All Articles and Issues

n. 1 - January-February 2026

• Psychological safety, interpersonal trust and personal flourishing: what’s in it for coaches? (Sophia Jowett, Annabel Powell, Jose Roberto Andrade Do Nascimento Junior)
• Bend but don’t break: An exploratory analysis of a 12-week resilience building intervention for NCAA athletes (Caroline C. Cooney, Faizan Imtiaz)
• Perceived destructive coach leadership behavior in elite team sports (Kristian Sigvartsen, Stig Arve Sæther, Tommy Haugen, Martin Erikstad, Derek M. Peters, Rune Høigaard)
• An in-depth analysis of elite taekwondo athletes’ thoughts and behaviors during non-surgical rehabilitation following knee injuries (Ki-Jun Park)
• Psychological strain among Spanish amateur athletes a cross-sectional study (Jorge García-Rubio, Daniel González-Devesa, Jose Carlos Diz-Gómez, Nerea Blanco-Martínez, Carlos Ayán-Pérez)

n. 2 - March-April 2026

• Exploring confidence factors in University soccer athletes in South Korea: pre-match, in game, and post-competition phases (Sejin Park, Ye Hoon Lee)
• Must stay in the game: self-regulation for performance optimization in professional ice hockey (Atte Sacklin, Claudio Robazza, Montse C. Ruiz)
• The inducers of an elite handball coach’s emotional experience during a season abroad. A longitudinal single scase study (Oriane Petiot, Gilles Kermarrec, Jérôme Visioli)
• Crafting identity: how youth athletes navigate borders and find their place in China’s Sport-Education System (Part 1) (Junyi Zhang, Yingchun Wang, Robert Schinke)

n. 3 - May-June 2026

• Achievement orientation and perfectionism are linked to competition mindsets and mental well-being in elite athletes (Benjamin J. Houltberg, Jane Zimmerman, Jennifer Shubert, Sarah Schnitker, Peter C. Scales)
• The influence of visual blur on the return-of-serve within tennis: evidence for separable performance effects (Alex Meadowcroft, James W. Roberts)
• Unmasking gender roles in sports: differences in athletic identity and pain coping ability in martial arts (Alexandra G. Traşcă, Maria Stefania Ionel, Laura Visu-Petra)
• Crafting Identity: how youth athletes navigate borders and find their place in China’s Sport-Education System (Part 2) (Junyi Zhang, Yingchun Wang, Robert Schinke)
• From aspirations to exploitation: the hidden costs of restrictive transfer regulations in Maltese youth football (Adele Muscat, Stiliani "ani" Chroni)

n. 4 - July-August 2026

• Promoting Psychological Well-Being and Preventing Suicide in Older Chinese Women through Gamified Group-Based Virtual Reality Exercise (Yawen Chang, Ghodratollah Bagheri Ragheb, Li Wang, Haiyang Yu)
• Use of triangulated methods to test the effect marathon course design has on runner psychology (Eric M. Hungenberg, Andrew W. Bailey, Nicholas Boer, Hyoung-Kil Kang)
• Beyond the scoreboard: exploring the connection between self-esteem, team dynamics, and performance in women’s basketball players (Enrique Flórez-Gil, Víctor Martín, Iago Portela-Pino)
• Gaze behaviors and decision-making when passing the ball in futsal (Thiago Augusto Costa De Oliveira, Keith Davids, Renata Alvares Denardi, Alexandre Moreira, Umberto Cesar Corrêa)
• Cognitive evaluation and decision making in public golf course choice: A multi-attribute utility theory approach (Hyung-Hoon Kim, Doyeon Won, Heetae Cho)
• I see it in my mind but do I feel it from the heart? Examining the relationship between imagery ability and interoception (Delfin Tursin, Andrew Cooke, Germano Gallicchio, Martina Gandola)