Professor Tim Woodman

Professor in Sport & Exercise

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Tim Woodman is a leading Professor of Performance Psychology. He is world-renowned for his work on personality, stress, and anxiety. He has also developed a theory of risk-taking that places risk at the centre of human endeavour. In other words, according to Prof Woodman, risk is essential for human development, including in elite sport. He is currently accepting PhD students that have an interest in developing these topics.

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    A case study of organizational stress in elite sport

    Woodman, T. & Hardy, L., 1 Jun 2001, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 13, 2, p. 207-238

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    A longitudinal examination of the interactive effects of goal importance and self-efficacy upon multiple life goal progress

    Beattie, S. J., Hardy, L. J. & Woodman, T., 6 Apr 2015, In: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Sciences. 47, 3, p. 201-206

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    A systematic review of sport-based life skills programs for young people: The quality of design and evaluation methods

    Williams, C., Neil, R., Cropley, B., Woodman, T. & Roberts, R., 4 Mar 2022, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 34, 2, p. 409-435 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Advances and perspectives in the understanding of stress-performance catastrophe models.

    Woodman, T., Hardy, L. & Beattie, S., 1 Jul 2005, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 27, Supplement S, p. S28-S28

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Agentic emotion regulation in high-risk sport: An in-depth analysis across climbing disciplines

    Willegers, M., Woodman, T. & Tilley, F., Apr 2023, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 204, 112061.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Alexithymia and the anxiolytic effect of endurance running

    Woodman, T. & Welch, C., Mar 2022, In: Sport Psychologist. 36, 1, p. 40-46 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Alexithymia determines the anxiety experienced in skydiving

    Woodman, T., Huggins, M., Le Scanff, C. & Cazenave, N., 1 Jul 2009, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 116, 1-2, p. 134-138

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Anxiety and Ironic Errors of Performance: Task Instruction Matters

    Gorgulu, R., Cooke, A. & Woodman, T., Apr 2019, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 41, 2, p. 82-95 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Anxiety induced performance catastrophes: investigating effort required as an asymmetry factor.

    Hardy, L., Beattie, S. J. & Woodman, T., 1 Feb 2007, In: British Journal of Psychology. 98, 1, p. 15-31

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Athletes' inclination to play through pain: a coping perspective.

    Deroche, T., Woodman, T., Stephan, Y., Brewer, B. W. & Le Scanff, C., 15 Feb 2011, In: Anxiety, Stress and Coping. 24, 5, p. 579-587

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Attentional Patterns Involved in Coping Strategies in a Sport Context

    Bardel, M., Woodman, T., Colombel, F. & Le Scanff, C., 26 Feb 2013, In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 83, 4, p. 597-602

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Better out than in: the influence of anger regulation on physical performance.

    Davis, P. A., Woodman, T. & Callow, N., 1 Oct 2010, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 49, 5, p. 457-460

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Beyond sensation seeking: affect regulation as a framework for predicting risk-taking behaviors in high-risk sport.

    Castanier, C., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Oct 2010, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 32, 5, p. 731-738

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Body image self-discrepancies and affect: Exploring the feared body self

    Woodman, T. & Hemmings, S., 1 Oct 2008, In: Self and Identity. 7, 4, p. 413-429

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Body self-discrepancies and women's social physique anxiety: The moderating role of the feared body.

    Woodman, T. & Steer, R., 8 Mar 2011, In: British Journal of Psychology. 102, 2, p. 147-160

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Competition-specific preparation and expert performance

    Eccles, D., Ward, P. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2009, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 10, 1, p. 96-107

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Development and validation of a trait measure of robustness of self-confidence.

    Beattie, S. J., Hardy, L. J., Savage, J., Woodman, T. & Callow, N., 1 Mar 2011, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 12, 2, p. 184-191

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Developmental Biographies of Olympic Super-Elite and Elite Athletes: A Multidisciplinary Pattern Recognition Analysis

    Güllich, A., Hardy, L., Kuncheva, L., Woodman, T., Laing, S., Barlow, M., Lynne, E., Tim, R., Abernethy, B., Côté, J., Chelsea, W. & Wraith, E., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Expertise. 2, 1, p. 23-46 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Disordered eating in male athletes: A meta-analysis

    Chapman, J. & Woodman, T., 28 Apr 2015, In: Journal of Sports Sciences.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Do performance strategies moderate the relationship between personality and training behaviors? An exploratory study.

    Woodman, T., Zourbanos, N., Hardy, L. J., Beattie, S. J. & McQuillan, A., 1 Apr 2010, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 22, 2, p. 183-197

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Don’t make me angry! A psychophysiological examination of the anger-performance relationship in intermediate and elite fencers

    Zur, I., Cooke, A., Woodman, T., Neil, R. & Udewitz, R., 3 Jul 2019, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 31, 3, p. 285-302

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Don’t miss, don’t miss, d’oh! Performance when anxious suffers specifically where least desired

    Woodman, T., Barlow, M. D. & Gorgulu, R., 13 Feb 2015, In: Sport Psychologist. 29, 3, p. 213-223

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Dynamic systems, catastrophe models, and performance

    Woodman, T. & Hardy, L., 1 Jan 2007, In: Science et Motricité. 60, 1, p. 63-67

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Emotions and Sport Performance: An Exploration of Happiness, Hope, and Anger

    Woodman, T., Davis, P. A., Hardy, L. J., Callow, N., Glasscock, I. & Yuill-Proctor, J., 1 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 32, 2, p. 169-188

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Examining the moderating effects of time on task and task complexity on the within person self-efficacy and performance relationship

    Beattie, S. J., Fakehy, M. & Woodman, T., 8 Jul 2014, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 15, 6, p. 605-610

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Factors influencing physical risk taking in rock climbing

    Taylor, M. K., Gould, D. R., Hardy, L., Woodman, T. & LaCaille, R., 1 Jan 2006, In: Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments. 9, p. 15-26

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting and athlete training

    Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Woodman, T., Pitkethly, A., English, C. & University, B., Aug 2021, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 10, 3, p. 381-393

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Great British medallists: Response to the commentaries

    Hardy, L., Barlow, M., Evans, L., Rees, T., Woodman, T. & Warr, C., 16 Jun 2017, In: Progress in Brain Research. 232, p. 207-216

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Great expectations: Different high-risk activities satisfy different motives

    Barlow, M. D., Woodman, T. & Hardy, L. J., 1 Sept 2013, In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 105, 3, p. 458-475

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Published

    High-level athletes’ motivation for sport and susceptibility to doping: The mediating role of eating behaviours

    Scoffier-Mériaux, S., d’Arripe-Longueville, F., Woodman, T., Lentillon-Kaestner, V. & Corrion, K., 4 Mar 2021, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 21, 3, p. 412-420 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  33. Published

    I am great, but only when I also want to dominate: Maladaptive narcissism moderates the relationship between adaptive narcissism and performance under pressure

    Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Cooke, A. & Woodman, T., Aug 2020, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 42, 4, p. 323-335

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Influence of fear of falling on anticipatory postural control of medio-lateral stability during rapid leg flexion

    Yiou, E., Deroche, T., Do, M. C. & Woodman, T., 1 Apr 2011, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 111, 4, p. 611-620

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Interactive effects of different visual imagery perspectives and narcissism on motor performance.

    Roberts, R. J., Roberts, R., Callow, N., Hardy, L. J., Woodman, T. & Thomas, L., 1 Aug 2010, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 32, 4, p. 499-517

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Ironic and Reinvestment Effects in Baseball Pitching: How Information about an Opponent Can Influence Performance under Pressure

    Gray, R., Orn, A. & Woodman, T., 28 Feb 2017, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 39, 1, p. 3-12

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Ironic effects of performance are worse for neurotics

    Barlow, M. D., Woodman, T., Gorgulu, R. & Voyzey, R. M., 21 Dec 2015, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 24, p. 27-37

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Is self-confidence a bias factor in higher-order catastrophe models? An exploratory analysis.

    Hardy, L. J., Woodman, T. & Carrington, S., 1 Sept 2004, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 26, 3, p. 359-368

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Published

    I’ll get there because I’m great, or am I? Narcissistic Vulnerability Moderates the Narcissistic Grandiosity – Goal Persistence Relationship

    Manley, H., Roberts, R., Beattie, S. & Woodman, T., Jan 2018, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 120, 1, p. 65-74

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Motives for participation in prolonged engagement high-risk sports: an agentic emotion regulation perspective.

    Woodman, T., Hardy, L. J., Barlow, M. & Le Scanff, C., 1 Sept 2010, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 11, 5, p. 345-352

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Mountaineering as affect regulation: the moderating role of self-regulation strategies.

    Castanier, C., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 13 Apr 2010, In: Anxiety, Stress and Coping. 24, 1, p. 75-89

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Narcissism and antisocial behaviour in sport: The moderating role of self-compassion

    Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Akehurst, S. & Woodman, T., Jan 2024, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 70, 102528.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Not all players are equally motivated: The role of narcissism.

    Roberts, R. J., Woodman, T., Lofthouse, S. & Williams, L., 15 Dec 2014, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 15, 6, p. 536-542

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Not all risks are equal: The risk taking inventory for high-risk sports

    Woodman, T., Barlow, M. D., Bandura, C., Hill, M. L., Kupciw, D. & Macgregor, A., 21 Aug 2013, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 35, 5, p. 479-492

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Pass Me the ball: Narcissism in performance settings

    Roberts, R., Woodman, T. & Sedikides, C., 25 Jan 2017, In: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Perfectionism and the 'Yips': An Initial Investigation

    Roberts, R. J., Rotherham, M., Maynard, I., Thomas, O. & Woodman, T., 1 Mar 2013, In: Sport Psychologist. 27, 1, p. 53-61

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Practice with anxiety improves performance, but only when anxious: evidence for the specificity of practice hypothesis

    Lawrence, G. P., Cassell, V. E., Beattie, S. J., Woodman, T., Khan, M. A., Hardy, L. J. & Gottwald, V. M., 27 Oct 2013, In: Psychological Research. 78, 5

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Pre-competitive anxiety and autonomic responses in professional U-20 futsal players: Effect of the competition phase and game location

    Paludo, A-C., Woodman, T., Owen, J., Rabelo, F. N., Bernacikovà, M. & Simões, A. C., 1 Oct 2022, In: Physiology and Behavior. 254, 113903.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Precompetition self-confidence: The role of the self

    Hardy, L. J., Woodman, T. & Beattie, S. J., 1 Sept 2004, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 26, 3, p. 427-441

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Predictive validity of a three-dimensional model of performance anxiety in the context of Tae-Kwon-Do.

    Cheng, W. N., Hardy, L. J. & Woodman, T., 1 Feb 2011, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 33, 1, p. 40-53

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Psycho-physiological responses of mountain bike riders during anaerobic and aerobic testing

    Paludo, A-C., Cook, C., Owen, J., Woodman, T., Owen, S. & Crewther, B., Jun 2017, In: Journal of Science and Cycling. 6, 1, p. 18-25

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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