Representation across sports was uneven

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated challenges and limitations section and limitations of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 2 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Associations Between Psychological Coping Skills and Player Behaviors During Transition Moments in Male Youth Football (2025) · Sports · cited 2× · doi

  The study identifies the challenge of analyzing psychological aspects in sport performance, which are often complex and multifaceted. The study recognizes the challenge of integrating psychological constructs into match analysis, which requires a holistic approach to sport performance. The study acknowledges the challenge of generalizing the findings to larger and more diverse samples, due to the limited sample size and specific context of the study.

  generalstated challenges
  Keywords: study identifies challenge analyzing psychological aspects sport performance
• Sport Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being in Collegiate Athletes: The Role of Upbringing, Athletic Status, and Adaptive Psychological Attributes (2026) · Sports · doi

  representation across sports was uneven, - the study population was primarily composed of Black and White participants, with limited representation of other ethnic groups, - the Grit-S scale demonstrated a low Cronbach's alpha coefficient, - the cross-sectional design limits causal inference and does not capture changes in athletes' experiences over time

  generallimitations section
  Keywords: representation across sports was uneven study population primarily
• Psychological Flexibility and Competition Anxiety: A Study in Sport Psychology (2026) · North American journal of psychology · doi

  Despite the fact that the current study provides important results about the nature of the correlation between psychological flexibility and competition anxiety among athletes, several limitations should be taken into consideration. Firstly, the study used a convenience sampling method with a relatively small sample size (N = 104), which limits the generalizability of the findings to broader athletic populations. Moreover, the sample consisted predominantly of male football players, reflecting the reality of physical education majors in the Arab context, where football is the most widespread sport. Therefore, caution should be exercised when generalizing these results to female athletes, individual sports, or different cultural contexts. Secondly, the study design was based on a descriptive correlational paradigm within a specific time period, which limits the ability to establish causal relationships between the variables under investigation. Finally, the study was conducted in a specific environmental and cultural context (Jordan), which implies that the results may differ in other sports or cultural settings.

  generallimitationsevidence 5/5
  Keywords: cultural athletes sample limits football context sports specific despite fact current provides important nature correlation

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