25 years of qualitative research in sport and exercise Psychology: How did it Go? and what now?

IF 3.3 2区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Psychology of Sport and Exercise Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102958

Brett Smith , Martin Roderick , Hester Hockin-Boyers , Javier Monforte , Toni Louise Williams , Patrick Jachyra , Caroline Dodd-Reynolds , Cassandra Phoenix

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Abstract

Qualitative research in sport and exercise psychology has grown over the last 25 years. The number of papers published in journals like Psychology of Sport and Exercise has increased. There has also been growth in terms of the variety and sophistication of work published. Such growth suggests qualitative research is in a good place. It is and it isn't. This paper aims to advance qualitative research and be a resource to guide future practice. It first celebrates qualitative research in sport and exercise psychology by offering examples of the positive qualities of work being done. The paper then highlights some problems by attending to the tokenistic engagement with epistemology and ontology plus some associated fallacies. Some thoughts about how qualitative research in sport and exercise psychology might develop are next offered. To help support the ongoing development of qualitative research we attend to interviewing, story completion, analysis, computer-assisted software, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital methods. The paper also provides a note on physical activity guidelines, qualitative research, and policy-making. It closes by reaffirming the need to approach qualitative research as a slow craft that involves people (not AI) making tough, well-thought-out ethical, theoretical, and methodological decisions.

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise 医学-心理学

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

5.90%

发文量

172

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Psychology of Sport and Exercise is an international forum for scholarly reports in the psychology of sport and exercise, broadly defined. The journal is open to the use of diverse methodological approaches. Manuscripts that will be considered for publication will present results from high quality empirical research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, commentaries concerning already published PSE papers or topics of general interest for PSE readers, protocol papers for trials, and reports of professional practice (which will need to demonstrate academic rigour and go beyond mere description). The CONSORT guidelines consort-statement need to be followed for protocol papers for trials; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the CONSORT checklist. For meta-analysis, the PRISMA prisma-statement guidelines should be followed; authors should present a flow diagramme and attach with their cover letter the PRISMA checklist. For systematic reviews it is recommended that the PRISMA guidelines are followed, although it is not compulsory. Authors interested in submitting replications of published studies need to contact the Editors-in-Chief before they start their replication. We are not interested in manuscripts that aim to test the psychometric properties of an existing scale from English to another language, unless new validation methods are used which address previously unanswered research questions.