Chang-Ha Im,Sung Hyeon Cheon,Kyoung-Eun Yoo,Yong-Gwan Song,Johnmarshall Reeve,Youngsun Lee,Hye-Ryen Jang
{"title":"Physical Education Students Can Create a More Supportive Learning Environment for Themselves: Reciprocal Relations Between Agentic Engagement and Peer Support.","authors":"Chang-Ha Im,Sung Hyeon Cheon,Kyoung-Eun Yoo,Yong-Gwan Song,Johnmarshall Reeve,Youngsun Lee,Hye-Ryen Jang","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0324","url":null,"abstract":"Engagement-students' active involvement in learning activities-enables achievement and is enabled by interpersonal support. In a physical education class, one's teacher and one's classmates potentially provide such interpersonal support. The present study focused specifically on agentic engagement (the student's constructive input into the learning environment) and on peer support (one's classmates' effort encouragement, improvement focus, and relatedness support) to propose and test a reciprocal effects model in which agentic engagement and peer support positively facilitated each other over time. In a preregistered, three-wave, within-person survey study, 740 South Korean secondary students (41.6% females; Mage = 15.4) from 24 physical education classes completed the same questionnaire at the beginning, middle, and end of an 18-week semester. We tested for reciprocal effects, using a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model. Peer-directed agentic engagement prospectively predicted subsequent perceived supportive peer climate (B = 0.32, SE = 0.10, t = 3.29, p = .001), and perceived supportive peer climate prospectively predicted subsequent peer-directed agentic engagement (B = 0.20, SE = 0.06, t = 3.51, p < .001). These findings suggest a mutually facilitative process in physical education in which a student's agentic contributions into their peer interactions and their perceptions of peer support during those interactions prospectively, reciprocally, and positively facilitate each other over time.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"36 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148393580","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}
Benjamin J I Schellenberg,Jérémie Verner-Filion,Patrick Gaudreau
{"title":"Lay Beliefs About the Impact of Reminiscing About Sport Milestones on Future Performance.","authors":"Benjamin J I Schellenberg,Jérémie Verner-Filion,Patrick Gaudreau","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0321","url":null,"abstract":"Competitive athletes often avoid reminiscing about the milestones they reach as they pursue their goals in sport. We conducted four studies that showed that one reason for this may be the reminiscing-is-debilitating belief-the tendency for people to believe that reminiscing about milestones causes worse future performance. Basketball fans and players (total N = 1,029) read scenarios about athletes who had reached a milestone and were continuing to pursue an ultimate goal. Our results showed that people believed that athletes should reminisce about the milestone for a shorter amount of time to help their future performance (Study 1) and that athletes who were portrayed as reminiscing about their milestone accomplishments were expected to perform worse in a subsequent competition due the expectation that reminiscing reduces preparedness for, and commitment toward, ultimate goals (Studies 2-4). These findings help explain why many athletes avoid maximizing their positive feelings after milestone successes.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147743894","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}
Kelley Strohacker,Adam H Ibrahim,Cory T Beaumont,Jannika M John,Jedediah Blanton,Dawn P Coe
{"title":"Exploring the Viability of Encouraging Person-Adaptive Exercise During a 2-Week Microcycle: A Mixed-Method Study of Flexible Nonlinear Periodization.","authors":"Kelley Strohacker,Adam H Ibrahim,Cory T Beaumont,Jannika M John,Jedediah Blanton,Dawn P Coe","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0211","url":null,"abstract":"Flexible nonlinear periodization (FNLP) is a form of exercise programming that encourages individuals to acutely match exercise demand to their physical and mental resource availability. It is unclear how exercise is chosen and experienced by individuals following this invitation. This mixed-method study aimed to understand the viability of FNLP-based exercise. Twenty-four participants initiated pre- and postexercise surveys when asked to engage in FNLP for 14 days. Each participant was interviewed to review visualized survey data and elaborate on reasonings for and consequences of their decisions. Integrated quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis to generate patterns of meaning. Resource-concordant decisions were perceived to support recovery, training overload, and novel activities. Resource-discordant decisions were made to distract from stressors, for social engagement, or in response to self-imposed expectations. Experiences were neither universally pleasant nor unpleasant. Findings begin to disentangle the complexity of exercise behavior and inform FNLP refinement.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147743842","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":"Does the Exerciser Stereotype Apply to Autistic Persons With Intellectual Disabilities? Influence of the Level of Sport Participation.","authors":"Laure-Anne Seytor,Fabienne d'Arripe-Longueville,Corentin Clément-Guillotin","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0212","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined whether information about sport participation influences stereotypes associated with autistic persons with intellectual disabilities, focusing on the warmth and competence dimensions of stereotype content and their facets. Participants (N = 325, Mage = 26.09), primarily students without self-reported disability, completed an online experiment using a between-subjects randomized design. Participants read a vignette describing an autistic person with intellectual disabilities, in which sport participation was manipulated (elite, recreational, or control). Participants then rated the target on perceived warmth and competence using 30-item scales including facet subscales. Results showed significant effects of sport participation on perceived competence: F(2, 322) = 52.66, p < .001, ηp2=.25. The elite athlete was perceived as more competent than both the recreational and control targets. The recreational athlete was rated higher that the control target. These findings suggest that sport participation may shape social perceptions of autism, although field studies are needed to examine real-world effects.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"27 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147702055","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":"How Does Sport Fantasy Associate With Psychological Distress in British Universities and Colleges Sport Athletes? The Role of Deflated Reality in Sport Matters.","authors":"Zhu Zhang,Zhicheng Pan,Shenhao Li,Zhuoying Fan,Shuge Zhang","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0177","url":null,"abstract":"Mental health problems are still prevalent in sport, and their early symptoms often appear as nonspecific psychological distress. While research in the general population has unveiled both \"dark\" and \"bright\" sides of fantasy, knowledge is scarce regarding how sport fantasy proneness affects psychological distress. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that how sport fantasy affects psychological distress depends on athletes' perception of deflated reality. Using a sample of 397 British Universities and Colleges Sport players, we demonstrated a stronger support for the \"mitigating hypothesis\" (i.e., fantasy \"mitigates\" psychological distress as deflated reality increases) than the \"magnifying hypothesis\" (i.e., fantasy \"magnifies\" psychological distress as deflated reality increases), even after adjusting for athlete psychological strain. The findings suggest that sports fantasy is not necessarily a bad thing, and deflated reality may serve as a \"catalyst\" for sports fantasy. Future research should consider more proximal factors underlying sport fantasy and deflated reality for athletes' mental health.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"319 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147684708","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}
Chelsi Ricketts,Leapetswe Malete,Nicholas D Myers,Catherine M Sabiston
{"title":"Body Acceptance by Others in Sport: Psychometric Evaluation of a Teammate-Adapted Version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 in Botswana Athletes.","authors":"Chelsi Ricketts,Leapetswe Malete,Nicholas D Myers,Catherine M Sabiston","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0290","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the dimensionality of scores from a teammate-adapted version of the Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2, measurement invariance by sex, and theoretically convergent correlations with positive body image constructs were examined in Botswana athletes. Cross-sectional data from 508 athletes who completed the modified Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2, and measures of body and functionality appreciation were analyzed. Exploratory structural equation modeling supported a three-factor solution representing perceived unconditional body acceptance by teammates, perceived positive body regard by teammates, and perceived teammate support for body acceptance, which was invariant by sex. The three latent factors exhibited significant, positive correlations with body and functionality appreciation. These findings challenge the unidimensional assumption of Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2 scores, providing evidence for a multidimensional structure in sport. In Botswana's collectivistic context, athletes may gauge body acceptance from teammates through feeling accepted, supported, and noticing behaviors that signal acceptance, presenting noteworthy implications for supporting positive body image in sport.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147641428","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":"The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Facial Affect Recognition in Older Adults Versus Younger Adults.","authors":"Samantha L DuBois,Jennifer L Etnier","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0287","url":null,"abstract":"The ability to recognize emotional facial expressions is integral to social interactions. Older adults experience declines in facial affect recognition (FAR), which can negatively impact their psychosocial functioning and health. As prior research indicates regular physical activity can reduce age-related cognitive declines, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity and FAR performance in younger and older adults. Physical activity was assessed via self-report. A computerized FAR task was used to measure accuracy and response time. Results showed no age difference in FAR accuracy, but older adults had significantly slower FAR response times for correct responses. In addition, age group moderated the relationship between physical activity and FAR, whereby a greater amount of weekly physical activity was associated with faster FAR response times only for older adults. This suggests that physical activity may mitigate age-related declines in the ability to quickly and accurately recognize emotional facial expressions.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147630237","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}
Verity B Pratt,Andrew P Hill,Daniel J Madigan,Sanna M Nordin-Bates,Garcia Ashdown-Franks
{"title":"A Continuously Cumulating Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Orthorexia in Exercisers.","authors":"Verity B Pratt,Andrew P Hill,Daniel J Madigan,Sanna M Nordin-Bates,Garcia Ashdown-Franks","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0145","url":null,"abstract":"A recent meta-analysis found that perfectionism was related to orthorexia (obsessive healthy eating). However, the meta-analysis included only three samples from the sport and exercise domain, so estimates were imprecise and, for perfectionistic concerns, unclear. We conducted a continuously cumulating meta-analysis to update these estimates. Following a preregistered protocol, with open data and code, we recruited three samples-255 gym members (age: 32.92 years, SD = 8.58), 297 functional athletes (age: 33.89 years, SD = 8.65), and 278 runners (age: 41.15 years, SD = 13.14). Reanalysis of meta-analytical effects incorporating these samples (total N = 1,717) showed that orthorexia had a medium, positive relationship with perfectionistic strivings (r+ = .31, 95% CI [.15, .46]) and a small-to-medium positive, relationship with perfectionistic concerns (r+ = .26, 95% CI [.11, .40]). The findings confirm that both dimensions of perfectionism are potential risk factors for orthorexia in the sport and exercise domain.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"20 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147630238","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":"Division I Athletes Developing an Unmastered Sport Skill in a Caring/Task-Involving Climate Versus Ego-Involving Climate Try Harder, Have More Fun, and Report Greater State Self-Esteem.","authors":"Candace M Hogue,Yugo Yamaoka","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0207","url":null,"abstract":"This experimental investigation examined whether the motivational climate created by coaches during a sport clinic impacts Division I athletes' (N = 39; Mage = 20.40 years) motivation and state self-esteem while developing an unmastered skill (i.e., free-throw shooting). Affect was assessed pre- and postclinic. Effort, enjoyment, and social and performance self-esteem were assessed postclinic only. Individual items gauged whether athletes felt that the climate they were immersed in helps optimize their performance and athlete potential. The group in the caring, task-involving climate reported more advantageous responses during the free-throw clinic compared with those in the ego-involving climate. They also reported that they felt that the coaching environment was a more optimal coaching climate. This research addresses a gap in the literature by utilizing an experimental design to assess Division I athlete responses to the coaching climate; however, readers should consider that basketball was not the participants' primary sport.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"51 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147489921","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}
James Harrison,Matt Watts,Julius Ylänne,Joe Causer
{"title":"Transferability of Quiet Eye Training Improvements to Novel Aiming Tasks.","authors":"James Harrison,Matt Watts,Julius Ylänne,Joe Causer","doi":"10.1123/jsep.2025-0200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2025-0200","url":null,"abstract":"Quiet eye (QE) characteristics are trainable; however, little is known about the transferability into novel aiming tasks. The current study examines transfer from a dart throwing task to a beanbag throwing task. Twenty-four participants were assigned to either a QE training (QET) or technical training group. Participants completed a pretest, acquisition phase, posttest, and transfer, each with three difficultly conditions. Both groups decreased their error from pre- to posttest, but the QET group decreased error by significantly more. The QET group reported lower error scores and longer QE across the three difficulty conditions, whereas the technical training group decreased performance in the hard condition. In the transfer test, the QET group reported significantly lower error and longer QE than the technical training group. QET improvements learned in one task can be transferred to novel tasks, although task demands and processing requirements may impact the effectiveness of this transfer.","PeriodicalId":501398,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"15 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147350271","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}