The Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes (TCTSA) provides a
psychophysiological framework for how athletes anticipate motivated performance …

Burnout is a negative consequence of stress and has received attention in sports research.
On the basis of Smith's [(1986). Toward a cognitive-affective model of athletic burnout …

Abstract Objective In line with Smith's (1986) cognitive-affective model of athletic burnout,
the purpose of this study was to examine the conjunctive effects of athletes' resilience and …

This prospective study was designed to identify psychological factors that predict career
success in professional adult soccer. Post hoc, two groups were distinguished:(1) Male …

Elite adolescent sport is a relatively unexplored research field. The purpose of this
investigation was to examine how the Norwegian Olympic Youth Team (N= 29) experienced …

After having attended a friendly football match between Chelsea FC and Dynamo Moscow to
mark the end of World War II, the novelist George Orwell (1945) famously remarked that …

Social psychology in sport has grown impressively in the last decade, but no single text has
addressed all the important topics in the field--until now. Through the contributions of an …

The investigation of relationship maintenance strategies has received considerable attention
in various types of dyads including romantic, marital, and familial relationships. No research …

Background: A large number of women are employed in the labor market. This phenomenon
has widely supplanted the traditional family model of full-time working fathers and full-time …

Objectives Although much is now known about the role of social support in the competitive
stress process, scholars have yet to examine this moderator in relation to organizational …