Potential project 1: To further establish the construct validity of the Three-Factor Anxiety Inventory (TFAI). Using longitudinal quantitative data with UK university and elite sporting cohorts, confirm the TFAI’s predictive against objective, real-world sports performance metrics across a competitive season, alongside related constructs (hardiness, coping, psychological skills).
Potential project 2: Build on existing network models to establish networks of performance anxiety alongside associated personality characteristics such as hardiness and Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory to help pinpoint specific, malleable targets for intervention. Design and pilot a theoretically grounded intervention specifically targeting the highly interconnected central nodes identified in the first stage of the project.
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I am a Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise Science (Sport Psychology) in the Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences. I am a Chartered Psychologist with, and Associate Fellow of, the British Psychological Society and registered to practice as a sport psychologist with the HCPC.
