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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
“If I talk about it, I'm weak, and I'm supposed to be strong”: experiences of body-related shame in women athletes39
Assessing the relationship between pre- and post-game interpersonal emotions in women’s soccer teams39
Career trajectories of junior athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean and their relationship with mental health30
Men’s goal-oriented motives, physical activity experiences and body-related perceptions: a latent profile analysis29
Effects of past and current motor experiences as soccer players in decision-making of amateur soccer referees27
The relationship among perceived parental psychological control, socially prescribed perfectionism, fear of failure, and performance of adolescent athletes27
How small differences grow over time – the snowball effect of grit on practice in sport23
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological distress among Chinese college students: the moderating effects of physical activity and sleep duration23
Influence of pre-induced mental fatigue on tactical behaviour and performance among young elite football players21
The mediating role of self-esteem in the association between physical fitness and risk of depression in adolescents: DADOS Study19
Physical activity intention-behavior gap during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of motivation and health-belief17
Multisensory integration in anticipation: moderating effects of time and task constraints17
Patterns of reasons for retirement in Olympic athletes from Switzerland: a person-oriented study15
The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools15
What constitutes editorial virtuous leadership14
Early specialisation among Swedish aesthetic performers: exploring motivation and perceptions of parental influence14
The impact of intra-team communication and support relationships on team identification and collective efficacy in elite team sport: a social network analysis13
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 model13
The relationship between attitudes and behavioural intentions related to doping: the role of attitude certainty13
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
Coaches’ pointing gestures as means to convey tactical information in basketball: an eye-tracking study11
A mixed-methods examination of a mental health awareness program in elite ice hockey11
Transgender inclusion in competitive sport: athletes’ attitudes toward transgender athlete participation in intercollegiate sport11
International Society of Sport Psychology position stand: scientist practitioners11
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 model11
Mental toughness in sport: testing the goal-expectancy-self-control (GES) model among runners and cyclists using cross-sectional and experimental designs10
Home advantage in soccer after the break due to COVID-19 pandemic: does crowd support matter?10
A wolf in (black) sheep’s clothing? Subjective group dynamics in sports fans10
Excellence and expert performance in sports: what do we know and where are we going?10
Migration and meaning: an exploration of elite refugee athletes’ transitions into the Canadian sports system10
Caring coaching climates emerge as key factor in promoting high school athletes’ well-being and motivation, complimented by a task-involving climate9
Effects of free dance on the mood state, aging perspective and optimism of women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial9
Investigating the relationships among athlete leadership behaviours, perceptions of athlete leader fairness, and cohesion9
Integration of sport and education in China: a case study of a dual career development environment of a Shanghai junior men’s basketball team9
Correction9
The effect of instructional and motivational self-talk on accuracy and electromyography of active and passive muscles in elbow joint position sense test9
The dual pandemic: COVID-19, systemic racism, and college student-athletic mental health9
Examining the psychological characteristics of developing excellence profiles of male English youth soccer players: differences across ages and performance levels9
Towards an explanatory model of the enjoyment of physical activity based on physical self-concept9
Development and preliminary validation of the RESilience qualities In SporT (RESIST) scale8
Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletes8
The role of moral identity and regret on cheating in sport8
“There’s no good, it’s just satisfactory”: perfectionism, performance, and perfectionistic reactivity in NCAA student-athletes8
Technical fouls as a trigger of momentum change: analysis of two decades of NBA data8
The impact of action observation on the intention for action engagement8
Development and validation of the Sports Grit Scale8
How COVID-19 lockdown affected physical activity levels and wellbeing: an Italian Survey8
Emotion regulation among competitive youth athletes: exploring the independent and interactive effects of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression8
Are college perfectionists more likely to be addicted to exercise? The promotion effect of psychological needs and motivation7
Sport participants’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of nostalgia, resilience, and curiosity7
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation7
The effects of acute yoga practice on heart rate and heart rate variability responses to mental stress7
Antecedents and mediators of the association between adolescents’ intention and physical activity: a cross-sectional study in seven European countries7
A symptom network analysis of exercise addiction and personality on ultra-marathon runners with serious complications7
Applied imagery for motivation: a person-centred model7
Impact of open and closed-skill sports on inhibitory control: evidence from event related potentials7
Effect of a home-based exercise programme on mental health and well-being in children during COVID-19 pandemic7
The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season7
Comparative acute effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on ameliorating cravings and associated emotional and cognitive factors in individuals with methamphetamine use disorders6
Exploring perceptions of depression: a performer perspective6
Social norms and emotion regulation among youth athletes6
Promote “ we ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration6
Context matters: an examination of game management in refereeing6
Evaluating a Brazilian online parent education programme in sport using the RE-AIM framework6
Semantic and affective processing of implicit associations are related to the regularity of running behaviour in young women: an ERP study6
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a topic modelling approach6
Dynamic visual support is superior to its static counterpart in learning a series of Judo refereeing gestures6
The effect of structured brain gym and brisk walking training on the executive functions of university students: a single-blinded randomised controlled trial6
Parent–child co-participation in sport and physical activity: a scoping review6
The impact of Chinese calligraphy practice on athletes’ self-control6
Influence of an audience on conscious motor processing and performance during a go-only and stop-signal soccer penalty shooting task5
Trends of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among secondary school students in Singapore: what has changed in 15 years?5
Examining the effectiveness of focus of attention instructions on the learning of a badminton long serve in novice students: movement automaticity hypothesis5
Strategic decision-making in Olympic bouldering: the role of climbing movement repertoire examined5
Emotional intelligence and drawing inferences from nonverbal cues in sports5
The cognitive fatigue experienced by batters is modulated by the strike rate of a twenty20 innings5
Maintained cognitive gains after 10 weeks of cognitively engaging exercise via reducing body fat in overweight children5
Temporal dynamics of the quality of the coach-athlete relationship over one season among adolescent handball players: a latent class analysis approach5
Mental health risk and protective factors in Australian cricket5
An autoethnographic account and interpretation of sport related life skills and personal development5
The influence of spectators on home advantage and referee bias in national teams matches: insights from UEFA Nations League5
Acute exercise on complex motor memory retention: the role of task cognitive demands5
In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes5
Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration5
The affect-intensity relationship in aerobic exercise: an analysis based on a systematic review5
Can stress and coping profiles predict athletes’ emotions and performance in competition? Analysis of profiles at competitions throughout the sporting season5
Coping with intensive training demands: a longitudinal investigation of the relationships between appraisal, emotion, coping effectiveness and engagement among elite fencers5
Online exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic and factors promoting or hindering participation in adults: a scoping review5
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Singapore national youth athletes’ mental health and potential protective factors5
Are aging stereotypes in the physical domain associated with physical capacities in older adults?5
Predicting students’ basic psychological needs, motivation, and well-being in online physical education: a semester-term longitudinal study5
Psychology of physical activity: a 30-year reflection on correlates, barriers, and theory5
A qualitative examination of parental mental health and well-being in youth sport5
The effect of expertise upon perceived reach- and grasp-ability in rock climbers5
The effects of self-control on bullying behaviour among martial arts practicing adolescents: based on the analyses of multiple mediation effects4
Discussing safe sport in the digital space: the #gymnastalliance movement4
Good performance-high attractiveness effect: an empirical study on the association between athletes’ rankings and their facial attractiveness4
Relationship between athlete stress and burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Achieving international podium success with a positive sport experience4
Authentic leadership and well-being in sport: the mediating role of psychological safety and the moderating role of interpersonal violence4
Does executive functions’ performance at rest predict executive function performance during acute physical exercise?4
Validation of modified youth experience survey for sport (MYES-S) using multidimensional Rasch model4
A weight-inclusive approach to applied sport psychology4
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
Relationships of automatic associations, affect, and outcome expectations with adolescents’ impulsive decision to opt into physical activity4
The effects of prosocial video games on empathy and prosocial behavior in athletes: evidence from cross-sectional survey and experimental studies4
Effectiveness of interventions based on health action process approach in promoting physical activity among rehabilitation patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis4
Alignment of qualitative and quantitative focus of attention assessment of stone delivery among high-level Canadian curlers4
Elite athletes’ values in action: an important yet complicated aspect in anti-doping education4
International society of sport psychology position stand: mental health through occupational health and safety in high performance sport4
Mind in action: the interplay of cognition and action in skilled performance4
Movement and mind: the role of exercise content in the development of attention parameters and motor skills in boys4
Development and preliminary validation of the sport injury-related growth inventory4
Investigating the impact of coach behaviours and coach-athlete relationships on psychological safety4
A systematic review of quantitative studies concerning psychological aspects of early specialisation4
A meta-analysis of physical activity interventions targeting executive functions in children: focus on cognitive and/or metabolic demands?4
Are core executive functions predictive of decision-making in sport? A scoping review4
The Team Denmark applied model of athlete mental health4
The importance of body perception in the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem in adolescents4
Cross-cultural validation of the sport emotion questionnaire using elite hockey players: psychometric evidence from seven African countries4
Motives for physical activity participation: does religious faith play a mediating role?3
Exploring the relationship between adults’ perceptions of sedentary behaviours and psychological stress: Is your mindset stressing you out?3
Good practice in sport science and medicine: perceptions of leaders on support and management of practitioners and teams3
Sequential focus of attention instructions influenced motor performance of volleyball setting despite direction of focus but dependent on motor expertise of the player3
The effect of Tai chi on positive-activated affect in adults: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials3
Relationships between mindfulness, self-compassion, and grit among Thai national athletes: the mediating role of self-regulation3
Variables of influence on the fluctuation of the mood profile among professional basketball players during a competitive period3
The dynamics of Quiet Eye under stress in elite table tennis performance3
Integrating mindfulness in fitness classes: self-compassion and mental health outcomes in a pilot study featuring longitudinal mediational analysis3
The use of virtual reality for tactical learning: the moderation of expertise and visuospatial abilities3
The effects of acute aerobic and resistance exercise on the planning aspect of executive functions in children with preterm birth3
Patterns of sports participation across the lifespan and their links to psychopathology, resilience, and childhood trauma: a cross-sectional approach3
What a shot! Effect of biathlon and badminton on attention of preteens in middle schools: a longitudinal study3
Effects of acute exercise of different modalities and durations on interference control and response inhibition in healthy young adults3
Free throw shooting performance under pressure: a social psychology critical review of research3
Towards an ecology of athletes’ career transitions: conceptualization and working models3
A critical overview of sport development in Botswana3
“Don't think, just shoot” – The paradox of shooting three-point shots in basketball3
Impact of exercise addiction on quality of life during COVID-19: mediating role of obsessive-compulsive disorder and physiological symptoms3
Contribution of deliberate practice, play, and futsal to the acquisition of decision-making skills in Brazilian professional female soccer players3
Impact of videos targeting intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation on exercise experience and effort3
Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer3
Crowd social pressure in the Brazilian soccer league: testing home advantage and referees’ bias during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Psychological preparation and coping strategies: reflections from Paralympians3
The effects of electronic device use on athlete performance and health: a systematic review3
“What am I doing here?” Experiences of unsuccessful and delayed successful crisis transitions during athlete migration3
“Less healthy, unfit, weaker” effects of the emerging nonexerciser stereotype on performance on a fatiguing task3
Perceived recovery-stress states and sleep in pre- and post-menarche elite youth swimmers2
The role of high-performance sport environments in mental health: an international society of sport psychology consensus statement2
Peripheral perception as discriminant factor of tactical behaviour efficiency of young soccer players2
Reciprocal relationships between teamwork execution, emergent states, and perceived team performance: a longitudinal study2
Working it out: acute exercise to combat anxiety and depressive symptoms in individuals living with subsyndromal post-traumatic stress disorder2
Expectations and disadvantages: a case study approach exploring the mental health challenges of elite, student-athlete women2
Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on the accuracy of soccer decision-making2
Acute aerobic exercise modulates facial emotion evaluation in socially anxious individuals2
“When are you gonna commit?” Exploring the experiences of youth athletes and their parents prior to a sporting transition2
Construction and validation of the Life Skills Scale of Physical Education for adolescents2
The longitudinal associations between wearable technology, physical activity and self-determined motivation2
Ingroup cooperation among Japanese baseball fans using the one-shot prisoner’s dilemma game2
External focus facilitates cognitive stability and promotes motor performance of an interceptive task in children2
Validation of the Interpersonal Regulation Questionnaire in sports: measuring emotion regulation via social processes and interactions2
Rhythm of cognition: exploring Greek traditional dance's acute effects on children's executive functions2
The impact of abuse experiences and coping responses on distress and mental health outcomes in sports officials2
Effects of mental toughness on athletic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis2
Reliability and validity of the reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire in Chinese boxers2
Effects of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on cognitive fatigue relief: a randomised self-controlled study2
Sport-based video game causes mental fatigue and impairs visuomotor skill in male basketball players2
Exploring the effects of physical fatigue on cognitive performance of youth soccer players2
The mediating effect of parental warmth on the association of parent pressure and athlete perfectionism in adolescent soccer2
The invisible power of fairness: the internal link between teacher fairness and school bullying among athletic students2
Well-trained, trained and recreationally trained runners’ cognition during a 5km tempo run: a think aloud study2
Effects of 8-week endurance, strength, and coordination exercise interventions on attention in adolescents: a randomised controlled study2
Pathways of cognitive and affective attitude influencing leisure-time physical activity: based on an integrated model2
Influence of punishments associated with task outcomes in physical and mental efforts performed by semi-elite soccer players during training tasks2
The development and validation of the Youth Sport Parental Support-Questionnaire (YSPS-Q)2
Functional action analysis: a psychological model for the development of a problem-solving competence in game sports2
The impact of working memory capacity on intuitive decision-making in sport2
Psychometric analysis of the International Olympic Committee's Sport Mental Health Assessment Triage Tool among non-elite amateur adult athletes2
Longitudinal influence of self-compassion and fears of compassion on prosocial and antisocial behaviour in sport: A conditional latent growth curve modelling analysis2
The contributions of executive functions to decision-making in sport2
Costly involved? An examination of latent motivational profiles in physical education2
Does stress type and level affect gut decisions in sport?1
Personal accounts of compulsive exercise and bulimia nervosa: an exploration of psychosocial influences through creative nonfiction storytelling1
Which cyclists manage to cope with the corona crisis in a resilient way? The role of motivational profiles1
Doping behaviour in mixed martial arts athletes: the roles of social norms and self-regulatory efficacy1
Instrumental vs. experiential attitudes in the theory of planned behaviour: two studies on intention to perform a recommended amount of physical activity1
Notice of duplicate publication: Journal of sport psychology in action: coming of age1
Exercise addiction measured at a naturalistic marathon-event – associations of the EAI with the general level of functioning, affect and performance parameters1
Does loving a group mean hating its rivals? Exploring the relationship between ingroup cohesion and outgroup hostility among soccer fans1
Coaches’ perspectives on contribution1
An exploratory examination of the relationship between harmonious and obsessive passion and specific symptoms of exercise dependence1
Enhancing exercisers’ experience: a comprehensive review of insights from fitness instructors’ behaviour and psychological impact1
Examining the factor structure and validity of the social motivational orientations in sport scale1
Introducing The International Society of Sport Psychology Academy of Science1
Building a case for infusing posthumanist thinking in the qualitative training of sport and exercise psychology researchers1
Personality, grit, and performance in rock-climbing: down to the nitty-gritty1
When it is no longer a bit of banter: Coaches’ perspectives of bullying in professional soccer1
“We signed up for it”: a qualitative examination of job resources in elite sport support staff members1
Sport as cognition enhancer from childhood to young adulthood: a systematic review focused on sport modality1
Talent development environments in sport in selected African countries as perceived by young elite football players1
The effect of physiological activation on intuitive decision-making performance in basketball players at various level of athleticism1
Interactive effects of sex and pain on elevated depressive symptoms in university student athletes1
The relationship between exercise intention, behavioural plans, and exercise behaviour among Korean college students using the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA)1
Impact of crowd support on home advantage in highly attended European professional football teams: a comparison between pre-, during, and post-COVID-19 periods1
The role of visuospatial abilities and the level of expertise in memorising soccer animations1
A narrative review of the role of psychological skills and characteristics in navigating the pathway to professional rugby union1
Game management by referees to compensate for errors in judgement: a decision flow model1
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
Home advantage in football after moving to a new stadium: evidence from European professional teams1
The role of life purpose and passion for coaching in subjective well-being of sport coaches1
Effects of a school-based Brazilian jiu-jitsu programme on mental health and classroom behaviour of children from Abu Dhabi: a randomised trial1
Effect of mental fatigue on decision-making skill and visual search behaviour in basketball players: an experimental and randomised study1
Motor coordination mediates the relationship between physical activity and executive function among preschoolers1
Exploring correlates of physical activity using the multi-process action control framework: is there a moderating role for mental health?1
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
Short- and longer-term psychological and behavioral effects of exergaming and traditional aerobic training: A randomized controlled trial1
Cross-cultural adaptation and measurement properties of the Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) for Chinese elite athletes1
Physical education motivational climate, on the achievement goals, and intrinsic motivation of students: a multilevel approach1
Continuing education in sport psychology: a survey of where we are and where we need to go1
Stress, recovery, and team closeness: a case study of a 25-day ultra-endurance open-water swim in the Rhine River1
“I can join a sport class, but school has to come first”: adolescent athletes’ dual career construction styles in lower secondary sport schools1
Acute effects of continuous exercise, interval exercise, and sedentary colouring on anxiety, mood, and physical activity enjoyment1
Conceptualisation, measurement, and associated factors of eudaimonic well-being of athletes: a systematic review1
Mental ill-health in semi-elite women’s soccer in England: a mixed-methods approach1
Adaptation to change: a meta-model of adaptation in sport1
All the little pointers: a poetic representation of a female elite athlete’s experience of living with and seeking treatment for an eating disorder1
Perception of competence and self-regulation for physical activity in women with breast cancer1
Sports lunch breaks, vigor, and creativity at work: a test of the work-home resources model1
Problematic mobile phone use among youth athletes: a qualitative investigation using focus groups1
Forwards or backwards—regulatory focus orientation of offense and defense players in team sports1
How do psychological and physiological performance determinants interact within individual athletes? An analytical network approach1
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
Visual exploratory activity in elite women’s soccer: an analysis of the UEFA Women’s European Championship 20221
Fast walking reduces the risk of breast cancer: evidence from a Mendelian randomisation study1
Collegiate student-athlete mental health symptom trajectories across a competitive season: do training load and resilience matter?1
Achievement motivation and grit’s perseverance of effort among collegiate athletes1
An evaluation of a custom intervention programme to address problematic mobile phone use of youth athletes in Singapore: a hybrid mixed-methods research design1
“They learn quickly there are consequences for their actions”: youth sport coaches’ perspectives on the effects of benching1
Antecedents of perceived stress in trail runners: do emotion regulation and negative self-talk matter?1
Women’s views and experiences of a perinatal exercise counselling intervention: a qualitative study1
Organic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Sport: development and validation of a theory-based, state measure of athletes’ organic self-talk1
Emotional labor in sport coaching: a situational approach in the context of elite French handball1
A cross-cultural examination of passion and risk of exercise addiction in Hungarian and Indian exercisers1
Significant others and children’s mental toughness in sports: a longitudinal test of the social influence in sport model1
“The story just brings the science to life”: exploring the use of stories to translate knowledge about self-regulatory processes during goal striving in running1
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and sport and exercise psychology (SEP): looking back and looking forward1
Athletic identity and career engagement as predictors of mental well-being in North American professional athletes1
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