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Maria Kavussanu is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in psychology and social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including social psychology, sociology and political science, applied psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

The main topics addressed in their research include motivation and self-concept in sports, behavioral health and interventions, sport psychology and performance, doping in sports, hormonal and reproductive studies, youth development and social support, and muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Recent papers authored by Maria Kavussanu demonstrate a focus on doping and psychological interventions in sports. These include:

  • A Moral Intervention Reduces Doping Likelihood in British and Greek Athletes: Evidence From a Cluster Randomized Control Trial, 2020, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • A psychological intervention reduces doping likelihood in British and Greek athletes: A cluster randomized controlled trial, 2021, Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Frequent co-authors in Maria Kavussanu's publications include:

  • Christopher Ring
  • Philip Hurst
  • Ella Malloy
  • Mariya A. Yukhymenko-Lescroart
  • Vassilis Barkoukis

The scholar frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Journal of Sports Sciences
  • Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Maria Kavussanu's research output includes work related to doping in sports, interventions to reduce doping likelihood, leadership comparisons in sport contexts, and attitudes toward ergogenic and medical sport supplements among athletes.

Best Publications

  • Motivation in Physical Activity Contexts: The Relationship of Perceived Motivational Climate to Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Efficacy

    Maria Kavussanu;Glyn C. Roberts

  • The Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Sport Scale.

    Maria Kavussanu;Ian David Boardley

  • Moral Functioning in Sport: An Achievement Goal Perspective

    Maria Kavussanu;Glyn C. Roberts

  • Correlates of achievement goal orientations in physical activity: A systematic review of research

    Stuart J. H. Biddle;John C. K. Wang;Maria Kavussanu;Christopher M. Spray

  • Goal orientations and moral identity as predictors of prosocial and antisocial functioning in male association football players.

    Luke Sage;Maria Kavussanu;Joan Duda

  • Motivational predictors of prosocial and antisocial behaviour in football

    Maria Kavussanu

  • Participation in Sport and Moral Functioning: Does Ego Orientation Mediate Their Relationship?

    Maria Kavussanu;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • Development and Validation of the Moral Disengagement in Sport Scale

    Ian D. Boardley;Maria Kavussanu

  • Observed Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors in Male Soccer Teams: Age Differences across Adolescence and the Role of Motivational Variables

    Maria Kavussanu;Alistair R. Seal;Daniel R. Phillips

  • The influence of social variables and moral disengagement on prosocial and antisocial behaviours in field hockey and netball

    Ian D. Boardley;Maria Kavussanu

  • Orthogonality of Achievement Goals and Its Relationship to Beliefs about Success and Satisfaction in Sport

    Glyn C. Roberts;Darren C. Treasure;Maria Kavussanu

  • Effects of Goal Orientation and Perceived Value of Toughness on Antisocial Behavior in Soccer: The Mediating Role of Moral Disengagement

    Ian David Boardley;Maria Kavussanu

  • Exercise and Optimism: Are Highly Active Individuals More Optimistic?

    Maria Kavussanu;Edward McAuley

  • Moral behaviour in sport: a critical review of the literature

    Maria Kavussanu

  • Coaching Efficacy and Coaching Effectiveness: Examining Their Predictors and Comparing Coaches’ and Athletes’ Reports

    Maria Kavussanu;Ian David Boardley;Natalia Jutkiewicz;Samantha Vincent

  • Contextual influences on moral functioning of college basketball players.

    Maria Kavussanu;Glyn C. Roberts;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • Athletes’ Perceptions of Coaching Effectiveness and Athlete-Related Outcomes in Rugby Union: An Investigation Based on the Coaching Efficacy Model

    Ian D Boardley;Maria Kavussanu;Christopher M Ring

  • Contextual Influences on Moral Functioning of Male Youth Footballers

    Maria Kavussanu;Christopher M. Spray

  • Observed Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors in Male and Female Soccer Players

    Maria Kavussanu;Rebecca Stamp;Geoff Slade;Christopher Ring

  • Psychological, muscular and kinematic factors mediate performance under pressure

    Andrew Cooke;Maria Kavussanu;David McIntyre;Christopher Ring

  • Perceived motivational climate and cognitive and affective correlates among Norwegian athletes

    Yngvar Ommundsen;Glyn C. Roberts;Maria Kavussanu

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Ring
Christopher Ring University of Birmingham
Glyn C. Roberts
Glyn C. Roberts Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis University Of Thessaly
Anastasia Kitsantas
Anastasia Kitsantas George Mason University
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Joan L. Duda
Joan L. Duda University of Birmingham
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland
Christopher M. Spray
Christopher M. Spray Loughborough University
Rich S. W. Masters
Rich S. W. Masters University of Waikato
Edward McAuley
Edward McAuley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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