Effect of passion on the athlete engagement of college students specializing in DanceSport: the mediating role of the DanceSport partnership [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyObjectiveThis research investigates the influence of passion on DanceSport engagement (DSE) among university students specializing in DanceSport, along with the mediating function of DanceSport partnership (DSP).MethodsA survey involving 1,029 ...
Huang Ziyou, Yuan Yuxin, Li Xiaofen
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Research in the “Games Bubble”: leveraging outreach-embedded data collection at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingIntroductionAnti-doping social science has been shaped largely by Western and Eurocentric evidence, with limited research capturing athlete perspectives from geographically heterogeneous and potentially culturally diverse contexts.
Gobinathan Nair +6 more
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How expressive ties energize competitive performance in DanceSport dyads: unraveling the role of athlete engagement in an innovatively applied actor-partner interdependence mediation model [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyObjectivesThis study explores the significant impact of expressive ties (EI) between DanceSport couples on their competitive performance (CP). Utilizing a dyadic approach, we examined the performance achievement processes of DanceSport couples in ...
Xiuxia Liu +3 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyObjectiveThis study aims to explore the association between speed skating coaches’ leadership behavior and athletes’ sports engagement, and to examine the mediating role of athlete psychological fatigue in this relationship.MethodsA convenience sampling ...
Xu Wang, Qi Feng, Dawei Cao
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European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and EducationThe aim of this study was to examine athlete engagement and its relationships with indicators of the quality of the athlete’s sport experience, exploring potential differences according to gender, age, and competitive level.
María Julia Raimundi +5 more
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Development and initial validation of the Engagement in Athletic Training Scale
Frontiers in PsychologyThe current study presents the development process and initial validation of the Engagement in Athletic Training Scale (EATS), which was designed to evaluate athletes’ engagement in athletic training.
Jing-Dong Liu +6 more
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The impact of social media on athletes' mental health: a systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingSocial media use has reached almost every sport context, yet its psychological implications for athletes remain inconsistently defined. Existing research suggests potential links between social media engagement and mental health outcomes, but findings ...
Jaime Siaj +3 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the predictive effect of coach–athlete relationship (CAR) quality on training engagement (TE) and shooting skill improvement (SI) among adolescent basketball players, as well as the potential mediating role of TE in ...
Yuanyuan Luo +3 more
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Gender differences in mental health symptoms and risk factors in Australian elite athletes
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2021 Objectives To examine gender differences in the reporting of, and contributors to, mental health symptoms.Methods This was a cross-sectional observational study of adult athletes within a national elite sporting system (n=523; women=292;56%), who ...
Simon Rice +5 more
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Risk and protective factors for mental ill-health in elite para- and non-para athletes
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 ObjectiveTo apply a socioecological approach to identify risk and protective factors across levels of the “sports-ecosystem,” which are associated with mental health outcomes among athletes in para-sports and non-para sports.
Lisa S. Olive +16 more
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