Search Results - Applied Psychology
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Coping strategies before competition: the role of stress, cognitive appraisal, and emotions
Nogueira, J. M., Simães, C., Morais, C., Mansell, P., Gomes, A. R.Published in Sports (2025)“…Sports, and especially competitions, can be a stressful experience for athletes, who often struggle to find and apply strategies to cope with stress. Thus, this study analyzes how different coping strategies anticipated to be employed in an important competition are explained by psychological (i.e., cognitive appraisal and emotions) and person and sports-related factors (i.e., gender, type of sport). …”
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Emotional intelligence in the structure of self-control among junior athletes
Popovych, I., Danko, D., Yakovleva, S., Haponenko, L., Shcherbyna, O., Kryzhanovskyi, O., Hoian, I.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2025)“…It was explained that the technical component, latent mental resources, and psychological literacy give juniors an advantage at the final stage when all the strong and equal athletes have reached the final competitions. …”
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Analyse de l`utilisation des images par des méthodes mixtes au cours d`une saison collégiale de volleyball. (A mixed methods analysis of imagery use over a collegiate volleyball season)
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Comparative research on creativity in juniors' motivation structure
Popovych, I., Unhurian, N., Varnava, U., Bilosevych, I., Soroka, O., Dobrovolska, N., Hoian, I.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2025)“…The aim of this study was to perform theoretical-empirical research into the psychological parameters of creativity within the motivation structure of junior athletes and to compare the findings by gender and sport. …”
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Stress and anxiety among elite volleyball referees while officiating
Klatt, S., Bea, L.-M., Brückner, S., Jungen, A., Noël, B., Strauss, B.Published in Journal of Sports Science & Medicine (2025)“…Thirty-eight referees (24 males, 14 females) participated in a randomized intervention guided by two experienced applied sport psychologists. Stress and physiological measures were assessed before and after officiating. …”
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Supporting mental health: pre-post four-week psychological capacity building program for Indian target sport athletes
Gill, S., Singh, P.Published in Human Movement (2024)“…Purpose: Mental training, widely recognised in sports psychology, has not been fully utilised to address broader mental health concerns among athletes, especially in India. …”
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International Ski and Snowboard Federation consensus statement on warm-up and cool-down in competitive alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders
Spörri, J., Beck, L., Bonell Monsonís, O., Alhammoud, M., Bahr, R., Bekker, S., Collins, D., Engebretsen, L., Harvey, J., Hörterer, H., Mitterbauer, G., Scherr, J., Schobersberger, W., Seiler, J., Valtonen, M., Waibel, K., Weirather, T., Gouttebarge, V., Bolling, C., Verhagen, E.Published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (2025)“…In diverse sports, warm-up (WUP) and cool-down (CD) activities are highly effective at improving performance-relevant factors and reducing the risk of injury when applied systematically; however, scientific evidence is widely lacking in snow sports. …”
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Effects of real-time EEG neurofeedback training on cognitive, mental, and motor performance in elite athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Skalski, D., Losinska, K., Pronczuk, M., Tyrala, F., Trybek, G., Cieszczyk, P., Kulis, S., Maszczyk, A., Pietraszewski, P.Published in Biomedical Human Kinetics (2025)“…., SMR, beta, theta), sport discipline, and performance domain (cognitive, motor, psychological). Risk of bias was assessed using RoB 2 and ROBINS-I; GRADE was applied to evaluate evidence certainty. …”
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Ocena tekmovalnega stresa z uporabo biomarkerjev sline pri tekmovalcih v ritmicni gimnastiki (Competitive stress assessment using salivary biomarkers in rhythmic gymnasts)
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dinamika biomarkerjev med olimpijskim dvigovanjem uteži; raziskava spolnih razlik (Biomarker dynamics during Olympic weightlifting competition; gender differences study)
Perasovic, I., Ivišic, A. K., Vrdoljak, D., Foretic, N., Pavlinovic, V., Peric, M., Nikolovski, Z.Published in Kinesiologia Slovenica (2025)“…Sports competitions are defined as highly stressful environments, especially for the athletes. Apart from psychological, stressors perceived are connected with physical exertion and physiological response. …”
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A systematic review of sport-based adolescent mental health awareness programmes
Sullivan, N., Breslin, G., McLaughlin, M., Shannon, S., Leavey, G., Dempster, M.Published in PLOS ONE (2025)“…Four distinct sport-based programmes were evaluated, with three interventions applying a psychological behaviour change theory. The results of the interventions indicated positive effects on several indices of MHL, such as increased knowledge of mental health, depression and anxiety literacy and the recognition of disorders, increased resilience and intentions to provide help. …”
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Adaptation to change: a case study of a sailor who experienced multiple career-change events and became a world champion
Samuel, R. D.Published in The Sport Psychologist (2024)“…Qualitative data were collected longitudinally as part of a sport psychology consultation process. Data analysis was guided by the meta-model of adaption in sport. …”
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Exploring the impact of a mental skills training curriculum with elite university student-athletes: A qualitative case study
Rose, S., Burton, D.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2024)“…University courses for mental skills training (MST) and performance enhancement have been developed by sport psychology faculty and professionals to provide training for university student-athletes (Curry & Maniar, 2004). …”