The looming threat of digital determinism and discrimination: Commentary on “The feudal glove of talent-selection decisions in sport – Strengthening the link between subjective and objective assessments” by Bar-Eli et al. (2023)
Available online 2 November 2023
Recent technological developments, such as automatic broadcasting systems and computer vision, are enabling cost-effective data gathering, bringing big data analytics to youth sports. In a recent insightful...
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Stability and transitions in school-aged children's physical education need satisfaction profiles: A latent transition analysis
September 2023
This study examined stability and transitions of school-aged children's self-determination theory-based need satisfaction profiles in physical education (PE) over three years. Participants were 1121...
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Commitment in sport: Motivational climate, need satisfaction/thwarting and behavioural outcomes
September 2023
We examined whether motivational climate (autonomy-supportive coach climate; controlling coach climate) and basic psychological need satisfaction/thwarting (i.e., autonomy, competence, relatedness)...
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Social comparison in physical education: Impact of frames of reference, motives to compare, and self-determined motivation
September 2023
Physical education (PE) provides an important achievement setting for researchers to investigate social comparison processes, however, our understanding of how these processes function, and their consequences,...
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Psychometric properties of the controlling coach behaviors scale for Japanese athletes
September 2023
Two studies examined the validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Controlling Coach Behaviors Scale (CCBS). The CCBS is a multidimensional self-report measure designed to evaluate sports...
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Work climate, motivation, emotional exhaustion, and continuance intention in sport volunteers: A two-wave prospective survey
September 2023
Retaining volunteers is critical for sport and social development. This two-wave prospective survey was conducted to examine the relationship between sport volunteers’ work climate, motivation, emotional...
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Physical activity and health-related fitness among Chinese older women: A test of self-determination theory
September 2023
Regular physical activity (PA) contributes to maintaining health and improving the quality of life among older people. This cross-sectional study investigates the associations between motivations derived...
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Experiences of postpartum mothers and a significant other in a dyadic physical activity programme
September 2023
•Interviewed postpartum mums/partners in 2 dyadic physical activity interventions.•Facilitators included increased accountability and physical activity commitment.•Barriers included lack of motivation...
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Relationship between self-determination theory and flow in the domain of sports and academics among student-athletes
September 2023
The purposes of the present study were to examine the domain specificity of flow and its relationships with different motivation regulations in sport and academic. The sample consisted of 224 competitive...
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Associations between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and mental well-being among Chinese adolescents in high-density cities
September 2023
•Adolescents living in high-density cities may face unique mental health challenges.•There was a positive association between the number of guidelines being met and mental well-being in adolescents.•Adolescents...
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Psychological mediators of relations between socio-structural variables and physical activity: A proposed mechanistic model
September 2023
Regular participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity has been associated with adaptive physical and psychological health benefits including lower risk of non-communicable disease and reduced...
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Living your best life: The mindful pursuit of student-athlete thriving
Available online 29 September 2023
Thriving, or the concurrent experience of healthy well-being and high-level performance, may serve as a valuable construct when studying the optimal student-athlete experience. Mindfulness-based interventions...
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The feudal glove of talent-selection decisions in sport –Strengthening the link between subjective and objective assessments
Available online 22 September 2023
When making talent-selection decisions in sport, coaches, scouts, program directors, and policymakers typically adopt two approaches: The subjective approach, also known as the coach's eye, where these...
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A health risk information strategy to change perceptions of objective health risks for physical inactivity among sedentary women
Available online 14 September 2023
The present study investigated the effects of a health risk information strategy on changes in perceptions of objective health risks associated with physical inactivity among sedentary women....
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Kawa model on mental health, sports and physical performance: A mini review
Available online 26 August 2023
Successful sports performance is characterized by psychological, physical, technical, and tactical factors. Of these factors, the psychological factor is typically ignored despite contributing more...
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Psychological pressure on athletes during matches and practices
Available online 10 August 2023
We investigated the psychological pressure intentionally and unintentionally generated by coaches and athletes during matches and practices using semi-structured interviews with 25 participants, consisting...
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Influence of acculturation and professional socialization on student teachers' beliefs about teaching physical education
Available online 6 July 2023
•STs’ beliefs are about the purpose of PE classes and level of student engagement.•After TP, STs believe it is important to improve students’ physical literacy.•STs believe that it is important for...
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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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