(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...

This study examined the association between team performance perceived by coaches, coaches' basic psychological needs, motivation, and their intentions to persist in coaching. Participants were 719 coaches (80 females, M = 33.49 years, SD = 10.27, range = 18-67) of different team sports (soccer =...

The aim of this study was to analyze the psychological characteristics associated with sports performance, mood states and self-determination of 33 chilean para-athletes from 4 collective sport team. Method: 33 athletes -25 men and 8 women- participated (in this study) from the Chilean Wheelchair...

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...