ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
Beyond physical ability-predicting women's football performance from psychological factors.
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- The complex interplay between psychological factors and sports performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Mental Health and Psychological Constructs Related to Performance in Professional, Semi-Professional, and Competitive Adolescent Women's Soccer Players: A Scoping Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Situational and Dispositional Achievement Goals' Relationships with Measures of State and Trait Sport Confidence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Even though there is a clear agreement among researchers that psychological factors are a vital part of a football player's performance, the topic has not been investigated thoroughly. The present study aimed to examine the predictive value of psychological factors on female football players' match performance. Methods: A sample of 156 players from the top two leagues in Norway completed the following questionnaires: Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire 2 (PMCSQ-2), Big Five Inventory (BFI-20), Self-Regulated Learning questionnaire, and Grit-S and Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ). Match performance data were collected from the online database of the performance analysis company InStat. Results: Results from a linear mixed model analysis showed that perceived mastery climate and extraversion were the only significant predictors of performance. Other relevant indicators, such as mental toughness, self-regulated learning, and grit, did not predict performance. Discussion: These findings suggest that the team climate facilitated by coaches may be more important for predicting match performance than individual psychological factors.
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