Kien Ting Liu , Yee Cheng Kueh , YoungHo Kim , Garry Kuan
{"title":"Structural relationship in transtheoretical model of behavioural change constructs among students at a Malaysian university campus","authors":"Kien Ting Liu , Yee Cheng Kueh , YoungHo Kim , Garry Kuan","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of this study is to examine the structural relationship in the transtheoretical model (TTM) of behavioural change constructs among undergraduate students. A cross-sectional study was carried out by randomly selecting students participating in campus co-curricular activities. Questionnaires, comprising queries on the stages of change (SOC) — an 18-item self-efficacy (SE) scale, a 10-item decisional balance (DB) scale, and 30-item processes of change (PoC) scale — were distributed to the students. Their answers were analysed using Mplus 8 software for structural equation modelling. There were 562 participants comprising 118 males (21.0 %) and 444 females (79.0 %) with average age of 19.81±1.22 SD. Most of them were involved in sports (46.3 %) and non-sports (46.6 %) programmes, and exercised at least three times per week for approximately 43 minutes per session. Minority of the undergraduate students (7.1%) are involved in uniform group. The initial hypothesized structural equation modelling showed that the data fitted well. The fit indices were within recommended values (CFI= 0.967; TLI= 0.939; SRMR= 0.034; RMSEA (CI: 90%) = 0.049 (0.028, 0.070); RMSEA <em>p</em>= 0.495). There were three hypothesized path relationships in this model. From the final structural model, the SOC had significant direct effects on SE (<em>p</em> = 0.001), DB (<em>p</em> < 0.001) and PoC (<em>p</em> < 0.001). In conclusion, the study showed a positive relationship between TTM constructs. It could act as an excellent baseline model for physical activity intervention or motivational intervention.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 83-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239121000241/pdfft?md5=97bccdcc6462855aedc8c2a659bb7def&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239121000241-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81330250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying Hwa Kee , Chunxiao Li , Chun-Qing Zhang , John Chee Keng Wang
{"title":"The wu-wei alternative: Effortless action and non-striving in the context of mindfulness practice and performance in sport","authors":"Ying Hwa Kee , Chunxiao Li , Chun-Qing Zhang , John Chee Keng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Wu-wei is an important construct but is rarely discussed in the sport psychology literature. The present discussion fills the gap in literature and provides a conceptual overview of the wu-wei alternative. After explaining wu-wei briefly, the current state of mindfulness research is discussed to highlight the lack of research in understanding wu-wei and non-striving in sport psychology. In addition, the links between wu-wei and relevant constructs including mindfulness, non-striving, flow, nonduality, Zen, Mushin, motivation, goals, and implicit learning were clarified. Furthermore, suggestions on incorporating wu-wei as part of mindfulness training for athletes and possible future research directions are provided. In this difficult time of the global pandemic, wu-wei or non-striving mindset can help supporting athletes’ well-being and pursuit of goals beyond winning and striving.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 122-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239121000319/pdfft?md5=c3bdd2e0882216d570026751f3f975b9&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239121000319-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79440908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of the transtheoretical model to understand physical activity in college students","authors":"YoungHo Kim, SooJin Kang Kim, InKyoung Park","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study investigated the physical activity level of college students, the differences in the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) constructs by the stage of physical activity, and the theorized association of the TTM constructs with the stage of physical activity in college students. A total of 598 Korean college students (mean age = 21.52 years, <em>SD</em> = 2.59) from Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea were voluntarily participated in the study. The standardized measures in Korean were applied to assess the study participants’ physical activity and the TTM constructs. Results indicated that there are significant differences in the physical activity distributions by gender. Moreover, the current findings revealed that all of the TTM constructs and physical activity differentiated college students across the stages of physical activity and that overall classification accuracy across the stages of physical activity was 53.0%. The study increases awareness but also influences perceptions regarding theoretically based and practically important physical activity strategies for public health professionals and health care providers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 98-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239121000253/pdfft?md5=660dba9ea6dd23d20652d1f93d39592d&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239121000253-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81201521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Mindfulness in Sport and Exercise Psychology","authors":"Ying Hwa Kee , Dev Roychowdhury","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 133-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239121000290/pdfft?md5=5c95e3224e919254992134b4f9ebd9e6&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239121000290-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136938136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Goal content and attitudes toward physical activity among primary school students during COVID-19 conditional movement control order","authors":"Chin Ngien Siong, Jeswenny Fresshila John","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examined primary school students’ goal content and attitudes toward physical activity during COVID-19 Conditional Movement Control Order . The participants were 312 students comprising 149 males and 163 females aged 11 and 12 years old from 3 primary schools in Sarawak, Malaysia. Participants were administered the Malay version of the Goal Content for Exercise Questionnaire Malay version (GCEQ; Chai et al., 2019) and Malay version of the Attitudes toward Physical Activity Scale (M-APAS; Jeswenny, 2019). The independent sample <em>t</em>-test revealed that there was a significant difference between gender for goal content in social affiliation, <em>t</em>(310) = -2.18, <em>p</em> = 0.030, and age groups for skill development, <em>t</em>(310) = 2.35, <em>p</em> = 0.019. In addition, there was a significant difference in learning for attitudes between gender, <em>p</em> = 0.034, and age groups, <em>p</em> = 0.035. Pearson correlation revealed a significant positive correlation between goal content variables and attitude variables ranging from a very weak correlation (<em>r</em> = 0.13, <em>p</em> = 0.05) to moderate correlation (<em>r</em> = 0.57, <em>p</em> = 0.01). These results suggest that sustainable interventions that integrate goal content and attitudes can improve long-lasting positive participation towards physical activity and promote a healthy attitude towards healthy living.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 103-107"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239121000277/pdfft?md5=c520fc69b810927ed69c377f377c5025&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239121000277-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86410332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Megan Hut , Carol R. Glass, Kathryn A. Degnan, Thomas O. Minkler
{"title":"The effects of mindfulness training on mindfulness, anxiety, emotion dysregulation, and performance satisfaction among female student-athletes: The moderating role of age","authors":"Megan Hut , Carol R. Glass, Kathryn A. Degnan, Thomas O. Minkler","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Research has suggested that mindfulness can help combat stress, increase self-compassion, and improve well-being. Although mindfulness is also beneficial for student-athletes, little is known about how developmental differences due to age may influence intervention efficacy. The present study investigated whether 6-week Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE) training had a differential effect on younger (first and second year) compared to older (third and fourth year) college student-athletes’ mindfulness, sport anxiety, emotion dysregulation, and satisfaction with both attention/emotion regulation and physical sport performance. Participants were 39 younger and 21 older female athletes from three teams (lacrosse, field hockey, track & field) at a private university in the United States, ranging in age from 18-22. Multiple 2 × 2 mixed-design ANOVAs revealed significant reductions in sport anxiety as well as significant improvements on self-ratings of satisfaction with both attention/emotion regulation and physical sport performance. Older student-athletes improved more than their younger teammates on sport mindfulness, and independent samples <em>t</em>-tests indicated that older student-athletes reported more frequent mindfulness practice during workouts, team practice, and competitions. Linear regressions found that age predicted reductions in sport anxiety and improvements in dispositional mindful acceptance. Finally, student-athletes perceived MSPE to be moderately to highly successful in promoting change in a variety of performance-related areas such as anxiety reduction, focus, and the ability to let things go. The implications of these results are presented, as well as suggestions for future research on mindfulness mental training with college athletes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 75-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.06.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"93457763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kwangmin Ryu , Yujin Kim , Jingu Kim , Minjung Woo
{"title":"False accusation of online games: Internet gaming can enhance the cognitive flexibility of adolescents","authors":"Kwangmin Ryu , Yujin Kim , Jingu Kim , Minjung Woo","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Adolescents commonly exhibit high stress and emotional reactivity, and are prone to addictive behaviors including online gaming. Despite the negative impact, online gaming has recently been reported to improve cognitive function. This study examines differences in event-related potentials (ERP) during task switching according to the level of gaming addiction. High-risk, potential-risk, and general groups were recruited according to their Internet Addiction Scale results and total forty-five middle school boys aged 13–15 years participated in the study. The participants were asked to perform switching tasks consisting of size, value, and shape stimuli. The ERP analysis revealed greater N200 amplitudes in the high-risk and potential-risk groups compared with the general user group, suggesting that the participants with a greater involvement in Internet gaming have higher cognitive flexibility in resolving response-related cognitive interference during task-switching. In the analyses of P300, the potential-risk group exhibited higher amplitudes compared with the high-risk and general user groups at F3 region, and during the shape task, separately, which reflects enhanced cognitive flexibility of the potential-risk group to process the stimulus-related interference. The findings of this study suggest that moderate use of online games can enhance response inhibition and stimulus processing. The practical use of online games as an auxiliary means to support cognitive flexibility of adolescents struggling with stress and emotion processing should be explored in future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 116-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239121000289/pdfft?md5=6d62d46cbf205bb28be83d99bdcaefc5&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239121000289-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72632601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the moderation and mediation effects of mental toughness on perceived stress and anxiety amongst athletes and non-athletes","authors":"Loh Jun Ming Benjamin, Wang Chee Keng John","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of the current study was to examine the moderation and mediation effects of mental toughness (MT) on the relationship between perceived stress and anxiety, and to test whether such effects are stronger in athletes than non-athletes. The sample consisted of 320 students (160 athletes, 160 non-athletes) from Nanyang Technological University. Multiple hierarchical analyses showed that MT moderated this relationship only in non-athletes, and partially mediated this relationship in both athletes and non-athletes. Moreover, mediation was found to be stronger in athletes; MT accounted for a substantially greater variance in anxiety outcome in athletes (82%) than non-athletes (33%), highlighting the importance of MT as a stress buffer pathway to lower anxiety. Additional variable control analyses revealed that training years did not benefit MT effects, suggesting that practice quality or competition level might be more critical in MT development. This study presents novel findings on the moderation and mediation perspective of MT on the perceived stress-anxiety relationship, which provides a more comprehensive foundation for future MT interventions using sports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 89-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266723912100023X/pdfft?md5=d41cdb753eb4ed7b397f1313d47223cb&pid=1-s2.0-S266723912100023X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"107686897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Special issue “'Exercise and Health in Asian Pandemic Settings”","authors":"Youngho Kim, Athanasios G. Papaioannou","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 2","pages":"Page 135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239121000320/pdfft?md5=ab1d9849daf46c9f9714d17a2d971bc8&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239121000320-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76110802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physical activity research in Australia: A view from exercise psychology and behavioural medicine","authors":"Stuart J.H. Biddle","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.03.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Australia has a proud history in physical activity and is known for its love of, and success in, sport. It is also sometimes perceived to be a physically active country yet statistics show similar troubling trends of inactivity and non-communicable disease as many other high income countries. In research and professional practice, however, Australia can be seen to have been ‘punching above its weight’ (given its small population) in physical activity and public health. It has been a leading country for research on a number of themes concerning physically active lifestyles, including mental health, physical activity correlates, interventions, sedentary behaviour, and guidelines. The role of exercise psychology, however, is less clearly demarcated. The research concerning physical activity and public health has adopted a behavioural medicine approach, of which psychology is just one part. In this paper, behavioural medicine and exercise psychology will be defined, and research strengths and trends in Australia outlined. Issues particularly important for Australia will be explored briefly in the context of exercise psychology, including indigenous health and those living in rural and remote locations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":"Pages 12-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.ajsep.2021.03.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91683404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}