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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams39
Influence of pre-induced mental fatigue on tactical behaviour and performance among young elite football players38
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes26
The mediating role of self-esteem in the association between physical fitness and risk of depression in adolescents: DADOS Study26
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health25
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools23
Early specialisation among Swedish aesthetic performers: exploring motivation and perceptions of parental influence21
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis20
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints20
Effects of past and current motor experiences as soccer players in decision-making of amateur soccer referees16
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief16
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes15
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration14
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership13
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty13
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport13
Effects of coach encouragement on psychophysiological responses and technical actions in different small-sided soccer games13
Understanding the intention-to-behaviour relationship for adolescents: an application of the multi-process action control model12
The impact of intra-team communication and support relationships on team identification and collective efficacy in elite team sport: a social network analysis12
Cognitive reappraisal mitigates affective valence declines during exercise at the ventilatory threshold12
Students’ efficacy profiles and outcomes of perceived relation-inferred self-efficacy support in physical education11
A mixed-methods examination of a mental health awareness program in elite ice hockey11
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study11
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners11
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport10
A wolf in (black) sheep’s clothing? Subjective group dynamics in sports fans10
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system10
Home advantage in soccer after the break due to COVID-19 pandemic: does crowd support matter?10
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs10
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels9
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion9
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 model9
The effect of instructional and motivational self-talk on accuracy and electromyography of active and passive muscles in elbow joint position sense test9
Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?9
Integration of sport and education in China: a case study of a dual career development environment of a Shanghai junior men’s basketball team8
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate8
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial8
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept8
Correction8
The dual pandemic: COVID-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health8
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale8
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes8
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale8
Can the Dunning-Kruger effect occur in the motor performance domain?7
The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress7
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data7
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season7
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes7
The impact of action observation on the intention for action engagement7
Emotion regulation among competitive youth athletes: exploring the independent and interactive effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression7
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation7
How COVID-19 lockdown affected physical activity levels and wellbeing: an Italian Survey7
The role of moral identity and regret on cheating in sport7
Applied imagery for motivation: a person-centred model7
Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation6
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries6
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity6
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic6
Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials6
The impact of Chinese calligraphy practice on athletes’ self-control6
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders6
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications6
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective6
The effect of structured brain gym and brisk walking training on the executive functions of university students: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial6
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration5
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a topic modelling approach5
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport5
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development5
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach5
High income but high stress: cross over effects of work and family role conflict in professional athletes and their partners5
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study5
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review5
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket5
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
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory5
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes5
Dynamic visual support is superior to its static counterpart in learning a series of Judo refereeing gestures5
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers5
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes5
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers5
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task5
Emotional intelligence and drawing inferences from nonverbal cues in sports4
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation4
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined4
The effects of self-control on bullying behaviour among martial arts practicing adolescents: based on the analyses of multiple mediation effects4
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 investigation4
A weight-inclusive approach to applied sport psychology4
Alignment of qualitative and quantitative focus of attention assessment of stone delivery among high-level Canadian curlers4
The effects of prosocial video games on empathy and prosocial behavior in athletes: evidence from cross-sectional survey and experimental studies4
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?4
The influence of spectators on home advantage and referee bias in national teams matches: insights from UEFA Nations League4
Effectiveness of interventions based on health action process approach in promoting physical activity among rehabilitation patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Relationships of automatic associations, affect, and outcome expectations with adolescents’ impulsive decision to opt into physical activity4
Investigating the impact of coach behaviours and coach-athlete relationships on psychological safety4
Does executive functions’ performance at rest predict executive function performance during acute physical exercise?4
Development and preliminary validation of the sport injury-related growth inventory4
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands4
Relationship between athlete stress and burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study4
Good performance-high attractiveness effect: an empirical study on the association between athletes’ rankings and their facial attractiveness4
Discussing safe sport in the digital space: the #gymnastalliance movement4
The Team Denmark applied model of athlete mental health4
Are core executive functions predictive of decision-making in sport? A scoping review4
Crowd social pressure in the Brazilian soccer league: testing home advantage and referees’ bias during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Free throw shooting performance under pressure: a social psychology critical review of research3
Effects of acute exercise of different modalities and durations on interference control and response inhibition in healthy young adults3
Patterns of sports participation across the lifespan and their links to psychopathology, resilience, and childhood trauma: a cross-sectional approach3
Exploring the relationship between adults’ perceptions of sedentary behaviours and psychological stress: Is your mindset stressing you out?3
Validation of modified youth experience survey for sport (MYES-S) using multidimensional Rasch model3
International society of sport psychology position stand: mental health through occupational health and safety in high performance sport3
Sequential focus of attention instructions influenced motor performance of volleyball setting despite direction of focus but dependent on motor expertise of the player3
Contribution of deliberate practice, play, and futsal to the acquisition of decision-making skills in Brazilian professional female soccer players3
The effect of Tai chi on positive-activated affect in adults: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials3
Variables of influence on the fluctuation of the mood profile among professional basketball players during a competitive period3
Emotional determinants and consequences of flow experience of young elite athletes involved in intensive training centers across the competitive season3
Good practice in sport science and medicine: perceptions of leaders on support and management of practitioners and teams3
What a shot! Effect of biathlon and badminton on attention of preteens in middle schools: a longitudinal study3
Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer3
Mind in action: the interplay of cognition and action in skilled performance3
Impact of videos targeting intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation on exercise experience and effort3
Motives for physical activity participation: does religious faith play a mediating role?3
“Less healthy, unfit, weaker” effects of the emerging nonexerciser stereotype on performance on a fatiguing task3
A critical overview of sport development in Botswana3
Impact of exercise addiction on quality of life during COVID-19: mediating role of obsessive-compulsive disorder and physiological symptoms3
The use of virtual reality for tactical learning: the moderation of expertise and visuospatial abilities3
Elite athletes’ values in action: an important yet complicated aspect in anti-doping education3
Associations between resistance training motivation, behaviour and strength3
The importance of body perception in the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem in adolescents3
Cross-cultural validation of the sport emotion questionnaire using elite hockey players: psychometric evidence from seven African countries3
Authentic leadership and well-being in sport: the mediating role of psychological safety and the moderating role of interpersonal violence3
The effects of acute aerobic and resistance exercise on the planning aspect of executive functions in children with preterm birth3
The effects of electronic device use on athlete performance and health: a systematic review3
The longitudinal associations between wearable technology, physical activity and self-determined motivation2
Longitudinal influence of self-compassion and fears of compassion on prosocial and antisocial behaviour in sport: A conditional latent growth curve modelling analysis2
The mediating effect of parental warmth on the association of parent pressure and athlete perfectionism in adolescent soccer2
Exploring the effects of physical fatigue on cognitive performance of youth soccer players2
Effects of mental toughness on athletic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis2
Rhythm of cognition: exploring Greek traditional dance's acute effects on children's executive functions2
Pathways of cognitive and affective attitude influencing leisure-time physical activity: based on an integrated model2
“What am I doing here?” Experiences of unsuccessful and delayed successful crisis transitions during athlete migration2
The dynamics of Quiet Eye under stress in elite table tennis performance2
Psychometric analysis of the International Olympic Committee's Sport Mental Health Assessment Triage Tool among non-elite amateur adult athletes2
Reciprocal relationships between teamwork execution, emergent states, and perceived team performance: a longitudinal study2
Costly involved? An examination of latent motivational profiles in physical education2
The role of high-performance sport environments in mental health: an international society of sport psychology consensus statement2
The development and validation of the Youth Sport Parental Support-Questionnaire (YSPS-Q)2
Influence of punishments associated with task outcomes in physical and mental efforts performed by semi-elite soccer players during training tasks2
Validation of the Interpersonal Regulation Questionnaire in sports: measuring emotion regulation via social processes and interactions2
The impact of abuse experiences and coping responses on distress and mental health outcomes in sports officials2
Peripheral perception as discriminant factor of tactical behaviour efficiency of young soccer players2
Integrating mindfulness in fitness classes: self-compassion and mental health outcomes in a pilot study featuring longitudinal mediational analysis2
“Don't think, just shoot” – The paradox of shooting three-point shots in basketball2
Effects of 8-week endurance, strength, and coordination exercise interventions on attention in adolescents: a randomised controlled study2
Well-trained, trained and recreationally trained runners’ cognition during a 5km tempo run: a think aloud study2
“When are you gonna commit?” Exploring the experiences of youth athletes and their parents prior to a sporting transition2
Functional action analysis: a psychological model for the development of a problem-solving competence in game sports2
Working it out: acute exercise to combat anxiety and depressive symptoms in individuals living with subsyndromal post-traumatic stress disorder2
Acute aerobic exercise modulates facial emotion evaluation in socially anxious individuals2
Expectations and disadvantages: a case study approach exploring the mental health challenges of elite, student-athlete women2
The contributions of executive functions to decision-making in sport2
Towards an ecology of athletes’ career transitions: conceptualization and working models2
Relationships between mindfulness, self-compassion, and grit among Thai national athletes: the mediating role of self-regulation2
Psychological preparation and coping strategies: reflections from Paralympians2
Effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive fatigue relief: a randomised self-controlled study2
External focus facilitates cognitive stability and promotes motor performance of an interceptive task in children2
Visual exploratory activity in elite women’s soccer: an analysis of the UEFA Women’s European Championship 20221
Women’s views and experiences of a perinatal exercise counselling intervention: a qualitative study1
Introducing The International Society of Sport Psychology Academy of Science1
Examining the factor structure and validity of the social motivational orientations in sport scale1
Which cyclists manage to cope with the corona crisis in a resilient way? The role of motivational profiles1
Exploring social networks relative to various types of exercise self-efficacy within CrossFit participants1
Building a case for infusing posthumanist thinking in the qualitative training of sport and exercise psychology researchers1
Sport as cognition enhancer from childhood to young adulthood: a systematic review focused on sport modality1
Acute effects of continuous exercise, interval exercise, and sedentary colouring on anxiety, mood, and physical activity enjoyment1
Sports lunch breaks, vigor, and creativity at work: a test of the work-home resources model1
Personality, grit, and performance in rock-climbing: down to the nitty-gritty1
An evaluation of a custom intervention programme to address problematic mobile phone use of youth athletes in Singapore: a hybrid mixed-methods research design1
The role of visuospatial abilities and the level of expertise in memorising soccer animations1
Psychometric properties of the Brunel Mood Scale among athletes and non-athletes in Singapore1
Game management by referees to compensate for errors in judgement: a decision flow model1
Does loving a group mean hating its rivals? Exploring the relationship between ingroup cohesion and outgroup hostility among soccer fans1
Examining the importance of athletic mindset profiles for level of sport performance and coping1
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
“I can join a sport class, but school has to come first”: adolescent athletes’ dual career construction styles in lower secondary sport schools1
A narrative review of the role of psychological skills and characteristics in navigating the pathway to professional rugby union1
All the little pointers: a poetic representation of a female elite athlete’s experience of living with and seeking treatment for an eating disorder1
Enhancing exercisers’ experience: a comprehensive review of insights from fitness instructors’ behaviour and psychological impact1
Effect of mental fatigue on decision-making skill and visual search behaviour in basketball players: an experimental and randomised study1
When it is no longer a bit of banter: Coaches’ perspectives of bullying in professional soccer1
Conceptualisation, measurement, and associated factors of eudaimonic well-being of athletes: a systematic review1
Physical education motivational climate, on the achievement goals, and intrinsic motivation of students: a multilevel approach1
Motor coordination mediates the relationship between physical activity and executive function among preschoolers1
Organic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Sport: development and validation of a theory-based, state measure of athletes’ organic self-talk1
“They learn quickly there are consequences for their actions”: youth sport coaches’ perspectives on the effects of benching1
Impact of crowd support on home advantage in highly attended European professional football teams: a comparison between pre-, during, and post-COVID-19 periods1
Perception of competence and self-regulation for physical activity in women with breast cancer1
Detecting the hot hand in amateur bowlers1
Antecedents of perceived stress in trail runners: do emotion regulation and negative self-talk matter?1
Perceived recovery-stress states and sleep in pre- and post-menarche elite youth swimmers1
“We signed up for it”: a qualitative examination of job resources in elite sport support staff members1
The invisible power of fairness: the internal link between teacher fairness and school bullying among athletic students1
Cross-cultural adaptation and measurement properties of the Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) for Chinese elite athletes1
Sport-based video game causes mental fatigue and impairs visuomotor skill in male basketball players1
Exploring correlates of physical activity using the multi-process action control framework: is there a moderating role for mental health?1
Reliability and validity of the reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire in Chinese boxers1
Short- and longer-term psychological and behavioral effects of exergaming and traditional aerobic training: A randomized controlled trial1
Toward a more culturally nuanced approach to assessing athletic and exercise identities in sport psychology research: a confirmatory factor analysis approach with South Korean male student-athletes1
Exercise addiction measured at a naturalistic marathon-event – associations of the EAI with the general level of functioning, affect and performance parameters1
Doping behaviour in mixed martial arts athletes: the roles of social norms and self-regulatory efficacy1
Emotional labor in sport coaching: a situational approach in the context of elite French handball1
Collegiate student-athlete mental health symptom trajectories across a competitive season: do training load and resilience matter?1
Home advantage in tennis exists independent of competition level, gender and COVID-19 restrictions: evidence from German team tennis competitions1
Notice of duplicate publication: Journal of sport psychology in action: coming of age1
Significant others and children’s mental toughness in sports: a longitudinal test of the social influence in sport model1
Achievement motivation and grit’s perseverance of effort among collegiate athletes1
Continuing education in sport psychology: a survey of where we are and where we need to go1
Association of working memory with gross motor skills in early childhood1
Quantity and quality of memory and guesses in pattern recall of complex soccer scenarios1
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
Effects of a school-based Brazilian jiu-jitsu programme on mental health and classroom behaviour of children from Abu Dhabi: a randomised trial1
Coaches’ perspectives on contribution1
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a qualitative investigation using focus groups1
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and sport and exercise psychology (SEP): looking back and looking forward1
Stress, recovery, and team closeness: a case study of a 25-day ultra-endurance open-water swim in the Rhine River1
Ingroup cooperation among Japanese baseball fans using the one-shot prisoner’s dilemma game1
Instrumental vs. experiential attitudes in the theory of planned behaviour: two studies on intention to perform a recommended amount of physical activity1
The impact of working memory capacity on intuitive decision-making in sport1
Home advantage in football after moving to a new stadium: evidence from European professional teams1
Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on the accuracy of soccer decision-making1
The effect of physiological activation on intuitive decision-making performance in basketball players at various level of athleticism1
Personal accounts of compulsive exercise and bulimia nervosa: an exploration of psychosocial influences through creative nonfiction storytelling1
An exploratory examination of the relationship between harmonious and obsessive passion and specific symptoms of exercise dependence1
Fast walking reduces the risk of breast cancer: evidence from a Mendelian randomisation study1
The role of life purpose and passion for coaching in subjective well-being of sport coaches1
Forwards or backwards—regulatory focus orientation of offense and defense players in team sports1
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