Youth Sports

Fleming, D. J. M., Dorsch, T. E., Serang, S., Hardiman, A. L., Blazo, J. A., Farey, T., Brown Lerner, J, & Solomon, J. (2023). The association of families' socioeconomic and demographic characteristics with parents' perceived barriers to returning to youth sport following the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. Advanced Online Edition.

Fleming, D. J. M., Dorsch, T. E., & Dayley, J. (2023). The mediating role of parental warmth on the association of parent pressure and athlete perfectionism in adolescent soccer. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 21, 491-507.

Dorsch, T. E., Fleming, D. J. M., & Hardiman, A. L. (2022). Parents want kids to succeed in sports, and communication is key. Frontiers in Young Minds. Online.

Dorsch, T. E., Smith, A. L., Blazo, J. B., Coakley, J., Côté, J., Wagstaff, C. R., Warner, S., & King, M. Q. (2022). Toward an integrated understanding of the youth sport system. Research Quarterly in Exercise and Sport, 93(1), 105-119.

Edwards, M. B., Bocarro, J. N., Bunds, K. S., Bush, K. A., Casper, J. M., Dorsch, T. E., Chalip, L., Kanters, D., & Kanters, M. A. (2022). Parental perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 and returning to play based on level of sport. Sport in Society, 25(7), 1273-1290.

Eckardt, V. C., Dorsch, T. E., & Lobinger, B. H. (2022). Parents' Competitive Stressors in Professional German Youth Soccer Academies: A Mixed-Method Study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Advance Online Edition.

Whitley, M.A., Smith, A. L., Dorsch, T. E., Bowers, M. T., Centeio, E. E., & President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board (2021). Reimagining the youth sport system across the United States: A commentary from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 92(8), 6-14.

Whitley, M. A., Smith, A. L., Dorsch, T. E., Bowers, M. T., Centeio, E. E., President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board (2021). Reenvisioning post-pandemic youth sport to meet young people’s mental, emotional, and social needs. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 6(4), 1-7.

Dorsch, T. E., Vierimaa, M., Terwillegar, M., Coffman, J., & Shaw, T. (2021). Defining an Olympic legacy: A case study of one community’s efforts to optimize youth sport programming. Journal of Olympic Studies, 2(2), 84-109.

Dorsch, T. E., Hardiman, A., & Vierimaa, M (2021). Developing an organizational mission statement in youth sport: Utilizing Mad Libs as a novel, shared leadership approach. Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 12(3), 143-154.

Dorsch, T. E., Blazo, J. A., Arthur-Banning, S. G., Anderson-Butcher, D., Jayanthi, N., Hardiman, A., Farrey, T., Solomon, J., Brown Lerner, J. (2021). National trends in American youth sport during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding parents’ perceptions and perspectives. Journal of Sport Behavior, 44(3), 303-320.

Sutcliffe, J. T., McLaren, C.D., Benson, A. J., Martin, L. J., Arnocky, S., Shields, C., Law, B., Dorsch, T. E., & Bruner, M. W. (2021). Parents’ moral intentions towards antisocial parent behaviour: An identity approach in competitive youth sport. Psychology of Sport & Exercise. Advance Online Edition.

Osai, K. V., Dorsch, T. E., & Whiteman, S. D. (2020). To be, or not to be, that is the question: Sibling modeling and differentiation among siblings participating in organized youth sport. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 42(6), 500-510.

Dorsch, T. E., King, M. Q., Tulane, S., Osai, K. V., Dunn, C. R., & Carlsen, C. (2019). Parent education in youth sport: A community case study of parents, coaches, and administrators. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 31(4), 427-450.

Dorsch, T. E., Vierimaa, M., & Plucinik, J. (2019). A citation network analysis of research on parent-child interactions in youth sport. Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology, 8(2), 145-162.

DeFreese, J. D., Dorsch, T. E., & Flitton, T. A. (2018). The parent-child relationship and parents’ experiences of burnout and engagement in organized youth sport. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 12(2), 218-233.

Bolter, N. D., Petranek, L. J., & Dorsch, T. E. (2018). Coach, parent, and administrator perspectives on required coaching education inorganized youth sport. International Journal of Sport Science and Coaching, 13(3), 362-372.

Dorsch, T. E., King, M., Dunn, C. R., Osai, K. V., & Tulane, S., (2017). The impact of evidence-based parent education in organized youth sport: A pilot study. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 29(2), 199-214.

Knight, C. J., Dorsch, T. E., Osai, K. V., Haderlie, K. L., & Sellars, P. A. (2016). Influences on parental involvement in youth sport. Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology, 5(2), 161-178.

Dunn, C. R., Dorsch, T. E., King, M., & Rothlisberger, K. (2016). The impact of family financial investment on parent pressure, child enjoyment, and commitment to participation in organized youth sport. Family Relations, 65(2), 287-299.

Dorsch, T. E., Smith, A. L., & Dotterer, A. M. (2016). Individual, relationship, and context factors associated with parent support and pressure in organized youth sport. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 23, 132-141.

Dorsch, T. E., Smith, A. L., Wilson, S. R., & McDonough, M. H. (2015). Parent goals and verbal sideline behavior in organized youth sport. Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology, 4(1), 19-35.

Dorsch, T. E., Smith, A. L., & McDonough, M. H. (2015). Early socialization of parents through organized youth sport. Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology, 4(1), 3-18.

Dorsch, T. E., Smith, A. L., & McDonough, M. H. (2009). Parents’ experiences of child-to parent socialization in organized youth sport. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31(4), 444-468.