Costas I. Karageorghis , Ségolène M.R. Guérin , Layan Fessler , Luke W. Howard , Calum Pinto , Oluwatobiloba Ojuri , Joy Kuan , Kristian G. Samwell-Nash
{"title":"One-HIIT wonder: Can music make high-intensity interval training more pleasant?","authors":"Costas I. Karageorghis , Ségolène M.R. Guérin , Layan Fessler , Luke W. Howard , Calum Pinto , Oluwatobiloba Ojuri , Joy Kuan , Kristian G. Samwell-Nash","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The use of music as an aid to recovery during and after exercise is an area of growing scientific interest. We investigated the effects of in-task, asynchronous music and respite–active music (i.e., music used for active recovery in between high-intensity exercise bouts) on a range of psychological, psychophysical and psychophysiological outcomes. Participants (<em>N</em> = 28; 14 females) made five laboratory visits for: (a) pre-test/familiarisation; (b) fast-tempo music during supramaximal exercise bouts and medium-tempo music during active-recovery periods; (c) fast-tempo music during exercise and no music during recovery; (d) no music during exercise and medium-tempo music during recovery; and (e) a no-music (throughout) control. A cycle ergometer-based HIIT protocol comprising 6 × 60-s bouts at 100% Wmax with 75-s active recovery was administered. Measures were taken at the end of supramaximal bouts and active recovery periods (RPE, state attention, core affect, state motivation), then upon cessation of the protocol (remembered pleasure and exercise enjoyment). Heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) measures were taken throughout. The music manipulations only had an effect on state motivation, which was higher (<em>p</em> = 0.036) in the fast tempo–medium tempo condition compared to no-music control (Cohen’s <em>d</em> = 0.49), and the SDNN component of HRV, which was lower (<em>p</em> = 0.007) in the fast-tempo–no-music condition compared to control (Cohen’s <em>d</em> = 0.32). Collectively, the present findings do not support any of the study hypotheses regarding the music-related manipulations, and do not concur with the findings of related studies (e.g., Karageorghis et al., 2021). The unexpected results are discussed with reference to extant theory, and recommendations are offered in regard to music-related applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102717"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224001286/pdfft?md5=238cd7497adbf299829c78e0dd8b8f84&pid=1-s2.0-S1469029224001286-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141908716","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}
Carah D. Porter, Claire I. Groves, Christopher Huong, Denver M.Y. Brown
{"title":"Predicting physical activity behavior among university students using the multi-process action control framework","authors":"Carah D. Porter, Claire I. Groves, Christopher Huong, Denver M.Y. Brown","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102716","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102716","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Most university students do not engage in enough physical activity (PA) despite the known physical and mental health benefits. Action control theories such as the Multi-Process Action Control (M-PAC) framework have been proposed to better understand the translation of intentions into action by incorporating post-intentional processes. However, the explanatory power of the M-PAC framework beyond traditional social cognitive constructs has received limited attention. This study examined the predictive utility of the M-PAC framework for explaining variance in self-reported and device-measured PA behavior among university students. A total of 2418 undergraduate students (Mean age = 19.1 ± 1.73 [SD] years) completed an online survey that included a self-reported measure of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) as well as constructs outlined in the M-PAC framework: instrumental and affective attitudes, perceived capability and opportunity, behavioral regulation, habit and identity. A subsample (<em>n</em> = 376) also wore an ActiGraph wGT3x-BT accelerometer on their non-dominant wrist for seven full days to assess MVPA. Robust linear regression models were computed to investigate associations between M-PAC framework constructs and PA behavior. Findings showed the M-PAC framework explained as high as 14.3 % and 37.9 % of the variance in device-measured and self-reported MVPA, respectively. Regulatory (behavioral regulation), and reflexive (habit and identity) processes were significant predictors of self-reported MVPA when examining the full M-PAC framework, whereas the role identity dimension of PA identity was the only significant predictor of device-assessed MVPA. Taken together, these results reinforce the importance of post-intentional processes, specifically role identity, in understanding PA behavior among university students.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102716"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141879997","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}
Mélissa Vona , Élaine de Guise , Suzanne Leclerc , Johnathan Deslauriers , Thomas Romeas
{"title":"Multiple domain-general assessments of cognitive functions in elite athletes: Contrasting evidence for the influence of expertise, sport type and sex","authors":"Mélissa Vona , Élaine de Guise , Suzanne Leclerc , Johnathan Deslauriers , Thomas Romeas","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102715","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102715","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Converging evidence has shown that domain-general cognitive abilities, especially executive functions (EF), tend to be superior in sport experts. However, recent studies have questioned this cognitive advantage and found inconsistent findings when comparing sport type and sex. This study aimed to compare the impact of sport expertise, sport type, and sex on various domains of cognitive functions.</p><p>Two hundred and thirty elite athletes (<em>n</em><sub>Female</sub> = 124, <em>n</em><sub>Male</sub> = 106) representing three sport categories (Team [<em>n</em> = 91], Precision-skill dependent [<em>n</em> = 63], and Speed-strength [<em>n</em> = 76] sports) were assessed using a computerized neuropsychological test battery including tests of EF (working memory, inhibition, cognitive flexibility and planning), as well as tests of selective and sustained attention. T-scores and raw values were used to analyze performance through t-tests and ANCOVA with age as covariate.</p><p>Athletes demonstrated better performance than the normative mean on 5 out of 11 cognitive test variables (p < 0.005). However, their performance fell within the average range when considering the results along a normative scale, except for sustained attention and working memory where they performed just above average (<1 SD). There was a significant main effect of sport category on only one EF variable (p = 0.003). Males performed significantly faster than females on motor reaction time measures of attention and inhibition (all p < 0.001).</p><p>In this study, the ‘expert advantage’ on domain-general cognitive tests was less prominent when utilizing a normative scale and controlling for age or speed-accuracy trade-offs, except for sustained attention and working-memory. Cognitive functions did not appear to differ meaningfully based on athletes’ sport type or sex.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102715"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224001262/pdfft?md5=c1452567da10a4ac040bed5e0766dd13&pid=1-s2.0-S1469029224001262-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141763636","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}
Katrine Nyvoll Aadland , Arne Lervåg , John Roger Andersen , Steven J. Howard , Yngvar Ommundsen , Eivind Aadland
{"title":"Effects of a staff physical activity professional development intervention on preschoolers' mental health and self-regulation: The active learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) cluster randomised controlled trial","authors":"Katrine Nyvoll Aadland , Arne Lervåg , John Roger Andersen , Steven J. Howard , Yngvar Ommundsen , Eivind Aadland","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102705","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102705","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and aim</h3><p>Physical activity may have positive effects on preschoolers' mental health and self-regulation. The preschool setting provides children with opportunities to meet physical activity guidelines and could improve with staff training in delivering physical activity. This study examined the effect of physical activity professional development for preschool staff on preschoolers' proxy-measured mental health and self-regulation.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In total, 1265 children from 46 preschools were cluster randomised to either the intervention or the control group. The intervention was nested within two levels implemented concurrently: the preschool level, formed as a professional development where preschools conducted development work, and the child level, with whom the staff implemented physical activity with four core components. Data were analysed using an ANCOVA model through structural equation modelling with latent outcome factors of: emotional problems, peer problems, hyperactivity, and prosocial behaviour from the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire; and cognitive, emotional, and behavioural self-regulation from the Child Self-regulation and Behaviour Questionnaire.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>No effects of the intervention (standardised effect sizes -0.195–0.145, p-values 0.118–0.893) were observed. Secondary analysis showed that children with initially high prosocial behaviour and behavioural self-regulation positively benefited from the intervention (p = 0.035 and p = 0.047, respectively).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The ACTNOW intervention had no effects on preschoolers' mental health or self-regulation after 18 months, besides effects for children with initially the highest prosocial behaviour and behavioural self-regulation. Although the professional development was more extensive than previous studies it may have been insufficient to change the preschools physical activity practices.</p></div><div><h3>Clinical trial registration</h3><p><span><span>www.ClinicalTrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></span> identifier NCT04048967.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102705"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146902922400116X/pdfft?md5=6186f40ee7ad3c67a05ae05e0c0fe06b&pid=1-s2.0-S146902922400116X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141728417","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":"","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102707","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"74 ","pages":"Article 102707"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141849603","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}
Vassilis Barkoukis , Arto Gråstén , Mikko Huhtiniemi , Timo Jaakkola
{"title":"Developmental relations of achievement goals and affect in physical education","authors":"Vassilis Barkoukis , Arto Gråstén , Mikko Huhtiniemi , Timo Jaakkola","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102700","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102700","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aimed to examine the developmental relationships between achievement goals and affect in school physical education.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>The study sample comprised 1063 (girls 546) Finnish Grade 6 students (M = 12.27 years ± 0.33 at the beginning of the study). The participants in the study were asked to provide annual assessments about their perceptions of achievement goals, enjoyment, and anxiety. The assessments were conducted four times over three consecutive years.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The results indicated that mastery-approach goals were positively associated with enjoyment (between-level), whereas both mastery-avoidance and performance-avoidance goals were positively associated with anxiety (between-level). Additionally, the associations between repeated measures (within-level) of mastery-approach goals and enjoyment were similar each year, whereas mastery- and performance-approach/avoidance goals were consistently associated with anxiety within the same year. Girls reported lower performance-approach goals and enjoyment but higher mastery-avoidance goals and anxiety than boys.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The findings suggest that mastery approach goals exhibit a positive correlation with favorable affective reactions, while performance-avoidance goals demonstrate a connection with maladaptive responses. Physical education teachers should endeavor to establish mastery-oriented goals for their students from the outset of the educational process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102700"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141604709","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}
James Barry Munnik , Rudolph Leon van Niekerk , Martin J. Turner
{"title":"A cluster randomized trial of a rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) program and a mindfulness-acceptance-commitment (MAC) program, with South African adolescent rugby players","authors":"James Barry Munnik , Rudolph Leon van Niekerk , Martin J. Turner","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102706","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102706","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Until recently, research examining the application of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in sports settings was virtually absent in South Africa. Despite the growing evidence of REBT's potential as a psychological intervention in Western nations, its use within the multicultural and sports-fervent context of South Africa remains unexplored. Moreover, limited research has addressed the impact of REBT on rugby players, with only a few case studies being reported. The current experiment employs a cluster randomized trial (CRT) to compare the effects of a 7-week preferential REBT program with a 7-week Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) program on irrational beliefs, competitive anxiety and subjective performance, among adolescent South African rugby players. We also include a wait-list control group who received neither REBT nor MAC. Results indicate that athletes receiving REBT reported greater improvements in irrational beliefs, anxiety, and subjective performance, while that athletes receiving MAC also reported some improvements in anxiety. This study highlights the potential of REBT as a valuable psychological intervention in the context of South African adolescent rugby players.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102706"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622067","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":"Seeing the unseen boundary behind you: Predicting the out-of-bounds of flick serves in playing badminton doubles","authors":"Zuoqi Zhang , Zhichen Feng , Kenneth G. Gerow , Tristan Wallhead , Qin Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102702","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102702","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous research on affordance perception has shown that elite athletes can relate the environmental features to their motor abilities to detect the opportunities for action. In playing badminton doubles, experienced players can often anticipate whether a flick serve will go out-of-bounds or not. A field study was performed to examine if such an ability was associated with a developed affordance perception. Twenty-two players with and without badminton playing experience were asked to play a receiver on court to judge without looking back whether a flick serve was out-of-bounds in both standing and retreating conditions. Forty flick serves were randomly delivered to either inner or outer rear corner of the receiver’s box and land adjacent to the back service line. Each player’s ability to reach high and retreat backward with a racquet was assessed on court. The results showed that predictions were better in the inner direction than the outer direction, but experienced players were more sensitive and conservative overall. Playing experience appeared to be a consistent predictor for judgment accuracy. In identifying the affordance information that could have been utilized by players for accurate predictions, only experienced players demonstrated the ability to utilize both body-scaled and action-scaled affordances effectively and reliably for better predictions in both standing and retreating conditions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102702"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622070","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}
Julian Fritsch , Jannis Nonnenmann , Nadine Engelmann , Alexander T. Latinjak , Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis , Darko Jekauc
{"title":"Exploring proportions of spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk – It is not always the one or the other","authors":"Julian Fritsch , Jannis Nonnenmann , Nadine Engelmann , Alexander T. Latinjak , Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis , Darko Jekauc","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102704","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102704","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The dichotomous classification of self-talk statements into goal-directed as a more controlled type of self-talk and spontaneous as a more uncontrolled type of self-talk might be an oversimplification. To address this issue, two studies were conducted aiming to explore the idea that the distinction between the two self-talk types should rather be proportional and not mutually exclusive. In Study 1, football players took part in a penalty competition and were subsequently asked to state the self-talk they had before and after the penalty. In Study 2, table tennis players took part in two activities (i.e., a precision task and a competitive set) and were subsequently asked to state the self-talk they had before the individual rounds in each activity. In both studies, the players subsequently rated for each self-talk statement the extent to which it was spontaneous and the extent to which it was goal-directed. The majority of self-talk statements were rated to some extent as both spontaneous and goal-directed. For Study 1, paired-sample t-tests showed that before a penalty kick self-talk was more goal-directed than spontaneous and after the penalty kick it was more spontaneous than goal-directed. In the more exploratory Study 2, multilevel regression analyses showed that the two types of self-talk could not predict sports performance. While the results support the usefulness of the distinction between spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk, treating the two types of self-talk as proportional rather than dichotomous might reflect more accurately the mental activity. Key words: dual-process, organic self-talk, self-regulation, System 1, System 2</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102704"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622068","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":"Passion and engagement in sport: A look at athletes and coaches using a quadripartite approach","authors":"Benjamin J.I. Schellenberg, Jack Lötscher","doi":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102703","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102703","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Athletes and coaches often feel a great deal of passion for sport. But are these highly passionate individuals also highly engaged in sport? Based on the theoretical underpinnings and empirical findings from the dualistic model of passion (Vallerand, 2015), it is unclear if the highest levels of sport engagement are associated with high levels of passion, or with specific combinations of high/low levels of harmonious and obsessive passion. We examined this issue in samples of athletes (N = 403) and coaches (N = 208). Participants completed online questionnaires assessing dimensions of sport passion (i.e., harmonious and obsessive passion) and engagement (i.e., confidence, vigor, dedication, enthusiasm). In both samples, we found that the highest levels of engagement were associated with high harmonious passion. This means that those who are passionate toward sport are not necessarily engaged in sport; engagement is found when passion involves high harmonious passion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54536,"journal":{"name":"Psychology of Sport and Exercise","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 102703"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029224001146/pdfft?md5=90ca5056941e9817a85babd79dd3f246&pid=1-s2.0-S1469029224001146-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141622069","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}