Dr Stuart Beattie is a Reader in Performance Psychology. My main research and teaching interest lies in understanding processes that underpin performing to high standards under difficult circumstances. My research supervision revolves around resilience, mental toughness, confidence, stress and performance, personality, and psychophysiological responses to pressure. However, although I do research and publish in sport psychology journals, I also publish research from the military domain, youth justice service, and education settings.

From an applied perspective, I am part of the Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP) which is formed mainly from the main sport/performance psychology staff in the Sport and Exercise Science department. As part of this group, I have worked with the RAF, England and Wales Cricket, Manchester City, and have presented applied workshops across Europe and as far afield as Saudi Arabia.

A number of years ago I created our distance learning MSc degree in Performance Psychology (that I also teach on). Over the past 5 years I have been very fortunate to work with a range of students from around the world who have studied with us. It’s a great pleasure to see how our students from backgrounds such as Opera, Ballet, Music, NHS, Armed Forces, Business, Sport, Education (to name a few disciplines), successfully apply what we have taught them on this degree in their own domains. Supervising these students on their research projects/dissertations is a great honour indeed.        

I am Reader in Performance Psychology. I am currently the Director for our Distance Learning Degree in Performance Psychology that I also validated. 

https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-taught/performance-psychology-online-distance-learning-part-time-msc

Stuart Beattie Ph.D. FBASES

Director for Performance Psychology (Distance Learninig)

Reader in Performance Psychology

HCPC Registered Sport Psychologist PYL28829

Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance

George Building, Holyhead Road, Bangor, LL57 2PZ

(+44)1248 383963 | s.j.beattie@bangor.ac.uk

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/sport/staff-sb.php | http://ipep.bangor.ac.uk/

My research interests include Mental Toughness, Resilience, and Performance Psychology in General. Presently, I supervise PhD students involved with Resilience and Mental Toughness projects with Outlook Expeditions, the Youth Justice Service, Manchester City Football Club, and the NHS. I also supervise research students on our Performance Psychology degree from the domains of Opera, Armed Forces, Sport, NHS, and Business.  

I am willing to supervise PhD students in the following areas: Mental Toughness, Resilience, Leadership, Training behaviours; Psychological skills; Self-confidence/Efficacy and Performance. Most things related to performance psychology. 

Stuart was awarded a Bangor University Teaching Fellowship in 2023

I teach on the following modules

JXH-4101 Performing under Pressure https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-modules/JXH-4101

JXH-4104 Individual Performance Psychology https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-modules/JXH-4104

JXH-4214 Coaching Dyad https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-modules/JXH-4214

JXH-4410 Performance Psychology https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-modules/JXH-4410

JXH-4411 Coach/Athlete Relationship https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-modules/JXH-4411

JXH-4210 Dissertation Proposal https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-modules/JXH-4210

JXH-4211 Research Project Proposal https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-modules/JXH-4211

JXH-4316 Research Project https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-modules/JXH-4316

JXH-4317 Dissertation https://www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-modules/JXH-4317