International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Leading “us” to better health: exercise instructors’ engagement in identity leadership behaviours promotes perceptions of effort, positive affect, mental well-being, and physical health48
A network meta-analysis on the comparative effectiveness and acceptability of physical exercise interventions in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder43
A qualitative examination of tilt in League of Legends esports players42
Influence of pre-induced mental fatigue on tactical behaviour and performance among young elite football players40
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams39
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health31
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes30
A multilevel analysis of collegiate student-athletes’ goals, character strengths, and well-being26
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints25
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport24
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief22
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration19
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools19
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes18
The effect of total sleep deprivation on executive functions in athletes18
Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland: a person-oriented study18
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis18
The mediating role of self-esteem in the association between physical fitness and risk of depression in adolescents: DADOS Study18
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty16
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership16
Effects of coach encouragement on psychophysiological responses and technical actions in different small-sided soccer games15
Can they walk the talk? Exploring exercise intention and adherence among Chinese leisure cyclists15
High consistency of interest but not perseverance of effort is related to doping via moral disengagement: a cross-sectional study of grit14
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners13
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study13
Motivational profiles and students’ achievement emotions during fitness testing in secondary school physical education in England13
Testing fear of COVID-19, difficulties in emotion regulation, state anxiety as predictors of withdrawal effects in individuals with problematic exercise behaviour: a serial mediation model13
Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?13
The impact of intra-team communication and support relationships on team identification and collective efficacy in elite team sport: a social network analysis13
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model13
Hierarchical model of superior athletic performance and its neurohormonal foundations: bringing order to the domains of IZOF, momentum, and flow13
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs12
Dialogical exchanges and collegiality in critical commentaries: an editorial12
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system12
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport12
Integration of sport and education in China: a case study of a dual career development environment of a Shanghai junior men’s basketball team12
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes11
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale11
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept11
Correction11
The effect of instructional and motivational self-talk on accuracy and electromyography of active and passive muscles in elbow joint position sense test10
The core literacies of sport psychology scientist-practitioners10
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial10
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels10
Autonomy support by choosing task order enhances the performance of form-based motor skills in gymnastics10
Improving service performance in young tennis players: the superiority of dynamic over static motor imagery10
The relationship between effort-reward imbalance and burnout among sport coaches: the moderating role of over-commitment and job control10
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion10
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate10
Motivation for sport: a comparison between perfectionism and excellencism in self-determination theory9
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes9
Association between motor competence, sex, age, and risk of obesity in children from the austral zone of Chile9
A cross-level study on the impact of teacher experience, positive teacher-student relationships and exercise self-efficacy on physical activity among students within a multi-level framework9
Social networks and levels of physical activity in Dutch adults – the SaNAE study9
Training of the eSport FIFA enhances cognitive performance of planning and decision making in cognitive tests9
How COVID-19 lockdown affected physical activity levels and wellbeing: an Italian Survey9
The effect of acute exercise combined with virtual reality on inhibitory control: an event-related potential study9
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data9
The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress9
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation8
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective8
Exploring the interplay between coaches’ need experiences and motivation with their (de)motivating coaching: a circumplex approach8
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale8
Engagement and burnout as predictors of dual career outcomes in Finnish student-athletes: a longitudinal study8
Evaluating a Brazilian online parent education programme in sport using the RE-AIM framework8
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season8
The effect of structured brain gym and brisk walking training on the executive functions of university students: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial8
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing7
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries7
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications7
A systematic review of interventions for developing athletes as leaders7
The impact of Chinese calligraphy practice on athletes’ self-control7
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic7
Identifying behavioural addictions in endurance and ultra-endurance runners: a population at risk?7
Can stress and coping profiles predict athletes’ emotions and performance in competition? Analysis of profiles at competitions throughout the sporting season6
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes6
Happiness on wheels: what makes cyclists happy?6
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children6
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity6
Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation6
Correction6
Sprinting beyond sexism and gender stereotypes: Indian female fans’ experiences in the sports fandom6
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration6
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study6
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review6
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders6
Functional connectivity in table tennis players under cognitive task demands: dynamic regulation by the dominant hemisphere6
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a topic modelling approach6
Social identification and relational efficacy beliefs in sports teams and training groups6
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach6
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers6
Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials6
Mental health and wellbeing of elite male youth Australian footballers on the road to the AFL draft: a longitudinal analysis6
The cognitive fatigue experienced by batters is modulated by the strike rate of a twenty20 innings5
Transcranial direct current stimulation over prefrontal cortex did not improve the decision-making skill of athletes exposed to prolonged social media use: a crossover and randomised investigation5
Conceptions of the coach-team relationship in the views of youth team sport coaches and athletes5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development5
The affect-intensity relationship in aerobic exercise: an analysis based on a systematic review5
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Singapore national youth athletes’ mental health and potential protective factors5
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task5
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?5
Mental preparation for nationality-based challenges at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: a multi-level intervention5
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?5
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study5
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration5
What makes running club participants commit to exercise in an adaptive way? Perspectives from self-determination theory5
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket5
Association of ANKK1 and DRD2 gene polymorphisms with exercise addiction among elite athletes5
A systematic literature review of remote social support for physical activity5
Movement and mind: the role of exercise content in the development of attention parameters and motor skills in boys5
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined5
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation5
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis5
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory5
The effects of prosocial video games on empathy and prosocial behavior in athletes: evidence from cross-sectional survey and experimental studies4
From “incentive type” to “intensity alignment”: how extrinsic incentive enhance adolescents’ exercise intention?4
Predictably unpredictable: sport psychologists’ experience of precarity working in elite sport organisations4
The Team Denmark applied model of athlete mental health4
Cross-cultural validation of the sport emotion questionnaire using elite hockey players: psychometric evidence from seven African countries4
Elite athletes’ values in action: an important yet complicated aspect in anti-doping education4
The assessment and development of psychosocial skills and characteristics on the male youth football (soccer) academy development pathway: a narrative review4
Good performance-high attractiveness effect: an empirical study on the association between athletes’ rankings and their facial attractiveness4
A meta-analysis of physical activity interventions targeting executive functions in children: focus on cognitive and/or metabolic demands?4
Achieving international podium success with a positive sport experience4
Alignment of qualitative and quantitative focus of attention assessment of stone delivery among high-level Canadian curlers4
The importance of body perception in the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem in adolescents4
Smartphone use and mental health – findings from a 30-day longitudinal study among young talented volleyball players4
The effects of self-control on bullying behaviour among martial arts practicing adolescents: based on the analyses of multiple mediation effects4
Investigating the impact of coach behaviours and coach-athlete relationships on psychological safety4
Development and preliminary validation of the sport injury-related growth inventory4
Discussing safe sport in the digital space: the #gymnastalliance movement4
Translation and adaptation of the “self-regulation of sports practice” questionnaire to Portuguese4
Are core executive functions predictive of decision-making in sport? A scoping review4
Mind in action: the interplay of cognition and action in skilled performance4
A weight-inclusive approach to applied sport psychology4
Effectiveness of interventions based on health action process approach in promoting physical activity among rehabilitation patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer3
Sequential focus of attention instructions influenced motor performance of volleyball setting despite direction of focus but dependent on motor expertise of the player3
The use of virtual reality for tactical learning: the moderation of expertise and visuospatial abilities3
Impact of exercise addiction on quality of life during COVID-19: mediating role of obsessive-compulsive disorder and physiological symptoms3
The practice effect of novel bicycle through a straight and narrow path on coordination and stability in movements3
Who misses the target when thinking? Soccer expertise influences shooting-accuracies under cognitive load3
The dynamics of Quiet Eye under stress in elite table tennis performance3
“What am I doing here?” Experiences of unsuccessful and delayed successful crisis transitions during athlete migration3
Effects of physical activity on anxiety and depression in college students: mediating effects of exercise tolerance and psychological resilience3
Crowd social pressure in the Brazilian soccer league: testing home advantage and referees’ bias during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Psychological correlates of motivation and burnout in adult exercisers: gender differences in the role of body appreciation, appearance-contingent self-esteem, and social perfectionism3
Effects of acute exercise of different modalities and durations on interference control and response inhibition in healthy young adults3
A new instrument to measure team sport athletes' perceptions of mattering: the Mattering Index for Sport (MIS)3
Good practice in sport science and medicine: perceptions of leaders on support and management of practitioners and teams3
Authentic leadership and well-being in sport: the mediating role of psychological safety and the moderating role of interpersonal violence3
The effects of electronic device use on athlete performance and health: a systematic review3
Rhythm of cognition: exploring Greek traditional dance's acute effects on children's executive functions3
Pathways of teacher autonomy support to promote cardiovascular fitness in college students-A moderated chain mediation model3
Towards an ecology of athletes’ career transitions: conceptualization and working models3
Motivational profiles shaped by individual and environmental factors: implications for commitment in recreational team sports3
Artificial intelligence in sport and exercise psychology publishing: ethical governance and scholarly responsibility3
Seeing the bigger picture – a comparison between 2D and 360°-AR action observation in golf training3
Norwegian student-athletes’ motivation for choosing lower secondary sport schools: exploring latent profiles and their relationships with outcomes3
The effect of training in green space on young athletes’ sports competition anxiety: a quasi-experimental study3
Patterns of sports participation across the lifespan and their links to psychopathology, resilience, and childhood trauma: a cross-sectional approach3
What a shot! Effect of biathlon and badminton on attention of preteens in middle schools: a longitudinal study3
The relationship between temporary team emotional intelligence and team performance of high-level basketball referees: the chain mediating role of swift trust and shared mental models3
Motives for physical activity participation: does religious faith play a mediating role?3
Spatiotemporal dynamics and tactical interactions in competitive tennis: a scoping review3
The effects of acute aerobic and resistance exercise on the planning aspect of executive functions in children with preterm birth3
Effects of 8-week endurance, strength, and coordination exercise interventions on attention in adolescents: a randomised controlled study3
Expectations and disadvantages: a case study approach exploring the mental health challenges of elite, student-athlete women3
Network structure, invariance, and symptom communities of anxiety-depression network among college student-athletes: a network analysis3
Visual search mechanism of basketball players: evidence from an eye movement experiment on auditory distraction3
The effect of Tai chi on positive-activated affect in adults: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials3
Contribution of deliberate practice, play, and futsal to the acquisition of decision-making skills in Brazilian professional female soccer players3
Longitudinal influence of self-compassion and fears of compassion on prosocial and antisocial behaviour in sport: A conditional latent growth curve modelling analysis2
The invisible power of fairness: the internal link between teacher fairness and school bullying among athletic students2
Psychometric analysis of the International Olympic Committee's Sport Mental Health Assessment Triage Tool among non-elite amateur adult athletes2
Soccer referees’ experience of conflict and conflict management training practice: a scoping review2
Influence of punishments associated with task outcomes in physical and mental efforts performed by semi-elite soccer players during training tasks2
Perceptions and physiologic responses between electrical stimulations and voluntary resistance exercise2
Psychological safety in sports: its correlates and association with mental health outcomes -Turkish validation of the sports psychological safety inventory2
Beyond self-compassion: a scoping review of other-focused compassion in competitive sports environments2
Prevalence and correlates of exercise addiction in India, Malaysia, and Taiwan: cross-country comparison and pooled analysis2
Unifying rules for simplified information processing during actions – less is more2
Validation of the Interpersonal Regulation Questionnaire in sports: measuring emotion regulation via social processes and interactions2
The mediating effect of parental warmth on the association of parent pressure and athlete perfectionism in adolescent soccer2
Losing fun: adolescents’ experiences of participating and dropping out of team sports2
Affective and cerebral haemodynamic responses to audiovisual stimuli during exercise above and below the ventilatory threshold2
The longitudinal associations between wearable technology, physical activity and self-determined motivation2
Costly involved? An examination of latent motivational profiles in physical education2
Examining motivational climates and correlates: validation of the EDMCQ-ACS in an American collegiate athlete sample2
The role of high-performance sport environments in mental health: an international society of sport psychology consensus statement2
Effects of mental toughness on athletic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis2
Functional action analysis: a psychological model for the development of a problem-solving competence in game sports2
What is self-harm in dance? A conceptualisation of UK dance teachers’ perceptions of self-harm2
Technostress and innovation in sports education: the mediating role of technological self-efficacy and moderating role of perceived innovation importance2
The contributions of executive functions to decision-making in sport2
External focus facilitates cognitive stability and promotes motor performance of an interceptive task in children2
The association between athletes’ vagally-mediated heart rate variability before training and competition and negative affect: a meta-analytic review2
The effects of open and SMART goals on physical activity and psychological outcomes over one week: a multiple methods study2
Exploring the effects of physical fatigue on cognitive performance of youth soccer players2
Acute aerobic exercise modulates facial emotion evaluation in socially anxious individuals2
Personal accounts of compulsive exercise and bulimia nervosa: an exploration of psychosocial influences through creative nonfiction storytelling2
Perceived recovery-stress states and sleep in pre- and post-menarche elite youth swimmers2
Investigating the influence of smartphones on affective responses and time perception in exercise2
Examining talent development environments in Nigeria using the TDEQ-9S: differences across sex, sport, age, and environment type2
Sport-based video game causes mental fatigue and impairs visuomotor skill in male basketball players2
Gender-moderated personal growth and rest intolerance among Chinese athletes: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study2
The development and validation of the Youth Sport Parental Support-Questionnaire (YSPS-Q)2
Talk to me! Examining parent-coach communication frequency and satisfaction in youth soccer2
The impact of abuse experiences and coping responses on distress and mental health outcomes in sports officials2
Well-trained, trained and recreationally trained runners’ cognition during a 5km tempo run: a think aloud study2
Technostress and innovation in physical education: the boundary effects of emotional exhaustion and technological self-efficacy2
Construction and validation of the Life Skills Scale of Physical Education for adolescents2
Reciprocal relationships between teamwork execution, emergent states, and perceived team performance: a longitudinal study2
Effects of L-Theanine and L-Arginine supplementation on attention, cognitive, and shooting performance in elite air rifle shooters2
Effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive fatigue relief: a randomised self-controlled study2
Reliability and validity of the reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire in Chinese boxers2
Smile intensity in pre-race registration photos predicts trail ultramarathon performance1
Two routes to efficient action control? Satisficing vs. optimising1
The athletic identity measurement scale beyond Western context: psychometric evaluation of its dimension, factor structure, and gender invariance in South Korea1
Antecedents of perceived stress in trail runners: do emotion regulation and negative self-talk matter?1
Masculinity norms, stress underestimation, psychological strain, and well-being in Japanese elite male athletes1
O' Captain, My Captain: follower and leader narcissism interplay on follower commitment1
The psychological landscape of elite rugby league: a scoping review1
Examining the importance of athletic mindset profiles for level of sport performance and coping1
Feasibility of a peer support and exercise intervention for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial1
Effects of a school-based Brazilian jiu-jitsu programme on mental health and classroom behaviour of children from Abu Dhabi: a randomised trial1
Fast walking reduces the risk of breast cancer: evidence from a Mendelian randomisation study1
Exploring correlates of physical activity using the multi-process action control framework: is there a moderating role for mental health?1
Organic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Sport: development and validation of a theory-based, state measure of athletes’ organic self-talk1
Achievement motivation and grit’s perseverance of effort among collegiate athletes1
Acute effects of continuous exercise, interval exercise, and sedentary colouring on anxiety, mood, and physical activity enjoyment1
The scope of intentionality supporting the design of played-form practice activities in soccer1
“I can join a sport class, but school has to come first”: adolescent athletes’ dual career construction styles in lower secondary sport schools1
Sport as cognition enhancer from childhood to young adulthood: a systematic review focused on sport modality1
Does meeting physical activity guidelines mitigate smartphone dependence? Evidence from Korean elementary students using propensity score matching and difference-in-differences analysis1
Examining the three-way interactive effects of coach-, parent-, and peer-created motivational climates on burnout in Chinese youth athletes1
Home advantage in football after moving to a new stadium: evidence from European professional teams1
An exploratory examination of the relationship between harmonious and obsessive passion and specific symptoms of exercise dependence1
Building a case for infusing posthumanist thinking in the qualitative training of sport and exercise psychology researchers1
Examining the factor structure and validity of the social motivational orientations in sport scale1
Physical education motivational climate, on the achievement goals, and intrinsic motivation of students: a multilevel approach1
How do psychological and physiological performance determinants interact within individual athletes? An analytical network approach1
The moderating role of appearance self-concept in the relationship between sport and flourishing among adolescents: a COMPASS study1
“They learn quickly there are consequences for their actions”: youth sport coaches’ perspectives on the effects of benching1
All the little pointers: a poetic representation of a female elite athlete’s experience of living with and seeking treatment for an eating disorder1
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