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...psychological and social development through being exposed to different sporting cultures. [Emma Raducanu serving during a tennis match.] Though many tennis players engage in the sport from an early age, the professional rankings between 14 and 18 years do not reliably predict a player’s future ranking (Li et al., 2020). This is because performance in sport does not...

...psychology, experiences of mental health are also linked to social factors such as housing, employment, poverty or isolation. In addition, other aspects of people’s lives, including their relationships and social networks, their ability to maintain a home and broader living circumstances, as well as their need to access and use welfare and support services, will all...

...Psychology and Counselling recently published a systematic review of research aiming to understand one often overlooked factor: the role of the built environment. Laura was part of a team of researchers led by Dr Marlee Bower from the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney, who set out to understand how people’s loneliness might be related to the places where they...

...psychologically fit. This can lead to behaviours which might increase the risk of injury. The issue has been highlighted in the media with reports of professional female footballers who have been put out of action for long periods of time, such as Jordan Nobbs, Aoife Mannion, Abi Harrison and Ellie Brazil (BBC Sport, 2020). Ahead of the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New...

...psychological abilities needed to thrive through change and complex situations, that there must be other skills involved than just those measured by IQ tests – ones that help build relationships, manage emotions and navigate social situations. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer were especially interested in the influence of emotion on cognition – do people...