Zipeng He , Ru Zhang , Chen Chen , Rongfeng Pan , Chun-Qing Zhang
{"title":"Associations between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and mental well-being among Chinese adolescents in high-density cities","authors":"Zipeng He , Ru Zhang , Chen Chen , Rongfeng Pan , Chun-Qing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Adolescents living in high-density cities may face a unique set of mental health challenges due to exposure to environmental stressors and academic pressure from competition for limited educational opportunities. It is still unclear towards the integrated effects of sufficient physical activity, reduced recreational screen time and adequate sleep duration on improving mental health and well-being among adolescents living in high-density cities. The present study aimed to investigate the associations between meeting 24-h movement guidelines and mental well-being in Chinese adolescents living in high-density cities. A total of 816 Chinese adolescents (<em>M<sub>age</sub></em> = 14.77 years, <em>SD</em> = 0.81) completed a self-administrated questionnaire comprising 24-h movement behaviors, mental well-being, and covariates. Linear mixed-effects models were used to for data analyses. Findings of the current study indicated that there was a positive association between the number of guidelines being met and mental well-being in adolescents after adjusting for covariates. Compared to not meeting any guidelines, adolescents who met the sleep and physical activity guidelines, or the physical activity and screen time guidelines, or all the three guidelines had a positive association with adolescent mental well-being. Our findings enhance our understanding of the relationship between compliance with 24-h movement guidelines and mental well-being among adolescents living in high-density cities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 102-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239123000308/pdfft?md5=6b48364bfaf5d0531c0b34d2289c437e&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239123000308-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135347948","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}
C.K. John Wang , Christopher M. Spray , Victoria E. Warburton
{"title":"Motivational processes in sport, exercise and physical activity","authors":"C.K. John Wang , Christopher M. Spray , Victoria E. Warburton","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 63-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239123000394/pdfft?md5=4e9ca059fb9704bcacb8be101c7cabc2&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239123000394-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135735236","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}
R.M. Carr , C. Thøgersen-Ntoumani , N. Ntoumanis , A. Prestwich , D.F. Gucciardi , E. Quested
{"title":"Experiences of postpartum mothers and a significant other in a dyadic physical activity programme","authors":"R.M. Carr , C. Thøgersen-Ntoumani , N. Ntoumanis , A. Prestwich , D.F. Gucciardi , E. Quested","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.07.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.07.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Dyadic interventions may promote physical activity (PA) amongst postpartum mothers. However, such interventions may not always be effective, and research is needed to explore the factors influencing engagement. Amongst this population, this study explores the perceived benefits, barriers to, and facilitators of a) PA participation, and b) engagement with two dyadic PA interventions. We conducted interviews with 17 postpartum mothers and 10 significant others (aged 26–61 years old). Data were analysed with reflexive thematic analysis. Barriers to PA engagement were that it was easy to set plans, but hard to carry them out due to childcare, work, studying/chores. Setting PA plans and receiving practical support from their partner were important ways to overcome barriers to being active, e.g., some participants looked after the children, so their partner could engage in PA, as a part of their plan. Feeling motivated to exercise as a family was also a facilitator of PA. Barriers to programme participation were a lack of motivation and a preference for exercise prescription. Perceived benefits of programme participation included increased PA commitment and accountability to the plans. Amongst other techniques, participants used prompts (e.g. spouse getting their children breakfast/coming home from work/their partner ‘checking in’), as a cue to start their PA plans. Findings show that tailored interventions to address the challenges of being a postpartum mother are needed; “one-size” fits all approach does not work.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 89-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239123000230/pdfft?md5=5edc56254f437cdac45a9dafcee0adc0&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239123000230-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80816572","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":"Retraction notice to \"Effects of different PETTLEP imagery training methods on high school basketball players' jump-shot performance, self-confidence and anxiety\" [Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology Volume 2, Issue 2, September 2022, Pages 114-121]","authors":"Ting-Hong Chien , Jo-Yun Chen , Szu-Yu Chen , Li-Kang Chi","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 2","pages":"Page 144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239123000060/pdfft?md5=756120312bfe98ea6564bca9fcb2694e&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239123000060-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85293878","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}
Shebe Siwei Xu , Kiko Leung , Thomson Wai Lung Wong , Kien Hoa Kevin Chung , Derwin K.C. Chan
{"title":"Physical activity and health-related fitness among Chinese older women: A test of self-determination theory","authors":"Shebe Siwei Xu , Kiko Leung , Thomson Wai Lung Wong , Kien Hoa Kevin Chung , Derwin K.C. Chan","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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 from self-determination theory (SDT) and physical activity levels, as well as health-related fitness indices, in older Chinese women. We recruited 92 retired older women (range: 60–85 years; mean age ± SD: 71.74 ± 5.39 years) from Hong Kong, China. We assessed participants' motivations (autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, and amotivation) using the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire, and measured their moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and weekly walking using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. We also evaluated body fat (fat mass, fat percentage, and visceral fat) using the Tanita SC240MA, flexibility with the Back Scratch Test and Chair Sit-and-Reach Test, and muscle strength using the Five-Times Sit-to-Stand Test and \"Timed Up and Go\" Test. We analyzed the data using partial-least squares structural equation modeling with Warp PLS 8.0 software. The results showed that autonomous motivation was significantly and positively related to walking (β = .24, <em>p</em> < .01) and MVPA (β = .23, <em>p</em> < .01); controlled motivation was negatively associated with walking (β = -.26, <em>p</em> < .01) and positively associated with MVPA (β = .21, <em>p</em> < .05); and amotivation was significantly and negatively associated with walking and MVPA (β = -.17, <em>p</em> <.05; β = -.16, <em>p</em> < .05). The results also generally suggest that a higher PA level is linked to better health-related fitness. However, the expected indirect effects of motivation on health-related fitness outcomes were not statistically significant. Our results support SDT in explaining older women's participation in physical activity. Although physically active older women were more likely to be physically fitter, motivation in physical activity did not exert significant indirect effects on all health-related fitness outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 107-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239123000242/pdfft?md5=8f0e9755122471f1992973159d4a6fb9&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239123000242-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76109844","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}
Arto Gråstén , C. K. John Wang , Mikko Huhtiniemi , Timo Jaakkola
{"title":"Stability and transitions in school-aged children's physical education need satisfaction profiles: A latent transition analysis","authors":"Arto Gråstén , C. K. John Wang , Mikko Huhtiniemi , Timo Jaakkola","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2022.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2022.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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 (girls 573, boys 548) Finnish school children. The self-report data were assessed using identical procedures from 2017 to 2020. Three latent need satisfaction profiles were identified: Low, Mid, and High need satisfactions. Transitions mainly occurred between grade 5 and 6 in elementary school, after which the profile memberships remained relatively stable. The profile memberships were not school- or PE group dependent over time. These results indicate that school-based actions to achieve a positive impact on need satisfaction development could already be commenced in the early school years, as it may be more challenging to induce positive changes in student behaviours after children have transitioned to middle school.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 74-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239122000351/pdfft?md5=10e67f00ab554be853afeff3b7f506f2&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239122000351-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78843187","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}
Zoe M. Griffith , Rabia Majeed , Kaylyn McAnally , Martin S. Hagger
{"title":"Psychological mediators of relations between socio-structural variables and physical activity: A proposed mechanistic model","authors":"Zoe M. Griffith , Rabia Majeed , Kaylyn McAnally , Martin S. Hagger","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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 incidence of mental health conditions. However, a substantive majority the global population does not participate in sufficient physical activity to confer these health benefits, and inactivity levels are particularly high in underrepresented and disadvantaged minority groups, as indicated by negative associations between physical activity participation and socio-structural variables (e.g., socioeconomic status, income, education, health literacy). In addition, evidence suggests that participation in health behaviors such as physical activity partially mediates the association between these sociodemographic variables and health outcomes. We propose a process model specifying a candidate mechanism that may explain the association between socio-structural variables that represent disparity and health behaviors such as physical activity. Specifically, we propose a model in which beliefs such as attitudes, subjective norms, risk perceptions, and self-efficacy mediate associations between socio-structural variables and physical activity participation. After proposing the basic tenets of the model, we provide several examples illustrating the proposed effects for socio-structural variables including socioeconomic status and income, education, and health literacy in Asian contexts, and outline how these effects should be interpreted. We conclude by outlining the theoretical and practical relevance of these findings, and how they may inform interventions aimed at having adaptive effects on health outcomes by promoting physical activity participation and assisting in reducing health behavior disparities in Asian populations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 82-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667239123000291/pdfft?md5=bb328b5848b292e66b95783920b1d3b6&pid=1-s2.0-S2667239123000291-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135434073","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":"Boosting the study of judgment and decision-making (JDM) in Asia","authors":"Michael Bar-Eli , Ronnie Lidor , Elia Morgulev","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50200012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Penalty kicks as cross-fertilization: On the economic psychology of sports","authors":"Ofer H. Azar, Michael Bar-Eli","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2022.09.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2022.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>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 goalkeeper's behavior and its relation to the concept of mixed strategy Nash Equilibrium. The main idea is that both players should not follow a predictable strategy, and therefore should choose different strategies over time. We also review the action bias of goalkeepers in penalty kicks, which results in them almost always jumping to one of the sides although staying in the goal's center is in fact a good strategy given the empirical distribution of kicks. We then turn to the order effect in penalty shootouts, and the debate to what extent kicking first gives the team an advantage in the shootout. These topics illustrate the opportunities offered by interdisciplinary research that combines sports with social sciences such as economics and psychology. While this interdisciplinary literature has grown significantly in recent years, research opportunities in this area abound and we hope that this article will encourage the readers to contribute to it.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 8-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50200009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Success breeds success: Physiological, psychological, and economic perspectives of momentum (hot hand)","authors":"Elia Morgulev","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajsep.2023.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The literature on <em>momentum</em> (<em>hot hand</em>) is broad and diverse, and is addressed in a range of fields, including sports, marketing, finance, politics, and even warfare. Yet this term is readily (and often uncritically) borrowed across domains, to simply refer to serial dependency in data. As such, researchers may conveniently use the concept of momentum as a framework for study of <em>streakiness</em> in their given field, without specifying that each type of momentum differs greatly in terms of its underlying mechanisms (i.e., mediators). The field of judgment and decision-making (JDM) is an additional domain in which momentum has become a highly debated topic. In this paper, I consider the <em>success-breeds-success</em> phenomenon in sports competitions, and elaborate on three groups of mediators: (1) In biology, researchers are greatly interested in physiological responses to success in agnostic encounters (among both animals and humans), known as the <em>winner effect</em>; (2) In psychology, efficacy, motivation, concentration, and determination have been proposed as mediators of the <em>success-breeds-success</em> phenomenon; (3) In economics, according to game theory, early success in competitions can shift players’ net value of winning, namely, increasing or decreasing incentives for investing additional efforts. Based on these three theoretical perspectives, in this paper I advocate for the use of <em>psychophysiological momentum</em> with regards to sports competitions, while attempting to reconcile the longstanding debate about momentum that is seen in JDM-related literature.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"3 1","pages":"Pages 3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50200011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}