Pub Date : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2025.01.002
Mingda Si , Chee Keng John Wang
Physical activity (PA) is a green and effective way to maintain health. Research in the field of motivation in PA is always an important research topic for researchers and policymakers in maintaining public health, but few studies focus on the development of motivation in PA research. Summarize the research strengths, hotspots, and stages of scientific evolution in the field of motivation in PA by performing visualization analysis which used CiteSpace software on 2375 publications including from January 1st, 1980, to January 31st, 2024, in the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC). The findings are as follows: (1) Over the past thirty years, the field has developed rapidly, with current characteristics aligning with the third stage of the four-stage model of scientific evolution. (2) Core countries and core institutions have been formed, with the most influential country being the United Kingdom, and the most influential institution being Brown University. (3) The research hotspot focuses on intervention research in the field of motivation in PA under self-determination theory (SDT). This study provides researchers with an overview of the development in the field of motivation in PA research. It offers valuable information to researchers for identifying potential collaborators (institutions) and better positioning their research directions.
体育活动（PA）是一种绿色有效的保持健康的方式。公共卫生动机领域的研究一直是公共卫生研究者和政策制定者关注的重要研究课题，但对公共卫生动机研究的发展关注较少。利用CiteSpace软件对Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) 1980年1月1日至2024年1月31日的2375篇论文进行可视化分析，总结了PA动机领域的研究优势、热点和科学演进阶段。结果表明：(1)近30年来，该领域发展迅速，目前的特征符合科学进化四阶段模型的第三阶段；(2)核心国家和核心机构已经形成，其中最具影响力的国家是英国，最具影响力的机构是布朗大学。(3)研究热点集中在自我决定理论（SDT）下PA动机领域的干预研究。本研究为研究者提供了PA动机研究领域的发展概况。它为研究人员识别潜在的合作者（机构）和更好地定位其研究方向提供了有价值的信息。
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Swimming, known as one of the most prestigious Olympic sports, represents a highly sought-after aspiration for athletes around the globe. A notable aspect of sports performance is the intricate interplay between mental well-being and physical performance, wherein an individual's mental state significantly influences their athletic capabilities. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the effects of mental imagery and music on sprint swimming performance. A pre-and post-intervention study design was employed, involving 40 participants aged 18–24 years, encompassing both male and female athletes. The participants were randomly assigned to one of three research conditions: mental imagery, music, and control groups, with gender matching applied. Over four weeks, the mental imagery group engaged in 12 sessions of auditory prerecorded imagery scripts, while the music group listened to their preferred music during the same number of sessions. The control group did not undergo any interventions. The findings of the study indicated that both music and mental imagery positively influenced sprint swimming performance.
{"title":"The effects of mental imagery and music on sprint swimming performance","authors":"Kai Shian Foo , Kuan Juen Leong , Hua Ann Mok , Yee Cheng Kueh , Rajesh Kumar , Garry Kuan","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Swimming, known as one of the most prestigious Olympic sports, represents a highly sought-after aspiration for athletes around the globe. A notable aspect of sports performance is the intricate interplay between mental well-being and physical performance, wherein an individual's mental state significantly influences their athletic capabilities. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the effects of mental imagery and music on sprint swimming performance. A pre-and post-intervention study design was employed, involving 40 participants aged 18–24 years, encompassing both male and female athletes. The participants were randomly assigned to one of three research conditions: mental imagery, music, and control groups, with gender matching applied. Over four weeks, the mental imagery group engaged in 12 sessions of auditory prerecorded imagery scripts, while the music group listened to their preferred music during the same number of sessions. The control group did not undergo any interventions. The findings of the study indicated that both music and mental imagery positively influenced sprint swimming performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 28-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143936075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.12.001
Blake Costalupes, Thomas O. Minkler, Adrianna M. Wood, Sam Zizzi
In recent decades, mindfulness has grown in popularity in modern society and culture. This popularity extends to the field of sport psychology. Due to this popularity, many college student-athletes have exposure to mindfulness with or without the guidance of a sport psychology consultant or mindfulness teacher. Most mindfulness research in sport psychology has centered on the effectiveness of formal mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for performance enhancement and wellbeing. However, little to no evidence exists demonstrating how student-athletes understand mindfulness, and how this understanding might connect to motivation for continued practice or benefits received. Further, no research to our knowledge exists exploring the use of mindfulness practice by individual student-athletes outside of formal MBIs delivered in a group or team format. Moreover, some research proposes that the oversimplified incorporation of mindfulness in Western Psychology might be a factor in decreased participation and compliance with MBIs. The purposes of the present study were to investigate how athletes engage in and understand mindfulness practice and to explore potential benefits, barriers, and adverse experiences related to their practice. The Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) protocol (Hill, 2012) was utilized to examine the experiences of 15 college student-athletes with varying degrees of mindfulness exposure and practice. The analysis yielded three distinct domains, including (a) conceptual understanding, (b) details of mindfulness practice, and (c) contextual factors influencing practice. Results offer sport psychology professionals insight into how athletes understand mindfulness, and how this might affect their engagement with, and benefits received from utilizing mindfulness-based approaches.
{"title":"Mindfulness to me: A qualitative investigation of college student-athletes’ personal understanding of mindfulness","authors":"Blake Costalupes, Thomas O. Minkler, Adrianna M. Wood, Sam Zizzi","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent decades, mindfulness has grown in popularity in modern society and culture. This popularity extends to the field of sport psychology. Due to this popularity, many college student-athletes have exposure to mindfulness with or without the guidance of a sport psychology consultant or mindfulness teacher. Most mindfulness research in sport psychology has centered on the effectiveness of formal mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for performance enhancement and wellbeing. However, little to no evidence exists demonstrating how student-athletes understand mindfulness, and how this understanding might connect to motivation for continued practice or benefits received. Further, no research to our knowledge exists exploring the use of mindfulness practice by individual student-athletes outside of formal MBIs delivered in a group or team format. Moreover, some research proposes that the oversimplified incorporation of mindfulness in Western Psychology might be a factor in decreased participation and compliance with MBIs. The purposes of the present study were to investigate how athletes engage in and understand mindfulness practice and to explore potential benefits, barriers, and adverse experiences related to their practice. The Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) protocol (Hill, 2012) was utilized to examine the experiences of 15 college student-athletes with varying degrees of mindfulness exposure and practice. The analysis yielded three distinct domains, including (a) conceptual understanding, (b) details of mindfulness practice, and (c) contextual factors influencing practice. Results offer sport psychology professionals insight into how athletes understand mindfulness, and how this might affect their engagement with, and benefits received from utilizing mindfulness-based approaches.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143936062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.004
E. Su Jara-Pazmino , Bob Heere , Emily M. Newell , Simon M. Pack
University athletes have a limited time (usually four years) of eligibility to perform for their institutions. The dynamic nature of university athletics in the United States results in a continuous influx of newcomers to the various teams. Furthermore, athletes with diverse cultural backgrounds have to adapt to the team culture to be able to perform at their highest level. Considering that, the integration of new athletes is a process that happens on a large scale at the beginning of every season and can have an impact on their performance throughout the season and beyond. Delineating the tactics coaches employ to facilitate this process warrants considerable attention. In this study, the authors focused on the onboarding process of newcomer university athletes who have a significant difference between their culture and the team culture. The authors paid special attention to the university athlete's perception of the ability of their coach to structure the onboarding process. For this reason, the purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure athlete perceptions of tactics used by their coach during the onboarding process of newcomers into university athletics, based on Churchill (1979) and DeVellis’ (2016) scale development procedures.
{"title":"Measuring coach onboarding strategy and university athlete performance: A scale development study","authors":"E. Su Jara-Pazmino , Bob Heere , Emily M. Newell , Simon M. Pack","doi":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>University athletes have a limited time (usually four years) of eligibility to perform for their institutions. The dynamic nature of university athletics in the United States results in a continuous influx of newcomers to the various teams. Furthermore, athletes with diverse cultural backgrounds have to adapt to the team culture to be able to perform at their highest level. Considering that, the integration of new athletes is a process that happens on a large scale at the beginning of every season and can have an impact on their performance throughout the season and beyond. Delineating the tactics coaches employ to facilitate this process warrants considerable attention. In this study, the authors focused on the onboarding process of newcomer university athletes who have a significant difference between their culture and the team culture. The authors paid special attention to the university athlete's perception of the ability of their coach to structure the onboarding process. For this reason, the purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure athlete perceptions of tactics used by their coach during the onboarding process of newcomers into university athletics, based on Churchill (1979) and DeVellis’ (2016) scale development procedures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100129,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology","volume":"4 3","pages":"Pages 124-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142659434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-25DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.005
Gutman Tomer, Haran Stav, Lev-Arey Dalit
This paper presents a case of implementing a MAC-based intervention, empowered by SDT principles, delivered by the coach. As the MAC-based approach becomes dominant in the sport psychology field and SDT is a leading motivational approach applied to sports coaching, a 10-session program was delivered by the head coach to a group of 28 gymnasts. The intervention included psychoeducation on core MAC principles (e.g., values, acceptance, defusion) and was guided by the coach's efforts to fulfill the basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The intervention program protocol aligned with the coach's reflections are presented in each session. In conclusion, despite some constraints, this intervention framework holds potential for contributing to youth athletes' performance, well-being, and psychological development.
本文介绍了一个以 MAC 为基础、以 SDT 原则为指导、由教练实施干预的案例。由于基于 MAC 的方法在运动心理学领域占据主导地位，而 SDT 是应用于体育教练的主要激励方法，因此由主教练向一组 28 名体操运动员实施了一项为期 10 个课时的计划。干预措施包括关于澳门银河国际博彩官网核心原则（如价值观、接受、化解）的心理教育，并以教练满足自主性、能力和相关性等基本心理需求的努力为指导。干预计划方案与教练的反思在每节课中都会呈现。总之，尽管存在一些制约因素，但这一干预框架仍有潜力为青少年运动员的表现、幸福感和心理发展做出贡献。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.007
Kelly Barcza-Renner , Amber M. Shipherd , Itay Basevitch
Burnout symptoms are a detrimental concern many athletes have at some point throughout their athletic careers. In order to assist athletes with performing at their optimal level, there is a need to better understand the burnout phenomena and the ways it can interact with other performance variables, such as grit. Given that grit is a predictor of success in a variety of domains (e.g., Duckworth & Yeager, 2015; Eskreis-Winkler et al., 2014; Fernández-Martin et al., 2020), the purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between grit and burnout. It was hypothesized that there would be an inverse correlation between grit and burnout. Grit and burnout data was collected from Division I student-athletes (n = 241) towards the end of their competitive seasons. Further, the student-athletes year in college was considered as a potential moderator between grit and burnout. The results indicated that student-athletes who scored higher in grit, also scored higher in burnout, hence the hypothesis was not supported. Additionally, there was a stronger positive relationship between grit and burnout for first-year students and sophomores, when compared with juniors and seniors. It is plausible athletes who are grittier are more likely to persevere through stress and challenges, including burnout symptoms, especially during their first two years of college. Athletes higher in grit may also be investing more effort into their sport, which could be increasing symptoms of burnout, as well. The results of this study warrant further investigation to clarify the interaction between grit and athlete burnout.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.009
Alex Krumer , Offer Moshe Shapir , Yifei Zou
Home advantage is a well-established phenomenon in professional football. However, the literature on the effect of the size of the crowd on home advantage has produced mixed results. The present study utilized data from all the games in the Chinese Super League between the 2011 and 2019 seasons. Using multivariate regressions, where we control for teams’ abilities, different schedule related variables and referees’ unobserved characteristics, we find that the size of attendance has a positive effect on home advantage in terms of yellow cards, scored goals and points per game. Our finding emphasizes the important role of crowd on home advantage, not only for the dichotomous comparison between games with and without crowd, but also for the continuous case with varying levels of crowd.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.006
Robert J. Schinke , Yufeng Li , Yang Ge , Liwei Zhang , Qiang Gao , Elizabeth A. Steadman , Yu-Bu Wang , Liye Zou
There has been considerable discussion for more than 50 years of how scientists and practitioners in elite level sport can work collaboratively to ensure that evidence-based practice augments the sport performance and human development of elite amateur and professional athletes. The bridging of these two, often disparate competencies, science and practice, though considered at the conceptual level, continues to be scarcely evidenced within the international sport science community. Much of the research that frames the experiences of elite athletes and their consequent needs, is heavily influenced by scientists, often without direct reciprocity to bridge science, theory, and applied context. The knowledge influencing these interventions has derived from qualitative methods, such as semi-structured interviews, surveys, and focus groups, as well as a breadth of psychometric assessments. Though these approaches to gathering robust data are a necessary part of inquiry, they often produce decontextualized data collection strategies and results, which can lead to generalized, ineffective practices in sport performance environments. Within this submission, the first author cooperated with an international team of scientist-practitioners who are well versed in elite sport to delineate ecologically sound science-practice reciprocity. The authors consider the strengths and weaknesses of conventional qualitative research strategies in terms of their utility and the parlance of evidence into intervention and world-class performance. Two emerging, context driven approaches to inquiry are proposed; arts-based methods and an idiosyncratic approach to ethnography to encourage the reader toward an expanded selection of inquiry approaches from which better understanding and intervention can be generated. This contribution conclude with summary points to open further possibilities for innovative science to practice approaches.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-23DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.003
Yair Galily, Roy David Samuel, Gershon Tenenbaum
Our special issue comprises a diverse collection of ten research and review articles, each offering unique insights into the psychological dimensions of athletic performance. From studies examining the role of resilience in overcoming extreme score shifts to explorations of the mental toll caused by external crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical conflict, these papers provide a broad spectrum of perspectives. The issue digs into critical topics such as the influence of crowd dynamics, athlete-coach relationships, and the psychological challenges of breaking long-standing records, all while highlighting innovative methodologies like ecological approaches and creative non-fiction. Together, these ten papers underscore the complexity of the psychological factors that impact athletes’ success and well-being, offering both theoretical advances and practical applications for the sporting world.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2024.10.010
Kerry R. McGannon , Jenny McMahon
Although motherhood is a well-documented time when recreational sport pursuits decline, researchers have shown that some women participate in sport after becoming mothers. Recreational running is one sport where mothers (re)negotiate their subjectivity in ways that resist constraining good mother ideals by expanding strategies to enhance well-being. There remain nuanced tensions in this process that are less understood, particularly in terms of how mother runners negotiate training and competing. In this study, we used relativist narrative inquiry to explore these tensions and performance strategies of five North American competitive mother runners with young children, theorized as stories in cultural narratives. We used thematic narrative analysis to identify a theme of patience with the process: it's a long and winding road. We then shifted to storytellers to present the meanings of this theme as three accessible creative non-fiction (CNF) letters of advice to other potential mother runners. Advice letters outlined strategies pertaining to the physical self, a flexible mindset and social support. We reflect on the central theme in relation to narratives of good motherhood, sport performance, and discovery, and the implications for psycho-social tensions and performance strategies. CNF advice letters show the pedagogical potential of different kinds of stories to learn more about the constraining and empowering aspects of sport in mothers’ lives, in cultural context.
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