(1) Background: To quantitatively analyze the content structure and psychological mechanism of Chinese college students' school sports policy attitude; (2) Methods: This paper uses the data of 2112 college students obtained from a national sample survey. We also use a theoretical model of school ...

Four psychometric models were evaluated for the COPE inventory (C. S. Carver, M. F. Scheier and J. K. Weintraub, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1989, 56, pp. 267-283), and for the sport-specific modification of the COPE inventory (P. R. E. Crocker and T. R. Graham, The Sport...

The purpose of this study was to clarify the subjective feelings of athletes wearing sunglasses while playing sports, using mixed methods research. In Study I, we conducted a free-answered survey, using 50 athletes (M_age=30.6, SD=6.6) to clarify subjective feelings of athletes wearing sunglasses...

The Canadian Olympic Men's Boxing Team was once among the most successful contingents in the world in its sport discipline but then lost this prominent status. At present, Canada's Boxing Team has begun preparation for the 2016 Olympics with the -Own the Podium- (OTP) Program providing financial...

Problem Statement: The yips is a motor movement disorder consisting of involuntary movements that influence motor movements previously acquired by athletes. The yips occur in baseball, golf, archery, table tennis, tennis, cricket, and petanque, among others. Previous studies have reported that the...

This research qualitatively documents youth sport coaches' perspectives of sport psychology and sport psychology consultants (SPCs) in the United Kingdom. Youth coaches are a unique population yet to be examined, despite their significance to the development of athletes. Semi-structured...

Since the person behind the practitioner has been recognised as a core foundation of professional practice in sport psychology, research attention has diffused to focus on navigating the 'rocky road' towards individuation. As such, this study extended the literature by illuminating the importance...

The design fluency test (DFT) has been reported to predict successful sports performance of soccer players and has therefore been in the spotlight of sport psychology research. There is, however, a lack of research regarding the psychometric properties of the DFT in elite sports. Thus, the aim...

Background. Although literature on sports psychology outlines parental influence in various areas, research has not focused on its potential in the framework of doping. Objective. To assess whether parents' knowledge about doping effects, and their behaviour and beliefs might act as a protecting...

Single sport specialization has been associated with injury risk and burnout. However, there is no known previous qualitative research regarding health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of single sport and multi-sport young athletes and their parents. In order to better understand the perceptions of...