Δημοσιεύσεις

  1. Kavoura, A. & Jenzen. O. (2024). “Having an unfair advantage” vs “playing by the rules”: Media discourses of trans women’s participation in the Olympics. Feminist Media Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2024.2395965
  2. Saarinen, M., Ryba, T. V., Kavoura, A., & Aunola, K. (2023). “Women easily feel that they have lost a year if they don’t ski faster”: Finnish ski coaches’ discursive constructions of gendered dual career pathways. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102322
  3. Ronkainen, N. & Kavoura, A. (2023). Athletic Identity. In D. Tod, K. Hodge, and V. Krane (Eds., 2nd ed.) Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology. London: Routledge.
  4. Kavoura, A. & Rinne, S. (2022). Rainbow Dancing in Finland and the Challenge of Transgender Inclusion. In G. Molnar & R. Bullingham (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity. London: Routledge.
  5. Chroni, S. & Kavoura, A. (2022). Grooming and Sport. In L. Fisher & T. Prewitt-White (Eds.). Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport. London: Routledge.
  6. Chroni, S. & Kavoura, A. (2022). From silence to speaking up about sexual violence in Greece: Olympic journeys in a culture that neglects safety. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.862450
  7. Kavoura, A., Channon, A., & Kokkonen, M. (2021). “Just Existing is Activism”: Transgender Experiences in Martial Arts. Sociology of Sport Journal. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2021-0004
  8.  Kavoura, A. & Ronkainen, N (2021). Sukupuolen moninaisuuden huomiointi valmentajan työssä [Gender diversity issues in coaching]. Valmentaja [The Coach – magazine of the Finnish Coaches Associations].
  9. Kavoura, A. & Kokkonen, M. (2020). What do we know about the sporting experiences of gender and sexual minority athletes and coaches? A scoping review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2020.1723123
  10.  Chroni, S., & Kavoura, A. (2020). Cultural Praxis. In D. Hackfort & R. J. Schinke (Eds.) The Routledge international encyclopedia of sport and exercise psychology. London, UK: Routledge.
  11. Kavoura, A. & Ryba, T. V. (2019). Identity tensions in dual career: the discursive construction of future selves by female Finnish judo athletes, Sport in Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2019.1669325
  12. Kavoura, A. (2018). The identity negotiation of female judo athletes in Greece and Finland. Sukupuolentutkimus [Gender Studies Journal], 31(2), 51-56.
  13. Kavoura, A. (2018). ‘Successful and feminine athlete’ and ‘naturally born fighter’: A discursive exploration of female judoka’s identities in Greece and Finland. (PhD dissertation) University of Jyväskylä. Available at: https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/57761/978-951-39-7422-0_vaitos12052018.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  14. Kavoura, A., Kokkonen, M., Chroni, S., & Ryba, T. V. (2018). ”Some women are born fighters”: Discursive constructions of a fighter’s identity by female Finnish judo athletes. Sex Roles, 79, 239-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-017-0869-1
  15. Kavoura, A. (2016). (Re) negotiating an athlete’s identity during training and researching judo in Finland. In P. Berg & M. Kokkonen (Eds.), Urheilun takapuoli – Tasa-arvo ja yhdenvertaisuus liikunnassa ja urheilussa [The backside of sport: Equal opportunities and equality in sports and exercise] (pp. 91-107). Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto.
  16. Kavoura, A., Kokkonen, M., & Siljamaki, M. (2016). Tackling discrimination in grassroots sports: A Handbook for teachers and coaches. University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Sport Sciences. Educational material developed under the framework of the IRIS project. Available at: http://iris-sport.eu/moodle/
  17. Ronkainen, N. J., Kavoura, A., & Ryba, T. V. (2016). A meta-study of athletic identity research in sport psychology: Current status and future directions. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 9, 45-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2015.1096414
  18. Ronkainen, N. J., Kavoura, A., & Ryba, T. V. (2016b). Narrative and discursive perspectives on athletic identity: Past, present, and future. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 27, 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.08.010
  19. Kavoura, A., Chroni, S., Kokkonen, M., & Ryba, T. V. (2015). Women fighters as agents of change: A Brazilian jiu-jitsu case study from Finland. In A. Channon & C. Matthews (Eds.), Global perspectives on women in combat sports: Women warriors around the world (pp.135-152). Palgrave Macmillan.
  20. Kavoura, A., Ryba, T. V., & Chroni, S. (2015). Negotiating female judoka identities in Greece: A Foucauldian discourse analysis. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 17, 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.09.011
  21. Kavoura, A., Kokkonen, M., & Ryba, T. V. (2014). The female fighter phenomenon in Denmark and Greece: Exploring gender dynamics in judo. In K. Gilbert (Ed.), Fighting: Intellectualising Combat Sport (pp. 87-96). Commonground Publishing.
  22. Kavoura, A., Ryba, T. V., & Kokkonen, M. (2012). Psychological research on martial artists: A critical view from a cultural praxis framework. Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, 3, 1-23. Available at: https://pure.au.dk/portal/files/44338474/Scandinavian_Sport_Studies_Forum_2012_Kavoura.pdf
  23. Kavoura, A. (2012). Martial arts, Europe. In J. Nauright & C. Parrish (Eds.), Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice (p. 366). ABC-CLIO Press.
  24. Kavoura, A. (2009). An imagery intervention for highly skilled judo athletes. (Master Thesis) University of Jyväskylä. Available at: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/22438