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{"title":"Differential associations between physical activity and affect in the context of daily life: Insights from a daily diary study of adolescent girls","authors":"Iman F. Khan ,&nbsp;Jessica M. Dollar ,&nbsp;Jaclyn P. Maher","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adolescent girls experience higher rates of physical inactivity and affective disorders compared to their male peers. Yet, few studies have used intensive longitudinal methods to explore relations between physical activity and affect in the context of daily life in this population. Further, most research investigating within-person relations between physical activity and affect have not differentiated between levels of activation in positive or negative affect constructs.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Adolescent girls (n = 66, 12–18 years) completed a 28-day daily diary study. Each evening, girls reported their moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and affect for that day. Daily composite scores for positive activated and deactivated affect as well as negative activated and deactivated affect were created. Multilevel models regressed daily affect on between- and within-person MVPA, controlling for the previous day's affect.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>At the within-person level, on days when girls engaged in more MVPA than was typical for them, they reported an increase in positive activated affect (<em>B</em> = 0.13, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.01), and negative deactivated affect (<em>B</em> = 0.02, <em>p</em> = 0.04), but a decrease in positive deactivated affect (<em>B</em> = −0.02, <em>p</em> = 0.02) on those days. At the between-person level, girls who tended to engage in more MVPA overall, reported more positive activated affect (<em>B</em> = 0.04, <em>p</em> = 0.04).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Accounting for activation in conceptualizations of affect reveals nuances in associations between daily physical activity and affect among adolescent girls. Future research should examine these processes within and across days to better understand acute relations between physical activity and affect in diverse adolescent girls.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103039"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145644144","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":"Communal coping in high-level sports teams: A mixed-method investigation","authors":"Kevin Mahot ,&nbsp;Emilie Pété ,&nbsp;Noémie Lienhart ,&nbsp;Julie Doron","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103059","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103059","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Communal coping, defined as collectively perceiving and addressing stressors as “our problem,” plays a critical role in teams’ ability to manage stressful situations. By using a mixed-method approach this study examined (1) the extent to which athletes share their appraisals of stressful match situations, (2) the degree to which they perceive coping strategies as collectively enacted, and (3) psychosocial and contextual factors that may facilitate or hinder these shared processes. Forty-nine elite athletes from four high-level sports teams (basketball, football, and ice hockey) participated in this study. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, whereas qualitative data from the focus groups were analyzed using thematic analysis. The quantitative results indicated variability in athletes' shared appraisals of stress intensity and revealed differential use of communal coping strategies across teams and situations. Focus groups provided in-depth qualitative insights into the factors that influenced these processes. The findings highlight that communal coping is a complex social phenomenon influenced by communication, leadership, emotional expression, and environmental contexts such as competition stakes and timing. This study underscores the necessity for mixed methods approaches in future communal coping research, especially in ecological settings, emphasizing both shared appraisal and communal action dimensions. Recommendations for future research include employing larger samples, evaluating both primary and secondary appraisals, and explicitly examining perceptions of stress ownership to enhance understanding of communal coping among sports teams.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103059"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145852125","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":"“It's not Fair!”: Multisensory reaction time differences between D/deaf and hearing populations in athletics starting systems","authors":"Elizabeth R. Steele ,&nbsp;Gavin P. Lawrence ,&nbsp;Michael A. Khan ,&nbsp;Eleri S. Jones ,&nbsp;Elizabeth A. Purbrick ,&nbsp;Victoria M. Gottwald","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>When competing alongside hearing athletes in athletics, D/deaf athletes are typically faced with variable starting systems (e.g., lights, flags, vibrating armbands), which run concurrently with an auditory stimulus to encourage inclusion. However, a lack of consistency with regards to technologies adopted has led to inequitable opportunities for fast reaction times (RTs) between D/deaf and hearing athletes. Given that RT is a critical element of performance in sprint events, the aim of the current series of studies was to determine whether current starting systems present a disadvantage for D/deaf athletes. We tested RT differences between unimodal and bimodal – auditory, visual, and haptic stimuli across D/deaf and hearing populations in lab-based (Study 1) and field-based (Study 2) environments. Analyses for Studies 1 and 2 confirmed RT advantages for individuals able to access bimodal stimuli (e.g., hearing athletes accessing both auditory and visual stimuli). Findings support a visual-haptic configuration as the most equitable (and fastest) stimulus composition between populations. We then used semi-structured interviews (Study 3) to comprehensively explore the insights and experiences of existing starting systems from key personnel (e.g., athletes, coaches, NGBs). Three themes were developed using reflexive thematic analysis: (1) knowing when to go – experiences of starting systems; (2) organisational challenges; and (3) from awareness to action. Across the three studies, we provide insights into the limitations of current practice that culminates in a series of applied recommendations. Findings may be instrumental in informing UK Athletics and World Athletics policy regulations around starting systems to improve equity for D/deaf athletes.<span><figure><span><img><ol><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download high-res image (42KB)</span></span></span></li><li><span><span>Download: <span>Download full-size image</span></span></span></li></ol></span></figure></span></div></div><div><h3>Note</h3><div>For a British Sign Language version of the abstract scan the QR code.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103038"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145598205","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 role of personal identity for sports and exercise across the life span: Mediating processes and determinants","authors":"Klaus Rothermund","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this article, I discuss the role of personal identity for engagement in physical exercise. While being a most powerful determinant of an individual's level of physical exercise, the identity of a person is still a distal predictor that does not immediately translate into specific behaviours. Important questions thus relate to the processes that mediate effects of personal identity on behaviour and developmental outcomes. Cybernetic models focusing on negative feedback loops (discrepancy detection and corrective processes) provide only a limited understanding of these processes, and have to be complemented with other motivational accounts that specify a more proactive role for identity in the selection of goals and in seeking and engaging in opportunities to become physically active. Furthermore, to increase the potential of identity-related theories for the development of interventions, it is necessary to reflect on the determinants of identity in the domain of physical activity. Processes of accommodation and internalization figure prominently in explaining differences in activity-related identities, especially in later phases of life where many individuals internalize negative age stereotypes of being incapable of physical activity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103035"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145558866","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":"A mixed-methods exploration of how shared athlete leadership influences teamwork","authors":"Eesha J. Shah ,&nbsp;Rachel Arnold ,&nbsp;Lee Moore ,&nbsp;Olivia Lyon-Monk ,&nbsp;Desmond McEwan","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103060","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Empowered athlete leadership may bolster teamwork, while poor leadership might compromise it—yet, <em>how</em> shared athlete leadership influences teamwork remains unclear. In this embedded mixed-methods study, we explored perceptions of how shared athlete leadership and athlete leaders might influence teamwork. In the first qualitative phase, we conducted seven focus groups with three sport teams (<em>n</em> = 24, 50 % female, <em>M</em>_Age = 19.9 years). We then used social network analyses to assess the perceived quality of all team members on their task, motivational, social, and external leadership, thereby identifying the four highest-rated athlete leaders whom we invited for interviews in the second qualitative phase. In that second qualitative phase, we conducted one-to-one interviews with athlete leaders. Using deductive framework analysis to analyze all qualitative data, we generated four themes. First, social leadership was believed to lay the groundwork for effective teamwork. Second, task and motivational leadership were perceived to regulate team performance by driving teamwork execution, evaluation, and adjustment. Third, task and external leaders were thought to support or hinder coaches' efforts to facilitate teamwork. Fourth, formal and informal leaders were believed to spread teamwork by setting positive examples for teammates to follow. Overall, our research suggests that the perceived influence of athlete leadership on teamwork is nuanced, with various leadership roles and behaviors impacting teamwork in different ways. Teams could foster effective teamwork by encouraging social and motivational leadership to be shown by all members and appointing high-quality task and external leaders to support coaches’ efforts to facilitate teamwork.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103060"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145835924","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":"Progress or performance in anti-doping (social science) research? A critical reflection on achievements and future directions","authors":"Andrea Petróczi ,&nbsp;Cornelia Blank","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103052","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103052","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Over the past 25 years, anti-doping research has grown substantially in scope and visibility, yet its progress has been uneven. This commentary challenges the field's self-perception of advancement, arguing that despite notable achievements, conceptual blind spots and structural inertia continue to constrain meaningful innovation.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analysed doping-related studies published in <em>Psychology of Sport and Exercise</em> - the field's flagship journal - as a core sample and critically reflected on the invited expert narrative review (Backhouse &amp; Patterson, 2025). Our analysis examined the field's empirical achievements and theoretical developments, with particular attention to its limitations, gaps, methodological and structural barriers, and emerging opportunities for future research.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>While both analyses showed that scholarship has matured from individualistic toward systemic perspectives, progress remains hindered by methodological conservatism, WEIRD-centric (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and Democratic) bias, limited cross-cultural engagement and dominance of sub-elite samples. Foundational constructs such as attitudes, motivations, values, vulnerability, as well as doping and clean sport behaviours, remain under-theorised and inconsistently operationalised. Continued reliance on familiar frameworks and short-term agendas, combined with fragmented policy translation, traps psychology of doping and anti-doping research in rhetoric over real progress, risking the reinforcement of the very hierarchies and blind spots it seeks to address.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The field must confront its own epistemic comfort zones. Future progress demands research capacity-building in underrepresented regions, theoretical diversification beyond established psychological models, blue-sky research agendas, and genuine co-creation with affected communities. Viewing doping as a <em>wicked problem</em> that is complex, value-laden, and politically contested should replace reductionist framings that oversimplify behaviour and morality into binary choices. Embracing methodological pluralism, epistemic diversity, and structural self-scrutiny is essential if anti-doping (social science) research is to evolve from chronicling problems to producing ethically grounded, context-sensitive answers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103052"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145727839","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":"Psychology of sport and exercise 25th anniversary special issue","authors":"Stuart Biddle","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2026.103062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2026.103062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103062"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145919459","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":"Operating under pressure: A scoping review on stress, anxiety, and coping in sport officials","authors":"Maria Luisa F. Pereira Vargas ,&nbsp;Ian J. Cunningham ,&nbsp;Duncan R.D. Mascarenhas ,&nbsp;Phil Sullivan ,&nbsp;Megan N. Holden ,&nbsp;Tori B. Carter ,&nbsp;David J. Hancock","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Officials experience a range of external (e.g., abuse, peer conflict, competition pressures) and internal stressors (e.g., fear of making mistakes). Despite the importance of officials, and their pressurized work environment leaving them susceptible to stress, a thorough review of stress, anxiety, and coping in this population has yet to be conducted. As such, the aim of this review is to map existing research on stress, anxiety, and coping in officials and thereby identify gaps in the literature. Following the framework by Arksey and O'Malley (2005), four databases were searched for articles that met inclusion criteria. Fifty-three articles were included in this scoping review which were conducted across 19 countries and included diverse samples in terms of officiating level and age. However, of the total 10,341 participants, only 8.8 % were women. Synthesized article findings highlight that officials experience multiple stressors which were situational, relational, and/or organizational in nature. Officials attempted to combat stress and anxiety through various coping strategies, but approach-coping was deemed to be the most useful. The consequences of stress, anxiety, and an inability to cope included poor decision making and performance, burnout, and intentions to quit. Although findings present valuable insights into stress and coping in officials, 32 % of research was conducted pre-2000, meaning the current body of literature may not reflect how stress is experienced by officials in modern sporting environments. Future researchers should broaden study scope, employ more qualitative study designs, and diversify participant sampling.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103057"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790227","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":"Examining coping among adolescent athletes in an intensive training centre: A profile analysis","authors":"Fabien Varenne ,&nbsp;Noémie Lienhart ,&nbsp;Julie Doron","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2026.103064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2026.103064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Intensive training exposes adolescent athletes to numerous stressors, presenting both challenges to be overcome and opportunities. The athletes' ability to cope with stress and maintain effective social interactions is essential to preserving well-being and performance. Using a person-centred approach, this study had three objectives: (a) identify the coping profiles of adolescent athletes in intensive training centres, (b) examine the influence of perceived social support on profile membership, and (c) characterise the adaptive nature of these profiles in relation to stress perception, subjective performance, well-being and emotions. A sample of 461 adolescent athletes (female = 59 %; <em>M</em>_age = 17 ± 1.3) competing at national (82 %) or international (18 %) levels, completed a questionnaire on perceived availability and satisfaction with parental and coach support, individual coping, stress perceptions, subjective performance, well-being and emotions. The results yielded four distinct coping profiles, whose membership varied according to perceived social support: low-, engaged-, moderate- and disengaged coping profiles. The MANOVA revealed differences in stress perception, subjective performance, well-being and emotions across coping profiles, with the disengaged profile standing out for its particularly low levels of well-being, pleasant emotion direction and subjective performance, and high levels of unpleasant emotion intensity and direction. These results enhance understanding of adolescent athletes' coping profiles in intensive training centres and highlight the role of their entourage in helping them manage stress effectively. They confirm the multidimensional nature of coping and provide valuable guidance to athletes’ support networks on how to offer appropriate support in their pursuit of excellence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103064"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145954536","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":"Bridging research and practice in the psychology of doping in sport: Reflections and future directions","authors":"Susan H. Backhouse,&nbsp;Laurie B. Patterson","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Doping in sport remains a persistent global challenge, eroding sporting integrity, athlete welfare, and public trust. Over the past 25 years, psychological research on doping has progressed from individual-level explanations to embracing more nuanced, systemic perspectives. This narrative review synthesises key developments in the field, addressing definitional ambiguities, dominant theoretical frameworks, and emerging trends in anti-doping research. Social cognitive theories have been particularly influential, with meta-analytic evidence highlighting psychosocial predictors such as attitudes, perceived norms, and supplement use. However, the field remains constrained by a reliance on proxy measures of behaviour and a narrow conceptualisation of doping, typically defined as the use of prohibited substances. This review calls for a broader understanding of the behavioural violations that constitute doping, alongside a shift toward systemic thinking and transdisciplinary collaboration. It emphasises the need to engage with the lived experiences of athletes and support personnel, and to design behaviourally targeted, context-sensitive interventions. Meaningful progress depends not only intervention content but also on their alignment with the lived realities of those involved in sport. Future research priorities include co-created, theory-informed interventions, longitudinal designs, and globally inclusive agendas that reflect diverse voices and sporting cultures. Sustained investment and stronger alignment between research, policy, and practice are essential to protect sport integrity and safeguard athlete and support personnel welfare.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103033"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145531015","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}