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JournalISSN: 1750-984X

International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology 

Taylor & Francis
About: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Psychology & Sport psychology. It has an ISSN identifier of 1750-984X. Over the lifetime, 243 publications have been published receiving 15266 citations. The journal is also known as: IRSEP.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss three commonly used ways to demonstrate rigor when conducting sport and exercise psychology research, and discuss the importance of rigor in sport psychology research.
Abstract: Qualitative research has grown within sport and exercise psychology and is now widely conducted The purpose of this review is to discuss three commonly used ways to demonstrate rigor when conducti

1,681 citations

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TL;DR: This article provided a comprehensive review of the literature on the attentional focus effect and found that the performance and learning advantages through instructions or feedback inducing an external focus extend across different types of tasks, skill levels, and age groups.
Abstract: Over the past 15 years, research on focus of attention has consistently demonstrated that an external focus (i.e., on the movement effect) enhances motor performance and learning relative to an internal focus (i.e., on body movements). This article provides a comprehensive review of the extant literature. Findings show that the performance and learning advantages through instructions or feedback inducing an external focus extend across different types of tasks, skill levels, and age groups. Benefits are seen in movement effectiveness (e.g., accuracy, consistency, balance) as well as efficiency (e.g., muscular activity, force production, cardiovascular responses). Methodological issues that have arisen in the literature are discussed. Finally, our current understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the attentional focus effect is outlined, and directions for future research are suggested.

812 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of current life skills through sport research is presented, and the conditions needed to examine life skills development are explored, and possible theoretical explanations of how, when, under what conditions and why life skills develop in sport participants are discussed.
Abstract: This review is designed to summarize and critique current life skills through sport research. In particular, life skills are defined, the conditions needed to examine life skills development are explored, and the possible theoretical explanations of how, when, under what conditions and why life skills develop in sport participants are discussed. A heuristic model of coaching life skills is offered. To conclude, future research directions are forwarded and include the need for: (a) quantitative and qualitative research; (b) the development of valid life skills through sport measures; (c) an examination of sport program type differences; (d) evaluation research; (e) longitudinal studies; (f) studies focusing on identifying theoretical explanations for the life skill development sport participation link; (g) the utilization of experimental designs; and (h) an examination of the transferability of life skills. The importance of conducting this type of research for both theoretical and practical reasons is emp...

692 citations

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TL;DR: A review of a diverse, temporally distributed, body of literature regarding the effects of conscious attention to movement can be found in this article, where the authors argue that the propensity for consciousness to control movements on-line is a function of individual personality differences, specific contexts and a broad range of contingent events that can be psychological, physiological, environmental or even mechanical.
Abstract: This review provides an overview of a diverse, temporally distributed, body of literature regarding the effects of conscious attention to movement. An attempt is made to unite the many different views within the literature through Reinvestment Theory (Masters, 1992; Masters, Polman, & Hammond, 1993), which suggests that relatively automated motor processes can be disrupted if they are run using consciously accessed, task-relevant declarative knowledge to control the mechanics of the movements on-line. Reinvestment Theory argues that the propensity for consciousness to control movements on-line is a function of individual personality differences, specific contexts and a broad range of contingent events that can be psychological, physiological, environmental or even mechanical.

516 citations

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TL;DR: A model that distinguishes between implicit and explicit processes to PYD is presented and results of an inductive meta-data analysis produced three categories: PYD climate, life skills program focus, and PYD outcomes.
Abstract: The overall purpose of this study was to create a model of positive youth development (PYD) through sport grounded in the extant qualitative literature. More specifically, the first objective was to review and evaluate qualitative studies of PYD in sport. The second objective was to analyze and synthesize findings from these studies. Following record identification and screening, 63 articles were retained for analysis. Meta-method analysis revealed strengths of studies were the use of multiple data collection and validity techniques, which produced high-quality data. Weaknesses were limited use of ‘named’ methodologies and inadequate reporting of sampling procedures. Philosophical perspectives were rarely reported, and theory was used sparingly. Results of an inductive meta-data analysis produced three categories: PYD climate (adult relationships, peer relationships, and parental involvement), life skills program focus (life skill building activities and transfer activities), and PYD outcomes (in ...

400 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202312
202246
202143
202028
20195
201727