The power of human touch: Physical contact improves performance in basketball free throws
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Feb 19:102610. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102610. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHow pervasive is the power of human touch? Physical touch by other humans shows social support and alleviates stress - stress that may otherwise interfere with performance in athletic tasks. We argue that physical touch improves performance in highly stressful situations: free throws in basketball. In two studies (Ntotal = 60 NCAAW games, ktotal = 835 free throw tandems), we assessed how often teammates touched the shooting player (e.g., a tap on the shoulder) in between shooting two free throws. We find that the e...
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 21, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Christiane M B üttner Christoph Kenntemich Kipling D Williams Source Type: research
The power of human touch: Physical contact improves performance in basketball free throws
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Feb 19:102610. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102610. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHow pervasive is the power of human touch? Physical touch by other humans shows social support and alleviates stress - stress that may otherwise interfere with performance in athletic tasks. We argue that physical touch improves performance in highly stressful situations: free throws in basketball. In two studies (Ntotal = 60 NCAAW games, ktotal = 835 free throw tandems), we assessed how often teammates touched the shooting player (e.g., a tap on the shoulder) in between shooting two free throws. We find that the e...
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 21, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Christiane M B üttner Christoph Kenntemich Kipling D Williams Source Type: research
The power of human touch: Physical contact improves performance in basketball free throws
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Feb 19:102610. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102610. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHow pervasive is the power of human touch? Physical touch by other humans shows social support and alleviates stress - stress that may otherwise interfere with performance in athletic tasks. We argue that physical touch improves performance in highly stressful situations: free throws in basketball. In two studies (Ntotal = 60 NCAAW games, ktotal = 835 free throw tandems), we assessed how often teammates touched the shooting player (e.g., a tap on the shoulder) in between shooting two free throws. We find that the e...
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 21, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Christiane M B üttner Christoph Kenntemich Kipling D Williams Source Type: research
Weight loss and lifestyle intervention for cardiorespiratory fitness in obstructive sleep apnea: The INTERAPNEA trial
CONCLUSIONS: An 8-week interdisciplinary weight loss and lifestyle intervention resulted in significant and sustainable improvements in CRF and self-reported physical fitness in men with overweight/obesity and moderate-to-severe OSA.STUDY REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov registration (NCT03851653).PMID:38369267 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102614 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 18, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Almudena Carneiro-Barrera Francisco J Amaro-Gahete Jurado-Fasoli Lucas Germ án Sáez-Roca Carlos Mart ín-Carrasco Carl J Lavie Jonatan R Ruiz Source Type: research
The impact of religious-psychological factors on self-perceived sport performance among religious athletes in Malaysia
CONCLUSIONS: This finding suggests that sport psychologists, coaches, and other professionals should consider the importance of religious faith and help religious athletes practice positive religious coping (e.g., religious social support or religious meditation) to enhance athletes' well-being and athletic performance.PMID:38369268 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102612 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 18, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Young-Eun Noh Fariz Zaki Mahmoud Danaee Source Type: research
Weight loss and lifestyle intervention for cardiorespiratory fitness in obstructive sleep apnea: The INTERAPNEA trial
CONCLUSIONS: An 8-week interdisciplinary weight loss and lifestyle intervention resulted in significant and sustainable improvements in CRF and self-reported physical fitness in men with overweight/obesity and moderate-to-severe OSA.STUDY REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov registration (NCT03851653).PMID:38369267 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102614 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 18, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Almudena Carneiro-Barrera Francisco J Amaro-Gahete Jurado-Fasoli Lucas Germ án Sáez-Roca Carlos Mart ín-Carrasco Carl J Lavie Jonatan R Ruiz Source Type: research
The impact of religious-psychological factors on self-perceived sport performance among religious athletes in Malaysia
CONCLUSIONS: This finding suggests that sport psychologists, coaches, and other professionals should consider the importance of religious faith and help religious athletes practice positive religious coping (e.g., religious social support or religious meditation) to enhance athletes' well-being and athletic performance.PMID:38369268 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102612 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 18, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Young-Eun Noh Fariz Zaki Mahmoud Danaee Source Type: research
Weight loss and lifestyle intervention for cardiorespiratory fitness in obstructive sleep apnea: The INTERAPNEA trial
CONCLUSIONS: An 8-week interdisciplinary weight loss and lifestyle intervention resulted in significant and sustainable improvements in CRF and self-reported physical fitness in men with overweight/obesity and moderate-to-severe OSA.STUDY REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov registration (NCT03851653).PMID:38369267 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102614 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 18, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Almudena Carneiro-Barrera Francisco J Amaro-Gahete Jurado-Fasoli Lucas Germ án Sáez-Roca Carlos Mart ín-Carrasco Carl J Lavie Jonatan R Ruiz Source Type: research
The impact of religious-psychological factors on self-perceived sport performance among religious athletes in Malaysia
CONCLUSIONS: This finding suggests that sport psychologists, coaches, and other professionals should consider the importance of religious faith and help religious athletes practice positive religious coping (e.g., religious social support or religious meditation) to enhance athletes' well-being and athletic performance.PMID:38369268 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102612 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 18, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Young-Eun Noh Fariz Zaki Mahmoud Danaee Source Type: research
Development and validation of the physical effort scale (PES)
CONCLUSIONS: The PES is a valid and reliable measure of individual differences in the valuation of physical effort. This scale can assess the propensity to engage in physically demanding tasks in non-clinical populations. The PES and its manual are available in the Supplementary Material.PMID:38364989 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102607 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 16, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Boris Cheval Silvio Maltagliati Delphine S Courvoisier Samuele Marcora Matthieu P Boigontier Source Type: research
Development and validation of the physical effort scale (PES)
CONCLUSIONS: The PES is a valid and reliable measure of individual differences in the valuation of physical effort. This scale can assess the propensity to engage in physically demanding tasks in non-clinical populations. The PES and its manual are available in the Supplementary Material.PMID:38364989 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102607 (Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise)
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 16, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Boris Cheval Silvio Maltagliati Delphine S Courvoisier Samuele Marcora Matthieu P Boigontier Source Type: research
Facilitators and constraints to adult sports participation: A systematic review
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Feb 13;72:102609. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102609. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite the well-documented health, social and economic benefits of sports participation, adults' participation in organised sport declines as age increases. To date, no review has summarised the multi-level factors that influence adults' decisions to participate in sport. Therefore, this systematic literature review aimed to: 1) determine the facilitators, constraints and negotiated constraints to adults' (25-64 years) sport participation, and 2) summarise these factors according to the multiple levels of the s...
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 15, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Sarah Crossman Murray Drummond Sam Elliott James Kay Ashley Montero Jasmine M Petersen Source Type: research
Barriers and enablers in doping, anti-doping, and clean sport: A qualitative meta-synthesis informed by the theoretical domains framework and COM-B model
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Feb 13:102608. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102608. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo protect the integrity of sport, and the health of athletes, global anti-doping programmes seek to prevent doping behaviours, and elicit anti-doping and clean sport behaviours, through education, deterrence, detection, enforcement, and rules. To guide programme development, this meta-synthesis of qualitative research applied a behavioural science framework to identify barriers and enablers to doping, anti-doping, and clean sport. A systematic search of electronic databases, followed by critical appraisal, resulte...
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 15, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Toni L Williams Laurie B Patterson Andrew R Heyes Helen R Staff Ian D Boardley Andrea Petr óczi Susan H Backhouse Source Type: research
Facilitators and constraints to adult sports participation: A systematic review
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Feb 13:102609. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102609. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite the well-documented health, social and economic benefits of sports participation, adults' participation in organised sport declines as age increases. To date, no review has summarised the multi-level factors that influence adults' decisions to participate in sport. Therefore, this systematic literature review aimed to: 1) determine the facilitators, constraints and negotiated constraints to adults' (25-64 years) sport participation, and 2) summarise these factors according to the multiple levels of the soci...
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 15, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Sarah Crossman Murray Drummond Sam Elliott James Kay Ashley Montero Jasmine M Petersen Source Type: research
Barriers and enablers in doping, anti-doping, and clean sport: A qualitative meta-synthesis informed by the theoretical domains framework and COM-B model
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Feb 13:102608. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102608. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo protect the integrity of sport, and the health of athletes, global anti-doping programmes seek to prevent doping behaviours, and elicit anti-doping and clean sport behaviours, through education, deterrence, detection, enforcement, and rules. To guide programme development, this meta-synthesis of qualitative research applied a behavioural science framework to identify barriers and enablers to doping, anti-doping, and clean sport. A systematic search of electronic databases, followed by critical appraisal, resulte...
Source: Psychology of Sport and Exercise - February 15, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Toni L Williams Laurie B Patterson Andrew R Heyes Helen R Staff Ian D Boardley Andrea Petr óczi Susan H Backhouse Source Type: research
