Tag: Andreas Küttel

The purpose of the Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology is to collect and disseminate knowledge and experiences between researchers, practitioners, athletes, coaches and others with interest for sport psychology. .It is an open access journal published yearly. The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: Freedom on Water through Stand-Up Paddling: A qualitative study on physical bodily experiences and their influence on mental health by Pernille Wobeser Sparre, Elisabeth Bomholt Østergaard (open access).

Transitions in sport can be more or less predictable or even planned; either way those are critical times in the development of athletes’ careers. This is the subject of Deborah Agnew’s edited collection Athlete Transitions into Retirement: Experiences in Elite Sport and Options for Effective Support (Routledge). Christian Augustsson’s creditable review highlights several important contributions to the book and the research field, that show the complexity of the process and the need for support for athletes.

Psychology of Sport and Exercise is an international forum for scholarly reports in the psychology of sport and exercise, broadly defined. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Dimensions of social identification with the team as predictors of the coach-created training climate in rugby: A group-actor partner interdependence modelling perspective by Mickaël Campo, Benoît Louvet, Sofiene Harab.