long-term exercise adherence?23
Decision-making training in sporting officials: Past, present and future23
Understanding and building clean(er) sport together: Community-based participatory research with elite athletes and anti-doping organisations from five European countries23
Coach identity leadership behaviours are positively associated with athlete resource appraisals: The mediating roles of relational and group identification22
How are physical literacy interventions conceptualized? – A systematic review on intervention design and content22
Comparing the constraints led approach, differential learning and prescriptive instruction for training opposite-field hitting in baseball21
Reliability and validity of the PL-C Quest, a scale designed to assess children’s self-reported physical literacy21
Qualitative evaluation of a sports-based mental health literacy program for adolescent males21
Ideas for action: Exploring strategies to address body image concerns for adolescent girls involved in sport21
Passion and emotions: The mediating role of cognitive appraisals20
Pregnancy and motherhood in elite sport: The longitudinal experiences of two elite athletes20
Implications of the identity position for dual career construction: Gendering the pathways to (Dis)continuation20
Do you find exercise pleasant or unpleasant? The Affective Exercise Experiences (AFFEXX) questionnaire20
Flow in youth sport, physical activity, and physical education: A systematic review19
Acceptance by athletes of a virtual reality head-mounted display intended to enhance sport performance19
360°-multiple object tracking in team sport athletes: Reliability and relationship to visuospatial cognitive functions19
Conceptualizing bullying in adult professional football: A phenomenological exploration19
Motivational and emotional effects of social comparison in sports19
Effects of a physical education intervention programme for ninth-graders on physical activity-related health competence: Findings from the GEKOS cluster randomised controlled trial18
A systematic review of the within-person association between physical activity and affect in children's and adolescents' daily lives18
Gaining perspectives: A scoping review of research assessing depressive symptoms in athletes18
The effect of self- and interpersonal emotion regulation on athletes’ anxiety and goal achievement in competition18
No fun, no gain: The stress-buffering effect of physical activity on life satisfaction depends on adolescents' intrinsic motivation18
Towards consensus in conceptualizing and operationalizing physical activity maintenance18
The social dynamics involved in recovery and return to sport following a sport-related concussion: A study of three athlete-teammate-coach triads18
A dual process model of affective and instrumental implicit attitude, self-monitoring, and sedentary behavior18
Comparing the efficacy (RCT) of learning a dance choreography and practicing creative dance on improving executive functions and motor competence in 6–7 years old children18
Prevalence of symptoms of common mental disorders among elite Canadian athletes18
Factors associated with adherence to the muscle-strengthening activity guideline among adolescents18
No ego-depletion effect without a good control task18
The Daily Mile™: Acute effects on children’s cognitive function and factors affecting their enjoyment18
Harnessing the power of ‘us’: A randomized wait-list controlled trial of the 5R shared leadership development program (5RS) in basketball teams17
Individual differences in performance and learning of visual anticipation in expert field hockey goalkeepers17
Creating the conditions for psychological safety and its impact on quality coach-athlete relationships17
The impact of cognitive functions and intellectual impairment on pacing and performance in sports17
Momentary associations between stress and physical activity among children using ecological momentary assessment17
A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in British and Greek athletes: A cluster randomized controlled trial17
The effects of self-compassion on daily emotion regulation and performance rebound among college athletes: Comparisons with confidence, grit, and hope17
High school student-athletes’ perceptions and experiences of leadership as a life skill17
Youth sport participation and parental mental health16
Effects of a single bout of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on executive functions in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis16
Sleep interventions for performance, mood and sleep outcomes in athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis16
Inter-individual differences in sport refereeing: A review of theory and practice16
Relationships among behavioural regulations, physical activity, and mental health pre- and during COVID–19 UK lockdown16
The role of motivation in the conceptual model of motor development in childhood15
Mental health and elite female athletes: A scoping review15
Why do new members stop attending health and fitness venues? The importance of developing frequent and stable attendance behaviour15
Exergame-based exercise training for depressive symptoms in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis15
The role of comprehensive education in anti-doping policy legitimacy and support among clean athletes15
The effects of self-efficacy on physical and cognitive performance: An analysis of meta-certainty15
The identity of the sport psychology profession: A multinational perspective15
COVID-19: Assessing the impact of lockdown on recreational athletes15
Selection bias in social facilitation theory? Audience effects on elite biathletes' performance are gender-specific15
Dynamic vision training transfers positively to batting practice performance among collegiate baseball batters15
Mental health protective factors among flourishing Canadian women university student-athletes15
Integrating technology in psychological skills training for performance optimization in elite athletes: A systematic review15
Affective responses to resistance exercise: Toward a consensus on the timing of assessments14
Holistic movement practices – An emerging category of physical activity for exercise psychology14
A need-supportive teaching approach among students with intellectual disability in physical education14
The transnational migration of mindfulness: A call for reflective pause in sport and exercise psychology14
Specific effect of a cognitive-motor dual-task training on sport performance and brain processing associated with decision-making in semi-elite basketball players14
Muscularity rationality: An examination of the use of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) upon exercisers at risk of muscle dysmorphia14
Effects of traditional and immersive video on anticipation in cricket: A temporal occlusion study14
The interplay of actual and perceived physical fitness in children: Effects on motivation and physical activity13
The physical self-concept across childhood: Measurement development and meaning for physical activity13
Integrating models of self-regulation and optimal experiences: A qualitative study into flow and clutch states in recreational distance running13
Assembling the sense of home in emigrant elite athletes: Cultural transitions, narrative and materiality13
The perception of nested affordances: An examination of expert climbers13
Exploring parent-athlete sport related communication outside of the sport environment with the Electronically Activated Recorder13
Effects of visualized PETTLEP imagery on the basketball 3-point shot: A comparison of internal and external perspectives13
The impact of verbal and physical abuse on distress, mental health, and intentions to quit in sports officials13
Efficacy of physical activity interventions on psychological outcomes in refugee, asylum seeker and migrant populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis13
Extraordinary claims in the literature on high-intensity interval training (HIIT): III. Critical analysis of four foundational arguments from an interdisciplinary lens13
Understanding action control of resistance training among adults13
The performance enhancement attitude scale (PEAS) reached ‘adulthood’: Lessons and recommendations from a systematic review and meta-analysis13
Personality, motivational, and social cognition predictors of leisure-time physical activity13
One group’s pain is another group’s pleasure: Examining schadenfreude in response to failures of football teams during the World Cup 201812
Toward understanding of coaches’ role in athletes’ eating pathology: A systematic review and ecological application to advance research12
Skating through pregnancy and motherhood: A narrative analysis of digital stories of elite figure skating expectant mothers12
Self-compassion and body-related self-conscious emotions: Examining within- and between-person variation among adolescent girls in sport12
The introduction of the Video Assistant Referee supports the fairness of the game – An analysis of the home advantage in the German Bundesliga12
Physical activity to address multimorbidity among survivors of sexual violence: A comprehensive narrative review12
Effect of parent responsiveness on young athletes’ self-perceptions and thriving: An exploratory study in a Belgian French-Community12
Mental health of circus artists: Psychological resilience, circus factors, and demographics predict depression, anxiety, stress, and flourishing12
Memories of school recess predict physical activity enjoyment and social-emotional well-being in adults12
An investigation of the effects of self-reported self-control strength on shooting performance12
Effects of the function-specific instruction approach to neurofeedback training on frontal midline theta waves and golf putting performance12
Psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between commercial physical activity app use and physical activity engagement12
Imagery training in school-based physical education improves the performance and the mental representation of a complex action in comprehensive school students12
Identity leadership and social identification within sport teams over a season: A social network analysis12
Psycho-perceptual-motor skills are deemed critical to save the penalty corner in international field hockey12
Development and initial validation of the coaching life skills in sport questionnaire11
Do women athletes’ experiences of menstrual function and dysfunction vary across competition levels? A mixed methods exploration11
Online public shaming of professional athletes: Gender matters11
Acute exercise and children’s cognitive functioning: What is the optimal dose of cognitive challenge?11
The effects of exercise at different temperatures on cognitive function: A systematic review11
Exploring the “clutch” in clutch performance: A qualitative investigation of the experience of pressure in successful performance11
The effects of coaches' emotional expressions on players' performance: Experimental evidence in a football context11
Perceptual-cognitive performance of youth soccer players in a 360°-environment – Differences between age groups and performance levels11
Psychological pressure and compounded errors during elite-level tennis11
Is a pandemic as good as a rest? Comparing athlete burnout and stress before and after the suspension of organised team sport due to Covid-19 restrictions, and investigating the impact of athletes’ re11
Self-determination theory based instructional interventions and motivational regulations in organized physical activity: A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis11
The effect of augmented feedback on the performance and learning of gross motor and sport-specific skills: A systematic review11
The influence of social networks within sports teams on athletes’ eating and exercise psychopathology: A longitudinal study11
Mindfulness, reinvestment, and rowing under pressure: Evidence for moderated moderation of the anxiety-performance relationship11
When time is of the essence: The use of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) informed single-session therapy (SST) to alleviate social and golf-specific anxiety, and improve wellbeing and performa11
Inpatient perspectives on physical activity in a secure mental health setting11
Examining the day-level impact of physical activity on affect during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: An ecological momentary assessment study11
Protective effect of aerobic fitness on the detrimental influence of exhaustive exercise on information processing capacity10
Imagery ability classification: Commentary on «Kinaesthetic imagery ability moderates the effect of an AO+MI intervention on golf putt performance: A pilot study» by McNeill et al. (2020)10
Achievement goal theory-based psychological skills training session buffers youth athletes’ psychophysiological responses to performance stress10
The mediational role of motivation in the model of motor development in childhood: A longitudinal study10
Assessing lifetime stressor exposure in sport performers: Associations with trait stress appraisals, health, well-being, and performance10
Effects of chronic exercise on attentional bias among individuals with methamphetamine use disorder10
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 study10
Longitudinal trajectories of emotions among athletes in sports competitions: Does emotional intelligence matter?10
Congruence of efficacy beliefs on the coach-athlete relationship and athlete anxiety: Athlete self-efficacy and coach estimation of athlete self-efficacy10
Unpacking the debate: A qualitative investigation of first-time experiences with interval exercise10
Perceived motivational climate influences athletes’ emotion regulation strategies, emotions, and psychobiosocial experiences10
New insights into visual-motor integration exploring process measures during copying shapes10
Intervention-enabled autonomy-supportive teaching improves the PE classroom climate to reduce antisocial behavior10
Promoting positive development among youth from refugee and migrant backgrounds: The case of Kicking Goals Together10
Student-athletes’ dual commitment to school and sport: Compatible or conflicting?10
Promoting physical activity during the COVID-19 lockdown in Australia: The roles of psychological predictors and commercial physical activity apps10
A longitudinal transitional perspective on why adolescents choose to quit organized sport in Norway9
Weight on the bar vs. weight on the scale: A qualitative exploration of disordered eating in competitive female powerlifters9
When in doubt, it’s not out: Match format is associated with differences in elite-level cricket umpires’ leg-before-wicket decisions9
Achievement motive, autonomous motivation, and attendance at fitness center: A longitudinal prospective study9
Executive functions in children engaging in open- and closed-skilled sports9
A dynamic view of coach transformational leadership: How leadership perceptions relate to task cohesion and team potency9
When the going gets tough, what happens to quiet eye? The role of time pressure and performance pressure during basketball free throws9
Psychobiosocial experiences in sport: Development and initial validation of a semantic differential scale9
The effects of linear, nonlinear, and differential motor learning methods on the emergence of creative action in individual soccer players9
Digital media and mental health in adolescent athletes9
Processing deceptive information in sports: Individual differences for responding to head fakes depends on the attentional capability of the observer9
The impact of differing audience sizes on referees and team performance from a North American perspective9
Self-efficacy, mental models and team adaptation: A first approach on football and futsal refereeing9
Does game pressure affect hand selection of NBA basketball players?9
Within-person examination of the exercise intention-behavior gap among women in midlife with elevated cardiovascular disease risk9
Dissociating the contributions of motivational and information processing factors to the self-controlled feedback learning benefit9
Martial arts, combat sports, and mental health in adults: A systematic review9
Compositional insights on the association between physical activity and sedentary behavior on momentary mood in daily life9
Development and initial validation of the Life Skills Scale for Sport – Transfer Scale (LSSS-TS)9
Optimal psychological states in advanced climbers: Antecedents, characteristics, and consequences of flow and clutch states9
Motivation beliefs, emotions, leisure time physical activity, and sedentary behavior in university students: A full longitudinal model of mediation9
Canadian athletes' perspectives of mental health care and the importance of clinicians' sport knowledge: A multi-method investigation9
Women's exercise identity increases after a 16-week exercise RCT and is linked to behavior maintenance at follow-up9
Maximizing data quality and shortening survey time: Three-form planned missing data survey design9
The experiences of high-performance coaches in the management of difficult athletes8
Modeling talent development pathways in alpine ski racers8
Confinement during Covid-19 outbreak modifies athletes’ self-based goals8
Proposing an ontological shift from intervention to intravention in sport and exercise psychology8
The Flow-Clutch Scale: Development and preliminary validation in sport and exercise8
An exploration of doping-related perceptions and knowledge of disabled elite athletes in the UK and Austria8
The changing meaning of sport during forced immigrant youths' acculturative journeys8
Stimulating performance: A scoping review on transcranial electrical stimulation effects on olympic sports8
Autonomous motivation and action planning are longitudinally associated with physical activity during adolescence and early adulthood8
Positive affect moderates inhibitory control and positive affect following a single bout of self-select aerobic exercise8
More than “just a driver”: A study of professional women racecar drivers' agency in motorsport8
An integrated mindfulness and acceptance-based program for young elite female basketball players: Exploratory study of how it works and for whom it works best8
Effect of brief mindfulness and relaxation inductions on anxiety, affect and brain activation in athletes8
A systematic review of research into coach perspectives and behaviours regarding doping and anti-doping8
The use of heart rate variability in esports: A systematic review8
A re-examination of the 2x2 model of perfectionism, burnout, and engagement in sports8
Who's to blame? The role of power and attributions in susceptibility to match-fixing8
Meta-analysis of the reduced relative feedback frequency effect on motor learning and performance8
Transitioning from sport: Life satisfaction, depressive symptomatology, and body satisfaction among retired female collegiate athletes8
Self-modelled versus skilled-peer modelled AO+MI effects on skilled sensorimotor performance: A stage 2 registered report8
Whistleblowing of bullying in professional football: To report or not to report?8
“Women easily feel that they have lost a year if they don’t ski faster”: Finnish ski coaches’ discursive constructions of gendered dual career pathways8
Examining the roles of experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion on the effects from mindfulness to athlete burnout: A longitudinal study8
Mental fatigue, anticipated effort, and subjective valuations of exercising predict choice to exercise or not: A mixed-methods study8
QEEG markers of superior shooting performance in skilled marksmen: An investigation of cortical activity on psychomotor efficiency hypothesis8
Towards a better understanding of the role of perceived task variety in Physical Education: A self-determination theory approach8
Pinning down the problems and influences: Disordered eating and body satisfaction in male wrestlers8
Facilitating transition into a high-performance environment: The effect of a stressor-coping intervention program on elite youth rugby league players8
Body image and disordered eating prevention in girls’ sport: A partner-driven and stakeholder-informed scoping review of interventions8
From “blessing in disguise” to “what do I do now?”: How Canadian Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls perceived, experienced, and coped with the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games8
Getting a grip on the resilience to blur: The impact of simulated vision loss on a visually guided combat sports interaction8
Resilience and Enhancement in Sport, Exercise, & Training (RESET): A brief self-compassion intervention with NCAA student-athletes8
A person-centred approach to understanding dark-side antecedents and students’ outcomes associated with physical education teachers’ motivation8
The National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic: Change and duration of psychological outcomes8
A cluster randomized trial to evaluate need-supportive teaching in physical education on physical activity of sixth-grade girls: A mixed method study8
The transnational experience of sport psychology practitioners from training to practice8
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