Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (SEPP), the official journal of Division 47 (Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA), is now in its sixth year of publication. Jeff Martin, the first Editor, has done a fantastic job in establishing SEPP as one of the leading journals in the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychol...

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The scope of this study is to examine the impact board gender diversity on corporate cash-holding decisions within European sport and leisure sector. A sample 125 unique firms was selected for period from 2008 2019, analysis performed using panel fixed-effects regressions. Empirical evidence documented that higher number women serving directors, level cash firm holds. This result attributed cri...

BACKGROUND Over the past 30 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity and hypertension in the United States. The prevalence of these diagnoses among individuals participating in school-sanctioned sports has not been clearly defined. PURPOSE To identify the prevalence of obesity and elevated blood pressure (BP) among student athletes and investigate assoc...

INTRODUCTION Sports and physical activity are major components of a healthy lifestyle. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between sport and physical activity and alcohol consumption among adolescent students based on gender. POPULATION AND METHODS Descriptive, crosssectional, comparative study conducted in adolescent students (aged between 14 and 17 years old) from th...

OBJECTIVE To provide athletic trainers, health care professionals, and all those responsible for the care of athletes with clinical recommendations for preventing and managing sport-related dental and oral injuries. BACKGROUND Participation in competitive sports continues to grow at both the interscholastic and intercollegiate levels. Therefore, exposure to, and the incidence of athletic-rela...

OBJECTIVE Ecological models have been applied to investigate multiple domains influencing physical activity behaviour, including individual, social, organisational, community, environmental and policy factors. With regard to the built environment, research to date has been limited to small geographical areas and/or small samples of participants. This study examined the geographical association ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the benefits of regular physical activity, and risks of sedentary behaviour, in young children. This study investigated associations between participation in sports and screen-entertainment (as components of physical activity and sedentary behaviour), and emotional and behavioural problems in this population. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of data from 1...

Quality of motivation, self-control competencies, as well as past performance experience influence sport participation outcomes in developing athletes. Studies have shown that junior athletes high in self-determined motivation are less prone to experience burnout, while self-control competencies help developing athletes to be conscious and deliberate in their self-regulatory efforts toward elit...

The Congress of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW) has been held every four years since l953 and was hosted this year for the first time in Australia. Approximately 400 delegates from twenty-three countries attended the weeklong Congress which provided the opportunity to review the latest research and developments in professional curricul...