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Linking pre-performance stress appraisals with emotions in sport (2024)
Journal Article
Stanger, N., Kaiseler, M., & Williams, T. L. (2024). Linking pre-performance stress appraisals with emotions in sport. International journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 19(6), 2388-2396. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541241259726

Although research has investigated how appraisals are linked with categories of emotions (e.g. pleasant and unpleasant emotions) in sport, research into how stress appraisal components are associated with specific discrete emotions commonly experienc... Read More about Linking pre-performance stress appraisals with emotions in sport.

Analysing the content of sport policies: Disciplinary approaches and new directions (2024)
Journal Article
Lindsey, I., Wigham, S., & Keech, M. (2025). Analysing the content of sport policies: Disciplinary approaches and new directions. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 17(1), 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2024.2378147

This article considers different disciplinary and conceptual approaches to analysing the content, goals and means of sport policies; a much-needed complement to theoretical development in the field that has otherwise focused on analysing policy proce... Read More about Analysing the content of sport policies: Disciplinary approaches and new directions.

Towards a sportive agoraphobia of professional athletes (2024)
Journal Article
Roderick, M., & Hockin-Boyers, H. (2024). Towards a sportive agoraphobia of professional athletes. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 16(6), 519-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2024.2378157

In careers that span anonymity to public individual, the work of professional athletes is highly visible: anyone can observe and comment on what they do. Based on the accounts of 26 full-time, UK-based professional athletes from seven sports, eight f... Read More about Towards a sportive agoraphobia of professional athletes.

Stability and Change in Sports Fandom Over Time: A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Women's Professional Soccer Fandom (2024)
Journal Article
Allison, R., Kossakowski, R., & Pope, S. (2024). Stability and Change in Sports Fandom Over Time: A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Women's Professional Soccer Fandom. Sociology of Sport Journal, 42(1), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2024-0036

Scholars have recognized that sports fandom is not static, but temporal and fluid. However, little longitudinal research has traced the development of fandom over time. This analysis makes a new contribution to the sociology of fandom and women’s spo... Read More about Stability and Change in Sports Fandom Over Time: A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Women's Professional Soccer Fandom.

Physical activity vital sign assessment and associated health outcomes in an underserved South African community (2024)
Journal Article
Gradidge, P. J.-L., Crouch, S. H., Thornton, J., Matsena Zingoni, Z., Torres, G., Stoutenberg, M., Kolkenbeck-Ruh, A., Woodiwiss, A. J., Mhlaba, M., & Ware, L. J. (online). Physical activity vital sign assessment and associated health outcomes in an underserved South African community. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02292-1

Background: Physical activity is particularly low in South Africa and contributes to chronic conditions. This study aimed to determine physical activity levels in a South African community, using the physical activity vital sign (PAVS), and identify... Read More about Physical activity vital sign assessment and associated health outcomes in an underserved South African community.

Placing community at the heart of community sport development: introducing the community sport development framework (CSDF) (2024)
Journal Article
Mori, K., Morgan, H., Parker, A., & Lindsey, I. (2025). Placing community at the heart of community sport development: introducing the community sport development framework (CSDF). Sport in Society, 28(3), 433-451. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2024.2355647

It is widely accepted that the primary purpose of community sport development (CSD) is to increase participation rates in sport and build capacity to facilitate sporting opportunities. However, in England, Government funding for co... Read More about Placing community at the heart of community sport development: introducing the community sport development framework (CSDF).

Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old (2024)
Journal Article
Spiga, F., Davies, A. L., Tomlinson, E., Moore, T. H. M., Dawson, S., Breheny, K., …Summerbell, C. D. (2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(5), Article CD015328. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015328.pub2

Prevention of obesity in children is an international public health priority given the prevalence of the condition (and its significant impact on health, development and well-being). Interventions that aim to prevent obesity involve behavioural chang... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.

Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old (2024)
Journal Article
Spiga, F., Tomlinson, E., Davies, A. L., Moore, T. H. M., Dawson, S., Breheny, K., …Summerbell, C. D. (2024). Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(5), Article CD015330. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015330.pub2

Prevention of obesity in adolescents is an international public health priority. The prevalence of overweight and obesity is over 25% in North and South America, Australia, most of Europe, and the Gulf region. Interventions that aim to prevent obesit... Read More about Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old.

Exploring the potential of virtual reality for the self-management of chronic pain: A scoping review of its use to address health literacy (2024)
Journal Article
Skidmore, N., Ryan, C., Mankelow, J., Bradford, C., Graham, A., & Martin, D. (2024). Exploring the potential of virtual reality for the self-management of chronic pain: A scoping review of its use to address health literacy. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 72, Article 102962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2024.102962

Background
Individuals with low health literacy struggle to manage long-term conditions. Addressing pain-related health competencies is important in the management of chronic pain. Virtual reality may be a useful tool for empowering sustainable heal... Read More about Exploring the potential of virtual reality for the self-management of chronic pain: A scoping review of its use to address health literacy.

The critical posthumanities and postqualitative inquiry in psychology (2024)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2025). The critical posthumanities and postqualitative inquiry in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 22(3), 559-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2024.2338899

This article inaugurates a special issue on the critical posthumanities and postqualitative inquiry. Within psychology, more of us agree we dislike these ‘post’ approaches than can agree what they are about. The purpose of this article is not to make... Read More about The critical posthumanities and postqualitative inquiry in psychology.

Physical Activity with Sports Scientist (PASS) programme to promote physical activity among patients with non-communicable diseases: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial protocol. (2024)
Journal Article
Wattanapisit, A., Hemarachatanon, P., Somrak, K., Manunyanon, S., Wattanapisit, S., Amornsriwatanakul, A., …Stoutenberg, M. (2024). Physical Activity with Sports Scientist (PASS) programme to promote physical activity among patients with non-communicable diseases: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10(2), Article e001985. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-001985

Physical activity (PA) effectively prevents and treats non-communicable diseases in clinical settings. PA promotion needs to be more consistent, especially in busy primary care. Sports scientists have the potential to support PA promotion in primary... Read More about Physical Activity with Sports Scientist (PASS) programme to promote physical activity among patients with non-communicable diseases: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial protocol..

ECG findings in professional rugby players using international screening recommendations. (2024)
Journal Article
McHugh, C., Petek, B., Grant, A. J., Gustus, S., van Dyk, N., Hind, K., …Wasfy, M. (2024). ECG findings in professional rugby players using international screening recommendations. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10(1), e001813. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001813

BackgroundWhile World Rugby guidelines do not mandate the inclusion of an electrocardiogram (ECG) for all players, this is required for entry into international rugby competitions. We, therefore, sought to describe sport-specific normative ECG values... Read More about ECG findings in professional rugby players using international screening recommendations..

Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error (2024)
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Padgett, L., Stevens, J., Summerbell, C., Burton, W., Stamp, E., McLarty, L., Schofield, H., & Bryant, M. (2024). Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error. Obesity Reviews, 25(6), Article e13736. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13736

Summary: Effect sizes from previously reported trials are often used to determine the meaningful change in weight in childhood obesity prevention interventions because information on clinically meaningful differences is lacking. Estimates from previo... Read More about Childhood obesity prevention trials: A systematic review and meta‐analysis on trial design and the impact of type 1 error.

Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Dodd-Reynolds, C., Griffin, N., Kyle, P., Scott, S., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., Crowder, M., Woodrow, N., & Summerbell, C. (2024). Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 813. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18078-9

Background: Intersecting socioeconomic and demographic reasons for physical activity (PA) inequalities are not well understood for young people at risk of experiencing marginalisation and living with disadvantage. This study explored young people’s e... Read More about Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK.

Meeting the global protein supply requirements of a growing and ageing population. (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, K., Watson, A. W., Lonnie, M., Peeters, W. M., Oonincx, D., Tsoutsoura, N., Simon-Miquel, G., Szepe, K., Cochetel, N., Pearson, A. G., Witard, O. C., Salter, A. M., Bennett, M., & Corfe, B. M. (2024). Meeting the global protein supply requirements of a growing and ageing population. European Journal of Nutrition, 63(5), 1425–1433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-024-03358-2

Human dietary patterns are a major cause of environmental transformation, with agriculture occupying ~ 50% of global land space, while food production itself is responsible for ~ 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions and 70% of freshwater use. Furtherm... Read More about Meeting the global protein supply requirements of a growing and ageing population..

Exercise as Medicine for People with a Substance Use Disorder: An ACSM Call to Action Statement (2024)
Journal Article
Nock, N. L., Stoutenberg, M., Cook, D. B., Whitworth, J. W., Janke, E. A., & Gordon, A. J. (2024). Exercise as Medicine for People with a Substance Use Disorder: An ACSM Call to Action Statement. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 23(2), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1249/jsr.0000000000001140

Over 20 million Americans are living with a substance use disorder (SUD) and nearly 100,000 die annually from drug overdoses, with a majority involving an opioid. Many people with SUD have co-occurring chronic pain and/or a mental health disorder. Ex... Read More about Exercise as Medicine for People with a Substance Use Disorder: An ACSM Call to Action Statement.

The Experiences of Women Leaders in the Higher Education Sport Sector: Examining the Gendered Organization Through Bourdieu’s Model of Field, Capital and Habitus (2024)
Journal Article
Naidu-Young, S., May, A., Pope, S., & Gérard, S. (2024). The Experiences of Women Leaders in the Higher Education Sport Sector: Examining the Gendered Organization Through Bourdieu’s Model of Field, Capital and Habitus. Sociology of Sport Journal, 41(3), 255–266. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2023-0094

This article is the first to examine experiences of women with leadership roles in the U.K. Higher Education sport sector. We carried out detailed interviews with women leaders. We utilized Bourdieu’s model of habitus, capital, and field; Acker’s con... Read More about The Experiences of Women Leaders in the Higher Education Sport Sector: Examining the Gendered Organization Through Bourdieu’s Model of Field, Capital and Habitus.

Acceptability and feasibility of virtual reality to promote health literacy in primary care from the health professional’s view: A qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Skidmore, N., Ryan, C. G., Mankelow, J., & Martin, D. (2024). Acceptability and feasibility of virtual reality to promote health literacy in primary care from the health professional’s view: A qualitative study. Patient Education and Counseling, 123, Article 108179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108179

Objective
The development of health literacy is important in the management of chronic pain and virtual reality may be an effective medium for its development. This study aims to understand the usability and acceptability of a virtual reality-based... Read More about Acceptability and feasibility of virtual reality to promote health literacy in primary care from the health professional’s view: A qualitative study.