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Stambulova, N. & Samuel, R. D. (2025). Editorial 1: Working with Sport Clients in Transitions. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 16(1), 1-4
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2025 (English)In: Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, ISSN 2152-0704, E-ISSN 2152-0712, Vol. 16, no 1, p. 1-4Article in journal, Editorial material (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

[No abstract available]

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Philadelphia, PA: Routledge, 2025
National Category
Applied Psychology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-55450 (URN)10.1080/21520704.2025.2446080 (DOI)001398946000004 ()2-s2.0-85215521206 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2025-02-12 Created: 2025-02-12 Last updated: 2025-02-12Bibliographically approved
Samuel, R. D., Stambulova, N., Galily, Y. & Tenenbaum, G. (2024). Adaptation to change: a meta-model of adaptation in sport. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 22(4), 953-977
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Adaptation to change: a meta-model of adaptation in sport
2024 (English)In: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSN 1612-197X, E-ISSN 1557-251X, Vol. 22, no 4, p. 953-977Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to integrate several theoretical perspectives into a novel Meta-model of Adaption in Sport (MAS model) and (2) to support the MAS model with a narrative literature review on change-provoking events and related adaptation processes, factors involved, and outcomes. The MAS model is designed to account for two potential tracks of adaptation – fast and prolonged – that are situated along the continuum of adaptation experiences in sport. In each track, sport performers experience various types of sport-related events (i.e., acute events or change events) that are associated with specific sets of demands and perceptions related to self-efficacy beliefs and challenge-threat appraisal. Accordingly, the performer responds to these events by using the mechanisms which determine his/her adaptation process and outcomes. We present a narrative review of the literature related to both adaptation tracks that provide empirical support to the MAS model and conclude by offering reflections on the MAS model and its potential applications in sport psychology research and practice.  © 2023 International Society of Sport Psychology.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Taylor & Francis, 2024
Keywords
Athletic career, change event, scoping, transitions, performance, decision-making
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Health Innovation
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-50146 (URN)10.1080/1612197x.2023.2168726 (DOI)000925340800001 ()2-s2.0-85147596902 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-03-21 Created: 2023-03-21 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Stambulova, N., Ramis, Y., Torregrossa, M., Cecić Erpič, S., Vitali, F., De Brandt, K. & Khomutova, A. (2024). Athletes’ Dual Careers in the European Context. In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book. Paper presented at FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024 (pp. 254-254).
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2024 (English)In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book, 2024, p. 254-254Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This podium session is aimed to promote the FEPSAC Position Statement (PS) on athletes’ dual careers (DCs) in the European context (Stambulova et al., 2024) and engage the author team into discussion on how to proceed with further development of the European DC discourse. The authors of the PS summarized current knowledge about European athletes’ DCs, and, on behalf of FEPSAC, proposed recommendations for DC research, practice, and policy. Central idea of the PS is supporting athletes’ striving for DC excellence (i.e., sustaining a healthy, successful, and long-lasting career in sport in combination with education and/or work). Based on four recent DC review papers (e.g., Kegelaers et al., 2022) and four European ERASMUS + Sport projects (e.g., Gold in Education and Elite Sport, Be a Winner In elite Sport and Employment before and after athletic Retirement, Ecology of DC, and DCs for Mental Health) seven postulates were created on DC: (1) context, (2) pathways and transitions, (3) challenges, (4) resources and coping, (5) support and empowerment, (6) mental health of student–athletes, and (7) DC development environments. Further, a set of recommendations for development of the European DC discourse in terms of research, practice, and policy was provided to stimulate cooperation between DC stakeholders on the European and national levels. The session organizers will facilitate a presentation of the PS findings, and moderate discussions among panelists on research, practice, and policy recommendations. For instance, they will explore which recommendations resonate the most with their research/ practice experiences? how can we proceed with a legal status of DC support providers? what are the barriers to create national DC Guidelines? how do we see the role of FEPSAC in the update of the European DC Guidelines? Contributions from the audience will be welcomed, and the podium’s conclusions delivered to the FEPSAC Managing Council.

National Category
Applied Psychology
Research subject
Health Innovation, M4HP
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-55157 (URN)
Conference
FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024
Available from: 2024-12-23 Created: 2024-12-23 Last updated: 2025-01-29Bibliographically approved
Nikolaisen Pettersen, J., Chroni, S. & Stambulova, N. (2024). Coaches’ View of Factors Involved in the Children-to-Youth Sport Transition in Norway. In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book. Paper presented at FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024 (pp. 922-923).
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Coaches’ View of Factors Involved in the Children-to-Youth Sport Transition in Norway
2024 (English)In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book, 2024, p. 922-923Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The transition from children-to-youth sport (CYT) is under-researched worldwide. Around the time of this transition (about 12 years of age), some sports participants will decide to leave sports (Bakken, 2019), some will choose the recreational pathway, and others commit to their sport and enter sports specialization years (DiSanti & Erickson, 2019). Coaches play a key role in supporting athletes during transitions (Adams et al., 2015; Tamminen & Holt, 2012), rendering their understanding of what athletes are facing and are challenged by while transiting important knowledge that so far is uncharted. Informed by the holistic developmental perspective (Wylleman et al., 2020) and career transition one (Stambulova, 2003, 2023), the presentation will share what some of Norway’s youth sport coaches perceived as impactful during their athletes’ CYT and committing to their sport. We conducted semi-structured interviews with three handball and three cross-country ski coaches and analyzed the data using reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2022). Through the coaches’ eyes, the athletes were challenged by the increased load and onset of evaluation in both school and sport, changes in sports equipment, and peer relations. To cope with PERFORMING ARTS, MEDICINE, BUSINESS AND DAILY LIFE the demands, the athletes took the time to structure their days with/without help from coaches/parents, searched for and found their place among peers, accepted their changing bodies, and committed to sport when their perceived competence was challenged. Key factors for commitment to sport were athletes’ high perceived ability, growth mindset/mastery orientation, knowledge of how their body develops and impacts mastery, and support from their coach, family, and friends. Practical implications for youth sports coaches will be offered with regard to the role they can play in making the CYT an efficient one and increasing the chances for athletes to commit to their sport.

National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Health Innovation, M4HP
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-55363 (URN)
Conference
FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024
Available from: 2025-01-30 Created: 2025-01-30 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Storm, L., Svendsen, A., Stambulova, N., Barker, D., Ronkainen, N., Bjørndal, C. T., . . . Henriksen, K. (2024). Consensus statement on cultural leadership in physical education and youth sport: Nordic perspectives. Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 6, 1-9
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2024 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSN 2596-741X, Vol. 6, p. 1-9Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper is the product of a Nordic Think Tank. The purpose was to unify experienced educators and expert researchers to (a) provide a set of working definitions for cultural leadership in physical education and youth sport, and (b) set an agenda for future research and educational practice in both contexts. A cultural leader is the professional and social role of a person who has legitimacy (is in the position) and responsibility to develop, maintain, and (if needed) attempt to change culture of a group of learners, such as pupils or athletes, in the service of good (i.e., helps pupils or athletes to thrive inside and outside school or sport; are continuing to learn, develop in a holistic way, and meet their potential). Six postulates representing consensus views of the invited group are proposed: (1) cultural leadership is a meta-function that permeates all other pedagogical functions of the physical education teacher and the youth sport coach; (2) today cultural leadership is more important than ever; (3) cultural leadership in physical education and youth sport must be in the service of good; (4) cultural leadership in physical education and youth sport requires specific competencies and virtues; (5) culture is co-produced, but the physical education teacher and youth sport coach have a special responsibility; (6) cultural leadership should be integrated in physical education teacher education and youth sport coach education in the future; and future research should explore teachers and coaches as cultural leaders to inform future educational practices.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Odense: University of Southern Denmark, 2024
Keywords
Critical pedagogy, Cultural sport psychology, Holistic ecological approach, Coach education, Teacher education, Consensus process
National Category
Health Sciences Pedagogy
Research subject
Health Innovation, M4HP
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-55154 (URN)10.7146/sjsep.v6i.141284 (DOI)
Note

This project was supported by grants from Ministry of Culture Denmark. (Award reference: FPK.2020-0049).

Available from: 2024-12-23 Created: 2024-12-23 Last updated: 2025-01-08Bibliographically approved
Linnér, L., Stambulova, N., Eriksson, P., Wredenberg, A., Augustsson, C. & Lindahl, K. (2024). Developing the System of Dual Career Support for University Student-Athletes: An update of the Swedish National Dual Career Guidelines. In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book. Paper presented at FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024 (pp. 693-693).
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2024 (English)In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book, 2024, p. 693-693Conference paper, Poster (with or without abstract) (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In 2018, the first version of the Swedish national dual career (DC) guidelines was issuedby the Swedish Sports Confederation to answer the call from the EuropeanUnion’s guidelines on DCs (2012) and to promote a system of DC support acrossSwedish National Sports Universities (RIUs) and Elite Sports-Friendly Universities(EVLs). The policy document was a culturally informed synthesis of current nationaland international DC research, best practice examples across RIUs/EVLs, and in linewith the Swedish strategy for Sports. Since that time, Swedish DC system at universitylevel has been developed, which is seen, for example, in annual educations for DCpractitioners across RIUs/EVLs and national sports federations, as well as in establishingthe role of a DC-coordinator and national standard for DC policy for study flexibilityacross all universities. Alongside this organizational development there has beena rapid increase in DC research. Several reviews (e.g., Stambulova & Wylleman, 2019;Tessitore et al., 2021, Kegelaers et al., 2022) and recent FEPSAC position statement onathletes’ DCs (Stambulova et al., 2024) contribute to development of the EuropeanDC discourse promoting athletes’ striving for DC excellence. Considering the developmentsmade, a national working group of practitioners and DC researchers acrossRIUs/EVLs and officials of the Swedish Sports Confederation met in a series of meetingsduring 2023-2024 to update the Swedish national DC guidelines. The updatedversion outlines the organizational model for RIUs and EVLs centered around developingDC development environments (Storm et al., 2021) and with context-informedand evidence-based guidelines on how to facilitate student-athletes’ (a) academicdevelopment, (b) athletic development, (c) balance between sport, studies, and privatelife, and (d) career transitions. The updated guidelines set a national standardfor DC support in line with recommendations from national (e.g., Linnér, 2021) andinternational DC research (e.g., Stambulova et al., 2024).

National Category
Psychology
Research subject
Health Innovation, M4HP
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-54681 (URN)
Conference
FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024
Available from: 2024-09-30 Created: 2024-09-30 Last updated: 2025-01-29Bibliographically approved
Linnér, L. & Stambulova, N. (2024). Ecology in Policy: Holistic Ecological Approach in the updated Swedish National Guidelines for Elite Athletes’ Dual Careers. In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book. Paper presented at FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024 (pp. 935-935).
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ecology in Policy: Holistic Ecological Approach in the updated Swedish National Guidelines for Elite Athletes’ Dual Careers
2024 (English)In: FEPSAC 17th Congress 2024: Abstract Book, 2024, p. 935-935Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Athletes’ dual careers (DC) can be understood as an individual process of using personalresources and strategies to cope with the challenges of being a student-athlete(e.g., Brown et al., 2015), summarized as viewing DCs from a holistic developmentalapproach (Wylleman, 2019). DCs can also be understood from a holistic ecologicalapproach (HEA; Henriksen & Stambulova, 2023), considering athletes as embeddedinto a system of interrelated sport-, study- and private life relationships in a DC developmentenvironment (DCDE; Henriksen et al., 2020). In this presentation we willshare how the HEA has supported an update of the Swedish national guidelines forelite athletes’ DCs (Swedish Sports Confederation, 2018) to promote an ecologicallyinformed system of DC support across Swedish sports universities. This updated policydocument (2024) is informed by the HEA in several ways to help optimize environmentsfor student-athletes and strengthen the cooperation between stakeholdersinvolved. For example, the updated guidelines outline the organizational model forSwedish sports universities centered around optimizing DCDEs and their essentialfeatures (Storm et al., 2021). Here, the HEA helped to clarify a leading role of a DCsupport team with a DC-coordinator and DC support providers in sport and studydomains, in charge of interorganizational collaboration (Mathorne, 2021), macro- andmicro-level integration, holistic structure, and developing a shared DC philosophyacross stakeholders (e.g., Linnér et al., 2020). The guidelines also emphasize the importanceof career transition support based on transition environment frameworks (Henriksen et al., 2023) for example, in student-athletes’ transition from national elitesport high schools to sports universities. Annual national DC education held by theSwedish Sports Confederation has supported the process of integrating an environmentperspective in the DC support across Swedish sports universities.

National Category
Psychology
Research subject
Health Innovation, M4HP
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-54683 (URN)
Conference
FEPSAC 17th Congress, Performance Under Pressure In Sports, Military/Police, Performing Arts, Medicine, Business And Daily Life, Innsbruck, Austria, 15-19 July, 2024
Available from: 2024-09-30 Created: 2024-09-30 Last updated: 2025-01-29Bibliographically approved
Stambulova, N., Wylleman, P., Torregrossa, M., Erpič, S. C., Vitali, F., de Brandt, K., . . . Ramis, Y. (2024). FEPSAC Position Statement: Athletes’ dual careers in the European context. Psychology of Sport And Exercise, 71, Article ID 102572.
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2024 (English)In: Psychology of Sport And Exercise, ISSN 1469-0292, E-ISSN 1878-5476, Vol. 71, article id 102572Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of this FEPSAC Position Statement is to summarize current knowledge about athletes’ dual careers (DCs) in the European context and propose recommendations for future DC research, practice, and policy. Inspired by the European Union’s Guidelines on Dual Careers of Athletes (European Commission, 2012), researchers, practitioners, and policy makers collaborated over the last decade to create the European DC discourse as a context-informed and negotiated body of DC knowledge. In this paper, we proceed from analyzing this body of knowledge using recent review papers and European DC psychological research projects to formulating seven postulates summarizing DC research findings on factors influencing athletes in their striving for DC excellence. These factors include (1) context, (2) pathways and transitions, (3) challenges, (4) resources and coping, (5) support and empowerment, (6) student–athletes’ mental health, and (7) DC development environments. In the final section, we acknowledge the contributions of European DC discourse in serving athletes in their pursuit of DC excellence and European DC culture. We also provide a critical discussion on DC knowledge gaps and, on behalf of FEPSAC, offer recommendations for DC research, practice, and policy in Europe. © 2023 The Authors.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024
Keywords
Dual career excellence, Dual career development environments, European dual career culture, European dual career discourse, Holistic perspective on athletes’ development
National Category
Applied Psychology Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Health Innovation
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-52369 (URN)10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102572 (DOI)001155948300001 ()38030052 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85181254607 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-01-05 Created: 2024-01-05 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Stambulova, N. (2024). Helping Athletes Cope with Developmental Crises (2ed.). In: Tod, David; Hodge, Ken; Krane, Vikki (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners (pp. 357-367). Abingdon: Routledge
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2024 (English)In: Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners / [ed] Tod, David; Hodge, Ken; Krane, Vikki, Abingdon: Routledge, 2024, 2, p. 357-367Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter aims to define crisis-transitions, explain why they happen, and share how to help athletes to cope with them. There are several lines of research that provide findings deemed useful for helping clients in crisis-transitions. Research on less successful transition coping revealed that, for transitioning athletes, additional barriers may arise when some of their identities are centralized at the expense of others. Helping athletes to prevent and/or cope with crisis-transitions is a part of supporting their striving for career excellence. Theoretical frameworks that may help practitioners approach counseling in crisis-transitions include the athletic career transition model, the holistic athletic career model, and the lifespan model of developmental challenge. Athlete-career trajectories are influenced by their success in coping with various kinds of career transitions and developmental crises. Using the holistic and developmental perspectives, encouraging athletes to share stories, empathetic listening, aiding clients’ understanding of the crisis-situation, and related coping alternatives are key aspects of success in crisis-transition counseling.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Abingdon: Routledge, 2024 Edition: 2
Series
Advances in Leisure Studies, ISSN 2644-0288, E-ISSN 2644-027X
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences Applied Psychology
Research subject
Health Innovation
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-52371 (URN)10.4324/9781003173588-41 (DOI)2-s2.0-85167751114 (Scopus ID)9781003173588 (ISBN)9781032002972 (ISBN)9781032002989 (ISBN)
Available from: 2024-01-05 Created: 2024-01-05 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Linnér, L., Stambulova, N., Ivarsson, A., Franck, A. & Lindahl, K. (2024). In pursuit of dual career excellence: factors associated to satisfaction of Swedish University student-athletes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
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2024 (English)In: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSN 1612-197X, E-ISSN 1557-251XArticle in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

In this study we aimed to explore factors associated to Dual Career (DC) satisfaction in Swedish university student-athletes to contribute to the evaluation of the Swedish sports university system. We considered DC satisfaction as a key indicator of the student-athletes’ ability to maintain an optimal DC balance in their striving for DC excellence and searched for the factors facilitating this process. Using a repeated cross-sectional design, we sampled participants during three consecutive educational years (2020-2022) using an online survey. We sampled 561 high-performance university student-athletes (54% female) with a mean age of 23.82 (SD = 3.35). The student-athletes represented all universities and 54 sports federations in the Swedish sports university system. We performed a Chi-squared Autonatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) analysis to test the potential relationships between independent variables (i.e., DC coping, DC competences, DC support, mental health, autonomy, competence and relatedness support, perception of study and sport flexibility, gender, hours worked alongside DC, and years of study at university) and the dependent variable (i.e., DC satisfaction). Our findings showed that the factors related to DC satisfaction were student-athletes’ DC coping (i.e., their ability to cope with interrelated sport, study, and private life challenges), together with receiving relevant DC support and experiencing relatedness. Taken together, this points towards the importance in creating DC development environments (DCDEs) characterised by individualised empowerment support (i.e., complementing student-athletes coping efforts and adding to their DC competences) and strong peer-relationships with relatedness in a community of student-athletes. © 2024 The Author(s).

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Taylor & Francis, 2024
Keywords
dual career, excellence, student-athlete, satisfaction, university
National Category
Psychology
Research subject
Health Innovation, M4HP
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-55038 (URN)10.1080/1612197X.2024.2437516 (DOI)001371235100001 ()2-s2.0-85210934723 (Scopus ID)
Funder
RiksidrottsförbundetUniversity of Gothenburg
Available from: 2024-12-06 Created: 2024-12-06 Last updated: 2024-12-18Bibliographically approved
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