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. 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

  2. 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 conferencePosterpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Personality and group functioning: Managing a Narcissist's ego (Chapter 6)

    Dempsey, C., Ong, C. W., Woodman, T. & Roberts, R. J., 17 Jun 2016, Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology: Practitioner Case Studies. Cotterill, S., Weston, N. & Breslin, G. (eds.). 2016 ed. Wiley

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  5. Published

    The role of repression in the incidence of ironic effects

    Davis, P. A. & Woodman, T., 1 Oct 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  6. Published

    Recent developments in the anxiety-performance relationship

    Davis, P. A. & Woodman, T., 1 Sept 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Written Emotional Disclosure Can Promote Athletes’ Mental Health and Performance Readiness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Davies, P. A., Gustafsson, H., Callow, N. & Woodman, T., 27 Nov 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 599925.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Women’s greater fear of pain is mediated by neuroticism

    Courbalay, A., Deroche, T. & Woodman, T., Jun 2016, In: Psychologie Française. 61, 2, p. 153-162

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Published

    Psychological Profiles and Emotional Regulation Characteristics of Women Engaged in Risk-Taking Sports.

    Cazenave, N., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2007, In: Anxiety, Stress and Coping. 20, 4, p. 421-436

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Spécificité de la prise de risques chez les femmes

    Cazenave, N., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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  15. Published

    Influence du sexe sur les profils fuite et compensation dans la prise de risque

    Cazenave, N., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2003.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  16. Published

    Skydiving: the rise and fall of alexithymic women's anxiety

    Cazenave, N., Woodman, T. & Le Scanff, C., 1 Sept 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  17. Published

    Conduites à risques et régulation émotionnelle : estime de soi et anxiété chez les BASE Jumpeuses alexithymiques

    Cazenave, N., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  18. 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

  19. Published

    Who takes risks at high-risks sports? A typological personality approach.

    Castanier, C., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Dec 2010, In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 81, 4, p. 478-484

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Negative affect leads to careless behavior in high-risk sport: the moderating role of escape from self-awareness

    Castanier, C., Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. Published

    The moderating role of narcissism on the reciprocal relationship between self-efficacy and performance

    Beattie, S., Dempsey, C., Roberts, R., Woodman, T. & Cooke, A., May 2017, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 6, 2, p. 199-214

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. 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

  25. Published

    The role of performance feedback on the self-efficacy performance relationship

    Beattie, S. J., Woodman, T., Fakehy, M. & Dempsey, C. J., 2016, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 5, 1, p. 1-13

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review