Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Psychology of Sport and Exercise is an international forum for scholarly reports in the psychology of sport and exercise, broadly defined.
Manuscripts will be considered for publication which deal with high quality research and comprehensive research reviews. The journal
is open to the use of diverse methodological approaches. Reports of professional practice will need to demonstrate academic rigour,
preferably through analysis of programme effectiveness, and go beyond mere description.
Editors
Dorothee Alfermann, University of Leipzig, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Adrian Taylor, School of Sport & Health Sciences, University of Exeter, St Lukes Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
Editorial Assistants: Liz Roberts (Exeter) and Jeannine Stiller (Leipzig)
Founding Editor
Stuart Biddle, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE1 1 3TU, UK.
Associate Editors
Michael Bar-Eli, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, School of Management,
Department of Business Administration, Beer-Sheva, Israel
and Wingate Institute for Physical Education & Sport, Ribstein Centre for Sport
Medicine Sciences & Research, Department of Behavioural Sciences & Methodology,
Netanya, 42902 Israel
Yuri Hanin, Research Institute for Olympic Sports, Rautpohjankatu 6,
FIN-40700. Jyvaskyla, Finland
Rich Masters, Institute of Human Performance. The University of Hong Kong,
111-113 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Glyn Roberts, Norwegian University of Sports Science, PO Box 4014, Ullevaal,
Hageby, 0806 Oslo, Norway
Reinhard Stelter, University of Copenhagen, Institute of Exercise & Sport
Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bernd Strauss, Dckan des Fachbereichs Psychologic und Sportwissenschaft,
Institut fuer Sportwissenschaft, Horstmarer Landweg 62b, 48149 Muenster,
Germany
Editorial Board
H. Asci, Sports Sciences Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
F. Bakker, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
S. Biddle, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University,
Loughborough, UK
K. Davids, School of Physical Education, University of Otago, Dunedin,
New Zealand
J. Duda, University of Birmingham, School of Sport & Exercise Science,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
P. Ekkekakis, Department of Health and Human Performance, lowa State
University, Ames, IA, USA
G. Faulkner, University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education & Health,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
S. Gordon, University of Western Australia, Human Movement & Exercise
Science, Nedlands, Australia
K. Hodge, University of Otago, School of Physcial Education, Dunedin, New Zealand
S. Jackson, School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland,
St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
J. Kerr, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, Kokushikan University, 7-3-1
Nagayama, Tama City, Tokyo, Japan, 206-8515
T. Lintunen, University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physical Education,
Jyvaskyla, Finland
F. Man, University of South Bohemia, Department of Psychology, Ceske
Budejovice, Czech Republic
B. Marcus, Brown University School of Medicine, Division of Behavioral
Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
S. Marshall, Department of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State
University, CA, USA
E. Martinsen, Research Director, Modum Bad, N-3370 Vikersund, Norway
C. Nigg,Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of
Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
N. Ntoumanis, University of Birmingham, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences,
Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Y. Ommundsen, Norwegian University of Sports Science, Ullevaal Stadion Oslo,
Norway
A. Papaioannou, University Thessaly, Department of PE & Sports Science,
Trikala, Greece
H. Ripoll, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculte des Sciences du Sport,
Marseille, France
C. Robazza,Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Scienze Motorie, Università di
Padova, Italy
R. Seiler, Insitute of Sport Sciences, Federal Office of Sports, Magglingen,
Switzerland
N. Stambulova, Halmstad University College, Halmstad, Sweden
A. Steptoe, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College
London, UK
Y. Theodorakis, University of Thessaly, Department of PE & Sports Science,
Trikala, Greece
R. Vallerand, Université du Quebec à Montreal, Social Psychology Laboratory,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J. van Raalte, Department of Psychology, Springfield College, Springfield, MA,
USA
R. Weinberg, Miami University, Department of PHS, Oxford, OH, USA
P. Wylleman, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
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