Index and abstracts

n. 1 - January-February 2025

• “I’m still training for a big event:” A qualitative case study exploring an elite athlete’s physical identity journey into motherhood (Kelly L. Massey, Amy E. Whitehead)
• The dark side of coaching: the negative affect of athletes as a mediator in the impact of abusive supervision on their performance and turnover (Pao-Yuan Lin, Bryan Weisheng Chiu, I-An Wang)
• Stressors and coping strategies in amateur esports players: An Interview Study (Oliver Leis, Michael G. Trotter, Phil Dj Birch, Kabir Bubna, Dylan R. Poulus)
• Physical activity, social capital and subjective well-being. The moderating roles of optimism (Dianxi Wang, Yuwen Zhang, Ru Yang)

n. 2 - March-April 2025

• Chinese version of the craving for rest and volitional energy expenditure scale: Confirmatory analysis and gender invariance measurement (Linxian Zeng, Garry Kuan, Ayu Suzailiana Binti Muhamad, Fang Zhao, Zhutang Liu, Yee Cheng Kueh)
• The role of performance pressure during shootouts in soccer (Rob Van Hemert, John Van Der Kamp)
• The effects of cumulative ecological risk on college students’ exercise adherence: mediated by exercise motivation and atmosphere (Li Yaming, Jamalsafri Bin Saibon)
• Psychological resilience, stress, coping styles, mindfulness and social support in student athletes: An explanatory sequential mixed research design (Ergün Kara, Aydogan Aykut Ceyhan)
• When emotional support becomes the game-changer: How fitness and sports instructors emotional support influence the mitigation of internet gaming addiction in E-sports among university students (Joseph Lobo)