The heterogeneity of disciplines is often inadequately

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Sourced from the stated research gap and limitations and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 13 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Combat sports and wellbeing: advancing health and inclusion in athletes and practitioners. An opinion paper (2025) · Frontiers in Psychology · cited 13× · doi

  The heterogeneity of disciplines is often inadequately addressed in research. Individual differences in personality, motivation, and previous trauma history may strongly moderate the psychological outcomes of combat sports participation. The need for a rigorous evaluation of investigation methodologies and the validity of hypotheses.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: heterogeneity disciplines often inadequately addressed research individual differences
• Does athletic identity enhance subjective wellbeing among elite collegiate athletes in team sports? A sequential mediation model of perceived team support and self-efficacy (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi

  In the design and implementation of this study, there are several limitations. First, the student-athletes participating in the survey of this study were all national second-class athletes, which prevented us from determining whether the difference in athletic levels (Mathews et al., 2021) would affect the relational entity of athletic identity on subjective wellbeing. It is suggested that future studies include student-athletes of diverse levels for verification. Second, although this study took team sports as the research entry point, the survey showed that the sports mainly included football, basketball, volleyball, and a small part of hockey. Therefore, whether the corresponding research conclusions are applicable to other sports requires further empirical evidence.

  generallimitationsevidence 5/5
  Keywords: athletes sports student survey second whether athletic levels gender design implementation there several limitations first
• Die Liebe zum Sport. Phänomenologie eines mächtigen Gefühls (2026) · Sport und Gesellschaft · doi

  Further research is needed to explore the emotional and affective dimensions of sports experience. The paper suggests that future research should focus on the ways in which the love for sports can be a powerful and transformative force in people's lives. The paper highlights the importance of recognizing and valuing the emotional and affective aspects of sports experience.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further research needed explore emotional affective dimensions sports

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