8,019
Views
82
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Positive emotion in sport performance: current status and future directions

Pages 50-69 | Received 24 Jan 2011, Published online: 13 Apr 2011

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (19)

Jonathan Roy, Roxanne Godin, Pascale Gaudreault & Geneviève Forest. (2023) The relationship between sleep, perfectionistic strivings, perfectionistic concerns, and academic and sports performance in young athletes. Chronobiology International 40:11, pages 1500-1514.
Read now
Supawat Meeprom & Warapon Dansiri. (2023) Antecedents and outcomes of attendees’ love for sports events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Sport & Tourism 0:0, pages 1-19.
Read now
Sarina Verwijmeren, Juriena D. de Vries & Arnold B. Bakker. (2023) Playful sport design: A game changer?. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 0:0, pages 1-30.
Read now
Valerian Cece, Emma Guillet-Descas, Mae Brenas & Guillaume Martinent. (2021) The role of dispositional emotion regulation strategies on the longitudinal emotional process and subjective performance during a competitive season. European Journal of Sport Science 21:10, pages 1448-1458.
Read now
Valérian Cece, Maxime Duchesne, Emma Guillet-Descas & Guillaume Martinent. (2020) Self-determined motivation, emotional process and subjective performance among young elite athletes: A longitudinal hierarchical linear modelling approach. European Journal of Sport Science 20:9, pages 1255-1267.
Read now
Charlotte Brasic Royeen. (2020) Meta-emotion of Occupation with Wissen (MeOW): Feeling about feeling while doing with meaning. Journal of Occupational Science 27:4, pages 460-473.
Read now
Christopher Beedie, Fabrizio Benedetti, Diletta Barbiani, Eleanora Camerone, Jacob Lindheimer & Bart Roelands. (2020) Incorporating methods and findings from neuroscience to better understand placebo and nocebo effects in sport. European Journal of Sport Science 20:3, pages 313-325.
Read now
David J. Spindler, Mark S. Allen, Stewart A. Vella & Christian Swann. (2019) Motivational-general arousal imagery does not improve decision-making performance in elite endurance cyclists. Cognition and Emotion 33:5, pages 1084-1093.
Read now
Karin Moesch, Göran Kenttä, Martin Bäckström & C. Mikael Mattsson. (2018) Nonverbal post-shot celebrations and their relationship with performance in elite handball. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 16:3, pages 235-249.
Read now
Jade Salim, Ross Wadey & Ceri Diss. (2016) Examining Hardiness, Coping and Stress-Related Growth Following Sport Injury. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 28:2, pages 154-169.
Read now
Mark S. Allen & Paul J. McCarthy. (2016) Be Happy in your Work: The Role of Positive Psychology in Working with Change and Performance. Journal of Change Management 16:1, pages 55-74.
Read now
Christopher R. D. Wagstaff & John Leach. (2015) The Value of Strength-Based Approaches in SERE and Sport Psychology. Military Psychology 27:2, pages 65-84.
Read now
Rachel Arnold & David Fletcher. (2015) Confirmatory factor analysis of the Sport Emotion Questionnaire in organisational environments. Journal of Sports Sciences 33:2, pages 169-179.
Read now
Louise Davis & Sophia Jowett. (2014) Coach–athlete attachment and the quality of the coach–athlete relationship: implications for athlete’s well-being. Journal of Sports Sciences 32:15, pages 1454-1464.
Read now
Jo-Yu Kuo, Chun-Hsien Chen & Jonathan Roberts. (2013) A framework for understanding the emotional impacts in virtual sport training. Virtual and Physical Prototyping 8:4, pages 235-239.
Read now
Mark S. Allen, Marc Jones, Paul J. McCarthy, Sam Sheehan-Mansfield & David Sheffield. (2013) Emotions correlate with perceived mental effort and concentration disruption in adult sport performers. European Journal of Sport Science 13:6, pages 697-706.
Read now
PaulJ. McCarthy, MarkS. Allen & MarcV. Jones. (2013) Emotions, cognitive interference, and concentration disruption in youth sport. Journal of Sports Sciences 31:5, pages 505-515.
Read now
MarkS. Allen, Pete Coffee & Iain Greenlees. (2012) A theoretical framework and research agenda for studying team attributions in sport. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology 5:2, pages 121-144.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (63)

Sean J. Maloney. (2023) Engage, Enthuse, Empower: A Framework for Promoting Self-Sufficiency in Athletes. Strength & Conditioning Journal 45:4, pages 486-497.
Crossref
Richard A.C. Simpson, Faye F. Didymus & Toni L. Williams. (2023) Interpersonal psychological well-being among coach-athlete-sport psychology practitioner triads. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 67, pages 102435.
Crossref
Ashley L. Kuchar, Kristin D. Neff & Amber D. Mosewich. (2023) Resilience and Enhancement in Sport, Exercise, & Training (RESET): A brief self-compassion intervention with NCAA student-athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 67, pages 102426.
Crossref
Murat TURAN, Deniz BEDİR, Sevinç NAMLI & Mehmet Salih ÖZLÜK. (2023) ÜNİLİG’de Yarışan Sporcuların Müsabaka Öncesi Zihinsel Hazır Oluş ve Duygu İfadelerinin Çeşitli Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesiInvestigation of Pre-Competition Mental Readiness and Emotional Status of Athletes Competing in the University League in Terms of Various Variables. Gazi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 28:2, pages 113-121.
Crossref
Elavarasi G. N. Anitha, L. Suganthi, J. Irudhaya Rajesh & G. N. Sumathi. (2023) Emotional Contagion—As a Moderator in Personality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Relationship. Business Perspectives and Research, pages 227853372211488.
Crossref
Sandra Baldassarri, Jorge García de Quirós, José Ramón Beltrán & Pedro Álvarez. (2023) Wearables and Machine Learning for Improving Runners’ Motivation from an Affective Perspective. Sensors 23:3, pages 1608.
Crossref
Marek Kociuba, Zofia Ignasiak, Andrzej Rokita, Ireneusz Cichy, Andrzej Dudkowski, Marcin Ściślak, Katarzyna Kochan, Anna Sebastjan, Anna Spinek, Daria Lorek, Barry Bogin, Raja Chakraborty & Slawomir Koziel. (2023) Level of oxytocin prior to rugby and handball matches: An exploratory study among groups of Polish players. Anthropological Review 85:4, pages 83-94.
Crossref
William Bryan, Tracy C. Donachie, Robert S. Vaughan & Daniel J. Madigan. (2023) Don’t look back in anger: A cross-sectional and dyadic examination of the Dark Triad, anger, and aggression in athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 64, pages 102305.
Crossref
Antonia I. Vasile, Florin Pelin & Monica I. Stănescu. (2022) Climbing – between athletic performance and psychological performance. Romanian Journal of Military Medicine 125:4, pages 577-588.
Crossref
Andriy Kolosov, Serhii Voitenko, Viktor Kostiukevych, Tetiana Vozniuk, Maksym Perepelytsia, Nataliia Svirshchuk & Tamara Chernyshenko. (2022) Comparative Performance of Soccer Teams of Different Age Groups. Physical Education Theory and Methodology 22:2, pages 242-248.
Crossref
Wiebke Haehl, Arash Mirifar & Jürgen Beckmann. (2022) Regulate to facilitate: A scoping review of prefrontal asymmetry in sport and exercise. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 60, pages 102143.
Crossref
Kylie M. Nixon, Mckenzie G. Parker, Carson C. Elwell, Anna L. Pemberton, Rebecca R. Rogers & Christopher G. Ballmann. (2022) Effects of Music Volume Preference on Endurance Exercise Performance. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 7:2, pages 35.
Crossref
Midori Kondo, Hironobu Tsuchiya & Takayuki Sugo. (2022) The Structure of Trait Pride in Sports: Focusing on Emotional Episodes of University Student-Athletes. International Journal of Sport and Health Science 20:0, pages 193-207.
Crossref
Guillaume Levillain, Guillaume Martinent, Philippe Vacher & Michel Nicolas. (2022) Longitudinal trajectories of emotions among athletes in sports competitions: Does emotional intelligence matter?. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 58, pages 102012.
Crossref
Dino Poimann, Holger Eckhardt, Tobias Cibis & Markus Wirth. 2022. Engineering and Medicine in Extreme Environments. Engineering and Medicine in Extreme Environments 269 307 .
Martyna Nowak, Iwona Pilchowska, Justyna Domienik-Karłowicz & Hubert Krysztofi ak. (2021) Evaluation and emotional consequences of the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Polish Elite Athletes. Studies in Sport Humanities 29, pages 7-17.
Crossref
Alexander W.J. Freemantle, Lorenzo D. Stafford, Christopher R.D. Wagstaff, Lucy Akehurst & Darren L. van Laar. (2021) Development and validation of an in-competition emotion measure: The Brief In-Competition Emotion (BICE) scale. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 57, pages 102050.
Crossref
David L. Rowland, Gene Moyle & Stewart E. Cooper. (2021) Remediation Strategies for Performance Anxiety across Sex, Sport and Stage: Identifying Common Approaches and a Unified Cognitive Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:19, pages 10160.
Crossref
Dominika Wilczyńska, Anna Łysak-Radomska, Magdalena Podczarska-Głowacka, Wojciech Skrobot, Katarzyna Krasowska, Ewelina Perzanowska, Tomasz Dancewicz, Patrycja Lipińska & Will G. Hopkins. (2021) The Effectiveness of Psychological Workshops for Coaches on Well-Being and Psychomotor Performance of Children Practicing Football and Gymnastics. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, pages 586-593.
Crossref
Alexandra Kopp, Markus Reichert & Darko Jekauc. (2021) Trait and Ability Emotional Intelligence and Its Impact on Sports Performance of Athletes. Sports 9:5, pages 60.
Crossref
Mark A. Thompson, Adam R. Nicholls, John Toner, John L. Perry & Rachel Burke. (2021) Pleasant Emotions Widen Thought–Action Repertoires, Develop Long-Term Resources, and Improve Reaction Time Performance: A Multistudy Examination of the Broaden-and-Build Theory Among Athletes. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology 43:2, pages 155-170.
Crossref
Juan González-Hernández, Carlos Marques da Silva, Diogo Monteiro, Marianna Alesi & Manuel Gómez-López. (2021) Effects of Commitment on Fear of Failure and Burnout in Teen Spanish Handball Players. Frontiers in Psychology 12.
Crossref
John Elvis HaganJr.Jr.. (2021) Investigating Pre-Competition-Related Discrete Emotions and Unaccustomed Religious Coping among Elite Student-Athletes: Implications for Reflexive Practice. Religions 12:3, pages 149.
Crossref
Matteo Cacchiarelli. 2021. Emotion – Feeling – Mood. Emotion – Feeling – Mood 275 289 .
Joseph A Pettit & Costas I Karageorghis. (2020) Effects of video, priming, and music on motivation and self-efficacy in American football players. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 15:5-6, pages 685-695.
Crossref
Alfonso Martínez-Moreno, Ricardo José Ibáñez-Pérez, Francisco Cavas-García & Francisco Cano-Noguera. (2020) Older Adults’ Gender, Age and Physical Activity Effects on Anxiety, Optimism, Resilience and Engagement. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:20, pages 7561.
Crossref
Yubo Kou & Xinning Gui. (2020) Emotion Regulation in eSports Gaming. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 4:CSCW2, pages 1-25.
Crossref
Fernando Claver, Luis Manuel Martínez-Aranda, Manuel Conejero & Alexander Gil-Arias. (2020) Motivation, Discipline, and Academic Performance in Physical Education: A Holistic Approach From Achievement Goal and Self-Determination Theories. Frontiers in Psychology 11.
Crossref
Aleksandra Samełko & Grzegorz Tomaszewski. (2020) Temperament of Track Cyclists and Their Stress of During a Sports Performance. Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 86:1, pages 27-36.
Crossref
Heetae Cho, Hui Yi Tan & Eunsoon Lee. (2020) Importance of perceived teammate support as a predictor of student-athletes’ positive emotions and subjective well-being. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 15:3, pages 364-374.
Crossref
Girish Prayag, Hamish Mills, Craig Lee & Isabella Soscia. (2020) Team identification, discrete emotions, satisfaction, and event attachment: A social identity perspective. Journal of Business Research 112, pages 373-384.
Crossref
Christopher M. Janelle, Bradley J. Fawver & Garrett F. Beatty. 2020. Handbook of Sport Psychology. Handbook of Sport Psychology 254 298 .
Yannick A Balk & Chris Englert. (2020) Recovery self-regulation in sport: Theory, research, and practice. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 15:2, pages 273-281.
Crossref
Osman URFA & F. Hülya AŞÇI. (2019) SPOR DUYGU ÖLÇEĞİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI. Ankara Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu SPORMETRE Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi 17:4, pages 42-55.
Crossref
Valérian Cece, Emma Guillet-Descas, Virginie Nicaise, Noémie Lienhart & Guillaume Martinent. (2019) Longitudinal trajectories of emotions among young athletes involving in intense training centres: Do emotional intelligence and emotional regulation matter?. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 43, pages 128-136.
Crossref
Nicolas Burel. 2019. Psychologie positive. Psychologie positive 217 236 .
Caleb Marsters & Jemaima Tiatia-Seath. (2019) Young Pacific Male Rugby Players’ Perceptions and Experiences of Mental Wellbeing. Sports 7:4, pages 83.
Crossref
Xiaobo Ke & Christian Wagner. 2019. Augmented Cognition. Augmented Cognition 256 272 .
Nicole T. Gabana. 2019. Theoretical Approaches to Multi-Cultural Positive Psychological Interventions. Theoretical Approaches to Multi-Cultural Positive Psychological Interventions 345 370 .
María C. Izquiel, Ignacio Cardona, Manuel Llorens & Martin La Roche. 2019. The Psychology of Peace Promotion. The Psychology of Peace Promotion 203 218 .
Alexandra Kopp & Darko Jekauc. (2018) The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Performance in Competitive Sports: A Meta-Analytical Investigation. Sports 6:4, pages 175.
Crossref
Aleksandra Samełko, Monika Guszkowska & Anna Gala-Kwiatkowska. (2018) Affective States Influence Sport Performance in Swimming. Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism 25:4, pages 21-26.
Crossref
Franziska Lautenbach. (2018) Mehr Forschung über Courage, Hoffnung, Glück, Stolz und Leidenschaft. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie 25:4, pages 166-166.
Crossref
Ki-Hyun Song & Seung-Yong Kim. (2018) The Mediating Effects of Cognitive Appraisal and Emotions on Relations between Positive Thinking and Sport Continuance and Withdrawal among Adolescent Athletes. The Korean Journal of Physical Education 57:3, pages 65-77.
Crossref
Jacqueline McDowell, Yung-Kuei Huang & Arran Caza. (2018) Does Identity Matter? An Investigation of the Effects of Authentic Leadership on Student-Athletes’ Psychological Capital and Engagement. Journal of Sport Management 32:3, pages 227-242.
Crossref
Fernando ClaverRuth JiménezAlexander Gil-AriasAlberto MorenoM. Perla Moreno. (2017) The Cognitive and Motivation Intervention Program in Youth Female Volleyball Players. Journal of Human Kinetics 59:1, pages 55-65.
Crossref
Danie Meyer-Parlapanis, Sabrina Siefert & Roland Weierstall. (2017) More Than the Win: The Relation between Appetitive Competition Motivation, Socialization, and Gender Role Orientation in Women's Football. Frontiers in Psychology 8.
Crossref
Koo-In Jung & Ki-Hyun Song. (2017) The Mediation Effect of Adolescent Athletes’ Passion and Identity in the Relationship Between Positive Thinking and Sports Happiness Perception. The Korean Journal of Physical Education 56:1, pages 181-195.
Crossref
David W. Putwain, Ghada Nakhla, Anthony Liversidge, Laura J. Nicholson, Benjamin Porter & Monika Reece. (2017) Teachers use of fear appeals prior to a high-stakes examination: Is frequency linked to perceived student engagement and how do students respond?. Teaching and Teacher Education 61, pages 73-83.
Crossref
Veronica Allan, Jennifer Turnnidge, Matthew Vierimaa, Paul Davis & Jean Côté. (2016) Development of the Assessment of Coach Emotions systematic observation instrument: A tool to evaluate coaches’ emotions in the youth sport context. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 11:6, pages 859-871.
Crossref
Benjamin Wienke & Darko Jekauc. (2016) A Qualitative Analysis of Emotional Facilitators in Exercise. Frontiers in Psychology 7.
Crossref
Jihoon Ahn, Hyunsoo Jeon & Sungho Kwon. (2016) Associations Between Self-Regulation, Exercise Participation, and Adherence Intention Among Korean University Students. Perceptual and Motor Skills 123:1, pages 324-340.
Crossref
S. Laborde, F. Dosseville & M. S. Allen. (2016) Emotional intelligence in sport and exercise: A systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 26:8, pages 862-874.
Crossref
Michelle Chan, Christopher R. Madan & Anthony Singhal. (2016) The effects of taboo-related distraction on driving performance. Acta Psychologica 168, pages 20-26.
Crossref
David W. Putwain & Wendy Symes. (2016) Expectancy of success, subjective task-value, and message frame in the appraisal of value-promoting messages made prior to a high-stakes examination. Social Psychology of Education 19:2, pages 325-343.
Crossref
David W. Putwain, Laura J. Nicholson, Ghada Nakhla, Monika Reece, Benjamin Porter & Anthony Liversidge. (2016) Fear appeals prior to a high-stakes examination can have a positive or negative impact on engagement depending on how the message is appraised. Contemporary Educational Psychology 44-45, pages 21-31.
Crossref
Michelle Chan & Anthony Singhal. (2015) Emotion matters: Implications for distracted driving. Safety Science 72, pages 302-309.
Crossref
Michelle Chan, Christopher R. Madan & Anthony Singhal. (2014) The effects of taboo-related distraction on driving performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 58:1, pages 1366-1370.
Crossref
Timothy R. Pineau, Carol R. Glass & Keith A. Kaufman. 2014. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness 1004 1033 .
Kennon M. Sheldon, Ruixue Zhaoyang & Michael J. Williams. (2013) Psychological need-satisfaction, and basketball performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 14:5, pages 675-681.
Crossref
Michelle Chan & Anthony Singhal. (2013) The emotional side of cognitive distraction: Implications for road safety. Accident Analysis & Prevention 50, pages 147-154.
Crossref
Gert-Jan Pepping & Erik J. Timmermans. (2012) Oxytocin and the Biopsychology of Performance in Team Sports. The Scientific World Journal 2012, pages 1-10.
Crossref
Juan de Díos Tena & Jorge Tovar. (2022) Emotions and Performance: A Quasi Natural Experiment from the FIFA World Cup. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.