Stiliani Chroni

• Rynne, Steven; Blackett, Alexaner & Chroni, Stiliani (2024). What forms of learning in sport coaching are valued, valuable, or ‘rubbish’? I Rynne, Steven & Mallett, Clifford (Red.), The Routledge handbook of coach development in sport . Routledge. ISSN 9780367750879. s. 405–419.
• Simova, Marketa; Olusoga, Peter; Brown, Christopher J. & Chroni, Stiliani (2024). Understanding Well- Q1 Being in High-Performance Coaches: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach. International Sport Coaching Journal. ISSN 2328-918X. doi: 10.1123/iscj.2023-0009.
• Nilsen, Dag André; Sigurjonsson, Thorsteinn Josef; Pensgaard, Anne Marte & Chroni, Stiliani (2022). Sports Coaches’ Athlete Talent Mindset and Views Regarding Talent Identification in Norway. International Sport Coaching Journal. ISSN 2328-918X. 10(2), s. 141–153. doi: 10.1123/iscj.2022-0010. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  We investigated coaches’ mindsets of athletic talent as conceptualised by Dweck (athlete talent mindset, A-TM) along with the athlete age at which they believe talent can be identified. We also looked at the age of talent identification in coaches of different A-TM. Using data collected as part of a survey conducted in Norway, the 3,830 participating coaches were men and women between 16 and 83 years of age. Overall, the coaches held a predominantly growth A-TM. However, older coaches, those not born in Norway, and coaches in athletics, gymnastics, and football were found to have a more fixed A-TM. Regarding their views about talent identification age, one fifth of the coaches believe that talent can be seen before 12 years of age, with football, gymnastics, and swimming coaches and those not born in Norway being more prone to detect talent at younger ages. Analyses also showed that the more fixed A-TM coaches believed that they could identify talented athletes at younger ages; however, not all of them reported such talent identification age views. These findings indicate that coaches’ A-TM and views regarding talent identification operate as two separate beliefs, which may be useful for understanding coaches’ early talent identification and development approaches.

• Krommidas, Charalampos; Papaioannou, Athanasios G.; Comoutos, Nikolaos; Kouali, Despina; Galanis, Evangelos & Chroni, Stiliani (2022). Effects of parental support and coach-initiated motivational climate on young athletes’ psychosocial behaviors and well-being. Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (AJSEP). ISSN 2667-2391. doi: 10.1016/j.ajsep.2022.06.002. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This study examined the effect of coach-initiated motivational climate and parental support on intrinsic motivation, enjoyment of sport participation, subjective vitality, sport-related violence, and academic achievement of youth soccer players. The second purpose was to examine if intrinsic motivation mediates the impact of coach-initiated climate and parental support on the above endogenous variables. Two measurements Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2) were conducted. In T1, 494 young soccer male athletes completed surveys of coach-created motivational climate, parental praise and understanding, intrinsic motivation, sport-related violence, vitality, sport enjoyment and Grade Point Average (GPA). After five months, 188 of those soccer athletes responded again to the same surveys (T2). In both measurements the findings suggest that perceived coach-initiated empowering climate and parental praise and understanding have indirect effects on sport-related violence, GPA, vitality and sport enjoyment through intrinsic motivation in sport.

• Chroni, Stiliani & Kavoura, Anna (2022). From Silence to Speaking Up About Sexual Violence in Greece: Olympic Journeys in a Culture That Neglects Safety. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.862450. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The present study scrutinizes the role of societal culture in cases of sexual violence in Greek sport, as presented in the media after a two times Olympic medalist of Greece fired up the “‘me too’ Movement” in the country. Specifically, data for this study consisted of 36 media articles (14 international in the English language and 22 national in the Greek language), reporting multiple cases of sexual abuse and harassment in Greek sport and were published between January 2021 and January 2022. We drew on the cultural praxis heuristic to explore how the cultural setting operates as an underlying factor in priming athletes for harassment and abuse and in oppressing them into not speaking up. Our thematic analysis of media data revealed two overarching themes, namely, keeping the home intact and failed negotiations with power. Based on these findings, we discuss how subtle manifestations of patriarchy and collectivism perpetuate sexualized violence in Greek sport as they promote a climate of silence, prevent safeguarding, maintain underreporting of sexual violence, and delayed the arrival of the #metoo. We conclude that under the current circumstances, change seems to be a threat to all involved in Greek sport, yet for different reasons. For the coaches, sport officials, stakeholders, state system, change would require them to relinquish male powers and authority, find new meaning of what it means to be and do as a man, and allow women to be seen as counterparts. For the female athletes-survivors, it would require them to prioritize the self and their self-care and let go of the in-group loyalty and subordination learned and exhibited from infancy. We also contend that mere translations of international and regional safeguarding guidelines and toolkits cannot foster awareness raising, nor the implementation of measures within cultural settings that divert from the Global North. If we care to combat the universal phenomenon of sexualized violence in sport, a glocal approach is needed, where local socio-cultural factors are acknowledged, their role is addressed, and violence is understood within its context.

• Chroni, Stiliani & Kavoura, Anna (2022). Grooming and Sport. I Prewitt-White, Tanya & Fisher, Leslee (Red.), Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport. Routledge. ISSN 9780367647032. s. 37–50.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Dieffenbach, Kristen & Pettersen, Sigurd (2021). An Exploration of Recruitment of Elite Athletes to Coaching Within Federations. International Sport Coaching Journal. ISSN 2328-918X. 8(3), s. 315–327. doi: 10.1123/iscj.2020-0056. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Chroni, Stiliani; Ronkainen, Noora; Ryba, Tatiana V. & Elbe, Anne-Marie (2021). Negotiating a transnational career around borders: Women's stories in boundaryless academia. Psychology of Sport And Exercise. ISSN 1469-0292. 56, s. 1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101990. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The study aimed to give voice to two women sport scientists’ life stories to centralize the challenges and ways of coping their career journeys entailed, and enlighten our understanding of the lived experience and meaning of academic migrating. They shared transnational career stories through interviews and ongoing conversations which we re-story in a creative non-fiction story where we blended the two. Our data collection, analysis and representation were informed by theoretical, methodological and interpretive bricolage. As the creative nonfiction story shows, the academic entrepreneur ideal was somewhat disrupted in the women’s lives, as migration experiences, aside from thrills, also involved rough and complex negotiations and challenges. However, the experiences and lessons learned from migration experiences informed subsequent decisions and relocations while work and home became a state of mind and a sense of comfort for the two women who relentlessly swapped priorities between home and work. We identified three strategies – negotiating, redirecting, and accepting – that the women applied to their home and work life while trying to stay true to themselves and their values. The literature on transnationalism and academics as mobilised professionals helped us bring to light ‘silenced’ elements of the academic narrative as forms of women’s professional development in sport sciences that are not part of ‘official’ narratives of career-building were uncovered.

• Hansen, Per Øystein; Chroni, Stiliani; Skille, Eivind Åsrum & Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik (2021). Leading and organising national teams: functions of institutional leadership. Sports Coaching Review. ISSN 2164-0629. doi: 10.1080/21640629.2021.1896213. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  National team coaches are tasked to increase athlete capacity for success – a key task of theirs is leading the athletes and team’s entourage. Few studies have detailed empirical accounts of leadership at the organisational-, team-, and individual level. This qualitative case study of institutional leadership examined how three national team coaches, who also have the role of high-performance directors, organise and lead their teams. Within the context of these successful Norwegian national teams, we identified how the coaches lead in ways that are consistent with leadership functions captured in institutional leadership, which focuses on the creation of structures and interactions that promote and protect the key organisational and societal values. Still, the coaches pursued this structuring and interactions in distinct ways, leading to distinctive organisational practices. The findings of the study stress the importance of considering contextual elements when leading athletes and entourage that pertain to national teams.

• Chroni, Stiliani & Dieffenbach, Kristen (2021). Facilitating and supporting the elite athlete-to-coach transition: Lessons learned from Norwegian coaches and federations. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action. ISSN 2152-0704. 13(1), s. 27–39. doi: 10.1080/21520704.2020.1861145. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Elite athletic career termination is inevitable in high performance sport. Whether due to interest, injury, age or combination of factors, athletes will undergo a shift in their professional and personal identity. While retirement out of sport has been scrutinized to both understand and support athletes, we have not thought through what the athlete-to-coach, within-sport retirement, signifies for the person undergoing it and for our applied practice and lack the approach(es) for supporting it. Based on recent research advances, we build on a range of resources to be developed in supporting athletes during the transition and in the coaching profession.

• Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik & Chroni, Stiliani (2021). Longevity in Elite Coaching: Motives and Maneuvers Keeping Them in the Game. Roeper Review. ISSN 0278-3193. 43(1), s. 53–66. doi: 10.1080/02783193.2020.1840466. Vis sammendrag

  In a qualitative study, we examined experiences from six Olympic coaches from medal winning sports in Norway. We sampled these coaches purposefully based on their athlete and sport development, results, and longevity as national team coaches. The semistructured interviews focused on these coaches’ experiences and strategies, identifying a series of motives and maneuvers as key constituents of longevity in national team coaching, using self-determination theory and the concept of passion to examine the data. These motives relate to connectedness and passion for the sport, coaching, and continuous growth. The maneuvers highlighted are securing of support from important others and from their organizations, maintaining a balance between short- and long-term development, and caring for the person’s own physical and mental health. We position our findings in the context of the literature and draw implications for coaches aspiring to a long career in sport coaching.

• Skille, Eivind Åsrum; Hansen, Per Øystein; Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik & Chroni, Stiliani (2020). National and Organizational Culture in Norwegian Elite Sport: The Account of National Handball Head Coaches. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum. ISSN 2000-088X. 11, s. 93–116. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The present study looks at the organizational culture of Norwegian elite sport which we capture as the meeting point of the national and elite sport cultures. Two successful national teams, the women’s and men’s handball are the point of departure. The selected elite sport contexts are apparently similar but at the same time distinctive. Informed by theories of culture and high reliability organizations, we analyzed in depth semi-structured interviews with the national team coaches and found that their organizational cultures were characterized by three common elements: a process-oriented approach, an athlete-centered approach, and a value-based approach towards development. Variations between teams were noticed, such as how the athletes partake in the team’s value-anchoring processes. Overall, we learned that at the international level results can be achieved even when embracing, and performing, under humanistic and social-democratic values, which deviates significantly from the commonly embraced win-at-all-costs approach. Norwegian elite sport culture appears to exemplify this cultural approach by actively employing a value-system in the development of its athletes, teams and sport. In that respect, the study contributes to the international elite sport organization literature as it relates daily practices with the overall culture theory and the specific theory of high reliability organizations. The study provides a detailed account of how national Norwegian values (and further overarching Scandinavian values) pair up with elite sport demands, in team and backstage practices within two elite sport contexts.

• Chroni, Stiliani; Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik; Skille, Eivind Åsrum & Hemmestad, Liv B (2019). Sport Federation Officials’ Practices and National Team Coaches’ Stress. International Sport Coaching Journal. ISSN 2328-918X. 6(1), s. 63–73. doi: 10.1123/iscj.2017-0086. Vis sammendrag

  While there is growth in research recognizing the coach as a performer, little is known about the practices of federation officials who are ‘responsible for’ and have the potential to influence coaches’ experiences. This study explores practices enacted by Norwegianfederationofficialswithintheirroleofworkingcloselywiththenationalteamcoach.Semi-structuredinterviewswere conducted with seven sports directors employed by some of Norway’s medal-winning individual sports federations. Thematic analysis furnished three theme-practices: (a) sincerely caring for the employees, (b) fostering a development focus, and (c) recruiting coaches with the organizational culture in mind. We viewed these practices as ways of enacting the federation culture and the sports directors work with the coaches as being the main support for the coach, acting frequently as a buffer with regard to both administrative and sport issues. Considering recent findings on how Norwegian national team coaches evaluate their stress experiences, the identified practices appear to be ones that can have some bearing on the coaches’ stress evaluation mechanisms and outcome expectancies. Practical implications are outlined as well as suggestions for future research extending these findings across different cultures (sports and nations).

• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Coach stress. I Taylor, Jim (Red.), Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology. Routledge. ISSN 9781138587885. s. 299–307. Vis sammendrag

  The aim of Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology (CASP) is to challenge our field to look beyond its current status and propel applied sport psychology and mental training forward and outward with a broad and multi-layered examination of everything psychological, emotionally, and socially that the athletic community contends with in pursuit of athletic success and that sport psychologists and mental trainers do in their professional capacities. Comprehensive Applied Sport Psychology is the first professional book aimed at offering a truly expansive and deep exploration of just about everything that applied sport psychologists, consultants and mental trainers do in their work. CASP plumbs the depths of the athletic mind including attitudes, psychological and emotional obstacles, mental "muscles" and mental "tools," quality of sport training, the health and well-being of athletes, and other areas that are essential to athletic success. This new volume examines not only the many ways that consultants impact athletes, but also explores their work with coaches, teams, parents, and interdisciplinary groups such as sports medicine team and sports management. The book is grounded in both the latest theory and research, thus making it a valuable part of graduate training in applied sport psychology, as well as a practical resource for consultants who work directly with athletes, coaches, teams, and parents. The goal of CASP, in collaboration with dozens of the leading minds in the field, is to create the definitive guide to what applied sport psychology and mental training are and do

• Chroni, Stiliani; Pettersen, Sigurd & Dieffenbach, Kristen (2019). Going from athlete-to-coach in Norwegian winter sports: understanding the transition journey. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. ISSN 1743-0437. 23(4), s. 751–773. doi: 10.1080/17430437.2019.1631572. Vis sammendrag

  Hiring retired athletes as coaches is a common practice that reinforces athletic experience as an important element of coaching, yet the coaching profession is complex, requiring specialized knowledge across multiple domains. This exploratory study scrutinizes the experiences of six Norwegian early career professionals who transited into coaching directly after the end of the elite athletic career in winter ski sports; focussing on how they constructed the narrative of the athlete-to-coach transition journey. Employing in depth interviews and thematic analysis we identified the themes of exiting the athletic career, entering coaching, the ‘no longer and not yet’ in the transition, challenges and facilitators. These themes we transformed into (i) six stories, which provide multifaceted insights to the fast transiting of former athletes into coaching, and (ii) a three-phase empirical model, through theory-informed re-examination of the emergent themes based on career transition models. Recommendations for further understanding of this career pathway into coaching as well as the role of education and transition support programmes are explored.

• Mueller, Stephanie; Ruiz, Montse C. & Chroni, Stiliani (2018). Coaches’ Perceptions of Athletes’ Psychobiosocial States: The Case of Three Tennis Coach-Athlete Dyads. International Sport Coaching Journal. ISSN 2328-918X. 5, s. 156–168. doi: 10.1123/iscj.2017-0045. Vis sammendrag

  Considering the limited attention paid to interpersonal aspects of emotions, this study explored coaches’ perceptions of athletes’ performance-related states and how they used this information for its regulation. Using a case study approach, three coach-athlete dyads from competitive tennis took part in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Individualized profiling of psychobiosocial states was used to assess athletes’ states in most and least successful performances and as a way of data triangulation. Findings indicated that the coaches paid attention to bodily, motor-behavioural, and operational components of a performance state, and used this information to appropriately adapt their responses to the players’ needs, via the provision of positive reinforcement, and performance-related feedback. The coaches described themselves as calm, patient, and understanding; characteristics that appeared to be vital for the coach-athlete relationship and the coaches’ emotional competence. Findings are discussed within the contexts of emotion regulation and coach-athlete relationship, and how they might be useful to help coaches develop emotional competence.

• Skille, Eivind & Chroni, Stiliani (2018). Norwegian sports federations' organizational culture and national team success. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics. ISSN 1940-6940. 10(2), s. 321–333. doi: 10.1080/19406940.2018.1425733. Vis sammendrag

  Existing literature on the global arms race of elite sport policy suggests that homogenisation and standardisation dominate the international scene. In the present article, we challenge this thesis as we delineate Norwegian Sports Federations’ organisational culture and how it works within the elite system to produce international achievements. Leaning theoretically on cultural sociology and organisation culture, we interviewed nine sport directors regarding the liaison between the federation and the national team. We identified two attributes that characterise the work of the sport directors and influenced the culture: dedication to the job, encompassing sacrifices and a sense of privilege, and closeness to the sport, the external support, as well as the coaches, athletes and support staff. In the findings, we elaborate on three key qualities of the culture. First, development orientation in everything, including how results are viewed as a by-product arising from following a process, their focus and commitment on plans, topped with practices of reflection and learning. A hard-working team environment and egalitarian structures enact this development orientation. The hard-working team environment includes clear and complementary roles, competent personnel and support for each other’s work. The egalitarian structure leans on shared values and absence of hierarchy that makes open dialoguing possible. Most likely, through dialogues team members challenge each other and existing knowledge and practices to reach the desired development. In the light of these findings, we discuss how Norway’s organisational culture appears to put its signature in the global arms race by blending the elite sport demands with the egalitarian national culture.

• Chroni, Stiliani & Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik (2017). History of Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology in Europe. I Braddick, Oliver (Red.), The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190236557. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.135. Vis sammendrag

  The evolution in sport, exercise, and performance psychology in Europe goes back to the 1800s and spread from the east (Germany and Russia) to the west of the continent (France). Modern European sport psychology theorizing started with Wilhelm Wundt, who studied reaction times and mental processes in 1879, and Philippe Tissié, who wrote about psychological changes during cycling in 1894. However, Pierre de Coubertin was the one to put forward the first definition and promotion of sport psychology as a field of science. From there on, and despite obstacles and delays due to two world wars in Europe, sport psychology accelerated and caught up with North America. Looking back to the history of our disciplines, while sport, exercise, and performance psychology evolved and developed as distinct disciplines in Europe, sport and exercise psychology research appear to be stronger than performance psychology. The research advancements in sport and exercise psychology led to the establishment of the European sport psychology organization (FEPSAC) in the 1960s, as researchers needed an umbrella establishment that would accept the cultural and linguistic borders within the continent. From there on, education programs developed throughout Europe, and a cross-continent program of study with the collaboration of 12 academic institutions and the support of the European Commission was launched in the late 1990s. Applied sport psychology was practiced in the Soviet Union aiming to enhance the performance of their teams in the 1952 Olympics. Unfortunately, in many countries across Europe, research and practice are not comprehensively integrated to enhance sports and sportspersons, and while applied practice has room to grow, it also has challenges to tackle.

• Kavoura, Anna; Kokkonen, Marja; Chroni, Stiliani & Ryba, Tatiana V. (2017). "Some Women Are Born Fighters": Discursive Constructions of a Fighter's Identity by Female Finnish Judo Athletes. Sex Roles. ISSN 0360-0025. 79, s. 239–252. doi: 10.1007/s11199-017-0869-1. Vis sammendrag

  Martial arts and combat sports have been traditionally associated with masculinity, and a range of contradictory meanings have been attached to women’s engagement and experiences. The present study draws on cultural praxis and feminist poststructuralist frameworks to explore how female martial artists are subjectified to dominant cultural discourses surrounding fighting and competition. Interviews with nine female judoka (judo athletes) were gathered in Finland and analyzed using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA). The FDA revealed that in female judoka talk, judo was constructed as a sport for all, but also as a male domain and a manly sport with fighting and competition as innate masculine qualities that are not learned. Two sets of wider, competing discourses provided the dominant structure for participants’ constructions of judo: (a) a mass sport discourse versus an elite sport discourse and (b) a gender equality discourse versus a female biological inferiority discourse. Drawing on this discursive context and in seeking to make sense of their experiences, participants constructed a Bnaturally born fighter^ identity. Although this might be an empowering identity for female judoka, it does not advance the agenda of gender equity in martial arts because it constructs Bordinary^ women as biologically incapable of competitive judo. Our findings reveal that even in the relatively egalitarian culture of Finland, gender hierarchies persist in judo and that it is only by disrupting prevalent constructions of fighting and competitiveness as masculine that progress toward gender equity can be made.

• Arijs, Cedric; Chroni, Stiliani; Brymer, Eric & Carless, David (2017). ‘Leave Your Ego at the Door': A Narrative Investigation into Effective Wingsuit Flying. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 8, s. 1–10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01985. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In recent years there has been a rapid growth in interest in extreme sports. For the most part research has focused on understanding motivations for participation in extreme sports and very little research has attempted to investigate the psychological structure of effective performance. Those few studies that have attempted to explore this issue have tested models designed for traditional sport on adventure sports. However, extreme sports are not the same as adventure sports or traditional sports. This study employed a narrative approach to investigate experiences of effective performance in the extreme sport of proximity wingsuit flying. An overarching theme we labeled ‘leave your ego at the door,’ emerged based on four sub-themes: (1) know thy self, (2) know thy skills, (3) know the environment now, and (4) tame the ‘inner animal.’ These themes are presented and discussed in relation to performance and discovery narratives identified within elite sport, thereby shedding light on how participants’ experiences of the extreme sport of proximity wingsuit flying differ from dominant stories within traditional sports.

• Leontari, Despoina; Zisi, Vasiliki; Gratsani, Stamatia; Chroni, Stiliani & Theodorakis, Yannis (2017). Motivational Interviewing for Smoking Cessation and Increase of Physical Activity in Αdults. PSYCHOLOGY. ISSN 2152-7180. 8(12). doi: 10.4236/psych.2017.812127. Vis sammendrag

  This study investigated if and how an individual counselling program, based on motivational interviewing, affects lifestyle changes that contribute to smoking cessation and physical activity enhancement. The participants were 2 men and 6 women aged 25 - 54 years. The program consisted of 12 individual weekly counselling sessions based on motivational interviewing. There was a 9 month follow up (monthly sessions, weekly telephone calls). A semi-structured interview was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program after the intervention. Qualitative content analysis was used, along with the In Vivo Software in organizing the data from the interview. At the end of the follow up, three participants stopped smoking, four participants turned to light smokers (<10 cigarettes per day) and only one person failed to change smoking behavior. The participants reported that the discussion and communication with the advisor were very helpful, such as the support, the commitment, the resistance and the goal setting techniques. The gains that the participants experienced were a general life-style change, smoking cessation or smoking reduction, motivation, sensitization, self-esteem, self-knowledge, safeness, stress reduction, relaxation and better physical condition. It seems that motivational interviewing greatly contributes to helping adults to quit or reduce smoking and adopt a healthier lifestyle.

• Chroni, Stiliani (2017). Working within Polo: A Wonderland Experience. I Schinke, Robert J. & Hackfort, Dieter (Red.), Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts: Challenges and Strategies. Routledge. ISSN 9781138808614. Vis sammendrag

  The relationship between sport and exercise psychology and the realm of professional sport and performance has grown exponentially in recent years. Elite athletes increasingly see the value in seeking psychological advice and expertise, while consultants now work in a wider range of elite performance environments. Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts: Challenges and Strategies is a unique and timely collection that brings together the experiences and knowledge of a range of applied psychologists working in these exciting industries. The book begins with a section outlining the core skills practitioners require in the field, before chapters discussing individual sports, team sports and the performing arts. Each author looks at how theoretical principles can be applied within a particular professional context, delineating how performers may benefit from working with a psychologist, as well as the ethical and cultural challenges that they faced. Assessing the role of applied psychologists across a truly unique range of activities, from polo to motor racing and ice hockey to modern dance, Psychology in Professional Sports and the Performing Arts: Challenges and Strategies offers unrivalled insights into how sport and exercise psychology can be put into practice in challenging professional environments. It will appeal to anyone studying sport and exercise psychology, or working in the field.

• Kamberidou, Irene & Chroni, Stiliani (2016). The Greek Experience: Outstanding Women in the Social Space of Sport. I Diketmüller, Rosa (Red.), Inspirational women in Europe: making a difference in physical education, sport and dance. NGIME/UFJF. ISSN 9788567380551. s. 224–242.
• Diakaki, Eleni; Chroni, Stiliani & Goudas, Marios (2016). Migrating Cyclists and Identity Reconstructions: Two Tales of Living and Parting the Dream. Inquiries in Sport & Physical Education. ISSN 1790-3041. 14(3), s. 87–101. Vis sammendrag

  The present study delves into two cases of sport labor migration and athlete identity, as we learn from two migrating athletes about the narrative mechanisms used to reconstruct their priorities and identities. Low-structured interviews were conducted with elite level male cyclists who migrated from Greece upon signing professional contracts with European continental teams. To immerse into the experiences, we employed the dialogic/performance analysis and, along with the theoretical framework of identity narratives (Douglas & Carless, 2006), this helped us co-construct a relational and a discovery tale. The narrations reveal that the cyclists’ physical and mental relocations triggered and intensified processes of identity negotiation, formation, and reconstruction. These processes are traced in the narrative schemata they used as they tried to attain or maintain integrity, along with a sense of coherence between the lived and the told. A continuous negotiation took place between the self, the society, and the sport culture, as they struggled to find their fit within the stereotypically-accepted sport success stories. The findings are discussed with regard to migrant cyclists’ psychology, identity development, and well-being, while highlighting the need to enrich the narrative repertoire in the elite sport culture, as it can promote and safeguard athlete identity and well-being.

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• Castillo, Sarah; Butters Wooding, Chelsea; Barba, Douglas & Chroni, Stiliani (2024). A case-solution companion to building consulting skills for sport and performance psychology. Routledge. ISBN 9780367545420. 144 s.
• Castillo, Sarah; Wooding, Chelsea Butters; Barba, Douglas & Chroni, Stiliani (2022). Building Consulting Skills for Sport and Performance Psychology: An International Case Study Collection. Routledge. ISBN 9780367545406. 141 s. Vis sammendrag

  Building Consulting Skills in Sport and Performance Psychology is an international compilation of case studies that introduces students and early career professionals to pertinent issues within a variety of performance environments. With contributions from prominent international practitioners, the book offers case studies from a variety of performance environments including sport, performing arts, and high-risk occupations. Each chapter presents a case study and provides exploratory questions relating to ethical considerations, intervention planning, and awareness of diverse themes of race, culture, gender, immigration status, and disability, among others. These reflection questions encourage students to acknowledge the individual circumstances of all performers and to recognize their own unique background and how this impacts their attitudes, beliefs, and connection to potential clients. The text promotes honest self-reflection regarding consulting strengths and potential areas for improvement, and an online Instructors’ Manual looks at possible solutions for each case.

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• Chroni, Stiliani (2024). Maltreatment, performance and well-being.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2024). Cultural Characteristics of Europe’s Mediterranean Countries and Interpersonal Violence in Sport.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2024). Gender based Violence in Sport: What is it, why it happens, what needs to change? (H Έμφυλη Βία στον Αθλητισμό: Τί είναι, γιατί συμβαίνει,τί επείγει να αλλάξει;).
• Castillo, Sarah; Butters Wooding, Chelsea; Barba, Douglas & Chroni, Stiliani (2024). Preface: There are many roads to Rome. I Castillo, Sarah; Butters Wooding, Chelsea; Barba, Douglas & Chroni, Stiliani (Red.), A case-solution companion to building consulting skills for sport and performance psychology. Routledge. ISSN 9780367545420. s. xxv–xxx.
• Pettersen, Jannicke; Chroni, Stiliani & Stambulova, Natalia (2023). What the Children-to-Youth Sport Transition Means for Youth Sport Coaches .
• Chroni, Stiliani (2023). Athlete and coach mental health: from theory to practice.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2023). Elite Athlete-to-Coach Transition: Our roles as sport psychology practitioners.
• Starr, Katherine & Chroni, Stiliani (2023). Coaching the line: dangers of Coaching from Care to Control to Empowerment.
• Håndlykken, Steffen; Chroni, Stiliani & Hansen, Per Øystein (2023). High-performance coach well-being, self-leadership, and leaders’ coach care in Norway.
• Dieffenbach, Kristen; Miller, Sydney & Chroni, Stiliani (2023). The invisibility of age & gender in sport.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2023). Safe Sport and Core Values: Democracy, Fair Play, Integrity.
• Pettersen, Jannicke; Chroni, Stiliani & Stambulova, Natalia (2023). What the Children-to-Youth Sport Transition Means for Youth Sport Coaches.
• Verhelle, Helena; Vertommen, Tine; Chroni, Stiliani; Hassandra, Maria & CICEE-T, Consortium (2023). Culturally Informed Safe Sport Coach Education: Youth coaches’ attitudes, norms and beliefs about receiving safe sport education in Mediterranean countries.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Kenttä, Göran & Alexopoulos, Antonis (2023). Breaking the silence in Cyprus sport: A 2-day mental health intervention.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Tzachristos, Vaggelis; Dieffenbach, Kristen & Pettersen, Sigurd (2023). Exiting pro-soccer and entering women’s coaching: A leap of faith.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Lara-Bercial, Sergio; Hansen, Per Øystein; Skille, Eivind Åsrum; Alexopoulos, Antonis & Kavoura, Anna [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). CICEE-T: Culture-Sensitive Coach Education on Safe Sport.
• Dieffenbach, Kristen & Chroni, Stiliani (2023). Transitions into Coach Development: You Coached So You Can Develop. I Nash, Christine (Red.), Developing Sport Coaches. Routledge. ISSN 9781003251309. Vis sammendrag

  This chapter explores the role and ways of development of the coach developer as well as the knowledge and skills they need to support the preparation and ongoing development of sport coaches. The role of the coach has been identified as central to supporting development, potential, and well-being of the athletes, and prior athletic experience has been recognized as being insufficient and not a reliable indication of proper preparation to coach. The recognition of the breadth and depth of sport settings across which coaches may perform in and thus need preparation support for and development support within highlights the need to understand the range of knowledge and skills a coach developer needs to be effective. It elaborates on the transition into the coach development role considering the coach developer tasks, context, and essential elements for capitalizing on it.

• Dieffenbach, Kristen & Chroni, Stiliani (2023). Coach Education and Development: The What and How to. I Nash, Christine (Red.), Developing Sport Coaches. Routledge. ISSN 9781003251309. doi: 10.4324/9781003251309-5. Vis sammendrag

  Sport coaching is often viewed as a calling rather than a vocation. The experience of learning can occur formally, non-formally, or informally. While traditionally, qualifications to coach have been unimportant with exception of playing time and experience in the sport, recent research findings challenge the reader to revisit what kind of and how experiences of the past are brought into one's coaching practice. Standards of professionalism within coaching are becoming more and more prominent. Despite the differences between the sports themselves, the foundational sport science information that guide skill acquisition, training plan design, relationship building, and many other core coaching responsibilities share a lot of coaching overlap. Developing coach-related sciences further and breaking free from stereotypes, trends, and traditions of the past appears to be the way forward. More research is needed to better understand both the individuals and the system and what keeps coaching stereotypes, trends, and traditions alive.

• Chroni, Stiliani; Butters Wooding, Chelsea; Castillo, Sarah & Barba, Douglas (2022). Preface: Bridging Theory with Action: Voices and Perspectives from Around the World. I Castillo, Sarah; Wooding, Chelsea Butters; Barba, Douglas & Chroni, Stiliani (Red.), Building Consulting Skills for Sport and Performance Psychology: An International Case Study Collection. Routledge. ISSN 9780367545406. s. xv–xxiv. Vis sammendrag

  Building Consulting Skills in Sport and Performance Psychology is an international compilation of case studies that introduces students and early career professionals to pertinent issues within a variety of performance environments. With contributions from prominent international practitioners, the book offers case studies from a variety of performance environments including sport, performing arts, and high-risk occupations. Each chapter presents a case study and provides exploratory questions relating to ethical considerations, intervention planning, and awareness of diverse themes of race, culture, gender, immigration status, and disability, among others. These reflection questions encourage students to acknowledge the individual circumstances of all performers and to recognize their own unique background and how this impacts their attitudes, beliefs, and connection to potential clients. The text promotes honest self-reflection regarding consulting strengths and potential areas for improvement, and an online Instructors’ Manual looks at possible solutions for each case.

• Simova, Marketa; Olusoga, Peter; Brown, Chris & Chroni, Stiliani (2022). EXPLORING COACHES’ WELL-BEING AS PROCESSUAL FRAMEWORK: Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Dieffenbach, Kristen (2022). Applied Practice and the Elite Athlete to Coach Transition: Supporting the Person-in-Transit.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Dieffenbach, Kristen; Blackett, Alexaner; Rynne, Steven & Pettersen, Sigurd (2022). From Elite Training and Competing to Coaching: Mapping a transition event, an experience, and a call-to-action.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2022). Caring for the elite athlete-to-coach transition: Workshop.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2022). Elite athlete-to-coach transition: An event, an experience and a call forward.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Kenttä, Göran (2022). Mental Health and Athletes, Coaches and Sexual Violence in Sport: Awareness raising and development of Action Plan.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Kavoura, Anna (2022). Cultural (Un)Readiness to Safeguard Athletes: The Case of Greece.
• Sigurjonsson, Thorsteinn Josef; Medgard, Magnhild; Nilsen, Dag André; Solbakken, Tor & Chroni, Stiliani (2021). If we lose them there will be no sport: The Case of volunteer coaches in Norway.
• Nilsen, Dag André; Sigurjonsson, Thorsteinn Josef; Pensgaard, Anne Marte & Chroni, Stiliani (2021). Talent-mindset of sports coaches in Norway and their view of athlete talent.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Ronkainen, Noora; Elbe, Anne-Marie & Ryba, Tatiana V. (2021). Negotiating a Transnational Career Around Borders: Women’s Stories in Boundaryless Academia.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2021). Prevention and Safe Sport.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2021). Grooming: A gentle approach that causes irreversible trauma.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2021). The women and sport organizations working for the Global Observatory for Women, Sport, Physical Education and Physical Activity.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Savva, Katia (2021). Sexual harassment in sport. TV interview.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Sarris, Thanos (2021). Is there and antidote for sexual harassment in sport? Online news interview.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Tountouri, Sofia (2021). In Greece some harassment behaviors we think them as flirting.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Voultsidou, Eleni (2021). Unfortunately, there will be more Sophia’s.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2020). Female coaches of Norway. .
• Chroni, Stiliani & Peris, Ana (2020). The TRANSPEER Project: The Ph.D. student and supervisor experiences.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2020). Transnational Careers: Around the world in 30 years - From Greece to Norway via the US of A.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Dieffenbach, Kristen (2020). Transitioning from Elite Athlete-to-Coach: Lessons Learned from Norwegian Winter Sports.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2020). The pandemic of gender-based violence and sexual harassment: it must be stopped now: Emotional and psychological perspective.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Stambulova, Natalia; Hinze, Tonje & Sandbakk, Øyvind (2020). Decisive Transitions of Winter Sports’ Athletes: Insights from Scandinavia.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Kavoura, Anna (2020). Cultural praxis. I Hackfort, Dieter & Schinke, Robert J. (Red.), The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Volume 2: Applied and Practical Measures. Routledge. ISSN 9781138734463. s. 227–238.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2020). Transiting from elite athlete to coach: Lessons learned from Norwegian winter sports.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). PROCON Women Coaches’ Barriers.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). PROCON Key findings on Coaches and Coaching.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Multiculti Consulting: Finding meaning in caring for athletes and coaches in different cultures.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Applied Sport Psychology: My journey, philosophy and approach to sport performance and life.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Signature Experiences: When “Experts” on Stress and Coping Battle Burnout.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Ethics in applied sport psychology: International perspectives on the challenges faced across contexts of professional practice.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Signature Experiences: When “Experts” on Stress and Coping Battle Burnout.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Pettersen, Sigurd & Dieffenbach, Kristen (2019). Providing sport psychology services for coaches.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Women leaders in sport: Breaking in, not down! .
• Chroni, Stiliani (2019). Women leaders in sport: If it is, it’s up to me.
• Dieffenbach, Kristen; Chroni, Stiliani & Kenttä, Göran (2019). Women in Coaching.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Medgard, Magnhild; Nilsen, Dag André; Sigurjonsson, Thorsteinn Josef; Solbakken, Tor & Wallinus-Rinne, Antero (2019). Women coaches in Norway: Barriers they face and ways forward.
• de Soysa, Lilamani; Chroni, Stiliani & Haggis, Devena (2018). 7th World Conference of the International Working Group for Women and Sport : Determine the Future : Be part of the Change. Sport and Olympic-Paralympic studies journal. ISSN 2432-1966. 3(1), s. 237–244.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2018). Taking coaches from threat to challenge: Reflect and learn what to expect.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2018). The mental game: Bouncing back from a loss. [Internett]. https://www.polochannel.com/news/news-post/1804-news/180412-.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2018). International Corner -- International Practice Across Borders and Cultures: Learn, Reflect, Accept and Re-learn. AASP Newsletter.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2017). 50 Seconds of Going Left-Right, Left-Right: To Think or WHAT to Think?
• Chroni, Stiliani (2017). Female consultant working with Jane Doe’s husband: Challenges, boundaries, and practices.
• Kavoura, Anna; Ryba, Tatiana; Kokkonen, Marja & Chroni, Stiliani (2017). Female judoka's identities in Greece and Finland: A cultural praxis study.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2017). The Impact of Women’s Organizations on Gender Equity in Sport.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Abrahamsen, Frank Eirik; Skille, Eivind Åsrum & Hemmestad, Liv B (2016). I’ll Get By with a Little Help from my Boss.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2016). Coaches get stressed too or at least challenged.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2016). National team coaches’ (re)filtering stress: “I’ll get by with a little help from… my boss.”.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Mashreghi, Sepand (2016). Advancing Women’s Participation in Sport: A Focus on Motives.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2016). Stress and performance in the coaching role.
• Chroni, Stiliani (2016). Stress and performance in the coaching role: Where can we intervene?
• Chroni, Stiliani (2016). Working with coaches: Dos and Don’ts.
• Chroni, Stiliani & Litleskare, Sigbjørn (2016). Optimization in sport: An integrated course for preparing future coaches.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Medgard, Magnhild; Nilsen, Dag André; Sigurjonsson, Thorsteinn Josef & Solbakken, Tor (2018). Treneren i norsk idrett – En kartlegging av trenere og trenerrollen. Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. ISSN 9788283800494.
• Chroni, Stiliani; Medgard, Magnhild; Nilsen, Dag André; Sigurjonsson, Thorsteinn Josef & Solbakken, Tor (2018). Profiling the coaches of Norway: A national survey report of sports coaches and coaching. Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. ISSN 978-82-8380-047-0.

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