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{"title":"What and who the research needs: Maturing the psychology of sport officiating","authors":"Clare MacMahon","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102994","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102994","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hancock and Pizzera's (2025) review of research on the psychology of sports officiating provides perspective on the past, present, and future of the area. They highlight key studies and themes in the research (i.e., mental skills, motivation, group dynamics, communication, and decision making), and call for more work on individual sports, demographic diversity, theory that helps explain behaviour, and more focus on mental skills. In response to this article, I provide a perspective on the current maturity and stage of scientific evolution of the area, applying the work of Keathley-Herring et al. (2016) and Shneider (2009). I agree with the main arguments of Hancock and Pizzera. I argue, however, that to evolve and mature, the research needs greater depth as a priority over breadth, more innovative and bold approaches to thinking, design, and methods, and to achieve this, scientists who are connected to application and have personal tendencies towards risk-taking, collaboration, and broad transdisciplinary thinking.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102994"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076905","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 multifaceted implications of mental fatigue on women's football players' performance in small-sided games","authors":"K.J. Donnan ,&nbsp;M.J. Bargh ,&nbsp;L. Swettenham ,&nbsp;S. Olthof ,&nbsp;A. Whitehead","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research shows that mental fatigue (MF) can negatively impact physical performance. However, the effects of MF during football match-play are not well understood, particularly in women, and its impact on psychological factors is less known (e.g., attentional focus). This study explored the physical and psychological effects of MF in women's football during 7 vs. 7 small-sided games (SSGs). 14 Women's National League players (<em>M</em> age = 25.9 ± 5.9 years) participated. A counterbalanced cross-over design was implemented involving a MF (30-min social media use), and a control condition (30-min sitting with teammates with no phone access) prior to 3 × 7-min SSGs, interspersed with 2-min rest. GPS was used to monitor work output. Participants had microphones attached and were asked to ‘think aloud’ (TA) during SSGs; content analysis was used to examine players' attentional focus and communication. MF (visual analogue scale) and fatigue (BRUMS) increased pre-to post-MF (+1.95 ± 1.45, <em>p</em> &lt; .001; +2.57 ± 3.33, <em>p</em> = .038) but in control (<em>p</em> = 1.00), and happiness (BRUMS) was lower in MF vs. control (−1.96 ±0 .68, <em>p</em> = .013). No differences were found between conditions for work output or RPE (<em>ps</em> &gt; 0.05). Total TA was lower (<em>p</em> = .046) and there was less positive performance-related TA (<em>p</em> = .022) in MF (22.53 ± 13.11; 0.15 ± 0.38) vs. control (30.00 ± 17.84; 1.54 ± 2.11). There was more negative non-performance related communication (<em>p</em> = .031), and less joking with teammates (<em>p</em> = .020) with MF (0.85 ± 1.07; 1.69 ± 1.80) vs. control (0.08 ± 0.28; 4.39 ± 3.78). In sum, 30-min social media use was associated with reduced happiness, vigour and heightened perceptions of fatigue, and effected how able participants were to engage in TA, how positive their thoughts were, and how they communicated with teammates. Avoiding phone use prior to training and match-play may be worth considering. Further team-sport research could incorporate TA methods which the present study showed to be feasible, to understand more on players' cognitive processing in match-play.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 103013"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145515346","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":"Development of the multidimensional inventory of physical activity identity","authors":"Denver M.Y. Brown ,&nbsp;Alan Meca ,&nbsp;Augustine Osman","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102990","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102990","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Identity is among the most robust psychological constructs for predicting whether individuals translate physical activity (PA) intentions into action. However, existing identity measures in the PA domain focus narrowly on exercise and largely adopt limited unidimensional conceptualizations. This study aimed to develop and validate the Multidimensional Inventory of Physical Activity Identity (MIPAI-25), a novel instrument grounded in a multidimensional, theoretically integrated framework. Across two samples of university students (Study 1: <em>n</em> = 580, 61.6 % women; Study 2: <em>n</em> = 619, 66.4 % women), we used classical test theory, Mokken scale analysis, and item response theory to construct and refine the content relevancy of the items for each scale. In Study 1, the final 25-item instrument captures five distinct dimensions of PA identity: Acknowledgment, Compatibility, Centrality, Commitment, and Exploration. Each subscale score demonstrated strong internal consistency, unidimensionality, and measurement invariance across gender groups. In Study 2, all five dimensions were positively associated with moderate-to-vigorous PA behavior and PA-related constructs from the Multi-Process Action Control framework, with the strongest associations observed for habit and behavioral regulation – key post-intentional processes that facilitate action control. The MIPAI-25 offers a more ecologically valid and dynamic representation of PA identity, extending beyond exercise-specific and unidimensional measures. Findings support its use as both a comprehensive tool and a set of five stand-alone subscales, depending on research or practical needs. Future longitudinal studies are needed to explore how these identity dimensions evolve across life transitions and to inform more targeted, identity-based interventions for promoting sustained physical activity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102990"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016981","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":"Trajectories of sport exhaustion, cynicism and inadequacy among adolescent student-athletes: A three-year longitudinal study of social influences in the Finnish dual career context","authors":"Joni Kuokkanen ,&nbsp;Daniel J. Phipps ,&nbsp;Milla Saarinen ,&nbsp;Johan Korhonen ,&nbsp;Jan-Erik Romar ,&nbsp;Henrik Gustafsson","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sport schools enhance adolescents’ athletic development by offering extra training opportunities in addition to sport club training, but a rapid increase in the training load may elevate the risk of sport burnout. Thus, the aim of this study was twofold: (1) to explore the trajectories of three sport burnout dimensions (exhaustion, cynicism and inadequacy) among Finnish student-athletes (<em>n =</em> 268; 44 % female, 56 % male) across three academic years in lower secondary sport schools (ages 13–15 years), and to (2) examine how these trajectories were associated with student-athletes' perceived social support from parents, peers and coaches, as well as their gender, sport type and competition level. Student-athletes completed associated questionnaires at three time points at the end of three academic years—Grades 7, 8, and 9. Linear latent growth models revealed that feelings of inadequacy and cynicism increased during lower secondary school across the sample. At baseline, female student-athletes reported higher levels of inadequacy and cynicism, whereas males showed higher levels of exhaustion. Social support from peers and coaches reduced the initial levels and progression of burnout over time, respectively. Although paternal support initially minimized inadequacy, continued support subsequently tended to increase inadequacy. The findings highlight the importance of examining the three dimensions as interconnected aspects of sport burnout, and to support student-athletes in addressing emerging feelings of inadequacy and cynicism before these symptoms intensify. Educating coaches and strengthening peer support would be particularly beneficial while helping mothers to take a more active role in sports and fathers to provide support without becoming overly involved.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 103015"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145427101","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":"Neural representations of different features in the observation of table tennis actions","authors":"Likai Liu ,&nbsp;Hong Mou ,&nbsp;Ting Zhou ,&nbsp;Zhurui Yan ,&nbsp;Yapeng Qi ,&nbsp;Yingying Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study investigated the neural representations at different features of table tennis serve observation and examined the moderating effects of experience on these representations.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Twenty-four table tennis athletes and twenty-six nonathletes watched videos of four types of table tennis serves, categorized by serve technique (forehand vs. backhand) and target location (left-side vs. right-side). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioral data were collected during video viewing.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Observing different action features activated the action observation network (AON), including the lateral occipital-temporal cortex (LOTC), ventral premotor cortex (PMv), and superior parietal lobule (SPL). Multivariate pattern analysis revealed the distinct functional contributions of different regions within the AON: table tennis players exhibited higher decoding accuracy in the PMv for action types than for action targets, whereas the SPL showed greater decoding accuracy for action targets over action types. Notably, players demonstrated significantly higher PMv decoding accuracy for action types compared to nonathletes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These findings highlight the differential involvement of AON subregions of different features of action observation and emphasize the crucial role of experience in shaping neural representations of observed actions. This study provides theoretical insights for optimizing sports training and skill acquisition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 103005"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145314494","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":"Reimagining body image research in sport and exercise: Centering interdisciplinarity and cultural humility","authors":"Erica V. Bennett,&nbsp;Regan S.I. Thompson","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Building on Sabiston et al.’s (2025) article highlighting considerations for future scholarship in body image research in sport and exercise, in this commentary we echo the call for intersectional research in the field, and propose a marrying of theoretical thought and methodological innovation from psychological, sociological, historical, feminist, and embodiment studies in future scholarship. By adopting a feminist ethics of care in concert with embodied critical methods, we suggest that the embracing of interdisciplinary and transformative theoretical/methodological approaches can support meaningful research that reflects the diversity and complexities of the body/minds of all members of our citizenship. Such approaches offer the opportunity to thoughtfully navigate research in sport and exercise contexts by taking into account the overlapping systems of power and experiences of discrimination that influence psychological and behavioural processes related to the body. By continuing to advance critical scholarship, we create opportunities to move beyond helping individuals reframe negative body-related thoughts and feelings, towards transforming the broader sociocultural pressures and systems of power that shape perceptions of what constitutes a ‘good’ or ‘moral’ body.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 103008"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145362784","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":"Daily, prospective associations of sleep, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour with affect: A Bayesian multilevel compositional data analysis","authors":"Flora Le ,&nbsp;Yang Yap ,&nbsp;Dorothea Dumuid ,&nbsp;Yue Liao ,&nbsp;Joshua F. Wiley","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102997","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102997","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>24 h behaviours (sleep, time awake in bed, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [MVPA], light physical activity [LPA], and sedentary behaviour [SB]) may influence long-term mental health through their associations with affective experiences in everyday life. Here, we investigated the daily, prospective associations between 24 h behaviours and affect.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Actigraphy-measured 24 h behaviours and self-reported affect data were collected across 7–15 consecutive days in healthy, community-dwelling adults (<em>N</em> = 354, <em>M</em>_<em>age</em> = 22.61 y, 73 % female) providing 2872 days of data. Bayesian multilevel compositional data analysis evaluated how reallocating time between behaviours was associated with next-day affect at between- and within-person levels.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Associations between 24 h behaviours and next-day affect emerged at the within-person, not between-person level. Relative to the remaining behaviours, more LPA predicted 0.14 [95 % CI 0.03, 0.26] higher high arousal positive affect, whereas less SB predicted lower high and low arousal positive affect (−0.14 [-0.25, −0.02] and −0.12 [-0.24, −0.01], respectively) higher high arousal negative affect (0.13 [0.03, 0.23]). Further, within-person 30-min reallocation to LPA from SB, sleep, and time awake in bed also predicted ≥0.03 [0.00, 0.06] higher high arousal positive affect. 30-minute reallocation of time to LPA and MVPA from SB predicted 0.04 [0.01, 0.06] higher high arousal positive affect and −0.02 [-0.04, −0.00] lower low arousal negative affect.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Findings provide stepping stone evidence for identifying optimal daily compositions of 24 h behaviours for affective enhancements in healthy individuals. Replacing time in SB with LPA and MVPA for improving affect should be experimentally tested in daily settings and clinical populations, to inform diagnostic and intervention strategies for better daily affect and mental health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102997"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145088757","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":"Decision making: Embodied by nature","authors":"Rouwen Cañal-Bruland","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this article, I provide three arguments to advocate that decisions are inherently embodied, and that there is no need to make a distinction between classical (i.e., abstract) and embodied decisions. The first argument is grounded in affordance perception and posits that decisions are shaped by unique (i.e., inter-personally different) bodies and brains and the unique individual's experience and interaction with its environment. The second argument combines the idea that motor control is decision-making with the degrees of freedom problem, supporting the notion of singularity of each decision due to inherent intra-individual variability. The third argument is based on theoretical reasoning and empirical evidence, in particular from linguistics, positing that even abstract concepts and representations that decisions supposedly rely on are grounded in concrete sensorimotor experience and interactions with the world. The third argument hence refutes the idea that so-called abstract decisions may be disembodied (i.e., not inherently embodied). I conclude by arguing why it is important to further advocate the idea of embodied decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 103003"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145260207","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":"VRCycle: the clinical translation of a virtual reality cycling program to enhance exercise engagement in people with knee osteoarthritis","authors":"Erin MacIntyre ,&nbsp;Dimitrios Saredakis ,&nbsp;Ty Stanford ,&nbsp;Ashleigh E. Smith ,&nbsp;Gaynor Parfitt ,&nbsp;Ross T. Smith ,&nbsp;Tasha R. Stanton","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-quality evidence supports exercise as a core treatment for knee osteoarthritis, improving osteoarthritis symptoms and overall health. However, most people with knee osteoarthritis are inactive and report barriers to exercise engagement. Technologies such as virtual reality (VR) may be used to improve the exercise experience and thus, promote engagement in effortful physical exercise, but clinical translation is difficult. In collaboration with knee osteoarthritis participants (n = 15) and clinicians (n = 6), we adapted a novel VR cycling system to a clinical setting (Study 1). Then, using a randomised cross-over experimental design, we evaluated the preliminary efficacy of VR cycling relative to a No-VR cycling control condition on exercise engagement, enjoyment, and pain in people with knee osteoarthritis (n = 25; Study 2). Both studies evaluated the credibility, acceptability, safety, and usability of the VR cycling system. The clinically-adapted VR cycling system resulted in greater exercise enjoyment (U = 0.82, p &lt; 0.001) and engagement (increased time spent cycling: t₂₄ = 2.53, p = 0.02; and greater total work t₂₄ = 2.13, p = 0.04) than No-VR cycling. The VR cycling system was safe (no adverse events) and had high credibility and acceptability in people with knee osteoarthritis, although clinicians reported some usability/technical issues. These findings support clinical potential of the VR cycling system, although further technical refinement to maximise the usability of this technology is likely required to ensure clinician uptake. Future work to evaluate the long-term efficacy of a prolonged VR cycling intervention is warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 103009"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145395427","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":"Main and interactive effects of perceived competence and control on feelings of efficacy in youth sport","authors":"Liam O'Neil ,&nbsp;Alan L. Smith","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The psychological experience of competence is central to motivation for, and participation in, youth sport. To date, however, our understanding of this psychological phenomenon in sport has been limited to cognitive experiences of competence (e.g., perceived competence), with little exploration of affective experiences of competence as proposed in competence motivation theory (e.g., feelings of efficacy). In the present study, we examined the main and interactive effects of perceived competence and control on feelings of efficacy in youth sport. We recruited high school sport participants (<em>N</em> = 184; <em>M</em>_<em>age</em> = 15.48 years, <em>SD</em>_<em>age</em> = 0.99 years) to complete measures of perceived sport competence, implicit beliefs about athletic ability (i.e., perceived control), and competence-related pride, guilt, and shame in youth sport. A series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses provided consistent support for the main effects of perceived competence on feelings of efficacy. However, there was limited support for the main effects of perceived control on feelings of efficacy and no support for the interactive effects of perceived competence and control on feelings of efficacy. These findings provide partial support of competence motivation theory and have both theoretical implications for the psychological experience of competence and practical implications for regulating affective experiences of competence in youth sport.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 103012"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145426917","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}