Professor James Hardy
Professor in Sport & Exercise Science
Affiliations
Contact info
Position: Senior Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Psychology, Deputy Head of School, Research
Email: j.t.hardy@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: (01248) 38 3493
Location: George Building, Normal Site
Video profile: Click here to view James' video profile
- 2025
- E-pub ahead of print
To you, to me, myself and I: Interactive effects of narcissism and first/second-person pronoun oriented self-talk.
Abdoli, B., Taherkhani, S., Hardy, J. & Moteshareie, E., 14 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2024
- Accepted/In press
Psychosocial Characteristics of the World’s Best Male Rugby Union Players
Turner, A., Roberts, R., Hardy, J., Bell, J., Bickley, J., Rogers, A., Barrell, D. & Knight, C., 30 Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Expertise.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Non-contact lower limb injuries in Rugby Union: A two-year pattern recognition analysis of injury risk factors
Evans, S., Owen, R., Whittaker, G., Davis, O. E., Jones, E., Hardy, J. & Owen, J., 24 Oct 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 10, p. e0307287 e0307287.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
A proximal external focus does not benefit skilled skiers
Varga, J., Marchant, D. & Hardy, J., 1 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
‘One size fits all’ – or should it? An individualised approach to enhancing talent development environments
Lowe, G., Gottwald, V., Roberts, R., Hardy, J. & Owen, J., 19 Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
- Published
Non-contact lower limb injuries in Rugby Union: a two-year pattern recognition analysis of injury risk factors
Evans, S., Owen, R., Whittaker, G., Davis, O. E., Jones, E., Hardy, J. & Owen, J., 8 Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Mapping the Traits Desired in Followers and Leaders onto Fundamental Dimensions of Social Evaluation
Benson, A., Woodley, H. J. R., Jensen, L. & Hardy, J., 25 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
A longitudinal multi-case study about the board game format of an educational self-talk intervention
Mathas, V., Solomon-Turay, P., Hatzigeorgiadis, A., Hardy, J. & Latinjak, A. T., 1 Jun 2024, In: Human Kinetics. 38, 2, p. 115-125 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: A systematic review and meta-aggregation
Lawrence, G., Dunn, E., Gottwald, V., Oliver, S., Roberts, R., Hardy, J. & Woodman, T., 22 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- Published
Self-Talk: An Interdisciplinary Review and Transdisciplinary Model
Latinjak, A. T., Morin, A., Brinthaupt, T. M., Hardy, J., Hatzigeorgiadis, A., Kendall, P. C., Neck, C., Oliver, E., Puchalska-Wasyl, M. M., Tovares, A. V. & Winsler, A., Dec 2023, In: Review of General Psychology. 27, 4, p. 355–386Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Meta-analysis of the leadership-team cohesion relationship: Coach versus athlete leader differences?
Clare, C., Hardy, J. & Tod, D., Nov 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
- Published
Noncontact injury distribution and relationship with preseason training load and non-modifiable risk factors in Rugby Union players across multiple seasons
Evans, S., Whittaker, G., Davis, O. E., Jones, E., Hardy, J. & Owen, J., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 37, 7, p. 1456-1462 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
- Published
Upsetting the apple cart: Within-team profiles of intragroup conflict and their associations with narcissism
Boulter, M. W., Roberts, R. & Hardy, J., 1 Nov 2022, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 63, 102291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Match and training injury risk in semi-professional rugby union: a four-year study
Evans, S., Davis, O. E., Jones, E. S., Hardy, J. & Owen, J., 3 May 2022, In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 25, 5, p. 379-384Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Bulls in a china shop: Narcissism, intragroup conflict and task cohesion
Boulter, M. W., Hardy, J., Roberts, R. & Woodman, T., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 44, 1, p. 23-34 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
- Published
Valued Insight or Act of Insubordination? How Context Shapes Coaches’ Perceptions of Challenge-oriented Followership
Gottlieb, M., Eys, M., Hardy, J. & Benson, A. J., 1 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 43, 6, p. 488-496 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
EEG Neurofeedback Improves Cycling Time to Exhaustion
Mottola, F., Blanchfield, A., Hardy, J. & Cooke, A., Jul 2021, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 55, 101944.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Relative age effect? No “flipping” way! Nuanced evidence of an apparatus dependent inverse relative age effect, in elite women’s artistic gymnastics
Langham-Walsh, E., Gottwald, V. & Hardy, J., 28 Jun 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 6, e0253656.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Mind and body: Psychophysiological profiles of instructional and motivational self-talk
Bellomo, E., Cooke, A., Gallicchio, G., Ring, C. & Hardy, J., Sept 2020, In: Psychophysiology. 57, 9, e13586.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Personality and team effectiveness
Hardy, J., Benson, A. J. & Boulter, M., Apr 2020, The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 1 ed. Routledge, Vol. 1. p. 426-438Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
Speaking clearly … 10 years on: The case for an integrative perspective of self-talk in sport
Latinjak, A. T., Hatzigeorgiadis, A., Comoutos, N. & Hardy, J., 1 Nov 2019, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 8, 4, p. 353-367Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Nothing unfortunate about disagreements in sport self-talk research: Reply to Van Raalte, Vincent, Dickens, and Brewer (2019).
Latinjak, A. T., Comoutos, N., Hardy, J. & Hatzigeorgiadis, A., Nov 2019, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 8, 4, p. 379-386Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Preliminary Validation of the Athlete Development Formulation Survey (ADFS)
Dunn, E., Anderson, D., Langham-Walsh, E., Lowery, M., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Woodman, T., Gottwald, V., Hardy, J., Roberts, R. & Oliver, S., 18 Oct 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
- Published
Relative Age Effect? No "Flipping" Way! Exploring the Relative Age Effect in Women's Artistic Gymnastics.
Langham-Walsh, E., Gottwald, V. & Hardy, J., 18 Oct 2019, p. 204.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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To me, to you: How you say things matters for endurance performance
Hardy, J., Thomas, A. V. & Blanchfield, A. W., 17 Sept 2019, In: Journal of Sports Sciences. 37, 18, p. 2122-2130Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Endorsement and Constructive Criticism of an Innovative Online Reflexive Self-Talk Intervention
Latinjak, A. T., Hernando-Gimeno, C., Lurido-Mendez, L. & Hardy, J., 6 Aug 2019, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 01819.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Get in the endurance zone! EEG neurofeedback improves cycling time to exhaustion
Mottola, F., Blanchfield, A., Hardy, J. & Cooke, A., Jul 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Practitioners’ Narratives Regarding Active Ingredients in Service Delivery: Collaboration Based Problem Solving
Tod, D., Hardy, J., Lavallee, D., Eubank, M. & Ronkainen, N., Jul 2019, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 43, July, p. 350-358Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Initial steps in the validation of the athlete development formulation survey
Langham-Walsh, E., Anderson, D., Dunn, E., Gottwald, V., Hardy, J., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Lowery, M., Oliver, S., Roberts, R. & Woodman, T., 2019, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport (SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository). p. 115Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
- Published
Relative age effect? No" flipping" way: Exploring the relative age effect in elite, female gymnastics
Langham-Walsh, E., Gottwald, V. & Hardy, J., 2019, Journal of Exercise, Movement, and Sport (SCAPPS refereed abstracts repository). p. 116Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
- 2018
- Unpublished
A Prospective Study of The Developmental Biographies of Great British Pathway Athletes: Pathway to Podium
Dunn, E., Langham-Walsh, E., Lowery, M., Hardy, L., Lawrence, G., Gottwald, V., Hardy, J., Oliver, S. & Roberts, R., 8 Jun 2018, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
- Published
Chunking, conscious processing, and EEG during sequence acquisition and performance pressure: a comprehensive test of reinvestment theory
Bellomo, E., Cooke, A. & Hardy, J., 1 Jun 2018, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 40, 3, p. 135-145Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance
Abdoli, B., Hardy, J., Riyahi, J. F. & Farsi, A., Mar 2018, In: Sport Psychologist. 32, 1, p. 9-15 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
- Published
Psychological skills and “the Paras”: The indirect effects of psychological skills on endurance
Arthur, R., Fitzwater, J., Roberts, R., Hardy, J. & Arthur, C., Oct 2017, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 29, 4, p. 449-465Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Big Hitters: Important Factors Characterizing Team Effectiveness in Professional Cricket
Hardy, J. & Hardy, L., 11 Jul 2017, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 8, 1140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
- Published
Contextualizing leaders’ interpretations of proactive followership
Hardy, J. T., Benson, A. & Hardy, B. E., 2016, In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. 37, p. 949-966Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
- Published
Transformational Leadership and Task Cohesion in Sport: The Mediating Role of Inside Sacrifice
Cronin, L. D., Arthur, C. A., Hardy, J. T. & Callow, N., 1 Feb 2015, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 37, p. 23-36Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
- Published
Non-conscious visual cues related to affect and action alter perception of effort and endurance performance
Hardy, J. T., Marcora, S. M., Blanchfield, A. W., Hardy, J. & Marcora, A., 11 Dec 2014, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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It's Good But it's Not Right: Instructional Self-Talk and Skilled Performance
Hardy, J. T., Hardy, J., Begley, K. & Blanchfield, A. W., 4 Sept 2014, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-Participation: How Age Influences Inactive Women's Views of Exercise
Hardy, J. T., Milne, M., Divine, A., Hall, C., Gregg, M. & Hardy, J., 3 Sept 2014, In: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research. 19, 3, p. 171-191Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Talking yourself out of exhaustion: the effects of self-talk on endurance performance
Hardy, J. T., Blanchfield, A. W., Hardy, J., De Morree, H. M., Staiano, W. & Marcora, S. M., 1 May 2014, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 46, 5, p. 998-1007Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
- Published
Transformational leadership and task cohesion in sport: The mediating role of intrateam communication
Smith, M. J., Arthur, C. A., Hardy, J., Callow, N. & Williams, D., Mar 2013, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 14, 2, p. 249-257Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal and External Focus of Attention in a Novice Form Sport
Lawrence, G. P., Gottwald, V. M., Hardy, J. & Khan, M. A., Jan 2013, In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 82, 3, p. 431-441Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
- Published
Effects of self-talk: A systematic review
Hardy, J. T., Tod, D., Hardy, J. & Oliver, E. J., 1 Oct 2011, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 33, 5, p. 666-687Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2010
- Published
Identifying important practice behaviors for the development of high-level youth athletes: exploring the perspectives of elite coaches.
Markland, D. A., Hardy, J. T., Oliver, E. J., Hardy, J. & Markland, D., 1 Nov 2010, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 11, 6, p. 433-443Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interpretation of self-talk and post-lecture affective states of higher education students: A self-determination theory perspective
Oliver, E., Markland, D. A. & Hardy, J. T., 1 Jun 2010, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 80, 2, p. 307-323Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2009
- Published
Awareness and Motivation to Change Negative Self-Talk.
Hardy, J. T., Hardy, L. J., Roberts, R. J., Hardy, J., Roberts, R. & Hardy, L., 1 Dec 2009, In: Sport Psychologist. 23, 4, p. 435-450Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measurement of Transformational Leadership and its Relationship with Team Cohesion and Performance Level.
Hardy, J. T., Hardy, L. J., Callow, N., Smith, M. J., Hardy, L., Arthur, C. A. & Hardy, J., 1 Oct 2009, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 21, 4, p. 395-412Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of Attentional Focus on Skilled Performance in Golf.
Hardy, J. T., Bell, J. J. & Hardy, J., 1 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 21, 2, p. 163-177Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A framework for the study and application of self-talk within sport.
Hardy, J. T., Hardy, J., Oliver, E., Tod, D., Mellalieu, S. D. (Editor) & Hanton, S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, Advances in Applied Sport Psychology. 2009 ed. Routledge, p. 37-74Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter