ArticleScientific reports2025
Using structural equation modelling to reassess bias in judging the vault event in men's artistic gymnastics.
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- Mental imagery and performance in aerobic, artistic, acrobatics, trampoline and tumbling, and rhythmic gymnasts: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Dynamic coupling of motivation, flow, and psychological resilience: a career narrative case study of a Chinese male aerobic gymnastics world champion.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
In gymnastics competitions, the judges evaluate the performance of the gymnasts to determine the winners. Over the past few decades, cognitive psychology scholars have argued that judges in international gymnastics competitions may possess national biases and various forms of memory bias. This paper newly evaluates these biases using empirical data obtained from the men's vault qualification event in the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool - 2022. The data consisted of all of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) vault scores in the qualification round (N = 133), collected from seven execution panel judges representing Argentina, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Norway, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Slovenia. These scores were analysed using the structural equation modelling (SEM) technique. The SEM results indicated good model fit, χ
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