Team decision-making behavior: An ecological dynamics approach
June 2023
Athletes act intentionally and adaptively for achieving task goals in sport performance environments. The ecological dynamics approach to decision making understands the performer‐environment system...
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The acquisition of perceptual-cognitive expertise in officiating in association football – state of the art
June 2023
Referees in sport are required to have specific perceptual-cognitive skills in order to make correct and consistent decisions. The current article explores those skills and describes the literature...
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Advancing judgment and decision-making research in sport psychology by using the body as an informant in embodied choices
June 2023
Successful sports performance often requires choosing what to do and how to do it in dynamic, complex, and uncertain environments. Thus, an understanding of the processes underpinning judgment and decision...
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Penalty kicks as cross-fertilization: On the economic psychology of sports
June 2023
We review some topics in which soccer penalty kicks are related to phenomena in game theory, decision making and psychology. In particular, we discuss the game theoretic analysis of the kicker's and...
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Sports Performance Judgments - An Update From a Social Cognitive Perspective
June 2023
In a seminal article (Plessner & Haar, 2006) a social cognition approach was proposed as framework to study how people judge their own or others’ performance in competitive sport contexts. An important...
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The role of action tendencies in expert anticipation
June 2023
The ability to anticipate the actions of opponents is a significant marker of expertise in many sports. The role of non-kinematic contextual information in anticipation has received increasing attention...
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A psychological analysis of complexity in sport: A chronology of destructive decision making at Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
June 2023
The current article aims to advance the use of complexity theory and organizational-level analyses in the psychology of sport literature. Consistent with this premise, it presents a case-study that...
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Success breeds success: Physiological, psychological, and economic perspectives of momentum (hot hand)
June 2023
The literature on momentum (hot hand) is broad and diverse, and is addressed in a range of fields, including sports, marketing, finance, politics, and even warfare. Yet this term is readily (and often...
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Sport values, personal values and antisocial behavior in sport
Available online 18 May 2023
•Values act as guiding principles in an athlete's life, are key components of the spirit of sport, and are central to many sport organizations. We find evidence suggesting that moral values should be...
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Passion moderates the relationship between exercise identity and compulsive exercise
Available online 6 April 2023
-Exercise identity was associated with all aspects of Compulsive Exercise (CE)-Compulsive desire to engage in an activity had little association with CE-Individuals with low harmonious passion had higher...
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Commitment in sport: Motivational climate, need satisfaction/thwarting and behavioural outcomes
Available online 6 April 2023
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Depressive symptoms among male professional soccer players in Japan
Available online 3 March 2023
•Depressive symptoms among professional soccer players playing on four teams participating in the research in Japan was higher than the general population.•The rate of depressive symptoms was lower...
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Effects of physical exercise intervention on depressive and anxious moods of college students: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Available online 15 January 2023
Due to the limitation of drug treatment and other adverse reactions, many psychological treatments always adopt rehabilitation training or non-drug intervention methods, while physical exercise is considered...
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Mindfulness enhances changes in athletes’ subjective vitality: The moderating role of coach interpersonal style
December 2022
Research has found that mindfulness is positively related to subjective vitality. However, whether mindful athletes were shaped by environmental conditions has rarely been investigated. Therefore, based...
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Player perceptions of athlete leadership and leadership development in an English Premier League football academy
December 2022
The effective leadership of, and within, sports teams has consistently been highlighted to be an important factor impacting upon a range of outcomes including team performance, and team functioning....
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Sport psychology practitioner's perceptions and use of social media
December 2022
While sport psychologists have recently been encouraged to embrace digital technology and social media use in their practice, little is currently known about the associated benefits and challenges of...
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Effects of parental support and coach-initiated motivational climate on young athletes’ psychosocial behaviors and well-being
December 2022
This study examined the effect of coach-initiated motivational climate and parental support on intrinsic motivation, enjoyment of sport participation, subjective vitality, sport-related violence, and...
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Sport and exercise psychology and the UN's sustainable development goals: Reflections and suggestions
December 2022
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and agreed that it is vital for current and future generations to pursue 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Science,...
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Effects of mindfulness training on resilience, self-confidence and emotion regulation of elite football players: The mediating role of locus of control
December 2022
This study investigated effects of mindfulness training on resilience, self-confidence and emotion regulation of elite football players as well as mediating role of locus of control. The study recruited...
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The relationship between athlete leadership and communication: Analyzing social networks within Japanese sport teams
December 2022
Despite the recent advancement of athlete leadership studies, little is known about their applicability in East Asian countries such as Japan, and more importantly, their relationship to communication...
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Qualitative approach to processes of inter-individual Kotsu acquirement
December 2022
The purpose of this research was to understand and clarify the process of inter-individual Kotsu acquisition. Kotsu is essentially a trick to learn skills in Japanese, and how individuals gain it is...
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Moderating role of life skills for stress responses and COVID-19-related perceived stressors among high school student-athletes
Available online 26 December 2022
•Among life skills, skills of planning, self-esteem, intimacy, and positive thinking were negative predictors of stress responses.•The factor of positive thinking was a moderator of the relationship...
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Examining the frequency variable in the imagery dose-response relationship
September 2022
Imagery training is a well-known technique in sport psychology that it is often applied to improving skill performance in a range of sports. In this study, the central aim was to experimentally examine...
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