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Coach-athlete relationship and burnout symptoms among young elite athletes and the role of mental toughness as a moderator
Gerber, M., Gygax, B., Cody, R.Published in Sports Psychiatry (2024)“…Therefore, coaches need the ability to develop effective relationships with their athletes, including thoughtful and respectful communication about issues specific to sport and life generally.…”
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Connections between competencies and abilities in female artistic gymnasts and handball players
Wehovszky, V., Nagykáldi, C., Kalmár, Z., Ökrös, C.Published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2025)“…Competencies play a pivotal role in addressing challenges in various domains of life, including physical education and sports, where their complexity and diversity are particularly emphasized. …”
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The Turkish adaptation of the athletic perceptions of Performance Scale: shame, guilt, and performance concerns and their associations with mental health problems among Turkish eli...
Lima, Y., Yilmaz, N. D., Denerel, N., Dogan, E., Treeby, M. S., Rice, S.Published in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness (2025)“…Athletes who had experienced recent adverse life events were more likely to endorse athletic shame and guilt and performance concerns (P=0.01, P=0.01, P<0.01, respectively). …”
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Mental health concerns among collegiate athletes decreased: a prospective analysis during COVID-19
Slavin, L. E., Petrie, T. A., Moore, E. W. G.Published in Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology (2025)“…During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, collegiate athletes endured many general life stressors, lost access to sport-specific resources, had their sport seasons canceled, and suffered disruptions to their athletic identities. …”
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Work demands, responses, and coping strategies for staff in high-performance sport: a scoping review
Mercer, R. A. J., Russell, J. L., Strack, D. S., Coutts, A. J., McLean, B. D.Published in Sports Medicine (2025)“…These challenges often elicit a range of emotional, psychological, physical, and physiological responses, contributing to persistent issues such as burnout and difficulties in achieving work-life balance. To navigate these challenges, practitioners employ a variety of coping strategies and leverage both personal and organizational resources, highlighting the multifaceted nature of their experiences in these environments. …”
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Systematic review of the coach-athlete relationship from the coaches´ perspective
McShan, K., Moore, W. G.Published in Kinesiology Review (2023)“…Variables positively associated with the coaches` perspective of the CAR included coaching satisfaction, the teaching of life skills, and engaging in need-supportive behaviors. …”
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Challenges and solutions to supporting physical literacy within youth sport
Till, K., Lara-Bercial, S., Baker, J., Morley, D.Published in Sports Medicine (2025)“…., national governing bodies, clubs) understanding and considering, (1) PL as an individual`s relationship with movement and physical activity throughout life, (2) children`s rights (e.g., interests, opportunities, expression of views), and (3) sport policies and practices when designing and delivering sport experiences. …”
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Nursing interventions for stress and burnout among professional athletes: A narrative review
Thomas, J.Published in Journal of Sports and Rehabilitation Sciences (2026)“…Stress, if unmanaged, leads to burnout, impairing performance, mental health, and overall quality of life. Nurses play a pivotal role in addressing these challenges through holistic interventions, including stress management strategies, lifestyle education, psychological support, and interprofessional collaboration. …”
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Physical, psychosocial and dual-career loads as risk factors for injuries and illnesses in elite handball players: a 45-week prospective cohort study
Drole, K., Paravlic, A., Steffen, K., Doupona, M.Published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2025)“…Introduction: While training and competition load are well-documented risk factors for injury, the influence of dual-career loads, life stressors and overall load on both injury and illness remain less clear. …”
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Urinary incontinence in young gymnastics athletes: a scoping review
Higounenc, A., Carvalhais, A., Vieira, Á., Lopes, S.Published in Sports (2025)“…This may increase the risk of developing stress urinary incontinence (SUI) later in life. This scoping review aims to synthesise current evidence on UI in gymnasts, identify the gymnastics modalities with the highest prevalence of UI, and examine the outcomes measures and interventions considered for UI. …”
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Navigating pressure and connection: goal orientation, coach-athlete relationships, and burnout among Chinese collegiate athletes - a mixed-methods study
Wang, L., Lian, H.Published in Frontiers in Psychology (2025)“…., complementarity fostering competence, closeness associated with buffering life stress). Interpretations of hardship (specifically "chi ku") also related to task focus and its protective role. …”
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Anticipation in soccer: skilled players benefit from early pattern recognition in corner kick situations
Ivosevic, L., Stöckel, T.Published in Frontiers in Psychology (2025)“…Anticipation is a crucial cognitive skill for decision making in life. Especially in sports, such as soccer, accurately anticipating the next play of the opposing team can have a huge impact on the result of a game or individual success in certain situations. …”
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Junior-to-senior transition in elite female football: identifying predominant sources of stress among junior players from both player and coach perspectives
Selbekk, S., Lilleengen, M., Stålesen, J., Ransom, D., Sæther, S.Published in Frontiers in Psychology (2025)“…Among the non-sport stressors, the struggle to balance football with social life outside the sport was prominent. Since education was the elite female players` backup plan, the club and school collaboration was considered important. …”
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Foreign high-performance sport coach's professional experience: a case study of Japanese water polo coach in Singapore
Mizushima, J., Tomura, T.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2025)“…Informed by the Job Demands-Resource (JD-R) theory, we adopted a life story approach within a single case study design to capture the coach`s first-hand perspectives on navigating a culturally distinct coaching environment. …”
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Influences on the mental health and well-being of retired professional athletes from high contact team sports: a mixed methods systematic review
Vella, J. D., Facer-Childs, E. R., Ogden, J., Liddle, S., Engelman, A., Volchek, I., King, K.Published in British Journal of Sports Medicine (2025)“…Both negative and positive influences were observed for: athletic identity, psychosocial support, retirement autonomy, life events, osteoarthritis, retirement and cognitive function. 48% of studies had good methodological quality; however, most studies were cross-sectional, relied on self-report measures and lacked follow-up data and female athletes. …”
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Prevalence of urinary incontinence in female gymnasts: a systematic review
Kneißler, E., Zentgraf, K.Published in German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research (2025)“…Urine leakage massively influences the quality of life as well as performance in training and competition. …”
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Potential outcomes of interpersonal violence for women`s artistic gymnasts: a qualitative analysis
Barker-Ruchti, N.Published in British Journal of Sports Medicine (2025)“…Recruitment occurred purposively through social media; data were generated through online life-history interviews. The interview transcripts were analysed via a hybrid inductive/deductive thematic analysis. …”
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Tuning the torsional stiffness of aluminum ski laminates using soft materials and cut patterns
Berthon, L., Audet, J., Gosselin, P., Lussier-Desbiens, A.Published in Sports Engineering (2025)“…Recently, the sports industry has been actively developing products to reduce their environmental impacts. Life Cycle Assessments of alpine skis have unveiled that petroleum-sourced materials, such as resin (phenolic, epoxy, etc.), and fibre reinforcements (carbon, fibreglass), contribute substantially to environmental degradation. …”
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Development of positive behavior and mental toughness skills in young athletes
Pocius, E.Published in Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences (2025)“…Moreover, the acquired skills were successfully transferred to other life contexts.…”
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Eating disorder symptoms and perfectionism in female athletes
Donti, O., Panidi, I., Gaspari, V., Donti, A.Published in 29th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, 2-5 July 2024, Book of Abstracts (2024)“…INTRODUCTION: Eating disorders are complex psychiatric disorders impairing everyday life, health, and development (1). For athletes of aesthetic sports, in addition to physical and psychosocial health, eating disorders may also be detrimental for sports performance (2). …”