A. Leunes et J. Burger, Profile of mood states research in sport and exercise psychology: Past, present, and future, J APPL SP P, 12(1), 2000, pp. 5-15
A review was conducted of the sport and exercise literature for the years 1
971 to early 1998 in which the Profile of Mood States (POMS) figured promin
ently. Analyses indicated that there were 258 published articles in which t
he POMS was used with athletic or exercise samples during this time period.
Of these articles, 226 were data-based and the remainder dealt with genera
l, theoretical, or psychometric issues. Prominent journals publishing the d
ata-based research, leading authors, sport samples used, gender issues, and
temporal trends in the use of the POMS were noted. Anticipated future deve
lopments include: improvements in research methodologies used to study rela
tionships among sport, exercise, and mood; continued Validation of abbrevia
ted forms of the scale as well as a form for use with youth samples; and in
creased utilization of the POMS for mood profiling.