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View article: The ‘good’ environment in talent development: A person-oriented prospective study of the parent–coach system
The ‘good’ environment in talent development: A person-oriented prospective study of the parent–coach system Open
This study advances knowledge on what constitutes a 'good' talent development environment for career outcomes, by examining the combined influence of the parent-coach-system from a relational perspective and a person-oriented methodology. …
View article: Toward a Differentiated Model of Athlete Performance Development (DMAPD): Preliminary version and testing based on a German sample representing six sports
Toward a Differentiated Model of Athlete Performance Development (DMAPD): Preliminary version and testing based on a German sample representing six sports Open
When is the right time to start competing? Should young athletes sample multiple sports or specialize early? Despite ongoing debate, the literature lacks efforts to build and test parsimonious models that synthesize existing knowledge, tes…
View article: Emerging Applications of Digital Technologies for Periodontal Screening, Diagnosis and Prognosis in the Dental Setting
Emerging Applications of Digital Technologies for Periodontal Screening, Diagnosis and Prognosis in the Dental Setting Open
Aim To comprehensively review digital technologies (including artificial intelligence, AI) for periodontal screening, diagnosis and prognosis in the dental setting, focusing on accuracy metrics. Materials and Methods Two separate literatur…
View article: Meaning in life of elite athletes: A person-oriented study
Meaning in life of elite athletes: A person-oriented study Open
People's subjective sense of meaning in life is a flourishing research topic in psychology but remains underexplored in sport psychology. This study uses a person-oriented method to shed light on meaning in the lives of elite athletes (i.e…
View article: Acute cognitively challenging exercise as “cognitive booster” for children: Positive feedback matters!
Acute cognitively challenging exercise as “cognitive booster” for children: Positive feedback matters! Open
Acute exercise can enhance children's cognition. Heterogeneous effect sizes necessitate investigating exercise task characteristics, contextual factors, and related affective states. The study aimed to test whether different feedback forms…
View article: Escalating to medium‐ versus high‐efficacy disease modifying therapy after low‐efficacy treatment in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis
Escalating to medium‐ versus high‐efficacy disease modifying therapy after low‐efficacy treatment in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis Open
Background In patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) on low‐efficacy disease modifying therapies (DMT), the optimal strategy on how to escalate treatment once needed, remains unknown. Methods: We studied RRMS patients …
View article: Overcoming adversity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal stability of psychosocial resource profiles of elite athletes and their association with perceived stress
Overcoming adversity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal stability of psychosocial resource profiles of elite athletes and their association with perceived stress Open
Previous research has demonstrated that psychosocial resources are associated with elite athletes' perceived stress. However, these resources have mainly been studied separately. Using a person-oriented approach, this study aimed to identi…
View article: Meaning in life of elite athletes: A person-oriented study
Meaning in life of elite athletes: A person-oriented study Open
Introduction The concept of meaning in life has gained significant attention in psychology research in recent years due to its correlational relationship with physical and mental well-being (i.e., objective and subjective health measures, …
View article: Retirement from elite sport and self-esteem: a longitudinal study over 12 years
Retirement from elite sport and self-esteem: a longitudinal study over 12 years Open
This study examined the complex associations between athletic retirement and self-esteem among former elite athletes. With reference to theoretical and empirical work on the quality of the transition out of sport, information was collected…
View article: Dose–response relation between the duration of a cognitively challenging bout of physical exercise and children's cognition
Dose–response relation between the duration of a cognitively challenging bout of physical exercise and children's cognition Open
Acute bouts of physical exercise have the potential to benefit children's cognition. Inconsistent evidence calls for systematic investigations of dose–response relations between quantitative (intensity and duration) and qualitative (modali…
View article: Change in athletic identity after retirement from elite sport: In search of potential predictors using multi-level analysis
Change in athletic identity after retirement from elite sport: In search of potential predictors using multi-level analysis Open
Introduction
Elite athletes spend a great amount of time training and competing. Accordingly, their live is focused on and shaped by sport. As a result, many athletes develop a strong athletic identity, which may be defined as the extent …
View article: Decision-making performance and self-generated knowledge in handball-defense patterns: a case of representational redescription
Decision-making performance and self-generated knowledge in handball-defense patterns: a case of representational redescription Open
In sport games, perceptual–cognitive skills are discussed as a decisive aspect of players’ expertise. However, an understanding of the relationship between these skills and actual game performance is limited, particularly, regarding the ro…
View article: Maturity-based correction mechanism for talent identification: When is it needed, does it work, and does it help to better predict who will make it to the pros?
Maturity-based correction mechanism for talent identification: When is it needed, does it work, and does it help to better predict who will make it to the pros? Open
When identifying talent, the confounding influence of maturity status on motor performances is an acknowledged problem. To solve this problem, correction mechanisms have been proposed to transform maturity-biased test scores into maturity-…
View article: Maturity-based correction mechanism for talent identification: When is it needed, does it work, and does it help to better predict who will make it to the pros?
Maturity-based correction mechanism for talent identification: When is it needed, does it work, and does it help to better predict who will make it to the pros? Open
When identifying talent, the confounding influence of maturity status on motor performances is an acknowledged problem. To solve this problem, correction mechanisms have been proposed to transform maturity-biased test scores into maturity-…
View article: Professionalization and organizational problems of sports clubs: Is there a relationship?
Professionalization and organizational problems of sports clubs: Is there a relationship? Open
Sports clubs have been reporting several organizational problems in recent decades (e.g., recruitment and retention of members and volunteers). At the same time, certain sports clubs have professionalized their strategies, structures, proc…
View article: Linking sports-related and socio-economic resources of retiring Olympic athletes to their subsequent vocational career
Linking sports-related and socio-economic resources of retiring Olympic athletes to their subsequent vocational career Open
The aim of this study was to examine patterns of sports-related and socio-economic resources at the time of athletic retirement and their relation to the subsequent vocational career. We surveyed 341 former Olympic athletes representing Sw…
View article: Period prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and willingness to vaccinate in Swiss elite athletes
Period prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and willingness to vaccinate in Swiss elite athletes Open
Objectives (1) To assess the period prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and willingness to vaccinate in Swiss elite athletes and (2) to evaluate whether sociodemographic and sport-related characteristics were associated with infection of S…
View article: The differentiation of single and dual career athletes falls short: A person-oriented approach to characterize typical objective life situations of elite athletes
The differentiation of single and dual career athletes falls short: A person-oriented approach to characterize typical objective life situations of elite athletes Open
Research concerning athletic career development in high-performance sport typically uses demographic data, sport characteristics or pursuing a dual career (i.e. having an educational or vocational career simultaneous to the athletic career…
View article: Vocational careers of retired Olympic athletes from Switzerland: A person-oriented study
Vocational careers of retired Olympic athletes from Switzerland: A person-oriented study Open
For many high-performance athletes, competing in the Olympic Games is a major goal. Achieving this goal requires more than ever substantial investments of time and personal resources towards the sports career over several years. Thus, some…
View article: Motor ability, physical self‐concept and health‐related quality of life in pediatric cancer survivors
Motor ability, physical self‐concept and health‐related quality of life in pediatric cancer survivors Open
Background Cancer survivorship is frequently associated with severe late effects. However, research into pediatric cancer survivors on late effects in motor ability, physical self‐concept and their relationship to quality of life is limite…
View article: Commutative Information Algebras: Representation and Duality Theory
Commutative Information Algebras: Representation and Duality Theory Open
Information algebras arise from the idea that information comes in pieces which can be aggregated or combined into new pieces, that information refers to questions and that from any piece of information, the part relevant to a given questi…
View article: An experimental approach to assessing the impact of ecosystem engineers on biodiversity and ecosystem functions
An experimental approach to assessing the impact of ecosystem engineers on biodiversity and ecosystem functions Open
Plants acting as ecosystem engineers create habitats and facilitate biodiversity maintenance within plant communities. Furthermore, biodiversity research has demonstrated that plant diversity enhances the productivity and functioning of ec…
View article: Mapping of sex determination loci on the white campion (Silene latifolia) Y chromosome using amplified fragment length polymorphism.
Mapping of sex determination loci on the white campion (Silene latifolia) Y chromosome using amplified fragment length polymorphism. Open
S. latifolia is a dioecious plant with morphologically distinct sex chromosomes. To genetically map the sex determination loci on the male-specific Y chromosome, we identified X-ray-induced sex determination mutants that had lost male trai…
View article: Effects of Cognitive Training and Exergaming in Pediatric Cancer Survivors—A Randomized Clinical Trial
Effects of Cognitive Training and Exergaming in Pediatric Cancer Survivors—A Randomized Clinical Trial Open
Purpose Although most pediatric cancer patients survive, those who undergo anticancer treatments like chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy are at a high risk for late effects, such as cognitive deficits. To counteract these deficits, feasible …
View article: The Bernese Motive and Goal Inventory for Adolescence and Young Adulthood
The Bernese Motive and Goal Inventory for Adolescence and Young Adulthood Open
Exercise- and sport-related motives and goals are important motivational factors in promoting exercise and sport among adolescents and young adults. However, at present, there is no well-validated instrument to assess these factors that co…
View article: Plant interactions shape pollination networks via nonadditive effects
Plant interactions shape pollination networks via nonadditive effects Open
Plants grow in communities where they interact with other plants and with other living organisms such as pollinators. On the one hand, studies of plant–plant interactions rarely consider how plants interact with other trophic levels such a…
View article: A cross-national comparison of the transition out of elite sport of Swiss, Danish and Polish athletes
A cross-national comparison of the transition out of elite sport of Swiss, Danish and Polish athletes Open
Retirement from elite sport is considered a major life-changing experience for athletes and thus has attracted career researchers since the late 1960s (Hill & Lowe, 1974; Lerch, 1982; Mihovilovic, 1968; Svoboda & Vanek, 1982). Early studie…