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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Career development and transitions of athletes: the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited129
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and psychobiosocial states in Italian athletes117
Sport psychology services to high performance athletes during COVID-1997
Athlete mental health in the Olympic/Paralympic quadrennium: a multi-societal consensus statement53
The COVID-19 pandemic and Olympic/Paralympic athletes’ developmental challenges and possibilities in times of a global crisis-transition41
Developing mixed methods research in sport and exercise psychology: potential contributions of a critical realist perspective32
Sport psychology services to professional athletes: working through COVID-1926
Physical activity, health and well-being in an imposed social distanced world24
The circumplex model of affect in physical activity contexts: a systematic review23
An integrated conceptual framework of decision-making in soccer refereeing19
From athletic talent development to dual career development? A case study in a Finnish high performance sports environment17
How does exercising make you feel? The associations between positive and negative affect, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and vitality17
Home advantage in soccer after the break due to COVID-19 pandemic: does crowd support matter?16
Athletes have different dominant cognitive functions depending on type of sport16
Thriving in youth sport: the antecedents and consequences15
Relationship between athlete stress and burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis15
International society of sport psychology position stand: mental health through occupational health and safety in high performance sport13
Effect of mental fatigue on decision-making skill and visual search behaviour in basketball players: an experimental and randomised study12
The relationship between executive functions and sports experience, relative age effect, as well as physical maturity in youth soccer players of different ages12
Further examination of the psychometric properties of the Brief Self-Control Scale: evidence from Chinese athletes and students11
Multimodal perception in table tennis: the effect of auditory and visual information on anticipation and planning of action11
Normalised step targets in fitness apps affect users’ autonomy need satisfaction, motivation and physical activity – a six-week RCT10
Do both coaches and parents contribute to youth soccer players’ motivation and engagement? An examination of their unique (de)motivating roles10
Mental well-being profiles and physical activity in times of social isolation by the COVID-19: a latent class analysis10
Psychological need-supportive instruction improves novel skill performance, intrinsic motivation, and enjoyment: a cluster-randomised study10
Elite athletes’ achievement goals, burnout levels, psychosomatic stress symptoms, and coping strategies10
Sampling between sports and athlete development: a scoping review10
The effects of rational emotive behaviour therapy on performance under pressure in adolescent soccer athletes: a randomised control design9
The influence of mindfulness training on running economy and perceived flow under different attentional focus conditions – an intervention study9
Tackling childhood obesity through a school-based physical activity programme: a cluster randomised trial9
Body shaming as a form of emotional abuse in sport9
Perspective, control, and confidence: perceived outcomes of using psycho-behavioural skills in the developmental trauma experience9
The compassionate coach scale as perceived by the athlete: development and initial validation in Portuguese athletes8
Motor imagery during action observation in virtual reality: the impact of watching myself performing at a level I have not yet achieved8
The effect of explicit, implicit and analogy instruction on decision making skill for novices, under stress8
Head-fake perception in basketball: the relative contributions of expertise, visual or motor training, and test repetition8
The behavioural component of emotions: exploring outward emotional reactions in table tennis8
Using a “Think Aloud” protocol to understand meta-attention in club-level golfers7
Understanding action control of physical activity among mothers with young children7
Muscular collision chess: a qualitative exploration of the role and development of cognition, understanding and knowledge in elite-level decision making7
Group exercise membership is associated with forms of social support, exercise identity, and amount of physical activity7
The effects of acute exercise on driving and executive functions in healthy older adults7
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (IJSEP)7
Take me into the ball game: an examination of a brief psychological skills training and mindfulness-based intervention with baseball players7
Effects of a strategic self-talk intervention on attention functions7
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity7
Psychometric properties of the Brunel Mood Scale among athletes and non-athletes in Singapore6
Which cyclists manage to cope with the corona crisis in a resilient way? The role of motivational profiles6
Testing a model of personal attributes and emotions regarding physical activity and sedentary behaviour6
When it is no longer a bit of banter: Coaches’ perspectives of bullying in professional soccer6
Doping behaviour in mixed martial arts athletes: the roles of social norms and self-regulatory efficacy6
The dual pandemic: COVID-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health6
Exploring life skills transfer processes in youth hockey and volleyball6
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory6
Development and validation of the coach knowledge questionnaire: measuring coaches’ professional, interpersonal and intrapersonal knowledge6
Does loving a group mean hating its rivals? Exploring the relationship between ingroup cohesion and outgroup hostility among soccer fans6
Emotional competences training in equestrian sport – a preliminary study6
The influence of spectators on home advantage and referee bias in national teams matches: insights from UEFA Nations League6
“I’m a hurler … basically just a hurler”: a mixed methods study of the athletic identity of elite Irish Gaelic Athletic Association dual career athletes6
Associations between resistance training motivation, behaviour and strength5
Sport-based video game causes mental fatigue and impairs visuomotor skill in male basketball players5
Intimidation and distraction in an exercise context5
Linking facets of pride with moral behaviour in sport: the mediating role of moral disengagement5
Mind-wandering during long-distance running and mood change. The role of working memory capacity and temporal orientation of thoughts5
“My teammates think it is alright to fight to protect friends”: collective moral disengagement in team sports5
Personality, grit, and performance in rock-climbing: down to the nitty-gritty5
Effects of personalised motor imagery on the development of a complex weightlifting movement5
The efficacy of psychological skills training for enhancing performance in sport: a review of reviews5
Sports lunch breaks, vigor, and creativity at work: a test of the work-home resources model5
Does executive functions’ performance at rest predict executive function performance during acute physical exercise?5
Home advantage in football after moving to a new stadium: evidence from European professional teams5
Unloading the dice: selection and design of comparison and control groups in controlled trials to enhance translational impact within motor learning and control research5
Motivational processes of the relationship between weight stigma and physical activity: a comparison between France and Mexico5
The mental health of Chinese elite athletes: revisiting the assessment methods and introducing a management framework4
Compassion and self-compassion motivation and action levels in a high-performance soccer youth academy4
Contribution of deliberate practice, play, and futsal to the acquisition of decision-making skills in Brazilian professional female soccer players4
The mediating effect of parental warmth on the association of parent pressure and athlete perfectionism in adolescent soccer4
Effects of behavioural skill training on cognitive antecedents and exercise and sport behaviour in high school students: a cluster-randomised controlled trial4
Self-transcendence achievement goals and well-being4
Motivations, barriers and preferences to exercise among overweight and obese desk-based employees4
Goalkeepers put their money where the coach’s mouth is: Knowing kickers’ preferences enhances anticipation of football goalkeepers4
Early specialisation among Swedish aesthetic performers: exploring motivation and perceptions of parental influence4
Associations of self-compassion with shame, guilt, and training motivation after sport-specific daily stress – a smartphone study4
Emotion regulation among competitive youth athletes: exploring the independent and interactive effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression4
Pressure makes diamonds? A narrative review on the application of pressure training in high-performance sports4
The reliability and validity of the sport engagement instrument in the Finnish dual career context4
Optimising golf putting4
Perfectionism and attitudes towards doping in athletes: the mediating role of achievement goal orientations4
Oatmeal is better than no meal: the career pathways of African American male professional athletes from underserved communities in the United States4
Peer and parental processes predict distinct patterns of physical activity participation among adolescent girls and boys4
Pathways through acute athlete care during training and major tournaments: a multi-national conceptualised process4
A retrospective analysis of the development of psychological skills and characteristics among National Hockey League players4
An interactive cognitive-behavioural multimedia program favourably affects pain and kinesiophobia during rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament surgery: an effectiveness trial4
Peripheral perception as discriminant factor of tactical behaviour efficiency of young soccer players4
Does passion for physical activity spillover into performance at work? Examining the direct and indirect effects of passion and life satisfaction on organisational performance and innovativeness4
Why do people do yoga? Examining motives across different types of yoga participants4
The International Society of Sport Psychology Registry (ISSP-R) ethical code for sport psychology practice3
Task-efficacy predicts perceived enjoyment and subsequently barrier-efficacy: investigating a psychological process underpinning schoolchildren’s physical activity3
Understanding the behaviours employed by parents to support the psychological development of elite youth tennis players in England3
The role of moral identity and regret on cheating in sport3
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season3
Desired coaching behaviours of elite divers during competition3
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners3
Free throw shooting performance under pressure: a social psychology critical review of research3
Emotional determinants and consequences of flow experience of young elite athletes involved in intensive training centers across the competitive season3
The impact of the “RunSmart” running programme on participant motivation, attendance and well-being using self-determination theory as a theoretical framework3
How COVID-19 lockdown affected physical activity levels and wellbeing: an Italian Survey3
The role of visuospatial abilities and the level of expertise in memorising soccer animations3
Relationship between self-concept clarity, mental toughness, athlete engagement, and athlete burnout in swimmers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic3
Towards an ecology of athletes’ career transitions: conceptualization and working models3
Relationships between mindfulness, self-compassion, and grit among Thai national athletes: the mediating role of self-regulation3
Exploring social networks relative to various types of exercise self-efficacy within CrossFit participants3
What can post qualitative inquiry offer physical activity intervention? An example of intergenerational physical activity3
Trained athletes and cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis3
Dynamic visual support is superior to its static counterpart in learning a series of Judo refereeing gestures3
“When are you gonna commit?” Exploring the experiences of youth athletes and their parents prior to a sporting transition3
High versus low motivating music on intermittent fitness and agility in young well-trained basketball players3
Psychological and psychophysiological mechanisms underlying the effects of meditation during moderate-intensity exercise3
Cognitive reappraisal mitigates affective valence declines during exercise at the ventilatory threshold3
The dynamics of Quiet Eye under stress in elite table tennis performance3
A field study investigating running distance and affect of field hockey players in collective team collapse situations3
The impact of intra-team communication and support relationships on team identification and collective efficacy in elite team sport: a social network analysis2
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief2
Factors contributing to the quality of the junior-to-senior transition in Greek athletes2
Impact of videos targeting intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation on exercise experience and effort2
Motives for physical activity participation: does religious faith play a mediating role?2
A model for formulating the relationship between religion and sport performance: a grounded theory approach2
Exploring the relationship between sleep and expertise in endurance sport athletes2
Adult-oriented coaching practices are positively associated with quality sport experience criteria2
Racing with superior and inferior team-members: an experimental test of effort changes in a cycling team sprint2
The effects of self-control on bullying behaviour among martial arts practicing adolescents: based on the analyses of multiple mediation effects2
Effects of motor imagery training on service performance in novice tennis players: the role of imagery ability2
Validation of the Interpersonal Regulation Questionnaire in sports: measuring emotion regulation via social processes and interactions2
An empirical investigation of sport stakeholders’ beliefs about whistleblowing against doping behaviour2
The contextualisation of Chinese athletes’ careers in the Chinese Whole Nation System2
A narrative review of the role of psychological skills and characteristics in navigating the pathway to professional rugby union2
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and risk of all-cause mortality in people with anxiety disorders in South Korea2
The learning of decision-making on interception and passing in futsal2
The effects of acute aerobic and resistance exercise on the planning aspect of executive functions in children with preterm birth2
External focus facilitates cognitive stability and promotes motor performance of an interceptive task in children2
The influence of gender on the relationship between the basic psychological needs and mental health in high school student-athletes2
The effects of strategic self-talk on divided attention following physical exhaustion2
Effects of mental toughness on athletic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis2
Perceiving and experiencing subgroups in sport: a proposed conceptual framework2
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study2
The influence of colour in the context of sport: a meta-analysis2
Integrating mindfulness in fitness classes: self-compassion and mental health outcomes in a pilot study featuring longitudinal mediational analysis2
High income but high stress: cross over effects of work and family role conflict in professional athletes and their partners2
Cognitive, affective, and global attitude toward physical activity with different intensities2
Influence of pre-induced mental fatigue on tactical behaviour and performance among young elite football players2
Does life skills development within sport predict the social behaviours and sports values of youth futsal players?2
The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress2
Identification with a National Soccer Team and expectancies regarding success: two experiments on manipulated team salience2
Interactive effects of sex and pain on elevated depressive symptoms in university student athletes2
The effect of a single training session on cognition and mood in young adults – is there added value of a dual-task over a single-task paradigm?2
Game management by referees to compensate for errors in judgement: a decision flow model2
Instrumental vs. experiential attitudes in the theory of planned behaviour: two studies on intention to perform a recommended amount of physical activity2
The effects of the 2020–2021 Coronavirus pandemic change-event on football refereeing: evidence from the Israeli and Portuguese leagues2
Conscious processing and rowing: a field study1
Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer1
External and global internal focus of attention on whole-body similarly increases the vertical jump performance: a randomised, controlled and crossover study1
Building a case for infusing posthumanist thinking in the qualitative training of sport and exercise psychology researchers1
Effects of a concurrent maximum performance aerobic exercise test and cognitive task on physical and cognitive performance and effort1
The effect of instructional and motivational self-talk on accuracy and electromyography of active and passive muscles in elbow joint position sense test1
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and sport and exercise psychology (SEP): looking back and looking forward1
Relationships of automatic associations, affect, and outcome expectations with adolescents’ impulsive decision to opt into physical activity1
Reliability and validity of the reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire in Chinese boxers1
The satisfaction of basic psychological needs mediates the relation between perfectionism and sport performance: a longitudinal cross-national investigation1
Developing and testing the Expanded Sport Official’s Decision-Making Model1
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands1
Dancing without seeing: The influence of vision on movement sequence learning and motor imagery in dance1
Perfectionistic concerns cognitions predict burnout in college athletes: a three-month longitudinal study1
Variables of influence on the fluctuation of the mood profile among professional basketball players during a competitive period1
Applied imagery for motivation: a person-centred model1
Emotional intelligence and drawing inferences from nonverbal cues in sports1
A mixed-methods examination of a mental health awareness program in elite ice hockey1
The mediating roles of pre-competitive coping and affective states in the relationships between coach-athlete relationship, satisfaction and attainment of achievement goals1
Pathways of cognitive and affective attitude influencing leisure-time physical activity: based on an integrated model1
Discussing safe sport in the digital space: the #gymnastalliance movement1
Sport as cognition enhancer from childhood to young adulthood: a systematic review focused on sport modality1
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints1
Good performance-high attractiveness effect: an empirical study on the association between athletes’ rankings and their facial attractiveness1
Fundamental movement skill interventions in young children: a systematic review1
Is receipt of body-related comments associated with exercise motivation: a case study based on self-determination theory1
“Don't think, just shoot” – The paradox of shooting three-point shots in basketball1
A critical overview of sport development in Botswana1
The effect of 4 weeks motor imagery training on simulated BMX race performance1
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model1
Applying skill-oriented and spirit-oriented psychological training to Chinese national archery team athletes: a single-case mixed-methods study1
Coaches’ perspectives on contribution1
Examining the factor structure and validity of the social motivational orientations in sport scale1
The role of life purpose and passion for coaching in subjective well-being of sport coaches1
Achievement motivation and grit’s perseverance of effort among collegiate athletes1
Identity gripping or identity flight? Two distinct experiences correlated with self-reported depression in retired professional ice hockey players1
“# FITNESS”: impact of Instagram on exercise adherence and self-efficacy1
Exploring the relationship between adults’ perceptions of sedentary behaviours and psychological stress: Is your mindset stressing you out?1
Exploring the effects of physical fatigue on cognitive performance of youth soccer players1
Correction1
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system1
Adaptation to change: a meta-model of adaptation in sport1
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport1
“Less healthy, unfit, weaker” effects of the emerging nonexerciser stereotype on performance on a fatiguing task1
Lifestyle challenges and mental health of professional tennis players: an exploratory case study1
Study-to-sports spillover among competitive athletes: a field study1
Factors impacting the anticipated pleasure of potential physical activity experiences: a conjoint investigation across involvement segments1
Ingroup cooperation among Japanese baseball fans using the one-shot prisoner’s dilemma game1
Mild traumatic brain injury and the propensity for movement specific reinvestment1
Effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive fatigue relief: a randomised self-controlled study1
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis1
Effects of past and current motor experiences as soccer players in decision-making of amateur soccer referees1
Emotional competencies training for tennis players: effectiveness of an online individualised psychological support program1
Association of working memory with gross motor skills in early childhood1
Assessing the validity and reliability of a baseball pitch discrimination online task1
ISSP position stand: competent supervision in sport psychology1
Social justice attitudes and behavioural intentions of NCAA student-athletes: the role of life skills1
Crowd social pressure in the Brazilian soccer league: testing home advantage and referees’ bias during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Preference and tolerance for high-intensity exercise performance and enjoyment1
Perfectionism and social physique anxiety using the 2×2 model1
A new team sport club aggression scale and its relationship with fans’ hatred, depression, self-reported aggression, and acceptance of aggression1
Promoting psychological integration within culturally diverse school classes: a motivational climate intervention in the physical education context1
Development and preliminary validation of the sport injury-related growth inventory1
The quadripartite approach to passion in sport: a prospective and cross-domain analysis with intercollegiate student-athletes1
Acute effects of continuous exercise, interval exercise, and sedentary colouring on anxiety, mood, and physical activity enjoyment1
Where you look during golf putting makes no difference to skilled golfers (but what you look at might!): an examination of occipital EEG ɑ-power during target and ball focused aiming1
Development and preliminary validation of the Sport Situation Attentional Questionnaire1
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic1
Skill shapes functional movement variability and exploration tendencies: the effect of skill under changing environmental constraints on the emergence of creative action in a divergent kickboxing task1
You can’t con a conman: the perception of deceptive actions performed by the self and others1
Effects of a school-based Brazilian jiu-jitsu programme on mental health and classroom behaviour of children from Abu Dhabi: a randomised trial1
Women’s views and experiences of a perinatal exercise counselling intervention: a qualitative study1
Effects of mental fatigue and attentional focus on muscular endurance performance1
Exercise addiction measured at a naturalistic marathon-event – associations of the EAI with the general level of functioning, affect and performance parameters1
“I hate it when that happens too!”: observed and perceived exchanges of social support between university student-athletes during discussions of stressors1
The impact of action observation on the intention for action engagement1
A wolf in (black) sheep’s clothing? Subjective group dynamics in sports fans1
Can the Dunning-Kruger effect occur in the motor performance domain?1
The effect of domain-specific exercise on high- and low-level cognitive processing during anticipation1
Volleyball serves impact sound intensity and frequency spectrum affect the predictions of the future ball’s landing point according to the level of auditory-motor experience1
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a qualitative investigation using focus groups1
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership1
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach1
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty1
Exploring the influence of goals at different levels of abstraction on self-reported and electronically measured exercise frequency: an experimental field study1
Perception of competence and self-regulation for physical activity in women with breast cancer1
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