New Methodological, Intervention and Neuroscientific Perspectives in Sports Psychology, volume II

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New Methodological, Intervention and Neuroscientific Perspectives in Sports Psychology, volume II is written by Antonio Hernández-Mendo and published by Frontiers Media SA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2832564062 (ISBN 10) and 9782832564066 (ISBN 13).

This Research Topic is the second volume of the Research Topic "New Methodological, Intervention and Neuroscientific Perspectives in Sports Psychology". Please see the first volume here. Within the discipline of sport psychology, considerable work involves the development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions to improve the world of sport. The importance of theory as a basis for such intervention efforts has been strongly emphasized. In recent years, research has shown that there are three factors on which to base future developments: methodological innovations (e.g. Mixed Methods), new intervention approaches (e.g. Empowering/Disempowering Climates) and advances in neuroscience (e.g. inhibitory circuits). Regarding methodological innovations, the importance of mixed methods in this field is highlighted by their profound significance. Indeed, procedural innovations with direct and indirect observational data has allowed the observational methodology to be considered as a mixed method in itself. This approach has been implemented in recent years in many publications relating to various sports. Other methodological advances involve the evolution of structural equation analysis. For example, the increasing use of invariance analysis, mediation analysis, PLS software (which allows non-normal samples), multilevel analysis, generalizability analysis, and the graphical evolution of data with programs such as Neo4j.