Browsing AURA by Author "Ivarsson, Andreas"
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Are the playoffs different from the regular season? A comparison of in-game statistics in Icelandic elite handball
Laxdal, Aron Gauti; Ivarsson, Andreas; Sigurgeirsson, Ólafur; Haugen, Tommy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)There are many axioms in sport that are taken at face value. One of them is that the playoffs are somehow totally different from the regular season. The aim of this study was to test that axiom by comparing in-game statistics ... -
Are they all born to score? The relationship between throwing arm and scoring from the 7-meter line in semi-professional handball
Laxdal, Aron Gauti; Þorgeirsson, Sveinn; Saavedra Garcia, Jose Miguel; Sigurgeirsson, Ólafur; Ivarsson, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Indications of laterall biases favouring left-handers have been found in various sports; especially interactive sports where the athletes have limited time to react to incoming objects. The aim of this study was therefore ... -
Assessing the individual relationships between physical test improvements and external load match parameters in male professional football players—a brief report
Byrkjedal, Per Thomas; Bjørnsen, Thomas; Steinnes Luteberget, Live; Ivarsson, Andreas; Spencer, Matt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Purpose: This study aimed to explore whether a meaningful improvement in physical performance following an in-season strength training intervention can be related to external load match parameters at an individual level ... -
Association Between Physical Performance Tests and External Load During Scrimmages in Highly Trained Youth Ice Hockey Players
Byrkjedal, Per T.; Bjørnsen, Thomas; Luteberget, Live S.; Lindberg, Kolbjørn; Ivarsson, Andreas; Haukali, Eirik; Spencer, Matt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: To investigate the relationship between physical performance tests and on-ice external load from simulated games (scrimmages) in ice hockey. Methods: A total of 14 players completed a physical performance test ... -
Association Between Physical Performance Tests and External Load During Scrimmages in Highly Trained Youth Ice Hockey Players
Byrkjedal, Per Thomas; Bjørnsen, Thomas; Luteberget, Live; Lindberg, Kolbjørn Andreas; Ivarsson, Andreas; Haukali, Eirik; Spencer, Matthew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: To investigate the relationship between physical performance tests and on-ice external load from simulated games (scrimmages) in ice hockey. Methods: A total of 14 players completed a physical performance test ... -
Born to Score? The Relationship between Left-Handedness and Success from the 7-Meter Line
Laxdal, Aron Gauti; Ivarsson, Andreas; Þorgeirsson, Sveinn; Haugen, Tommy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022) -
Composites of perfectionism and inauthenticity in relation to controlled motivation, performance anxiety and exhaustion among elite junior performers
Haraldsen, Heidi M.; Ivarsson, Andreas; Solstad, Bård Erlend; Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik; Halvari, Hallgeir (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The present study identified profiles of perfectionism and inauthenticity at baseline and tested whether they differed in the maladaptive outcomes of controlled motivation, performance anxiety, and exhaustion after a ... -
Dental hygienists’ biopsychosocial beliefs and giving autonomy support in treatment of patients: A self-determination theory perspective
Halvari, Anne Elisabeth M.; Ivarsson, Andreas; Halvari, Halgeir; Dahl, Kari Elisabeth; Olafsen, Anja Hagen; Solstad, Bård Erlend; Deci, Edward; Williams, Geoffrey Colin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives Self-determination theory posits that managers’ autonomy-supportive behaviour and employees’ autonomy causality orientation are motivation constructs to explain internalization of values, functioning and wellness ... -
Development of basic psychological need satisfaction in physical education - Effects of a two-year PE programme
Erdvik, Irina Burchard; Haugen, Tommy; Ivarsson, Andreas; Säfvenbom, Reidar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Research shows that sports-active students experience more basic need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, relatedness) in physical education (PE) than their non-sports-active peers, and thus, reap most of the benefits of ... -
Effects of a 16-Week Digital Intervention on Sports Nutrition Knowledge and Behavior in Female Endurance Athletes with Risk of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)
Fahrenholtz, Ida; Melin, Anna K.; Garthe, Ina; Hollekim-Strand, Siri Marte; Ivarsson, Andreas; Koehler, Karsten; Logue, Danielle; Lundström, Petra; Madigan, Sharon; Wasserfurth, Paulina; Torstveit, Monica Klungland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Female endurance athletes are considered a high-risk group for developing Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). Due to the lack of educational and behavioral intervention studies, targeting and evaluating the effects ... -
Exploring psychosocial risk factors for dropout in adolescent female soccer
Gredin, N. Viktor; Back, Jenny; Johnson, Urban; Svedberg, Petra; Stenling, Andreas; Solstad, Bård Erlend; Ivarsson, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives We examined the manner in which age, participation in other sports, socioeconomic status, perceived sport competence, achievement goal orientations, and perceived motivational climate may interact to predict the ... -
Global Self-Worth among Adolescents : The Role of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction in Physical Education
Erdvik, Irina Burchard; Haugen, Tommy; Ivarsson, Andreas; Säfvenbom, Reidar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Global self-worth is important for healthy development and learning, and is therefore highlighted as a major aim in the Norwegian physical education (PE) curriculum. Based on prior research this study aimed to assess ... -
The Healthy Body Image intervention and reduction in eating disorder symptomatology and muscle building supplement use in high school students: a study of mediating factors
Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen; Ivarsson, Andreas; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Rosenvinge, Jan H; Friborg, Oddgeir; Pettersen, Gunn; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Mediation analysis is important to test the theoretical framework underpinning an intervention. We therefore aimed to investigate if the healthy body image (HBI) intervention’s effect on eating disorder (ED) ... -
‘I was young, I wanted to return to sport, and re-ruptured my ACL’ – young active female patients’ voices on the experience of sustaining an ACL re-rupture, a qualitative study
Piussi, Ramana; Krupic, Ferid; Sundemo, David; Svantesson, Eleonor; Ivarsson, Andreas; Johnson, Urban; Samuelsson, Kristian; Hamrin Senorski, Eric (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022) -
Identity leadership and cohesion in elite sport: The mediating role of intra-team communication
Schei, Gaute Sørensen; Høigaard, Rune; Erikstad, Martin Kjeøen; Ivarsson, Andreas; Haugen, Tommy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)One perspective on leadership that has recently gained increased attention in sport is identity leadership; however, research on elite sport teams is still in its infancy. Thus, the main purpose of this research is to ... -
In-season autoregulation of one weekly strength training session maintains physical and external load match performance in professional male football players
Byrkjedal, Per Thomas; Thunshelle, Atle; Spencer, Matthew; Luteberget, Live Steinnes; Ivarsson, Andreas; Vårvik, Fredrik Tonstad; Lindberg, Kolbjørn Andreas; Bjørnsen, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Interventions for improving mental health in athletes: a scoping review
Ekelund, Rebecka; Holmström, Stefan; Gustafsson, Henrik; Ivarsson, Andreas; Lundqvist, Carolina; Stenling, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The aims of this scoping review were to map the current literature on interventions for improving mental health in athletes, identify knowledge gaps, and generate future research questions. The Preferred Reporting Items ... -
Is Left-Handedness Associated With Greater Success From the 7-Meter Line? An Analysis of 7-Meter Records Across Various Handball Competitions
Laxdal, Aron Gauti; Haugen, Tommy; Angeltveit, Ørjan; Sørensen, Christian; Ivarsson, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)While left-handers have been overrepresented among 7-meter shooters in handball, previous investigators have not found success from the 7-meter line to be related to handedness. Drawing on previous handedness research in ... -
Mental health problems in elite sport: the difference in the distribution of mental distress and mental disorders among a sample of Norwegian elite athletes
Øvrebø, Tom Henning; Ivarsson, Andreas; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Knudsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo; Reneflot, Anne; Pensgaard, Anne Marte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives: To, based on diagnostic interviews, investigate the distribution of mental disorders among a sample of Norwegian elite athletes with ‘at-risk scores’ on a self-report questionnaire measuring symptoms of mental ... -
Psychology research in women’s soccer: a scoping review
Gredin, N. Viktor; Okholm Kryger, Katrine; McCall, Alan; Solstad, Bård Erlend; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Massey, Andrew; Ivarsson, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Previous research suggests that psychological factors play an important role in trying to explain and predict the participation, performance, and health of player and practitioners in soccer. However, most previous works ...