Maria Kavussanu , Shuge Zhang , Qing Tang , Jennifer Cumming , Thomas Mackman
{"title":"Mental health in athletes: Does authentic leadership matter?","authors":"Maria Kavussanu , Shuge Zhang , Qing Tang , Jennifer Cumming , Thomas Mackman","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102617","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent research has attested to the prevalence of mental health issues in sport, and the need to identify factors that could promote athletes’ mental health. In this study, we investigated: (a) whether authentic leadership is associated with athletes’ mental health directly and indirectly via psychological capital and prosocial and antisocial behaviour experienced from one’s teammates; and (b) whether the hypothesized model testing these relationships is the same in higher versus lower competitive level athletes. We examined two dimensions of mental health, namely positive mental health and mental illness. A total of 751 athletes (<em>M</em>age = 22.92, <em>SD</em> = 8.53; 294 female) from a range of sports completed a multi-section questionnaire administered via an online survey. Path analysis showed that authentic leadership was positively related to positive mental health via psychological capital and prosocial behaviour and negatively linked to mental illness via psychological capital and antisocial behaviour. The effects of authentic leadership on positive mental health via prosocial teammate behaviour and subsequently psychological capital, and on mental illness via prosocial teammate behaviour, were stronger in higher compared to lower competitive level athletes. The findings suggest that by adopting an authentic leadership style coaches could strengthen athletes’ positive mental health and protect them from mental illness. This may happen by increasing athletes’ psychological capital and prosocial behaviour within the team and decreasing antisocial behaviour within the team.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224000281/pdfft?md5=53b5d12f40b8409df2a563606ad10138&pid=1-s2.0-S1469029224000281-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140309110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ambra Bisio , Marco Panascì , Vittoria Ferrando , Andrea Albergoni , Piero Ruggeri , Emanuela Faelli
{"title":"Warm-up plus verbal communications administered as placebo procedure during the training session improves running performance","authors":"Ambra Bisio , Marco Panascì , Vittoria Ferrando , Andrea Albergoni , Piero Ruggeri , Emanuela Faelli","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102633","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102633","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of this study was to investigate the effects on running performance of a within-session placebo procedure consisting of a conditioning treatment plus verbal communications. Twenty-six subjects were assigned to PLACEBO and CONTROL groups. Participants performed three sessions: Session 1-Cooper Test, Session 2-Baseline session and Session 3-Experimental session. During Session 2, participants performed a sprint-interval-training (SIT)-until-exhaustion preceded by a general warm-up, while in Session3 the SIT was preceded by a conditioning treatment (FIFA11+ warm-up), known to be effective in preventing injuries but not improving performance. Moreover, in Session3, only the PLACEBO group received verbal suggestions (before the warm-up) to influence participants' expectations about FIFA11+ effectiveness in improving performance, and deceptive feedback (during each SIT recovery bout) to increase the conditioning effect. To evaluate performance improvements, Running Time was chosen as a main outcome while to ensure participants reached exhaustion, physiological and metabolic responses were monitored. Total running distance (TRD) was also measured. Results showed that, Running Time and TRD significantly increased in the PLACEBO group whilst no differences in the CONTROL group were observed thus, suggesting the effectiveness of the within-session-placebo procedure in improving running performance. These findings shed a new light on the interaction between cognitive domain and performance, thus encouraging coaches to adopt this innovative method during the training protocol to enhance athletes’ performance. Moreover, this placebo procedure, not requiring additional time, tools or resources, could represent a more ecological approach that can be easily adopted in the field.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146902922400044X/pdfft?md5=35c980abeb0ffbe7f8861d33bc49379f&pid=1-s2.0-S146902922400044X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140320256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Passion and performance anxiety: How it affects the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in dancers","authors":"Justine Benoit-Piau , Nathaly Gaudreault , Robert Vallerand , Sylvie Fortin , Christine Guptill , Mélanie Morin","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102632","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>This study aimed to examine the association between the incidence of musculoskeletal disorder episodes (MDEs) and obsessive and harmonious passion as well as performance anxiety throughout a dance season, which lasted 38 weeks.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Prospective cohort study.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A total of 118 professional and preprofessional dancers were recruited and assessed at baseline, while 88 completed the follow-up. Their levels of passion and performance anxiety were assessed at the beginning of a dance season using the Passion Scale and the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory, respectively. To monitor the incidence of MDEs throughout a dance season, dancers were asked to complete a weekly electronic diary.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A higher level of obsessive passion was associated with a higher incidence of MDEs causing an interruption of dance activities (β = 0.264, p = 0.022). Harmonious passion and performance anxiety were not associated with MDEs throughout the season.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Findings of this study support the role of obsessive passion in the development of MDEs in dancers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140320255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chloe J. Woodhead, Faye F. Didymus, Alexandra J. Potts
{"title":"Interpersonal coping in sport: A systematic review","authors":"Chloe J. Woodhead, Faye F. Didymus, Alexandra J. Potts","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102631","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102631","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>To systematically search for, appraise, and synthesize peer-reviewed literature on interpersonal coping (IC) in sport.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>A systematic review adhering to PRISMA-P guidelines.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Systematic searches of CINAHL, PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, and SPORTDiscus were conducted. To be eligible for inclusion, papers had to be published in full in the English language in a peer-reviewed journal and had to contain empirical data that focused on IC among individuals in sport (i.e., athletes, coaches, sport parents, practitioners).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The final sample consisted of 28 studies (22 qualitative, five quantitative, one mixed methods) spanning from September 01, 1981 to July 10, 2023. The results highlight eight antecedents and facilitators of IC (closeness, commitment, communication, complementarity, cultural values, environment and situations, sharing of demands, support), three mediators and moderators of IC (appraisal of own and others’ emotions and or coping, gender, individuals within the relationship), and three outcomes of IC (performance, relationships, regulation or management of emotions). The findings were used to develop the first working definition of IC in sport.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>A volte-face of thought is needed to shift attention toward the interpersonal manifestation of coping. IC has wide-reaching implications for individuals, relationships, and other psychological constructs. Methodological innovation is needed to realize stepwise changes in intellectual and practical progress and to develop quantitative measures of IC. Coaches, family members, practitioners, and retired athletes are considerably underrepresented in research on IC. This systematic review offers a vantage point from which composed and coordinated action can be taken to develop research on IC.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224000426/pdfft?md5=a027ee65f237fe03eeb1f67043390893&pid=1-s2.0-S1469029224000426-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140290093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FEPSAC Newsletter","authors":"Réka Zsanett Bondár, Yago Ramis, Rita de Oliveira","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102629","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140321075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Radhika Butalia , Anthony Miller , Niklas K. Steffens , S. Alexander Haslam , Mark W. Bruner , Colin D. McLaren , Filip Boen , Matthew J. Slater , Kyle Dunn , Katrien Fransen
{"title":"Measuring leadership in sport: Development and validation of the Identity Leadership Inventory – Youth (ILI-Y)","authors":"Radhika Butalia , Anthony Miller , Niklas K. Steffens , S. Alexander Haslam , Mark W. Bruner , Colin D. McLaren , Filip Boen , Matthew J. Slater , Kyle Dunn , Katrien Fransen","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The social identity approach to leadership posits that leaders' effectiveness depends on their ability to represent, advance, create, and embed a shared sense of social identity among their followers. Although significant progress has been made in investigating the benefits of identity leadership in adult sports, research in youth sports is still in its infancy. One reason is the lack of a youth-centric inventory that adequately measures identity leadership in this population. To bridge this gap, we developed and validated a long (16 items) and short (5 items) version of the Identity Leadership Inventory for Youth Sport (ILI-Y or ILI-Y-Short-Form) through five studies conducted in three phases of research. Data were primarily collected in football in the United Kingdom, involving a total of 1096 participants. Results of Phase I of this study provided little to no evidence that the ILI – originally developed for adults – was understandable (Study 1) and had factor validity and internal consistency (Study 2) in a sample of youth athletes. Therefore, in Phase II, the ILI was revised, leading to the development of the ILI-Y, which was understandable for youth athletes (Study 3). Results from Phase II (Study 4) also indicated that the ILI-Y exhibited a unidimensional factor structure, which was subsequently confirmed in Phase III (Study 5). This last phase offered additional evidence for the discriminant, criterion, and incremental validity of the ILI-Y and its short form, along with their measurement invariance across genders and age groups, and internal consistency. This study provides sports psychology researchers and practitioners with a valid measure to assess identity leadership in youth sports.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140195335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henrique Brito, Henrique Lopes, Margarida Vaz de Carvalho, Daniel Carrilho, Adriano Carvalho, Duarte Araújo
{"title":"The effects of nature-based vs. indoor settings on the adaptability, performance and affect of calisthenics exercisers. A registered report","authors":"Henrique Brito, Henrique Lopes, Margarida Vaz de Carvalho, Daniel Carrilho, Adriano Carvalho, Duarte Araújo","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102626","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102626","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Comparisons of the beneficial effects of nature-based versus indoor physical activity have been extensively reported, but existing research addresses mainly aerobic activity (running, jogging), not resistance or mixed (aerobic and resistance) exercise. It is unclear if the psychological benefits extend to functionality, i.e., if participants perform their activities better in nature, and how movement is expressed in nature-based and indoor environments, during similar exercise. The present registered report was a randomized controlled trial investigating how engaging in similar resistance-based exercise (calisthenics) in nature-based and indoor settings differed in affective valence, perceived exertion, visual attention, movement adaptability, heart rate variability, and performance.</p><p>Nature-based exercisers (<em>N</em> = 51) showed increased performance output than indoor exercisers (<em>N</em> = 53) (<em>p</em> < 0.001). There were no group differences in affective valence, perceived exertion, or visual attention. However, psychological states of nature-based exercisers showed stronger associations to performance output (<em>r</em> < 0.33) than those of indoor exercisers (<em>r</em> < 0.03). Nature-based exercisers’ movement variability and structure, measured with non-linear and fractal techniques (Sample Entropy and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis), were more regular (<em>p</em> < 0.001) and more functionally adaptive (long-term Detrended Fluctuation Analysis, <em>p</em> = 0.022) to achieve better performance output. Heart rate variability measures were not different between groups.</p><p>Distinct environments can influence movement adaptability in a calisthenics exercise routine, and ultimately contribute to better performance. These results show how action is specific to task environment, and how action implies not only the task, but also the characteristics of the environment.</p></div><div><h3>Trial registration</h3><p>NCT05090501 (<span>Clinicaltrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg>). Registered October 21, 2021.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224000372/pdfft?md5=9a63c99c4a220424855246734e278889&pid=1-s2.0-S1469029224000372-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140141331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of task (un)certainty on repeated grip force production","authors":"Aviv Emanuel , Idan Haklay , Itai Har-Nir , Israel Halperin , Nira Liberman","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102618","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102618","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Many studies found that in physical tasks, reducing certainty regarding their endpoints hinders performance. However, the impact of reducing certainty regarding other aspects of physical tasks is unknown. Here we manipulated the certainty of the required effort on an unrelated, parallel task (i.e., <em>off-task uncertainty</em>) and examined how it impacts force production in two within-subject experiments (N = 79). In two sessions, subjects completed 20 repetitions composed of maximal forces using a gripper with their dominant hand. Between repetitions, participants applied either submaximal constant or varied grip forces, with their non-dominant arm, matched for total forces across repetitions. While we observed trivial differences in total forces between conditions, under the varied condition, participants produced a steeper decrease in forces, suggesting that off-task uncertainty impacted their effort allocation strategy. We speculate that this pattern can be attributed to cognitive overload and/or changes in motivation stemming from the imposed uncertainty.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140137629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effects of affect-guided interval training on pleasure, enjoyment, and autonomy: A registered report","authors":"Zachary Zenko , Eric E. Hall , Walter R. Bixby","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102611","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102611","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This registered report tested the effects of a novel exercise protocol, namely affect-guided interval training, on motivationally relevant variables of remembered pleasure, forecasted pleasure, enjoyment, and autonomy. Affect-guided interval training (AIT) consisted of 60-s intervals that alternated between the highest pleasant intensity and lowest pleasant intensity for 20 min; this was intended to minimize the potential displeasure of traditional high-intensity interval training. The novel protocol was compared to self-selected exercise intensity (30 min) and high-intensity interval training (60-s intervals for 20 min). All sessions were, on average, vigorous in intensity (80–89% peak heart rate). Data indicate that the AIT session was experienced as the most pleasant, had the most pleasant slope of affect, was remembered as the most pleasant, resulted in the most positive affective forecasts, and was the most enjoyable. Both the affect-guided interval session and self-selected exercise session resulted in greater autonomy than high-intensity interval training. Several evaluative and motivationally relevant variables, including (a) remembered pleasure, (b) enjoyment, and (c) forecasted pleasure were predicted by (a) experienced pleasure, the (b) pleasure experienced at the end of exercise, and (c) the slope of pleasure experienced throughout the exercise session. Overall, this study suggests that affect-guided interval training is a feasible and positive alternative that can be included as a viable option for exercise programming.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224000220/pdfft?md5=d3f23ede7dbb009280f7f9b09d6295b7&pid=1-s2.0-S1469029224000220-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140137628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Limmeroth , Hannah Pauly , Linda Schücker , Zachary Zenko , Norbert Hagemann
{"title":"Maintain your mind, maintain your focus: Effects of focused attention and intensity in experienced runners","authors":"Julia Limmeroth , Hannah Pauly , Linda Schücker , Zachary Zenko , Norbert Hagemann","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102616","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102616","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The intensity that people choose for their endurance activities has a major influence on their affective experience. Furthermore, the direction of attention (e.g., internal or external) during endurance activities may significantly influence performance and personal perceptions. Therefore, in the current study, we focus on the interaction between intensity and attentional focus. We aim to address the question of whether adopting an internal (IAF; breathing) or an external attentional focus (EAF; environment), compared to a control condition, leads in differences in speed, heart rate, and affect during running at different intensities in experienced runners. Data from 59 participants were analyzed (<em>M</em><sub><em>age</em></sub>: 26.95 (<em>SD</em> = 4.78) years; 34 male; 25 female). Participants ran 9 × 3 min in an outdoor park with three intensity conditions (light, somewhat hard, hard) and three attention conditions (internal, external, control). Intensity, but not attentional focus, impacted affective responses. Results revealed a significant interaction between attentional focus and intensity on heart rate (<em>p</em> < 0.001, <em>ω</em><sup><em>2</em></sup><em>p</em> = 0.199): during the somewhat hard intensity, the control focus condition was significantly lower compared the internal and external attentional focus conditions. Additionally, we used exploratory multilevel models (MLM). In the best-fitting MLM of heart rate, 45% of the variance is attributed to differences between athletes, and thus 55% of the variance within athletes. Furthermore, the model indicated that athletes running at a somewhat hard intensity and maintaining an EAF (<em>b</em> = 7.69) or IAF (<em>b</em> = 6.36) had an increase in heart rate compared to the control condition. We speculate that simultaneously monitoring effort and following an attentional instruction was such a difficult task that led to a favorable effect for the control condition. In practice, this could mean that the implementation of an unfamiliar focus of attention, for example, initially requires additional energy expenditure.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146902922400027X/pdfft?md5=2b10b04f9058e2dd09537f5f5e0e6670&pid=1-s2.0-S146902922400027X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139992266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}