🚨 PhD Scholarship Opportunity 🚨 We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to explore the psychology of esports participation in the context of mental health and/or performance psychology. This project could examine the potential adverse effects of esports participation and how to identify or prevent them. Projects could also investigate the psychology of esports performance and how to improve player performance. Applicants should have experience studying psychology, mental health, or high performance and a deep understanding of esports. For full eligibility criteria and how to apply, follow this link: scu.edu.au/graduate-school/s…

🚨New Esports Research: Defining Elite Esports Athletes🚨 How should we define elite esports athletes? We are excited to announce the publication of our latest open-access research in the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. We set out to provide clarity on how "elite" esports athletes were defined across various research studies and provide three key outcomes: 1⃣A Definition: “…we conceptualise elite e’athletes as individuals who compete at the highest level for their esport.” 2⃣An Initial Elite Clarification System: We introduce a 2-step classification system that considers both the highest level of competition and success within that level to better define elite status in esports (pictured below). 3⃣Guidelines for Future Research: We recommend new reporting guidelines to help researchers provide more detailed and consistent definitions of elite esports sample characteristics, facilitating more meaningful comparisons and insights (pictured below) We hope this research provides a critical step towards standardising the field and improving the quality of research in esports. A big thank you to my co-authors @benjamintsharpe, Patricia C. Jackman, @cswannpsych & @KyleJMBennett for their incredible contributions to this work! 📖 Read the full article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

🚨Excited to announce that our paper ‘Defining Elite Esports Athletes’ has just been accepted for publication with the International Review of Sport & Exercise Psychology (@tandfpsychology). We offer: 1⃣A definition of an elite e'athlete 2⃣A working classification system for defining elite esports samples 3⃣A set of academic guidelines for reporting elite esports samples I will fully unpack the findings when the paper goes live! RG link below👇 @benjamintsharpe @Trish_Jackman @cswannpsych @KyleJMBennett

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We are excited to announce that our two esports PhD scholarships @SCUonline are now open to international applicants too!! This is a fantastic opportunity for high-quality candidates to come to beautiful Australia and research esports. Applications close 31/05. DM me for more information. @KyleJMBennett