Philippe

Vacher

Axes de recherche : Stress, Récupération, Emotions, Variabilité de Fréquence Cardiaque, Cortisol, Alpha-amylase, Régulation individuelle par biofeedback

Mes axes de recherche s’articulent préférentiellement autour de trois grandes perspectives :

(1) L’interaction des états psychologiques et physiologiques des sportifs en lien avec les charges de travail (sportives et non sportives).

(2) La compréhension de l’impact des variables environnementales sur la dynamique des états des sportifs au cours du temps

(3) Enfin l’investigation de techniques d’intervention permettant (a) d’améliorer les états internes objectifs et perçus des sportifs, (b) leur qualité de vie et (c) d’accompagner leur projet au cours du temps.

Ces travaux portent principalement sur des cohortes de sportifs en apprentissage du haut niveau ou de haut niveau.

L’originalité et l’ambition de cette approche consistent en une prise en compte interdisciplinaire du sportif, tant du point de vue de ses états que de l’impact environnemental sur ces derniers.

Dernières publications :

Bernier, M., Bagot, P., Sondt, N., Levillain, G., Vacher, P., Doron, J., ... & Kermarrec, G. (2025). The effectiveness of psychological interventions in elite sport: methodological issues and opportunities to gather evidence. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1516760.

Levillain, G., Martinent, G., Vacher, P., & Nicolas, M. (2025). Temporal invariance of Sport Emotion Questionnaire scores using exploratory structural equation modelling. Movement & Sport Sciences-Science & Motricité.

Merlin, Q., Vacher, P., Martinent, G., & Nicolas, M. (2024). Youth athletes’ self-esteem: the impact of integrated psychological skills training. Pediatric Exercise Science, 1, 1-9.
 

Levillain, G., Vacher, P., de Roten, Y., & Nicolas, M. (2024). Influence of Defense Mechanisms on Sport Burnout: A Multiple Mediation Analysis Effects of Resilience, Stress and Recovery. Sports, 12(10), 274.

Sondt, N., Bernier, M., Kermarrec, G., & Vacher, P. (2024). Exploring the role of mindfulness in the stress-recovery balance: 10-day monitoring of young BMX riders in an intensive training center during a pre-competition cycle. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 102680.

Merlin, Q., Vacher, P., Mourot, L., Levillain, G., Martinent, G., & Nicolas, M. (2024). Psychophysiological Effects of Slow-Paced Breathing on Adolescent Swimmers’ Subjective Performance, Recovery States, and Control Perception. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 9(1), 23.

Dugény, S., Fontaine, T., Bossard, C., Vacher, P. & Kermarrec, G. (2023). Analyser les relations entre la prise de décision et les émotions à l’aide d’une méthode mixte : étude de cas d’un entraîneur de basket-ball en situation de compétition. Staps, 141, 77-96.

Kerivel, T., Fontaine, T., Dugény, S., Vacher, P., Kermarrec, G., Bossard, C. & Bagot, P. (2023). L’évolution de l’intuition collective dans une équipe de football en formation : une étude longitudinale à partir d’une méthode mixte pour examiner les relations entre la perception individuelle d’indices pertinents et les contenus cognitifs partagés entre coéquipiers. Staps, 141, 109-128.

Vacher, P., Merlin, Q., Levillain, G., Mourot, L., Martinent, G., & Nicolas, M. (2023). Asynchronous Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Protocol Effects on Adolescent Athletes’ Cognitive Appraisals and Recovery-Stress States. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 8(3), 94.

Levillain, G., Martinent, G., Laborde, S., Vacher, P., Saby, Y., & Nicolas, M. (2023). Emotional competencies training for tennis players: effectiveness of an online individualised psychological support program. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-19.

Vacher, P., Martinent, G., Nicolas, M. (2022). From Training Load to Emotional States: A Combined Transactional and Biopsychological Approach. International Journal of Stress Management.

Vacher, P., Sondt, N., Levillain, G., Bossard, C., Prost, M., & Bernier, M. (2022). What if leisure time activities were a solution for athletes’ long-term development and health? Frontiers in Psychology.

Trabucchi, P.S., Savoldelli, A., Mourot, L., Vacher, P., Pellegrini, B., & Schena, F. (2022). Relationship between cognitive appraisal of control and cardiac vagal regulation during an unsupported ski crossing of Greenland. Frontiers in physiology, 411.

Levillain, G., Martinent, G., Vacher, P., & Nicolas, M. (2021). Longitudinal trajectories of emotions among athletes in sports competitions: Does emotional intelligence matter?. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 102012.

Davletyarova K., Vacher P., Nicolas M., Kapilevich L.V., & Mourot L. (2020). Associations between heart rate variability-derived indexes and training load: repeated measures correlation should be used. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.

Vacher, P., Filaire, E., Mourot, L., & Nicolas, M. (2019). Stress and recovery in sports: Effects on heart rate variability, cortisol and subjective experience. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Vacher, P., Nicolas, M., & Mourot, L. (2019). Recovery and stress states: did perceived control and goal attainment matters during tapering period? International Journal of Sport Psychology.

Vacher, P., Martinent, G., Mourot, L., & Nicolas, M. (2018). Elite swimmers’ internal markers trajectories in ecological training conditions. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

Vacher, P., Nicolas, M., Martinent, G., Mourot, L. (2017). Changes of swimmers’ emotional states during the preparation of national championship: Do recovery-stress states matter? Frontiers in Psychology, 8.

Nicolas, M., Martinent, G., Drapeau, M., Chahraoui, K., Vacher, P., & deRoten, Y. (2017). Defense profiles in adaptation process to sport competition and their relationships with coping, stress and control. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2222.

Vacher, P., Nicolas, M., Mourot L. (2016). Monitoring training response with heart rate variability in elite adolescent athletes: is there a difference between judoka and swimmers? Archives of Budo, 12,35-42.

Nicolas, M., Vacher, P., Martinent, G., & Mourot, L. (2016). Monitoring stress and recovery states: Structural and external stages of the short version of the RESTQ sport in elite swimmers before championships. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 8, 77-88.