Articles

Included in the list of research articles are also peer-reviewed book chapters. We continuously add publications. Please visit the page regularly to receive news. The publications are arranged by year.

2025

Aase, E., Abrahamsen, F. E., & Gustafsson, H. (2025). From pandemic to podium? Norwegian Olympic handball players’ journey to Tokyo 2020. Frontiers in Psychology (Sec. Sprot Psychology), 16, Article 1566238. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1566238

Augustsson, F., Mellroth, E., Gustafsson, H., & Högman, J. (2025). Mapping academically gifted students’ relationship to physical activity: A scoping review. High Ability Studies, 36(1), 55-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2025.2498325

Carlman, P. (2025). Movement integration in Swedish school-age educare centres. Sport, Education and Society, 1-15. doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2025.2562156

Carlman, P., & Torell-Palmquist, G. (2025). Rethinking places for sport in the Anthropocene. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. doi.org/10.1177/10126902251335.

Carlman, P., Hjalmarsson, M., & Ljung Egeland, B. (2025). Outdoor excursions in Swedish school-age educare centres. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 25(3), 597-610. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2024.2324796

Ekelund, R., Holmström, S., Gustafsson, H., Ivarsson, A., Lundqvist, C., & Stenling, A. (2025). Interventions for improving mental health in athletes : A scoping review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 18(1), 503–538. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2023.2258383

Hassmén, P., Gustafsson, H., Hindman, E., Hjälm, S., & Lundkvist, E. (2025). Sleepless in soccer: Exploring sleep, stress, and mental well-being in an international head coach. The Sport Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2023-0171

Ljung Egeland, B., Hjalmarsson, M., & Carlman, P. (2025). Games, Physical Activities, and Outdoor Excursions as Powerful Knowledge in Swedish School-Age Educare. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1-15. doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2025.2487084

Moore, L., Isoard-Gautheur, S., & Gustafsson, H. (2025). Psychophysiological markers of athlete burnout : A call to arms. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 46(2), 69–78. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2433-3930

Musculus, L., Araújo, D., Bisagno, E., Gustafsson, H., Kalén, A., Lindwall, M., Pérez-Ferreirós, A., Raab, M., Williams, A. M., & Stenling, A. (2025). Why “decoding the elite soccer player’s psychological profile” fails to score. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(25), Article e2502322122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2502322122

Nyberg, C., Gustafsson, H., Haraldsen, H. M., & Wagnsson, S. (2025). Differentiated pathways in upper secondary school. World-class Swedish athletes experiences. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2025.2521265

Saarinen, M., Phipps, D. J., Kuokkanen, J., Bjørndal, C. T., Bentzen, M., Ommundsen, Y., & Gustafsson, H. (2025). Burnout trajectories among adolescent student-athletes: The role of gender, success expectations, and parental affection. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, 102831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102831

Torell Palmquist, G., Hedenborg, S., Linnér, S., Rosén, A., & Solenes, O. (2025). Flexibility, creativity, and imagination – a frame factor analysis of riding lessons for young children. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2025.2474476

Torell Palmquist, G.; Känsälä Alveheim, N.; Huot-Marchand, F.; Ashton, L.; Lewis, V. (2025). The Role of European Equestrian Institutions in Training Professionals: Outcomes from a Workshop on Horse Welfare in Equestrian Education. Animals 2025, 15, 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15020183

Wilsgaard, H. V., Bentzen, M., Skarin, F., & Gustafsson, H. (2025). Thriving in high-risk emergency operators: Insights from those who serve. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000395

2024

Alvarez Pires, D., Isoard-Gautheur, S., Madigan, D. J., Smith, A. L., & Gustafsson, H. (2024). Five unsolved issues concerning burnout in athletes: An expert perspective. Sports Psychiatry: Journal of Sports and Exercise Psychiatry, 3(1), 39–46. https://doi.org/10.1024/2674-0052/a000074

Augustsson, C., Högman, J., & Löfdahl Hultman, A. (2024). Teachers’ experiences with physically inactive children and their strategies to promote physical activity in early childhood education settings. Health Education Journal, 83(7), 771-783. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969241280767

Bartura, K., Abrahamsen, F.A., Gustafsson, H., Hatzigeorgiadis, A., & Gorgulu, R. (2024). Ironic processes of concentration and suppression under pressure: A study on rifle shooting performance in Norwegian elite biathletes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise.34 (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14647

Capalbo, L. S., & Carlman, P. (2024). Understanding participation experiences in sport programs for the acculturation of refugee youth: A comparative study of two different programs in the US and Sweden. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 22(2), 449-465. doi: 10.1080/15562948.2022.2044101

Carlman, P., & Hjalmarsson, M. (2024). Masculinity and the inclusion of refugee girls and boys in Swedish sports clubs. In U. Mukherjee (Ed.) Debating childhood masculinities: rethinking the interplay of age, gender and social change. Emerald. doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-390-920241009

Gerber, M., Bianchi, R., Madigan, D., Jonsdottir, I. H., Claussen, M. C., & Gustafsson, H. (2024). Burnout and overtraining in elite athletes: Unresolved issues and avenues for future research [Editorial]. Sports Psychiatry: Journal of Sports and Exercise Psychiatry, 3(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1024/2674-0052/a000073

Hedenborg, S.; Kronborg, M.; Sätre, A.; Radmann, A.; Torell Palmquist, G., & Andersson, P. (2024). Pro-Environmental Transformation of the Equine Sector—Facilitators and Challenges. Animals, 14, 915. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060915

Hjalmarsson, M., Ljung Egeland, B. & Carlman, P. (2024). Professional Dilemmatic Spaces in Swedish School-age Educare. International Journal for Research on Extended Education.https://elibrary.utb.de/doi/abs/10.3224/ijree.v11i2.04

Högman, J., Wagnsson, S., & Bellander, S. (2024). Implementing a free lending of sports and leisure equipment service: a cross-sectional survey exploring user characteristics, utilization patterns, and significance among children and youth. BMC Public Health 24, Article 1826 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19339-3.

Isoard-Gautheur, S., Gustafsson, H., & Madigan, D. (2024). Keeping the Olympic Flame Burning”: Protecting Athletes from Burnout in Sport. In Mind, 6. https://www.in-mind.org/article/keeping-the-olympic-flame-burning-protecting-athletes-from-burnout-in-sport

Wagnsson, S., Augustsson, C., & Jordan, M. (2024). To pay or not to pay? Parents’ view of the commercialisation process in children and youth sports. European Journal for Sport and Society, 21,(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/16138171.2023.2265719.

2023

Bartura, K., Gorgulu, R., Abrahamsen, F., & Gustafsson, H. (2023). A systematic review of ironic effects of motor task performance under pressure: The past 25 years. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 17(2), 1378–1417. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2023.2193966

Carlman, P., & Högman, J. (2023): Sports and mobile imperatives in the lives of rural youths. European Journal for Sport and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/16138171.2023.2293521

DeFreese, J. D., Madigan, D. J., & Gustafsson, H. (2023). Eras of Burnout Research: What Does the Past Tell Us About the Future of Burnout in Sport? Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 17(4), 365-375. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2023-0046

Gustafsson, H., Davis, P., & Davis, L. (2023). Fear of failure in athletes: Fanning the fire of sport desire or burning out? In A. Mica, M Pawlak, A. Horolets, & P. Kubicki (Eds.). Routledge International Handbook of Failure. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429355950-6

Högman, J., & Augustsson, C. (2023). Children’s experiences of development in alternative sports programmes. Health Education Journal, 82(4), 403-414. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969231163405

Jaf, D., Wagnsson, S., Skoog, T., Glatz, T., & Özdemir, M. (2023). The interplay between parental behaviors and adolescents’ sports-related values in understanding adolescents’ dropout of organized sports activities. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 68, Article 102448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102448.

Jordan, M., Wagnsson, S., & Gustafsson, H. (2023). Using motivational interviewing to promote teacher efficacy, autonomy-supportive teaching and students’ academic motivation. Cogent Education, 10(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2023.2229033

Lundkvist, E., Gustafsson, H., Madigan, D., Hjälm, S., & Kalén, A. (2023). The Prevalence of Emotional Exhaustion in Professional and Semiprofessional Coaches. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 17(4), 376–389. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2021-0039

Madigan, D.J., Gustafsson, H., & Olsson, L. (2023). Reducing burnout in athletes. In I. Nixdorf, J. Beckmann, T. MacIntyre, S. B. Martin, & R. Nixdorf (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport (Chapter 12). Routledge.

Nyberg, C., Wagnsson, S., Gustafsson, H., & Strahlman, O. (2023). Dual career support among world-class athletes in Sweden : Performance, education, and employment. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1093562

Podlog, L., Wagnsson, S., Wadey, R. (2023). The impact of competitive youth athlete injury on parents: a narrative review. Sport in Society, 27(8), 1332–1355. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2023.2282159.

Rosén A., Hedenborg S., Thorell Palmquist, G., & Källén, E. (2023) Team performance and gendered parenthood in horse-riding activities for young children. Sport in Society - Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics,https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2023.2270454

Watson, D. R., Gustafsson, H., & Lundqvist, C. (2023). Working with perfectionistic athletes in sport: An acceptance and commitment therapy perspective. In A. Hill (Ed.), The psychology of perfectionism in sport, dance, and exercise (pp. 285–304). Routledge.

Wilhelmsen, T., Lannem, A. M., Sørensen, M., Augutis, M., & Gustafsson, H. (2023). Experiences of Participants with Spinal Cord Injury at an Active Rehabilitation Camp. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 9(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk9010007

2022

Back, J., Stenling, A., Solstad, B. E., Svedberg, P., Johnson, U., Ntoumanis, N., … Ivarsson, A. (2022). Psychosocial Predictors of Drop-Out from Organised Sport : A Prospective Study in Adolescent Soccer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416585

Cseplö, E, Wagnsson, S., Luguetti, C., & Spaaij, R. (2022) ‘The teacher makes us feel like we are a family’: students from refugee backgrounds’ perceptions of physical education in Swedish schools, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 27:5, 531-544. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2021.1911980

Hertting, K., Grahn, K., & Wagnsson, S. (2022). Supportive Communities: Conceptualizing Supportive Structures for Coaches’ Learning and Well-Being in Community Youth Soccer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, Article 8249.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148249

Högman, J., Augustsson, C., & Carlman, P. (2022). To deviate from the expected: a collective story of physical activity among inactive rural children. Sport, Education and Society, 29(2), 194–206. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2022.2136154

Klockare, E., Olsson, L. F., Gustafsson, H., Lundqvist, C., & Hill, A. P. (2022). Sport psychology consultants’ views on working with perfectionistic elite athletes. The Sport Psychologist, 36(3), 219-227. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2021-0055

Lundqvist, C., & Gustafsson, H. (2022). A national team in crisis. In S. Castillo, C. Wooding, D. Barbara, & Chroni, S. (Eds.), Building consulting skills: An International Case Study Collection (Chapter 4). Routledge.

Lundkvist, E., Gustafsson, H., Madigan, D., Hjälm, S., & Kalén, A. (2022). The prevalence of emotional exhaustion in professional and semiprofessional coaches. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 17(4), 376-389. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2021-0039

Solstad, B. E., Granerud, M., Haraldsen, H. M., Gustafsson, H., & Knight, C. J. (2022). An exploration of reciprocity between female athletes and their coach in elite junior swimming : a shared reality theory perspective. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 14(4), 545–563. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2021.1941211

2021

Davis, L., Brown, D. J., Arnold, R., & Gustafsson, H. (2021). Thriving Through Relationships in Sport: The Role of the Parent–Athlete and Coach–Athlete Attachment Relationship. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694599

DeFreese, J. D., Madigan, D. J., & Gustafsson, H. (2021). An Introduction to the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology Special Issue on Burnout in Sport and Performance. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 16(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2021-0100.

Ekman, E., Hiltunen, A., & Gustafsson, H. (2021). Do Athletes Have More of a Cognitive Profile with ADHD Criteria than Non-Athletes? Sports, 9(5), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050061

Hedenborg, S., Torell Palmquist, G. & Rosén, A. (2021). The Emergence of the Swedish Horse-Riding School from the Mid-Twentieth Century. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 38(6), 607-630. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2021.1959321

Lundkvist, E., Gustafsson, H., Björklund, G., Davis, P., & Ivarsson, A. (2021). Relating Competitive Golfers’ Perceived Emotions and Performance. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 128(4):1549-1568. http://doi.org/10.1177/00315125211005938

Madigan, D. J., Gustafsson, H., Hill, A. P., Mellano, K. T., Pacewicz, C. E., Raedeke, T. D., & Smith, A. L. (2021). Perspectives on the future of burnout in sport. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 16(1), 75-88. https://doi.org/10.1123/jcsp.2021-0045

Rosén, A., Thorell, G., & Hedenborg, S. (2021). The competent child and (in)competent others. Horse-riding school activities for preschool children. Sport in Society, published online: 27 Dec 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2021.2015333

Skarin, F., Wästlund, E., & Gustafsson, H. (2021). Maintaining or losing intervention-induced health-related behavior change A mixed methods field study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 688192. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.688192

Solstad, B. E., Granerud, M., Haraldsen, H. M., Gustafsson, H., & Knight, C. J. (2021). An exploration of reciprocity between female athletes and their coach in elite junior swimming: a shared reality theory perspective. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 14(4), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2021.1941211

Svensson, M., Wagnsson, S., & Gustafsson, H. (2021). Can motivational interviewing be a helpful professional tool? Investigating teachers' experiences. Educational Research, 63(4), 440-455. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2021.1989318

Wagnsson, S., Gustafsson, H., Libäck, J., & Podlog, L. W. (2021). Lessons Learned from a Multi-Level Intervention Program to Reduce Swedish Female Floorballers’ Dropout Rate. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 12(4), 226-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2020.1850576

2020

Carlman, P., Hjalmarsson, M., & Vikström, C. (2020). Let the Right one in: Sports Leaders' Shared Experiences of Including Refugee Girls and Boys in Sports Clubs. International Journal for Research on Extended Education. https://doi.org/10.3224/ijree.v8i1.04

Davis, P. A., Gustafsson, H., Callow, N., & Woodman, T. (2020). Written Emotional Disclosure Can Promote Athletes’ Mental Health and Performance Readiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 599925. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.599925

Frøyen, A. F., Pensgaard, A. M., & Gustafsson, H. (2020). "You can be my coach, but I am the one in charge": An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the importance of the coach-athlete relationship in Norwegian super-elite athletes. International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 32(1), 49-68. https://doi.org/10.24985/ijass.2020.32.1.49

Gustafsson, H., & Lundqvist, C. (2020). Cognitive behavioural therapy in performance enhancement: Using exposure and behavioural experiments with elite athletes. In D. Tod, & M. Eubank (Eds.), Applied Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology: Current Approaches to Helping Clients (Chapter 8). Routledge.

Hassmén, P., Lundkvist, E., Flett, G. L., Hewitt, P. L., & Gustafsson, H. (2020). Coach Burnout in Relation to Perfectionistic Cognitions and Self-Presentation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(23), Article 8812. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238812

Hertting, K., Wagnsson, S. & Grahn, K. (2020). Perceptions of Stress of Swedish Volunteer Youth Soccer Coaches. Sports, 8, p.146. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8110146

Högman, J., Augustsson, C., & Hedström, P. (2020). “Being or becoming physically active”: Unpacking conceptions about objectives and methods in partnership-based alternative sports activities. European Journal for Sport and Society, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/16138171.2020.1792075

Högman, J., Augustsson, C., & Hedström, P. (2020). Let’s do those 60 minutes! Children’s perceived landscape for daily physical activity. Sport, Education and Society, 25(4), 395–408. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2019.1610374

Johles, L., Gustafsson, H., Jansson-Fröjmark, M., Classon, C., Hasselqvist, J., & Lundgren, T. (2020). Psychological Flexibility Among Competitive Athletes: A Psychometric Investigation of a New Scale. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2,(110). https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.00110

Josefsson, T., Gustafsson, H., Rostad, T., Ivarsson, A., & Gardner, F. (2020). Mindfulness and shooting performance in biathlon: A prospective study. European Journal of Sport Science, 21(8), 1176–1182. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2020.1821787

Josefsson, T., Tornberg, R., Gustafsson, H., & Ivarsson, A. (2020). Practitioners’ reflections of working with the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach in team sport settings. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 11(2), 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2018.1549641

Kougioumtzis, K., & Wagnsson, S. (2020). Newly arrived migrant youths in Sweden: Attitudinal, normative and regulative determinants of the intention to participate in organized sports. International Journal of Physical Education, 57(1), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.5771/2747-6073-2020-1-27

Lundkvist, E., Wagnsson, S., Davis, L., & Ivarsson, A. (2020). Integration of immigrant youth in Sweden: does sport participation really have an impact? International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 25, 891-906. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2020.1775099

Lundqvist, C., & Gustafsson, H. (2020). Psychological Support for Injured Elite Athletes: Experiences and Reflections from an Applied Perspective. In A. Ivarsson, & U. Johnson (Eds.), Psychological Bases of Sport Injuries (4th ed). Fitness Information Technology: West Virginia University.