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Climate Stress in Everyday Life: How Can We Support Children?

... actually have feelings if they can make life difficult? In psychology, feelings are understood, among other things, as indicators of ... for stress is higher because other things in life are very positive (e.g., financial security, good relationships in the family). For ... / more

“Keeping the Olympic Flame Burning”: Protecting Athletes from Burnout in Sport

... in 2020. In the last twenty years, sport psychology has researched burnout extensively. Researchers have made ... were combined, their effectiveness varied somewhat, with positive results observed in approximately 57% of cases [1]. The combination ... / more

Heart Rate Variability (HRV): How Olympic athletes can use the heart-mind connection to boost their performance

... Changes in HRV — either going up or down — can be positive indicators, depending on when they happen. When you are resting, a ... review of heart rate variability in sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2022: p. ... / more

There is no place like home – How the French crowd may impact the athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

... with spectators present, we might assume that they played a positive role. However, when conducting such an experiment, we need to control ... influence of sport spectators,” in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1st ed., J. Schüler, M. Wegner, H. Plessner, and R. C. Eklund, ... / more

Essential Psychological Aspects of the Olympic Mind

... their task-based goals may have a more realistic and positive view of their performance. In any case, an essential ... and self-regulation in the sport context,” in Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principles, 3rd ed., P. A. M. Van Lange, E. T. ... / more

Players behind the scenes: How parents join their children’s road to the Olympics

... in elite sports and share insights on what constitutes positive parental involvement. Did you know that being related ... [3]. To learn more about parental involvement, sport psychology researchers have increasingly focused on how parents support youth ... / more

The role of others' presence in sport performance under pressure

... that he thrives on the energy of the crowd, whether positive or negative, indicating that the lack of spectators can diminish his ... The American Journal of Psychology , vol . 9 , pp . 507 ... / more

Thinking gold: the link between cognition and performance in olympic athletes

... profile of the respective sport discipline. Sport psychology differentiates the cognitive components skills [3] from the expert ... that do not disrupt training schedules and may have a positive cost-benefit ratio, but are challenging to control for compliance. ... / more

Editorial: Mastering the Olympic Mind - The psychology behind peak sports performance

... On the one hand, social and contextual factors can have a positive impact on sports performance. Eckardt et al. (2024) focus on the ... coaches, athletes, and other readers interested in the psychology behind elite sports performance. Beyond the specific content, this ... / more

Virtual reality training in Olympic sports: Promises and pitfalls

... in VR, in real-life, scanning behavior seems to have a positive influence on soccer performance [2]. Another study was conducted ... interventions in virtual reality ,” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 14, 2023, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1240790 [2] G. Jordet, K. ... / more