Journal of Applied Psychology Research (APR) supports the international conference—Sport Psychology as a publishing partner!

2025-03-26

Journal of Applied Psychology Research (APR, eISSN: 2810-9791) supports the international conference—Sport Psychology as a publishing partner!

Advances in sport psychology - new insights and discoveries

Sport and technology have changed considerably over time, the advancement in technology being an advancement for athletes' training and performance. In this context, psychology often makes the difference between good and great athletes, between the gold medal and the other positions in the ranking.

For this reason, in order to better understand the mental factors affecting participation in sport and physical activities, we invite you to explore the sport psychology scene. This conference will offer specialists key knowledge at a time when a new edition of the Olympic Games is approaching. The fierce struggle for winning in competition can generate violence and aggressive behaviors, especially in the case of young athletes, potentially affecting their mental health.

Our event aims to bring together researchers and academic experts to exchange and share their research findings and ideas on all aspects of sport psychology.

The conference accredited by FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology) and is in the process of acreditation by the Romanian College of Psychologists (CPR).

Topics

Papers are invited on topics related, but not limited to:

Anxiety, Arousal and competitive performance
Emotion, moods and performance
Aggression and violence in sport
Social psychology of sport (group cohesion, leadership)
Attention and concentration in sport
Mental skills training
Decision-making and memory in sport
Issues in sport personality research
Stress and coping during COVID-19 pandemic
The coach - psychological variables
Elite athletes
Minority athletes
Doping in sports
Motivation in sport
Visualisation techniques - the mental road map for success
Self-talk in sport
Audience effects on sport performance
Clinical issues
The school psychologist and sport: optimal functioning between family, student-athlete, and school personnel
Relaxation and energization
Psychology of sport injury rehabilitation

Important Dates

22 May 2025 - Submission of abstracts/Full-paper submission*

29 May 2025 - Notification of acceptance

31 May - 4 June 2025 - Conference fee payment **

*Abstract submission (200-250 words) on the conference platform (for authors who will have an oral presentation) or Full-paper submission (for authors who will have an oral presentation and who wish to publish their research - see Author instructions)

The journal will publish the e-book of Abstracts Book of this conference as the publishing partner.

Contact

Address: National University of Physical Education and Sports from Bucharest

Constantin Noica, No. 140, Zip Code 060057 Bucharest, Romania

email: psyconference@unefs.ro

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Giuseppe Lanza

Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Italy

eISSN

3029-276X

Publication Frequency

Semi-annual

About the Publisher

Academic Publishing insists on taking academic exchange and publication as the main line, carrying out comprehensive management based on science and technology, and fully exploring excellent international publishing resources. Within 5 years, it will form a strategic framework and scale with science (S), technology (T), medicine (M), education (E), and humanities and arts (H) as the main publishing fields. Academic Publishing is headquartered in Singapore and based in Malaysia, with the United States and China providing the main scientific and academic resources. At the same time, it has established long-term good cooperative relations with other publishing companies, scientific research communities, and academic organizations in more than a dozen countries and regions. Academic Publishing uses English and Chinese as its main publishing languages, mainly publishing books, journals, and conference papers in print and online. The vast majority of publications follow the international open access policy, providing stable and long-term quality and professional publications. With the joint efforts of the expert team and our professional editorial team, our publications will gradually be indexed by international databases in stages to provide convenient and professional retrieval for various scholars. At the same time, manuscripts we accept will be subject to the peer review principle, and cutting-edge and innovative research articles will be preferentially accepted for peer reference and discussion. All kinds of our publications are welcome for peer to contribute, access, and download.

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Volume Arrangement

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