International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Article	Citations
A multilevel analysis of collegiate student-athletes’ goals, character strengths, and well-being	54
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes	51
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools	49
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis	46
The effect of total sleep deprivation on executive functions in athletes	35
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health	34
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams	28
A network meta-analysis on the comparative effectiveness and acceptability of physical exercise interventions in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder	28
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief	26
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints	25
Leading “us” to better health: exercise instructors’ engagement in identity leadership behaviours promotes perceptions of effort, positive affect, mental well-being, and physical health	24
Linking physical fitness to perceived mental fatigue in school-aged adolescents: the moderator role of age and sex	22
A qualitative examination of tilt in League of Legends esports players	22
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration	22
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes	22
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport	21
Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland: a person-oriented study	21
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty	19
Motivational profiles and students’ achievement emotions during fitness testing in secondary school physical education in England	19
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership	19
Affect and exercise adherence: an integrative framework with the aerial yoga example	19
Can they walk the talk? Exploring exercise intention and adherence among Chinese leisure cyclists	16
Investigating the effect of attentional focus on competitive state anxiety and performance under pressure: a mixed-methods study	15
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model	15
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 model	14

High consistency of interest but not perseverance of effort is related to doping via moral disengagement: a cross-sectional study of grit	14
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners	14
Effects of coach encouragement on psychophysiological responses and technical actions in different small-sided soccer games	14
Hierarchical model of superior athletic performance and its neurohormonal foundations: bringing order to the domains of IZOF, momentum, and flow	13
Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?	13
Dialogical exchanges and collegiality in critical commentaries: an editorial	13
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study	13
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs	13
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system	13
Integration of sport and education in China: a case study of a dual career development environment of a Shanghai junior men’s basketball team	12
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport	12
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept	12
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion	11
Correction	11
Motivational self-talk improves muscular endurance performance by increasing cerebral asymmetry and reducing neuromuscular fatigue	11
Autonomy support by choosing task order enhances the performance of form-based motor skills in gymnastics	11
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes	11
Improving service performance in young tennis players: the superiority of dynamic over static motor imagery	11
The relationship between effort-reward imbalance and burnout among sport coaches: the moderating role of over-commitment and job control	11
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels	10
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale	10
A photography-based meaning-in-life intervention to improve healthy behaviours: a randomised controlled study	10
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial	10
Working memory capacity and embodied emotion states in shot anticipation among college-level tennis players	10
The core literacies of sport psychology scientist-practitioners	10
Social networks and levels of physical activity in Dutch adults – the SaNAE study	9
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data	9
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate	9
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation	9
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes	9
The effect of acute exercise combined with virtual reality on inhibitory control: an event-related potential study	9
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale	9
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 framework	9
Association between motor competence, sex, age, and risk of obesity in children from the austral zone of Chile	9
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective	8
Evaluating a Brazilian online parent education programme in sport using the RE-AIM framework	8
Training of the eSport FIFA enhances cognitive performance of planning and decision making in cognitive tests	8
The effect of structured brain gym and brisk walking training on the executive functions of university students: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial	8
Motivation for sport: a comparison between perfectionism and excellencism in self-determination theory	8
Engagement and burnout as predictors of dual career outcomes in Finnish student-athletes: a longitudinal study	8
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season	8
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing	7
Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation	7
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity	7
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders	7
Happiness on wheels: what makes cyclists happy?	7
A systematic review of interventions for developing athletes as leaders	7
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications	7
Core affective responses to light, moderate, and high intensity resistance exercise: a quasi-experimental study	7
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (IJSEP)	7

Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials	7
The impact of Chinese calligraphy practice on athletes’ self-control	7
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic	7
Exploring the interplay between coaches’ need experiences and motivation with their (de)motivating coaching: a circumplex approach	7
Identifying behavioural addictions in endurance and ultra-endurance runners: a population at risk?	7
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries	7
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Singapore national youth athletes’ mental health and potential protective factors	6
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration	6
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study	6
Correction	6
Social identification and relational efficacy beliefs in sports teams and training groups	6
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children	6
Association of ANKK1 and DRD2 gene polymorphisms with exercise addiction among elite athletes	6
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket	6
Can stress and coping profiles predict athletes’ emotions and performance in competition? Analysis of profiles at competitions throughout the sporting season	6
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach	6
Functional connectivity in table tennis players under cognitive task demands: dynamic regulation by the dominant hemisphere	6
Mental health and wellbeing of elite male youth Australian footballers on the road to the AFL draft: a longitudinal analysis	6
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes	6
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task	6
What makes running club participants commit to exercise in an adaptive way? Perspectives from self-determination theory	6
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review	6
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration	6
Sprinting beyond sexism and gender stereotypes: Indian female fans’ experiences in the sports fandom	6
A systematic literature review of remote social support for physical activity	6
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review	5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport	5
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?	5
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation	5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis	5
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study	5
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers	5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?	5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers	5
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands	5
Longitudinal social network analysis of perceived physical ability and peer exposure among adolescents in school-based physical activity	5
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory	5
The affect-intensity relationship in aerobic exercise: an analysis based on a systematic review	5
The cognitive fatigue experienced by batters is modulated by the strike rate of a twenty20 innings	5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes	5
Mental preparation for nationality-based challenges at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: a multi-level intervention	5
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined	5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development	5
A meta-analysis of physical activity interventions targeting executive functions in children: focus on cognitive and/or metabolic demands?	4
Effectiveness of interventions based on health action process approach in promoting physical activity among rehabilitation patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Achieving international podium success with a positive sport experience	4
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 investigation	4
The effects of prosocial video games on empathy and prosocial behavior in athletes: evidence from cross-sectional survey and experimental studies	4
Investigating the impact of coach behaviours and coach-athlete relationships on psychological safety	4
The Team Denmark applied model of athlete mental health	4
Cross-cultural validation of the sport emotion questionnaire using elite hockey players: psychometric evidence from seven African countries	4
Are core executive functions predictive of decision-making in sport? A scoping review	4
Movement and mind: the role of exercise content in the development of attention parameters and motor skills in boys	4
Conceptions of the coach-team relationship in the views of youth team sport coaches and athletes	4
From “incentive type” to “intensity alignment”: how extrinsic incentive enhance adolescents’ exercise intention?	4
The assessment and development of psychosocial skills and characteristics on the male youth football (soccer) academy development pathway: a narrative review	4
Psychometric properties of a questionnaire for the measurement of self-concept of motor abilities across adolescents and young adults	4
Smartphone use and mental health – findings from a 30-day longitudinal study among young talented volleyball players	4
Mindfulness in sports: a bibliometric analysis from 1995 to 2025	4
Elite athletes’ values in action: an important yet complicated aspect in anti-doping education	4
Translation and adaptation of the “self-regulation of sports practice” questionnaire to Portuguese	4
The effects of self-control on bullying behaviour among martial arts practicing adolescents: based on the analyses of multiple mediation effects	4
Cross-level analysis of trust in paternalistic leadership of youth football coaches	4
Good performance-high attractiveness effect: an empirical study on the association between athletes’ rankings and their facial attractiveness	4
Development and preliminary validation of the sport injury-related growth inventory	4
Discussing safe sport in the digital space: the #gymnastalliance movement	4
Predictably unpredictable: sport psychologists’ experience of precarity working in elite sport organisations	4
Alignment of qualitative and quantitative focus of attention assessment of stone delivery among high-level Canadian curlers	4
Mind in action: the interplay of cognition and action in skilled performance	4
A weight-inclusive approach to applied sport psychology	4
The importance of body perception in the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem in adolescents	4
A new instrument to measure team sport athletes' perceptions of mattering: the Mattering Index for Sport (MIS)	3
Effects of mind–body exercises on sleep quality in adults with depressive symptoms: a systematic review with pairwise, network, and dose–response meta-analyses	3
Sequential focus of attention instructions influenced motor performance of volleyball setting despite direction of focus but dependent on motor expertise of the player	3
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 models	3
The effects of acute aerobic and resistance exercise on the planning aspect of executive functions in children with preterm birth	3
Effects of acute exercise of different modalities and durations on interference control and response inhibition in healthy young adults	3
Motivational profiles shaped by individual and environmental factors: implications for commitment in recreational team sports	3
The effects of electronic device use on athlete performance and health: a systematic review	3
The use of virtual reality for tactical learning: the moderation of expertise and visuospatial abilities	3

Unveiling the links between intuitive exercise, exercise addiction, and body image: a latent profile analysis	3
Norwegian student-athletes’ motivation for choosing lower secondary sport schools: exploring latent profiles and their relationships with outcomes	3
Authentic leadership and well-being in sport: the mediating role of psychological safety and the moderating role of interpersonal violence	3
Patterns of sports participation across the lifespan and their links to psychopathology, resilience, and childhood trauma: a cross-sectional approach	3
Contribution of deliberate practice, play, and futsal to the acquisition of decision-making skills in Brazilian professional female soccer players	3
Visual search mechanism of basketball players: evidence from an eye movement experiment on auditory distraction	3
Spatiotemporal dynamics and tactical interactions in competitive tennis: a scoping review	3
Network structure, invariance, and symptom communities of anxiety-depression network among college student-athletes: a network analysis	3
Effects of physical activity on anxiety and depression in college students: mediating effects of exercise tolerance and psychological resilience	3
Navigating uncharted territory: a biopsychosocial perspective on coaching female athletes	3
Impact of exercise addiction on quality of life during COVID-19: mediating role of obsessive-compulsive disorder and physiological symptoms	3
Good practice in sport science and medicine: perceptions of leaders on support and management of practitioners and teams	3
What a shot! Effect of biathlon and badminton on attention of preteens in middle schools: a longitudinal study	3
Artificial intelligence in sport and exercise psychology publishing: ethical governance and scholarly responsibility	3
Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer	3
The effect of training in green space on young athletes’ sports competition anxiety: a quasi-experimental study	3
Associations between physical activity intensity and experience, self-regulation, and self-reported interoceptive accuracy and attention	3
Psychological correlates of motivation and burnout in adult exercisers: gender differences in the role of body appreciation, appearance-contingent self-esteem, and social perfectionism	3
Towards an ecology of athletes’ career transitions: conceptualization and working models	3
Seeing the bigger picture – a comparison between 2D and 360°-AR action observation in golf training	3
The revised sport motivation scale (SMS-II): a systematic review of measurement properties and COSMIN analysis	3
Longitudinal influence of self-compassion and fears of compassion on prosocial and antisocial behaviour in sport: A conditional latent growth curve modelling analysis	2
Sport-based video game causes mental fatigue and impairs visuomotor skill in male basketball players	2
The invisible power of fairness: the internal link between teacher fairness and school bullying among athletic students	2
Psychometric analysis of the International Olympic Committee's Sport Mental Health Assessment Triage Tool among non-elite amateur adult athletes	2
Perceptions and physiologic responses between electrical stimulations and voluntary resistance exercise	2
Construction and validation of the Life Skills Scale of Physical Education for adolescents	2
Acute aerobic exercise modulates facial emotion evaluation in socially anxious individuals	2
The practice effect of novel bicycle through a straight and narrow path on coordination and stability in movements	2
The development and validation of the Youth Sport Parental Support-Questionnaire (YSPS-Q)	2
The association between athletes’ vagally-mediated heart rate variability before training and competition and negative affect: a meta-analytic review	2
Rhythm of cognition: exploring Greek traditional dance's acute effects on children's executive functions	2
Well-trained, trained and recreationally trained runners’ cognition during a 5km tempo run: a think aloud study	2
Who misses the target when thinking? Soccer expertise influences shooting-accuracies under cognitive load	2
“What am I doing here?” Experiences of unsuccessful and delayed successful crisis transitions during athlete migration	2
Psychological safety in sports: its correlates and association with mental health outcomes -Turkish validation of the sports psychological safety inventory	2
The effect of Tai Chi and Qigong (TCQ) intervention on emotional distress in cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review and robust variance estimation meta-analysis	2
Costly involved? An examination of latent motivational profiles in physical education	2
Soccer referees’ experience of conflict and conflict management training practice: a scoping review	2
The contributions of executive functions to decision-making in sport	2
Prevalence and correlates of exercise addiction in India, Malaysia, and Taiwan: cross-country comparison and pooled analysis	2
The impact of abuse experiences and coping responses on distress and mental health outcomes in sports officials	2
The role of high-performance sport environments in mental health: an international society of sport psychology consensus statement	2
What is self-harm in dance? A conceptualisation of UK dance teachers’ perceptions of self-harm	2
Losing fun: adolescents’ experiences of participating and dropping out of team sports	2
Technostress and innovation in physical education: the boundary effects of emotional exhaustion and technological self-efficacy	2
Technostress and innovation in sports education: the mediating role of technological self-efficacy and moderating role of perceived innovation importance	2
The effects of open and SMART goals on physical activity and psychological outcomes over one week: a multiple methods study	2
Exploring the effects of physical fatigue on cognitive performance of youth soccer players	2
Effects of 8-week endurance, strength, and coordination exercise interventions on attention in adolescents: a randomised controlled study	2
Unifying rules for simplified information processing during actions – less is more	2
Influence of punishments associated with task outcomes in physical and mental efforts performed by semi-elite soccer players during training tasks	2
Reliability and validity of the reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire in Chinese boxers	2
Investigating the influence of smartphones on affective responses and time perception in exercise	2
Perceived recovery-stress states and sleep in pre- and post-menarche elite youth swimmers	2
Beyond self-compassion: a scoping review of other-focused compassion in competitive sports environments	2
The longitudinal associations between wearable technology, physical activity and self-determined motivation	2
Examining talent development environments in Nigeria using the TDEQ-9S: differences across sex, sport, age, and environment type	2
Effects of L-Theanine and L-Arginine supplementation on attention, cognitive, and shooting performance in elite air rifle shooters	2
The psychobiology of post-exercise recovery: an exploratory pilot study on 48-hour plasma irisin change and state anxiety in trained males	2
Effects of mental toughness on athletic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Pathways of teacher autonomy support to promote cardiovascular fitness in college students-A moderated chain mediation model	2
Reciprocal relationships between teamwork execution, emergent states, and perceived team performance: a longitudinal study	2
Gender-moderated personal growth and rest intolerance among Chinese athletes: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study	2
Expectations and disadvantages: a case study approach exploring the mental health challenges of elite, student-athlete women	2
Talk to me! Examining parent-coach communication frequency and satisfaction in youth soccer	2
Effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive fatigue relief: a randomised self-controlled study	2
Functional action analysis: a psychological model for the development of a problem-solving competence in game sports	2
Physical activity and creativity: a chain mediation model of depression and exercise attitudes	1
Game management by referees to compensate for errors in judgement: a decision flow model	1
A composite short self-report of adolescents’ out-of-school physical activity: enhanced validity, reliability, cross-cultural applicability and identification of psychological correlates	1
New Zealand elite dual career athletes’ perceptions of their retirement transition	1
Quantity and quality of memory and guesses in pattern recall of complex soccer scenarios	1
The ecological factors in shaping Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes’ preparation for life after sport	1
Exploring correlates of physical activity using the multi-process action control framework: is there a moderating role for mental health?	1
Physical education motivational climate, on the achievement goals, and intrinsic motivation of students: a multilevel approach	1
All the little pointers: a poetic representation of a female elite athlete’s experience of living with and seeking treatment for an eating disorder	1
The scope of intentionality supporting the design of played-form practice activities in soccer	1
Instrumental vs. experiential attitudes in the theory of planned behaviour: two studies on intention to perform a recommended amount of physical activity	1
The relationship between exercise intention, behavioural plans, and exercise behaviour among Korean college students using the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA)	1
Sport as cognition enhancer from childhood to young adulthood: a systematic review focused on sport modality	1
Do changes in autonomous motivation mediate the effect of the EuroFIT programme on physical activity?	1
“They learn quickly there are consequences for their actions”: youth sport coaches’ perspectives on the effects of benching	1
Two routes to efficient action control? Satisficing vs. optimising	1
Does meeting physical activity guidelines mitigate smartphone dependence? Evidence from Korean elementary students using propensity score matching and difference-in-differences analysis	1
An exploratory examination of the relationship between harmonious and obsessive passion and specific symptoms of exercise dependence	1
Smile intensity in pre-race registration photos predicts trail ultramarathon performance	1
Effects of a school-based Brazilian jiu-jitsu programme on mental health and classroom behaviour of children from Abu Dhabi: a randomised trial	1
“The story just brings the science to life”: exploring the use of stories to translate knowledge about self-regulatory processes during goal striving in running	1
Internet-based acceptance and commitment therapy (I-ACT) for elite ice hockey players: A quasi-experimental multiple-cohort intervention study	1
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a qualitative investigation using focus groups	1
Fast walking reduces the risk of breast cancer: evidence from a Mendelian randomisation study	1
How do psychological and physiological performance determinants interact within individual athletes? An analytical network approach	1
Examining the three-way interactive effects of coach-, parent-, and peer-created motivational climates on burnout in Chinese youth athletes	1
Enhancing exercisers’ experience: a comprehensive review of insights from fitness instructors’ behaviour and psychological impact	1