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{"title":"Interactive effects of perfectionism on competitive golf performance: A multi-level analysis","authors":"Daniel J.M. Fleming ,&nbsp;Andrew P. Hill ,&nbsp;Luke F. Olsson ,&nbsp;Sarah H. Mallinson-Howard ,&nbsp;Travis E. Dorsch","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102952","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102952","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perfectionism is a multidimensional personality characteristic comprised of two higher-order factors termed perfectionistic strivings (PS) and perfectionistic concerns (PC). Research has typically found perfectionistic strivings to be related to better sport performance, while concerns are usually unrelated. However, many of the tests of this relationship use non-athletes, contrived tasks, and one-off performances, and have also focused on the separate, rather than interactive, effects of PS and PC. The present study was designed to address these limitations by testing the interactive effect of indicators of PS and PC in predicting performance across two rounds of competitive golf. Eighty-nine male golf athletes (<em>M</em>_<em>age</em> = 28.42 years, <em>SD</em> = 11.87) completed measures of perfectionism and then competed in a regional golf competition. Their cumulative score, relative to par, across two rounds determined their performance. Hierarchical linear modelling, nesting performances within individuals, holes, and rounds, showed a significant three-way interaction between self-oriented performance perfectionism (indicator of PS), socially prescribed performance perfectionism (indicator of PC), and round (<em>b</em> = 0.36, <em>SE</em> = 0.17, <em>p</em> = .039). At low levels of socially prescribed performance perfectionism, self-oriented performance perfectionism predicted improved performance; however, at high levels of socially prescribed performance perfectionism, self-oriented performance perfectionism predicted poorer performance. Findings highlight the importance of assessing the relationship between perfectionism and sport performance in real-world competitive contexts over time, while accounting for the interplay between indicators of PS and PC.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102952"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144669150","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":"Understanding trauma-informed physical activity in practice: A qualitative exploration","authors":"Akusile Makawa ,&nbsp;Emily Baldwin ,&nbsp;Gemma Witcomb ,&nbsp;Hayley Jarvis ,&nbsp;Florence Kinnafick","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102942","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102942","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A growing appreciation of trauma and its implications on the health of those affected has led to the adoption of trauma-informed principles across different sectors where service providers interact with those who have experienced trauma. Those in the physical activity sector have begun to incorporate trauma-informed principles into programme design and delivery. However, there remains no consensus on how trauma-informed principles are operationalised and implemented within a physical activity context. The present study aims to explore what it means to be trauma-informed in physical activity, identifying the principles essential for physical activity programmes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 participants (10 female, 7 male) from organisations facilitating and delivering trauma-informed physical activity programmes. A critical realist-informed approach to thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Four themes were developed: (i) approaching with considerate curiosity, (ii) boundaries and scope of practice, (iii) the importance of shared lived experience, and (iv) meeting people where they are. These themes highlight principles that must be present in trauma-informed physical activity, such as physical activity providers understanding their limits of practice and referring to other services when these limits are met. They also outline the importance of understanding and empathy in trauma-informed physical activity. For trauma-informed physical activity programmes to be effective, these principles must be consistent across the programmes’ design and delivery. This study progresses understanding of trauma-informed principles and offers professionals in the physical activity sector insights of how they can ensure their programmes are appropriate for those who have experienced trauma.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102942"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144661481","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":"Long-term aerobic exercise enhances interoception and reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety in physically inactive young adults: A randomized controlled trial","authors":"Michał Remiszewski ,&nbsp;Gabriela Rajtar ,&nbsp;Zuzanna Komarek ,&nbsp;Tomasz Pałka ,&nbsp;Marcin Maciejczyk ,&nbsp;Tomasz S. Ligeza","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102939","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102939","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Physical exercise offers many health benefits, with substantial evidence supporting its positive impact on affective symptoms. An intriguing yet underexplored mechanism associated with this effect is the enhancement of interoception—the ability to perceive internal bodily sensations. We investigated the effects of long-term aerobic exercise on interoceptive accuracy (IAcc), interoceptive confidence (ICon) and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Physically inactive young adult participants were randomly assigned to either an Experimental (n = 32) or a passive Control group (n = 30). The Experimental group completed a 12-week cycling ergometer program, with the first 6 weeks consisting of moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) followed by 6 weeks of moderate to high-intensity interval training (MIIT). IAcc and ICon was assessed through a heartbeat counting task, while symptoms of depression and anxiety were evaluated using self-reported questionnaires at baseline and after 6 and 12 weeks of intervention. The results showed a significant improvement in IAcc, ICon and affective symptoms in the Experimental group after 6 weeks of MICT compared to baseline. However, the transition to MIIT did not produce further gains. No beneficial changes in IAcc, ICon or affective symptoms were observed in the passive Control group throughout the intervention. The study highlights exercise's potential to improve interoception in physically inactive young adults and to enhance emotional well-being by improving affective symptoms. Given the increasing physical inactivity among healthy individuals, our findings may contribute to preventing the adverse consequences of such a lifestyle.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102939"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144621580","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":"Stress and coping in elite esports: A diary study of stress, coping and coping effectiveness","authors":"Mason Drew ,&nbsp;Kyle J.M. Bennett ,&nbsp;Remco Polman ,&nbsp;Dylan R. Poulus","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102937","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102937","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study examined stressors, stress appraisals, coping strategies, and coping effectiveness in elite esports using a longitudinal diary design to address the need for context-specific understanding of psychological demands and coping responses in elite esports.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Five elite male League of Legends players from the League of Legends Circuit Oceania completed stress and coping diaries over a 71-day competitive season. Diaries were completed after solo training, team training, and competitive matches and assessed stressors, stress intensity, perceived control, threat and challenge appraisals, coping strategies, and coping effectiveness.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Performance-related (37.5 %) and teammate-related (34.8 %) stressors accounted for 72.3 % of all stressors reported, with general performance, outcome, teammate mistakes, and teammate communication being the most common. Stress intensity was significantly associated with threat appraisals but did not differ across stressor types or event types. Perceived control varied by stressor type, with higher control reported for performance and balancing life commitment stressors, and lower control for teammate, external individuals, and technical issues stressors. Mastery coping strategies were used most frequently, followed by internal regulation and goal withdrawal strategies. Mastery and internal regulation strategies were rated as more effective than goal withdrawal strategies, and coping effectiveness was significantly higher in training than in competition.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study provides new insights into the stress and coping experiences of elite esports athletes and highlights the importance of context-specific psychological support. The findings suggest that interventions should target adaptive coping strategy development, especially for managing performance pressure and teammate-related challenges in competitive environments. These insights can inform tailored mental skills programs and guide future research into resilience and performance sustainability in esports.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102937"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144621581","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 specificity hypothesis in physical education: Investigating differentiation of motivational regulations across activities and their links to self-concept","authors":"Julien Chanal ,&nbsp;Delphine Paumier","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102936","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102936","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study tested and extended the Specificity Hypothesis to the physical domain (i.e., in physical education), examining how motivational regulations, as depicted by Self-Determination Theory, differ across various physical activities (i.e., football, athletics, and gymnastics). Using a sample of secondary school students, we measured autonomous (intrinsic motivation, identified regulation) and controlled (positive and negative introjected and external regulation) motivations across these activities. Findings broadly supported the Specificity Hypothesis, indicating that autonomous motivations exhibit greater activity-specificity than controlled motivations. Additionally, football demonstrated the highest specificity, followed by gymnastics and athletics, offering a new research avenue for the Specificity Hypothesis. Additional analyses showed that the pattern of correlations between students’ self-concept and motivation closely aligned with the specificity pattern of motivational regulations found, with football yielding the strongest correlations, followed by gymnastics and athletics. This study contributes to recent developments related to the Specificity Hypothesis and enhances our understanding of how motivation varies across different activities, providing actionable insights for educators seeking to foster motivation in physical education. Discussion on why differences in activity-specificity for autonomous and controlled motivation occur offers various directions for further research on the development of specificity in physical education contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102936"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144578854","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 ecological dynamics of cognizant action in sport","authors":"Duarte Araújo ,&nbsp;Henrique Lopes ,&nbsp;David Farrokh ,&nbsp;Keith Davids","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102935","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102935","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The widespread inferential understanding of human action attributes to the brain the power of modelling actions and predicting immediate changes in environmental circumstances. However, an ecological rationale proposes that sport performance is founded on coupled perception and action, avoiding the need for the brain, as a mediator, to be lagging behind immediate corporeal contact with the sport environment. Here, a theory of cognizant action is presented where behaviour is understood in terms of self-organized action, shaped by a performer's complex skills, directed towards perceived affordances. Cognizant action is defined as the conservation of intentionality by coupled perception and action. Being oriented towards action possibilities (affordances), cognizant action self-organizes in every performance environment, and at the same time it is constrained by performers' skills. Accordingly, the study of cognizant action demands representative experimental designs and analysis of eco-physical variables to understand sport performance. Current debates include the role of knowledge, the symmetry between performer and environment, and team cognition. Future research might be directed to test tensegrity as well as ‘strong’ anticipation in individual and team sport tasks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102935"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144572196","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":"Motivation, movement, and vitality: Self-determination theory and its organismic perspective on physical activity as part of human flourishing","authors":"Richard M. Ryan","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102932","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102932","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ntoumanis and Moller review 25 years of self-determination theory (SDT) research as part of <em>Psychology of Sport and Exercise</em>'s 25th Anniversary Special Issue. They delineate many of the key propositions, empirical findings, and practical applications of the theory in the domain of physical activity (PA). In this brief commentary, I highlight the organismic assumptions of SDT and the relevance of PA to SDT's focus on flourishing. PA is intrinsically motivated, as observed from infancy and beyond, but as SDT research has shown, the inherent propensities to move and be physically active can be enhanced or undermined as a function of need-supportive or need-thwarting social conditions. Further, many types of PA are instrumental rather than intrinsically motivated, such that sustaining them requires internalization, a process well detailed within the theory. Also highlighted is SDT research on subjective vitality, a psychological construct with direct ties to PA, as well as being influenced by autonomous versus controlled motives. Finally, building on Ntoumanis and Moller's discussion, I enumerate additional future directions for SDT research and practice including neuropsychological underpinnings, motivational dynamics in group or team settings, and the influence of pervasive social factors such as sedentary work styles and media use on people's participation in PA. Given that SDT is an organismic perspective focused on human flourishing, PA research will continue to be highly relevant to its aims.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102932"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144578855","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":"Electroencephalographic and cognitive task analysis of working memory and attention in athletes: A systematic review","authors":"Pedro Delgado ,&nbsp;Pedro Passos ,&nbsp;Francisco Tavares ,&nbsp;Hugo Alexandre Ferreira","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aimed to systematically review the current research on the cognitive ability of athletes, specifically, in working memory, attention, problem-solving and decision-making tasks. The objective was to examine the differences in cognitive abilities between athletes and non-athletes, and between athletes from different sports. To this end, a search was conducted on PubMed and Scopus for original articles published before November 28th, 2023, that used electroencephalography (EEG) in sports or with athletes engaged in at least moderate-intensity activities, evaluated healthy adults or children through case-control studies, and analyzed at least one of four cognitive tasks (working memory, attention, problem-solving and decision-making). The risk of bias and quality assessment was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The following results were extracted from the included studies: population; publishing year; type of sport; type of controls (athletes or general population); cognitive task results; brain wave frequencies analyzed; and brain wave components analyzed. Following the review of 697 studies, 35 met the inclusion criteria. Most studies reported that athletes outperformed controls in cognitive tasks, both in terms of accuracy and reaction time. Individual sports showed better performances, and martial arts and boxing showed good reaction times but poor accuracies. Increased cortical activity was also observed in athletes when compared with controls. Despite some limitations – primarily the number of studies performing sport-specific tasks or comparing the athletes with less experienced counterparts - results indicate a clear over-performance in cognitive tasks by athletes compared to controls, as well as definitive cognitive differences between different sports.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102930"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144562495","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":"Playing sports to shape attention: enhanced feature-based selective attention in invasion sports players","authors":"Luca Bovolon ,&nbsp;Simona Perrone ,&nbsp;Carlotta Lega ,&nbsp;Luisa Girelli ,&nbsp;Simone Mattavelli ,&nbsp;Marco A. Petilli","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prolonged engagement in sports that place high demands on cognitive functions may result in perceptual and cognitive enhancements. However, empirical evidence on the effect of sport-specific constraints on attentional mechanisms remains limited. Here, we address this gap with two experiments that examine how cognitive demands posed by different sports (invasion and non-invasion) affect two subcomponents of selective attention – feature-based (FBA) and spatial-based (SBA). In Experiment 1, 20 invasion sport athletes and 20 gender-matched controls completed a visual search task and a flanker task to assess FBA and SBA, respectively. Our results showed that invasion sports athletes exhibit enhanced task-specific feature-based attentional skills in the initial stages of the visual search task. Conversely, no group differences emerged in the flanker task, suggesting that invasion sports practice effect is specific to FBA rather than to general selective attention. In Experiment 2, we investigated whether this effect was related to sport type. To do so, we replicated Experiment 1 with 22 non-invasion sport athletes and 23 gender-matched controls. The results did not reveal any group difference in measures of FBA and SBA. These findings indicate that invasion sports practice selectively enhances FBA, suggesting that sport-specific cognitive demands shape and refine cognitive abilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102929"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144534465","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":"Giving voice to high-performance sports coaches to spotlight their perceptions of psychological well-being","authors":"Faye F. Didymus ,&nbsp;Alexandra J. Potts","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-performance sports coaches work in achievement-oriented environments that have the potential to enhance or undermine psychological well-being (PWB). Despite context-specific understanding of PWB being important, we know little about what PWB means to high-performance coaches and have minimal understanding of how to help coaches and governing bodies to nourish and protect PWB. Underpinned by our constructivist paradigm and our relativist and subjectivist onto-epistemological stance, we worked with eight high-performance sports coaches to: 1) qualitatively explore what PWB means to high-performance coaches to generate new understanding of the fundamentally important elements of their PWB and 2) build a clearer picture of factors that facilitate and or inhibit coaches' PWB. Using reflexive thematic analysis, we constructed six themes from data collected via semi-structured interviews: 1) from balance to self-awareness: PWB means something different to everyone; 2) curiosity fuels development of self and others, which builds PWB; 3) enjoyment of coaching and escapism from it sustain PWB; 4) being surrounded by good people and seeing them achieve are routes to happiness; 5) coaching can feel like being “stuck in the trenches” whilst waiting to be found out as a fraud; and 6) boundary management is a form of self-preservation that protects PWB. These findings give voice to high-performance sports coaches' understanding of PWB, help to develop an evidence base from which individualized interventions can be developed, and promote the need for systemic changes in sport that will help coaches to live well and be well.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102928"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144532169","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}