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    A comprehensive exploration of the social, cultural, and political dimensions of mountain biking in contemporary societies

    Jim Cherrington’s edited volume Mountain Biking, Culture and Society (Routledge) represents the first critical examination of the diverse, complex, and at times contradictory culture of MTB, an outsider action sport that achieved recognition with the inclusion into the Olympic family in Atlanta 1996. Our reviewer Christoph Wagner appreciates this academic study of a sport that deals with issues such as habitat destruction, climate change and land enclosure as well as social inequalities and the commodification, technologisation and datafication of outdoor spaces and sports.

    The Sport Psychologist, Volume 37, 2023, Issue 2

    TSP is a scholarly refereed journal designed as a forum to stimulate thought and disseminate knowledge that focuses on the application and practice of sport psychology. The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: The Self-Regulation and Smartphone Usage Model: A Framework to Help Athletes Manage Smartphone Usage by Poppy DesClouds, Natalie Durand-Bush.

    Managing Sport and Leisure, Volume 27, 2022, Issue 4

    Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Hobby, career or vocation? Meanings in sports coaching and their implications for recruitment and retention of coaches by Noora J. Ronkainen, Tatiana V. Ryba, Michael McDougall, David Tod & Olli Tikkanen (open access).

    Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, Volume 30, 2022, Number 1

    Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal (WSPAJ) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to advancing the understanding of women in sport and physical activity. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Body Composition and Physical Performance of Elite Female Football Players by Rodrigo Villaseca-Vicuña, Jorge Pérez-Contreras, Pablo Merino-Muñoz, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz, José A. González Jurado, Santiago Zabaloy (open access).

    Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, Volume 10, 2021, Issue 4

    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: How team socialization processes relate to youth ice hockey players’ social identity strength and cohesion by Jeffrey J. Chamberlain, Craig Hall & Alex J. Benson.

    Useful tool for practitioners working with athletes experiencing mental health issues

    Mental health issues among elite sports performers are finally being talked about quite openly; Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka are the latest examples. Mental illness is indeed a thorny issue, and it is being thoroughly scrutinized from the sociological perspective in Michael Atkinson’s edited volume Sport, Mental Illness, and Sociology (Emerald Publishing) by a number of leading sport sociological scholars. Our reviewer Frida Wågan has read an important contribution to the field.

    Soccer & Society, Volume 22, 2021, Issue 6 | Soccer, Society, Culture, Nation: Select Contributions from Editorial Board Members

    Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ’Developing a mental health research agenda for football referees by Paul Gorczynski & Tom Webb (open access).

    Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Volume 33, 2021, Issue 4

    The Journal of Applied Sport Psychology is a refereed journal designed to advance thought, theory, and research on applied aspects of sport and exercise psychology. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Self-determined motivation, social identification and the mental health of adolescent male team sport participants by Stewart A. Vella, Alex Benson, Jordan Sutcliffe, Colin McLaren, Christian Swann, Matthew J. Schweickle, Andrew Miller & Mark Bruner.

    European Physical Education Review, Vol. 26, 2020, No. 3 | Mental Health and Mental Illness in Physical Education and Youth Sport

    EPER is a journal that stimulates and presents scholarly enquiry in the broad field of physical education, including sport and leisure issues and research. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: CONNECTIONS AMONG PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, MOTIVATION, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS by Jose A Cecchini, Javier Fernandez-Rio, Antonio Mendez-Gimenez, and Beatriz Sanchez-Martinez.

    The Sport Psychologist, Volume 33, 2019, Issue 1

    The Sport Psychologist is a scholarly refereed journal designed as a forum to stimulate thought and disseminate knowledge that focuses on the application and practice of sport psychology. A special emphasis of the journal is on the delivery of psychological services to practitioners such as athletes and coaches.
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