Background: Today, psychology benefits from widespread acknowledgement, being taken into account and used in a growing number of spheres of society. Nonetheless, not always does this profession follow such acknowledgment, which becomes a real employabilityproblem for psychologists who are looking for a job in Portugal. Moreover, in an ever more specialized and flexible world in what concerns professional identities and careers, the development of psychology as a profession demands the establishment of guidelinesand limits, besides an introspective attitude about the current psychological practice. Otherwise, psychology as a profession risks losing its identity, shrinking with the pressure that is imposed on it by its different specialties and areas of action.Goals: We characterized the perceptions of Portuguese psychologists about the exclusive goal of psychological intervention, the tasks that are exclusively performed by psychologists and, also, the tasks that are performed by psychologists but which may also be performedby other professionals who are not psychologists. This analysis aimed to reveal if psychologists share a common and clear standing on this matter.Methods: We used a three open-answer question questionnaire, which was specifically designed for this study. Data analysis was performed using thematic categorical content analysis.Results: Our results stress that psychologists lack agreement concerning the three questions under study, which created a significant number of subcategories. Furthermore, we found answers that are clearly incorrect regarding these three issues, as well as a lack ofresponse from a few participants.Discussion: We discuss the potential implications of the results for psychologists’ professional practice, as well as for the construction of a solid identity that may promote the general public’s trust in psychologists. Also, we reflect on the need to define a single andexclusive goal for psychological intervention, one that is able to integrate the diversity of interventions in the field of psychology.

ResumoNo contexto desportivo, as respostas emocionais dos atletas e a sua capacidade para as regular, parece ser uma competência fundamental para o sucesso desportivo. Neste âmbito, estudaram-se 50 jovens atletas de um clube de futebol português, afim de se analisar a relação do bem-estar subjetivo, da regulação emocional e da orientação motivacional segundo o rendimento desportivo. Os resultados sugerem que a orientação motivacional parece estar relacionada com o alto rendimento no desporto. Apuraram-se ainda, diferenças na regulação emocional em função do rendimento. Discute-se acerca das implicações do bem-estar subjetivo, da regulação emocional e da orientação motivacional, no rendimento desportivo. Palavras-chave: Rendimento desportivo, bem-estar subjetivo, regulação emocional, orientação motivacional. AbstractIn the sporting context, athlete's emotional responses and their ability to regulate them seem to be a fundamental competence for sports success. In this context, 50 young athletes from a Portuguese soccer club were studied in order to analyse the relationship of subjective well-being, emotional regulation and motivational orientation according to sports performance. The results suggest that motivational orientation seems to be related to high performance in sports. Differences were also found in emotional regulation as a function of income. It discusses the implications of subjective well-being, emotional regulation, and motivational orientation on sports performance.