Italy was one of the most impacted countries by the COVID-19 crisis, with detrimental effects
on the world of sports. In this exploratory study, we examined Italian athletes' perceived …

Motivational climate is known to relate to individual behaviors, emotions, and thoughts.
Hedonic or subjective well-being includes self-assessed positive affect (ie, pleasant affect …

Emotions are multifaceted subjective feelings that reflect expected, current, or past
interactions with the environment. They involve sets of interrelated psychological processes …

In the last twenty years, sports performance studies have focused on the mental abilities
most developed in athletes and how they affect their performance. The theoretical models …

Grounded in achievement goal theory and basic psychological needs theory, the aim of this
study was to examine the impact of the interaction of perceived motivational climate in …

The mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programme is gaining increasing attention
in sport and physical activity domains. This programme comprises three meditation …

This two-wave study investigated the temporal interplay between motivation and the
intensity and reported impact of athletes' emotions in training settings. In total, 217 athletes …

This study examined the relationships between perceptions of the motivational climate,
motivation regulations, and the intensity and functionality levels of athletes' pleasant and …

Youth sport experience provides opportunities for physical, personal, and social
development in youngsters. Sport is a social system in which socially constructed gender …

Feeling states–including emotional experiences–are fundamental to human adaptation, as
they influence effort, attention, decision making, memory, and behavioural responses of …