International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	ISSP Position stand: Career development and transitions of athletes	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2009	291
2	ISSP position stand: To sample or to specialize? Seven postulates about youth sport activities that lead to continued participation and elite performance	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2009	289
3	International society of sport psychology position stand: Athletes’ mental health, performance, and development	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2018	230
4	Consensus statement on improving the mental health of high performance athletes	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2020	174
5	The conceptual and empirical foundations of Empowering Coaching™: Setting the stage for the PAPA project	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2013	173
6	Characteristics of expert development in rhythmic gymnastics: A retrospective study	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2007	165
7	Effects of motor imagery training on service return accuracy in tennis: The role of imagery ability	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2007	158
8	More than one road leads to Rome: A narrative review and meta-analysis of physical activity intervention effects on cognition in youth	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2019	156
9	Career development and transitions of athletes: the International Society of Sport Psychology Position Stand Revisited	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2021	150
10	ISSP Position Stand: Culturally competent research and practice in sport and exercise psychology	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2013	140
11	The cognitive architecture of complex movement	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2004	135
12	The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and psychobiosocial states in Italian athletes	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2022	133
13	Psychological resilience in sport: A review of the literature and implications for research and practice	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2015	120
14	Effect of a psychological skills training program on swimming performance and positive psychological development	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2006	117
15	An empirical examination comparing the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment approach and Psychological Skills Training for the mental health and sport performance of female student athletes	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2018	102
16	Sport psychology services to high performance athletes during COVID-19	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2020	101
17	The perceived effects of elite athletes' experiences of emotional abuse in the coach–athlete relationship	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2013	100
18	The effects of attentional focusing strategies on novice dart throwing performance and Their task experiences	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2007	98
19	Mental toughness in sport: A review	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2007	94
20	ISSP position stand: To test or not to test? The use of physical skill tests in talent detection and in early phases of sport development	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2009	94
21	Constraints on the search for visual information in sport	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2004	93
22	Intentions to drop-out of youth soccer: A test of the basic needs theory among European youth from five countries	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2013	92
23	The effects of teachers’ expectations about students’ motivation on teachers’ autonomy‐supportive and controlling behaviors	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2006	91
24	Components of home advantage in 157 national soccer leagues worldwide	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2014	89
25	The effect of PETTLEP imagery on strength performance	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2009	87
26	The Ideomotor approach to action control: Implications for skilled performance	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2004	82
27	Personality traits and exercise dependence: Exploring the role of narcissism and perfectionism	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2014	79
28	Examining relationships between emotional intelligence and coaching efficacy	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2008	76
29	Shared and coordinated cognition in competitive and dynamic task environments: An information‐processing perspective for team sports	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2006	74
30	Qualitative research in six sport and exercise psychology journals between 2010 and 2017: An updated and expanded review of trends and interpretations	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2021	74
31	Decision making in sports: Influence of complexity on implicit and explicit learning	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2003	72
32	Measuring self-regulation in a learning context: Reliability and validity of the Self-Regulation of Learning Self-Report Scale (SRL-SRS)	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2012	72
33	Coaches' views of mental toughness and how it is built	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2011	68
34	Variability of practice as an interface between motor and cognitive development	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2019	68
35	The characteristics of sexual abuse in sport: A multidimensional scaling analysis of events described in media reports	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2008	67
36	The relationship between multidimensional competitive anxiety, cognitive threat appraisal, and coping strategies: A multi-sport study	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2012	67
37	Does integrating physical activity in the elementary school classroom influence academic motivation?	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2012	66
38	The individual zones of optimal functioning (IZOF) model (1978–2014): Historical overview of its development and use	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2017	66
39	Applying transformational leadership theory to coaching research in youth sport: A systematic literature review	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2018	65
40	Relationships among perceived motivational climate, motivational regulations, enjoyment, and PA participation among Finnish physical education students	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2017	64
41	Promoting Adolescent health through an intervention aimed at improving the quality of their participation in Physical Activity (PAPA): Background to the project and main trial protocol	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2013	61
42	Methodology as a ritualized Eurocentrism: Introduction to the special issue	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2009	60
43	Rethinking validity in qualitative sport and exercise psychology research: a realist perspective	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2021	60
44	Psychometric properties of the exercise identity scale in a university sample	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2008	58
45	Actions from within	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2004	57
46	At the Olympics, everything is a performance issue	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2008	57
47	Cognitive control in motor expertise	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2004	56
48	Examining the relationship between perfectionism and trait anger in competitive sport	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2006	54
49	The basic psychological needs in exercise scale: Translation and evidence for cross‐cultural validity	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2010	54
50	A distal external focus enhances novice dart throwing performance	International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology	2012	54

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