Tag: Attila Szabo

There are bright and dark aspects of sports and exercise behaviour – passion and addiction. In their new book Passion and Addiction in Sports and Exercise (Routledge), Attila Szabo and Zsolt Demetrovics attempt to explain the significant differences between them. Stuart Carrington appreciates their point of departure, the concept of harmonious versus obsessive passion. From then on, its critical scholarly work throughout the book, and thus beneficial reading. However, the treatment chapter would have gained from greater depth and accuracy.

Bringing together the most prestigious writings on mental health in sport and physical activity from the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Mental Health in Sport and Physical Activity by editor Robert Schinke (Routledge) provides an essential reference for the field of sport and exercise psychology. In her review, Marit Sørensen points to the collection’s broad span, which makes it especially valuable as an introduction to the field of mental health in sport and physical activity.

Annals of Leisure Research is aimed at an international readership and seeks theoretical or applied articles which cover any topic within the broad area of leisure studies. Click below for full ToC with links to abstracts. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Continuous play: leisure engagement in competitive fighting games and taekwondo by Miia Siutila & Veli-Matti Karhulahti (open access).

SEPP publishes papers in all areas of sport, exercise, and performance psychology for applied scientists and practitioners that supports the application of psychological principles. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between psychological distress, symptoms of exercise addiction and eating disorders: A large-scale survey among fitness center users by Bernadette Kun, Róbert Urbán, Attila Szabo, Anna Magi, Andrea Eisinger & Zsolt Demetrovics.

“A novel attempt to write exclusively about different aspects of psychology, exclusively related to football.” That’s how Karl Marius Aksum describes the ambition behind the collected volume Football Psychology: From Theory to Practice, editied by Erkut Konter, Jürgen Beckman and Todd M. Loughead (Routledge). Unfortunately, writes our reviewer, the book does not deliver on that intention; out of 25 contributions, Aksum can name but a handful that is up to speed on the current state of knowledge in the field of sports psychology.

IJSEP publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in the science of physical activity, human movement, exercise, and sport. Editor’s pick from the current issue: Editor’s pick from the current issue: EXPLORING CAREER EXPERIENCES OF SWEDISH PROFESSIONAL HANDBALL PLAYERS: CONSOLIDATING FIRST-HAND INFORMATION INTO AN EMPIRICAL CAREER MODEL by Johan Ekengren, Natalia Stambulova, Urban Johnson & Ing-Marie Carlsson. (Open Access)

Annals of Leisure Research publishes refereed articles which promote the development of research and scholarship in leisure studies. Annals is aimed at an international readership and seeks theoretical or applied articles which cover any topic within the broad area of leisure studies.

Loisir et Société / Society & Leisure is a bilingual, multidisciplinary and thematic journal that publishes on leisure and free time with their relation to cultural, economic and social dimensions of individuals and communities. These dimensions include family, the environment, communication, culture, governance, economy, public service, etc.

Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science is an international peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research contributions to scientific knowledge. Articles that adopt a multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary or comparative approach are also welcome. Most of the articles that are published in the journal will be based on qualitative or mixed-method research. However, consideration will be given to quantitative studies which are sufficiently theorised.