Sport Psychology - Science topic

The type of sport and the sex of the player are among the variables that can influence the flow state in an athletic competition. However, as there are few studies on the manifestation of flow in school handball athletes, it is not possible to determine definitively which dimensions are present more frequently and exactly what the sex differences m...

Background Recent advances have begun to identify the nonphysical factors facilitating successful return to sport (RTS) after shoulder instability surgery, yet little is currently known regarding psychological factors and RTS. Purpose/Hypothesis The purposes of this study were to (1) identify psychological factors associated with RTS, (2) evaluate...

A psicologia do esporte vai além da simples análise de habilidades físicas, adentrando o reino das emoções, da autoconfiança e das estratégias mentais que influenciam diretamente o rendimento esportivo. Nesse cenário, psicólogos do esporte desempenham um papel fundamental, colaborando estreitamente com atletas, treinadores e equipes para otimizar n...

Este estudo trata da relação entre a psicologia do esporte e a promoção de saúde na educação infantil. Tendo como objetivo geral: investigar as contribuições da Psicologia do Esporte para a promoção da saúde mental e o aprimoramento do desempenho esportivo na educação infantil. Como objetivos específicos: apresentar as contribuições da psicologia d...

Virtual reality is already considered an innovative method in the process of rehabilitation and motivation of elderly people in adhering to conventional interventions and in the practice of physical exercises. There are several benefits achieved in this population using Virtual Reality and physical exercise, among which we highlight: balance, muscl...

Introduction Physical activity yields significant benefits, yet fewer than 1 in 4 youth meet federal guidelines. Children in rural areas from low socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds face unique physical activity contextual challenges. In line with Stage 0 with the NIH Stage Model for Behavioral Intervention Development, the objective of the present stu...

ABSTRACT Mental health is a core component of any culture of excellence, but it is also complex, and key stakeholders in elite sport struggle to negotiate their roles and responsibilities in promoting it. In this conceptual paper, we present the Team Denmark Applied Model of Athlete Mental Health. The model is theory-driven, informed by evidence, a...

Athletes use psychological skills such as imagery and relaxation to decrease stress, cope with competitive anxiety, and achieve an optimal state of arousal. There is conflicting literature on how team and individualsport athletes use these skills, with some saying that individual sport athletes have better capabilities and others saying team sport...

Mental toughness (MT) is conceptualized as a dynamic psychological resource conducive to goal-oriented pursuits and linked with sport performance outcomes. Despite the recognized importance of psychological interventions in sports, constraints often hinder their implementation during competitive seasons, especially on the individual level. Female r...

The pathway towards senior professional status in sport is affected by a multitude of factors. An abductive examination of the talent identification and development processes at an English Premiership rugby union (RU) club was undertaken for the present study. Part one examined the perspectives on the selection and development processes of senior a...

Although sport participation holds potential to facilitate substance use recovery, the role of sport and links to identity transformation, are contentious. Using an instrumental and intrinsic case study, we used narrative inquiry to explore autobiographies as cultural sites of analysis in relation to the role that one sport (i.e., triathlon) plays...

The objective of this study is to utilize the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) in order to assess the various factors that influence sports performance (SPP) in football athletes. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of athletes' coping with adversity (CA), confidence (CNF), concentration (CON), and goal setting (GS) on sports performan...

Introduction The effects of Mindfulness Meditation (MM) combined with a Physical Activity (PA) program on physical performance in runners remains unclear (Corbally et al., 2020). Moreover, studies often proposed long MM with low-intensity PA program (Ullrich-French & Cox, 2021), which does not seem to be the preferred intensity for enhancing physic...

Objetivo: Comparar os efeitos dos exercícios por realidade virtual (RV)com o exercício físico convencional para as capacidades cognitivas e psicológicas das pessoas idosas. Métodos: Incluídos artigos publicados entre 2012 e 2021, das bases de dados PubMed, Scielo, Cochrane Library e Web of Science. Critérios de inclusão: estratégia PICO (Participan...

This cross-sectional study analyzed the perception of team cohesion and the quality of coach-athlete relationship among 301 Brazilian student-athle- tes, aged between 14 and 17, who competed in the final phase of the 2016 Pernambuco school games. Data were collected using group envi- ronment and coach-athlete relationship questionnaires. Data were...

El comportamiento de los practicantes de las diferentes disciplinas deportivas de alto rendimiento, particularmente de deportes de equipo como el fútbol, se destaca por ser modelo de agresividad, violencia, ofensa, desprecio hacia los jugadores de los equipos contrarios durante la competencia. Cuando hay encuentros futbolísticos, cuyo objetivo es s...

Esse estudo teve como objetivo avaliar as correlações entre esquemas iniciais desadaptativos (EIDs) e estilos de coping de atletas adolescentes. A amostra foi composta por 65 atletas, tanto do gênero feminino quanto masculino, com idades entre 12 e 18 anos. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: questionário sociodemográfi co, Questionário de Esquemas p...

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between irrational performance beliefs and sports anxiety. Method: A total of 365 young amateur athletes, 108 males (29.6%) and 257 females (70.4%), with an average age of 16±54, participated in the research. "Anxiety in Sports Scale", "Irrational Performance Beliefs Inventory-2" and "Person...

A clear model of professional development (PD) has the potential to enhance educational and training programs and promote effective, competent, and ethical practice. Scholars have explored facets of the PD of sport psychology practitioners (SPPs) using theoretical frameworks borrowed from counseling psychology. Yet, given the emergence of a sport-s...

The identity work process allows athletes to achieve a continuous development, revision, and maintenance of themselves. It provides insight into their self-perceptions and particularly intensifies during critical life events. While this process has been widely acknowledged, scant attention has been given to explicitly identifying the specific activ...

Although applied sport psychologists are supporting young athletes drawing on experiential evidence of what works, there is a lack of understanding regarding how to effectively help young athletes enhance their wellbeing, long-term development, and performance. The aim of the current study was to gain insights into the consultancy process from accr...

In general, the integration of clinical psychology and sport psychology has yielded a comprehensive strategy to providing assistance to athletes (Drew & Morris, 2020). The integration of clinical knowledge and experience from professional psychologists with performance-focused tactics used in sport psychology may provide athletes with a complete su...

Collegiate and professional athletes are at higher risk of developing anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and substance abuse disorders. These competitive athletes often struggle with unique stressors such as balancing social life with sport and mental health stigma due to expectation of mental toughness. Research suggests these vulnerabilitie...

Background Psychological interventions are commonly applied in sports to help athletes enhance their performance, but the effect psychological interventions have on actual performance is unclear despite decades of research. Objective We conducted a systematic review with meta-analyses to investigate the effects of a wide range of psychological int...

Sports leadership research has increased in recent years in sport psychology and is now considered an indication of variables such as sport efficacy, satisfaction and happiness with sport, and emotional well-being. The aim of this manuscript is to analyze the relationship between informal sports leadership and each of the dimensions of emotional in...

O objetivo dessa revisão narrativa foi investigar os fatores associados à síndrome de burnout em atletas universitários. Foram realizadas buscas em cinco bases de dados: PubMed, Scopus, Embase, PsycINFO e Web of Science. Foram incluídos somente estudos primários envolvendo a avaliação de fatores psicológicos e/ou fisiológicos associados ao burnout....

The rationalization and casualization of academic teaching positions in universities has meant that, more and more, teaching staff are being asked to teach outside of their specific field of expertise. This situation may be particularly exaggerated if universities or courses choose to use a small number of units as first block units that include bo...

Evidence has shown that imagining a complex action, like backward-walking, helps improve the execution of the gesture. Despite this, studies in sport psychology have provided heterogeneous results on the use of motor imagery (MI) to improve performance. We aimed to fill this gap by analyzing how sport experience influences backward-walking MI proce...

This paper offers a discussion of the role demands facing referees working in mixed martial arts (MMA), as well as the factors that determine their performance in managing them. To do so, it uses data derived from a qualitative, ethnographic investigation based on field observations carried out at 16 competitive MMA events, plus interviews with 7 r...

El patinaje artístico sobre ruedas es un deporte de predominio técnico, especialización temprana y gran exigencia. La competencia individual se caracteriza por momentos altamente estresantes, que ponen a prueba las habilidades psicológicas de los/as competidores/as. El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar las relaciones entre las habilidades psico...

RESUMEN La fortaleza mental es un importante constructo para los deportes siendo el Mental Toughness Index (MTI) uno de los instrumentos más usados a este respecto. En el último tiempo los juegos electrónicos crecieron de manera notoria y como en cualquier deporte la fortaleza mental es central para un desempeño exitoso. De este modo, el objetivo d...

RESUMEN El liderazgo ha sido estudiado como una de las principales variables para el buen rendimiento deportivo de los equipos de fútbol. Así, el objetivo de este estudio fue analizar el impacto de la formación obtenida a través de la capacitación oficial de entrenadores de fútbol, en los conocimientos y habilidades de liderazgo de los respectivos...

As with other academic disciplines, sport psychology academics working in higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom (UK) in lecturer and senior lecturer positions are typically required to hold a PhD in sport psychology or a related discipline. To work in applied practice with athletes, coaches, National Governing Bodies (NGBs), and sporting orga...

Estudos relatam resultados positivos em atividades esportivas para jovens, tanto no nível físico quanto psicológico, além de tirar as crianças das ruas ou como ferramenta educacional. O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar o comportamento de jovens jogadores de futebol em projetos sociais. Participaram 127 jovens futebolistas do sexo masculino...

Abstract. To verify the influence of home-based exercise and the type of physical limitation on the mood and quality of life were analyzed 34 Brazilian paralympic boccia athletes (with functional classes BC1 = 8, BC2 = 8, BC3 = 9, and BC4 = 9) of both genders, with different disabilities (e.g., cerebral palsy, quadriplegia, polio, congenital malfor...

Eventos esportivos competitivos têm impulsionado o interesse de profissionais da Psicologia do Esporte no processo de avaliação de atletas de basquetebol. Conhecer as variáveis que exercem influência na Ansiedade-Estado competitiva pode ser relevante para o planejamento de tratamentos e programas de intervenção específicos, possibilitando o desenvo...

The author critically reviews the content and specific chapters of the Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology, focusing on the importance of imagination and creativity within the cognitive science of sport. Emphasis is placed on the concept of motor imagery, which plays a central role in enhancing athlete performance. In addition, the...

Psychological skills are considered in sport psychology as indispensable capabilities to analyze the athlete's own vision of his or her own personality. These skills encompass self-confidence, positive and negative coping control, attentional control, visual-imaginative control, motivational level, and attitudinal control. The significance of this...

In recent decades, the sporting landscape has seen many changes, notably the inclusion and professionalization of sport science and coaching. With this change has come significant demand for applied research surrounding football science and performance coaching, leading to new theory and methodology across all aspects of the game. This book brings...

Despite the sport’s popularity, there is a paucity in futsal psychological interventional research. This study analysed the impact of a ten-session psychological skills training and mindfulness-based intervention (PSTMI) on the mental toughness, competitive anxiety, and athletic coping skills of national league futsal players (n = 13). It also anal...

Athletes’ goal orientations have been associated with a wide array of sport-related behaviors, thoughts, and perceptions. The two main goal orientations defined in the achievement goal theory framework are task and ego orientations. The task and ego orientation questionnaire (TEOSQ) was developed to assess levels of task and ego goal orientations i...

The flow state has materialized as a condition of possibility for the search for the best performance in sports, both individual and collective. The objective of this systematic review of studies was to identify which form the “state of flow” influenced the sports performance of team sports athletes. Up from references to selected databases (for ex...

This research explores how emotional contagion within a team impacts emotions, team cohesion, collective efficacy perception, effort perception, perceived performance, and actual performance outcomes. Forty-seven non-competitive amateur cross-fit participants were split into two experimental groups: high pleasantness-high arousal (HH) and low pleas...

0000-0001-9402-7535 RESUMO: Este estudo realizou uma revisão sistemática da literatura de pesquisas brasileiras que usaram os conceitos da Psicologia Positiva no âmbito da Psicologia do Esporte e do Exercício Físico e do Exercício Físico (PEE). Foram recuperados estudos publicados em periódicos que abordaram as Teorias de Bem-Estar e do Flow. A bus...

INTRODUÇÃO: O Crossfit® é um método de treinamento composto por exercícios funcionais, de alta intensidade, com foco em desenvolver o condicionamento físico geral. Quem conduz e orienta as atividades dentro do box é o coach, que exerce importante função de liderança e requer o conhecimento das necessidades de seus alunos para condução da prática. O...

Background Lower limb biomechanics, including asymmetry, are frequently monitored to determine sport performance level and injury risk. However, contributing factors extend beyond biomechanical and asymmetry measures to include psychological, sociological, and environmental factors. Unfortunately, inadequate research has been conducted using holist...

Objectives: This study aims to identify the impact of some applied sports psychology methods on the psychological aspects level among Jordanian Karate team players during the spread of Covid-19. Methods: The researchers used the quasi-experimental approach, on a purposive sample consisting of (12) players (18-29) years and were divided into an expe...

The purpose of this study was to explore coaches’ experiences of job crafting through a climate of organizational change in high-performance sport environments. Semi-structured interviews (Mean duration = 83.86 minutes, SD = 26.28 minutes) were conducted with seven coaches (Mean Experience = 22 years, SD = 7.55) who had experience of coaching sport...

In this study, the bibliometric features of research on Sport Psychology were analyzed with the Biblioshiny interface in R programming language. The general trends and developments of the studies on Sports Psychology in the historical process were determined through the publications in the WOS database, and the findings were visualized and interpre...

Este es un artículo Open Access bajo la licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Síntomas de psicopatología e inflexibilidad psicológica en atletas recreacionales RESUMEN: El objetivo de esta investigación ha sido estudiar la relación entre la sintomatología psicopatológica en función de la inflexibilidad psicológica en deportista...

Fantasy-prone personalities and generalized states of pessimism and hopelessness have been linked to various behavioural, cognitive, and health related outcomes in the general population. Nevertheless, to date, knowledge of sport-specific fantasy proneness and athletes' perception of deflated reality in sport is scarce, possibly due to a lack of ap...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sporcuların antrenman ya da müsabaka sonrasındaki psikolojik toparlanma durumlarının belirlenmesi için Sporda Psikolojik Toparlanma Ölçeği’nin (SPTÖ) geliştirilmesidir. Ölçeğin katılımcı grubunu yaşları 16-48 (Xyaş=19,41; ±4,35) aralığında olan 177’si kadın, 331’i erkek toplam 508 sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin yapı geçerlik...

A Psicologia do Esporte é uma área de estudo emergente e um dos temas de destaque é a coesão entre atletas. Neste estudo, buscou-se compreender e discutir sobre a relação entre a coesão de equipe e o desempenho, considerando a causalidade apresentada pela literatura, a partir de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, reunindo o conteúdo de 19 artig...

This study aims to be able to map the scope of sports psychology research on the Scopus scientific article database. The research focus to describe the thematic areas that most attract the attention of academics, to analyze the development of research on sports psychology which is associated with athlete performance. This research method is descrip...

A maternidade tem repercussões para as mulheres, especialmente para as atletas, que passam por muitas mudanças na carreira. O objetivo foi identificar o impacto socioemocional da maternidade para atletas por meio de uma revisão integrativa da literatura. A busca foi realizada utilizando as palavras chaves “maternidade e esporte”, “gravidez e esport...

Purpose of Review The aim of this review is to interpret the existing evidence regarding the psychological aspects of sport specialization within the context of a developmental framework. Recent Findings The growing trend toward early sport specialization is associated with increased risk for injury and burnout, both of which have significant impl...

Understanding the attitudes of athletes towards sports psychology is crucially important because if psychologists understand the barriers and hesitations of athletes towards psychological counseling, they can intervene educationally to foster a mindset and belief. In the current study, we aim to examine the existing differences between high-perform...

Introduction Despite increases in participation and raised attention for girls and women in sports, female sport is still based on male evidence that ignores gendered differences and experiences of unequal treatment and marginalization from grassroots to elite sport. This paper aimed to critically interrogate the place that women have in the male p...

O objetivo do presente estudo foi comparar a resiliência em função do sexo, tipo de prova, faixa etária, tempo de prática e etiologia da deficiência em atletas paralímpicos de atletismo. Fizeram parte deste estudo 107 atletas paralímpicos participantes da Etapa Norte/Nordeste de Atletismo 2020. Dentre eles, 92 eram do sexo masculino e 15 do sexo fe...

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed sports administrators’ lack of crisis management preparedness and athletes, coaches, and support staff’s lack of mental preparedness for a pandemic. Sports administrators were in the unenviable position of having to protect the health of their athletes, staff, and the wider population by preventing the spread of the CO...

Resumo Este discute a representatividade da disciplina Psicologia do Esporte nos cursos de Psicologia e Educação Física em instituições de ensino superior reconhecidas pelo MEC e situadas na região Sul do país. Foi realizado um estudo documental, com base nos currículos das Instituições. Os resultados revelaram que no Sul do Brasil 21,02% dos curso...

Evidence has shown that imagining a complex action, like backward walking, helps improve the execution of the gesture. Despite this, studies in sport psychology have provided heterogeneous results on the use of motor imagery (MI) to improve performance. We aimed at filling this gap, by analyzing how sport experience influences backward MI processes...

Introduction: No studies have yet attempted to quantitatively measure the competencies of Brazilian student-athletes. Consequently, there are no validated measures suitable for this purpose. The aim of this research was to examine the psychometric properties and assess content validity, factorial validity and evidence based on response processes o...

Spotlight Profile is a contemporary personality profiling tool developed in elite sport that focuses on fostering adaptability. It has been increasingly deployed by sport psychology consultants in sport and other organizational settings, yet how end-users perceive the tool’s use to benefit their performance is not yet known. Using semi-structured i...

Today, psychology is widely recognised as a crucial element of gaining an advantage in sports. Sports psychology now offers a considerable competitive advantage. Furthermore, it offers insights into how to effectively function in aspects of our lives outside of athletics while nevertheless being vital for elite athletes to sustain high performance....

A sportpszichológia egyik legkutatottabb és legmegosztóbb területe a szorongás és annak kezelése versenysportolókban. Több sporttal kapcsolatos szorongás elmélet is létrejött az utóbbi évszázadban, amelyek közül napjainkban leginkább elfogadottak és alkalmazottak a multidimenzionális szorongás modellek. A teóriákkal összefüggésben különböző önbeval...

Excuses for not exercising are the professional and personal bane of our existence as exercise psychologists-they are everywhere, and number in the hundreds. While not everyone makes excuses for not exercising (there are many who exercise regularly and making excuses doesn"t even come into consideration), the majority of individuals who exercise (w...

Sport psychology research and practice in Indonesia have grown immensely, yet the research on teenage athlete perception on their need for sports psychology services is limited. This research was intended to understand young athlete needs and perceptions on sports psychology services. The qualitative approach was conducted for this research. The re...

There has been a paucity of literature discussing how to address consent procedures as part of ethics, practitioner development, and best practice in applied sport psychology. Several researchers have addressed ethical challenges (e.g., out-of-session contact, overidentification, time, and space). However, none have substantially considered the spo...

Sport psychology researchers have been investigating athletes’ ideal performance levels for a long time. Key areas of investigation in this field involve determining if there is an optimal performance zone and how to evaluate it. To advance this line of research, the current research aimed to create a short but reliable tool for assessing the psych...

Competitive anxiety is an important issue in sport psychology since it is capable of influencing athletes’ performance. This study aims to examine the role of emotion regulation and personality in explaining individual differences in competitive anxiety of athletes, considering their sex and sport modality. A total of 101 athletes (50.5% males), ag...

Manual Reaction Time measures have been widely used to study interactions between perceptual, cognitive, and motor functions. The Stimulus–Response Compatibility is a phenomenon characterized through faster Manual Reaction Times when stimuli and response locations coincide (correspondent condition) than when they are on different sides (noncorrespo...

The current study aimed to analyze the psychological alterations resulting from rapid weight loss in the mood states and burnout of male Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes. For the purpose of this study, 31 Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes participated, divided into two groups (RWLG: rapid weight loss group and CG: control group). Data collections were perfo...

Perceived competence plays a crucial role in establishing environments favorable to individual development in youth sport. As most assessment tools of perceived competence are not sport-specific, they have limited usefulness for sport practitioners and researchers. This study had two-fold aims: (i) to develop a perceived competence assessment tool...

RESUMO Neste trabalho apresentamos uma versão traduzida e adaptada do Sport Emotion Questionnaire (SEQ) para o Português brasileiro, e exploramos suas características psicométricas. No Estudo 1 foi produzida a versão brasileira do SEQ (SEQ-BR) de acordo com as diretrizes para o processo de adaptação transcultural, e avaliadas a validade de conteúdo...

RESUMO O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliaras propriedades psicométricas da Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS) emparatletas brasileiros, bem como sua estrutura fatorial, confiabilidade e invariância. 309 paratletas recrutados por conveniência, de ambos os sexos, foram avaliados, de forma online,por meio de um questionário sociodemográfico e da...

RESUMO Neste trabalho apresentamos uma versão traduzida e adaptada do Sport Emotion Questionnaire (SEQ) para o Português brasileiro, e exploramos suas características psicométricas. No Estudo 1 foi produzida a versão brasileira do SEQ (SEQ-BR) de acordo com as diretrizes para o processo de adaptação transcultural, e avaliadas a validade de conteúdo...

A medida adotada de isolamento físico durante pandemia afetou a rotina diária de todo o mundo, inclusive no meio esportivo. Sendo assim, o estudo buscou comparar as estratégias de coping utilizadas por atletas de bocha paralímpica no período da pandemia. A amostra foi composta por 43 atletas (30 homens e 13 mulheres) com 29.95 11,76 anos. Para iden...

Purpose was to analyse parameters of high-level surfing aerial manoeuvres, supporting specific training and injury prevention. Using video analysis ofaerials completed by top-5male surfersin 19 events during 2018and 2019 seasonsof the World Championship Tour, were selected (n=97): Frontside Air, Frontside Air Reverse 360, Backside Air and Backside...