Publications
The library
More than 40 research outputs on leadership, integrity, open science, mental health and sport, each with a free version to read.
Books
New edition in progress
First-Time Sports Coach
A practical guide for anyone taking charge of a team for the first time. It grew out of a blog post read more than 20,000 times, and a new edition is on the way.
Papers and preprints
Newest first. Every paper opens a free version. For work that isn’t out yet, you can request a copy.
Global Perspectives on Talent Identification and Development in FootballIn press
Self-efficacy in selection: conceptualisation and applied implications Global Perspectives on Talent Identification and Development in Football, eds. Kelly, Reeves, Andrew and Dugdale Mental Health Review Journal2023
The effectiveness of mental health literacy interventions in young people: a meta-analysis Mental Health Review Journal International Journal of Sport Psychology2023
The impact of training environment on Tokyo Olympic athletes’ wellbeing: a qualitative multiple case study International Journal of Sport Psychology International Journal of Developmental Disabilities2023
Exploring the use of a dance-based exergame to enhance autistic children’s social communication skills International Journal of Developmental Disabilities Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies2023
Dancing out for a voice: a narrative review of autism, physical activity and dance Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies International Journal of Developmental Disabilities2023
Parent-reported social-communication changes in autistic children during the COVID-19 pandemic International Journal of Developmental Disabilities Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders2022
The non-fitness-related benefits of exergames for young autistic people: a systematic review Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders PsyArXiv2022
Conceptualising moral integrity: an analysis of 21 uses PsyArXiv Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders2021
The effectiveness of mirroring- and rhythm-based interventions for autistic children: a systematic review Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders The Arts in Psychotherapy2021
Dance, rhythm, and autism spectrum disorder: an explorative study The Arts in Psychotherapy International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching2021
Play more, enjoy more, keep playing; rugby is a simple game International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching Communications in Kinesiology2021
Why would you referee? An autoethnographic account of a football official Communications in Kinesiology Sports Medicine – Open2021
Doping practices in international weightlifting, 2008 to 2019 Sports Medicine – Open Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology2021
Values-based coaching: the role of coaches in moral development Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology SportRxiv2021
Effective sports coaching: a systematic integrative review SportRxiv SportRxiv2021
The role of character in talent identification across tier one rugby nations SportRxiv Sports Medicine2020
Moving sport and exercise science forward: a call for more transparent research practices Sports Medicine PsyArXiv2020
Authentic arseholes and the problem with transformational leaders PsyArXiv Communications in Kinesiology2020
Communications in Kinesiology: a new open access journal from STORK Communications in Kinesiology MetaArXiv2020
Community of Open Scholarship Grassroots Networks (COSGN) MetaArXiv The Psychologist-Manager Journal2019
When the managerial merry-go-round stops: disconfirming episodes and the identities of expert football managers The Psychologist-Manager Journal Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health2019
“Hey, look at me”: an autoethnographic account of experiencing ADHD symptoms within sport Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health Psychology of Sport and Exercise2018
Development of moral disengagement and self-regulatory efficacy assessments relevant to doping Psychology of Sport and Exercise International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching2018
It is not black and white: skin tone by playing position in the Premier League and English football International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching Psychology of Sport and Exercise2017
Development and initial validation of an indirect measure of transformational leadership integrity Psychology of Sport and Exercise Frontiers in Psychology2017
Empathic and self-regulatory processes governing doping behavior Frontiers in Psychology SportRxiv2017
Response to Cruickshank and Collins: advancing leadership in sport SportRxiv Sports Medicine2017
Advancing leadership in sport: time to ‘actually’ take the blinkers off? Sports Medicine International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching2016
Expert Premier League soccer managers’ use of transformational leadership behaviours and attitude towards sport integrity International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health2015
An autoethnographic account of constructing, deconstructing and partially reconstructing a coaching identity Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health University of Birmingham2015
Transformational leader integrity: an investigation of coach social cognition University of Birmingham Talks, reports and reviews
- 2020A longitudinal examination of the influence of coaching effectiveness on youth academy footballersConference abstract, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
- 2020Development of the Youth Coaching Effectiveness ScaleConference abstract, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
- 2019SportRxiv files and templatesOpen resource, OSF
- 2018Indirect measures of athletes’ attitudes towards controlled and uncontrolled forms of performance enhancementConference abstract, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
- 2016An indirect measure of automatic transformational leader integrityConference abstract, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
- 2015The coach as transformational leader: three expert former Premier League or international football head coachesProceedings of the British Psychological Society
- 2015Final report for WADA’s Social Science Research Grant ProgramReport for the World Anti-Doping Agency, with Neil Chester
- 2015Review of Social Psychology in Sport and Exercise: Linking Theory to PracticeBook review, Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
- 2014International Congress of Applied PsychologyConference report, PsyPAG Quarterly
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