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. 2010
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 2009
  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Published

    High-risk sport: escape from self-awareness?

    Woodman, T. & Le Scanff, C., 1 Feb 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 2008
  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

    Shared interests in solving common problems: how sport psychology might inform human factors and ergonomics

    Eccles, D., Ward, P., Janelle, C., Woodman, T. & Le Scanff, C., 1 Sept 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  17. Published

    Body self-discrepancies and social physique anxiety: the role of sex and the feared self

    Steer, R. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  18. Published

    Effects of confidence and mental effort on performance breakdown under pressure

    Akehurst, S., Woodman, T. & Hardy, L., 1 Jan 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  19. Published

    Shared interests in common problems: how the field of sport psychology might inform the future of human factors and ergonomics

    Eccles, D., Ward, P., Woodman, T., Janelle, C. & Le Scanff, C., 1 Jan 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  20. Published

    Skydiving as emotion regulation: The rise and fall of anxiety is moderated by alexithymia

    Woodman, T., Cazenave, N. & Le Scanff, C., 1 Jan 2008, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 30, 3, p. 424-433

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    The role of repression in the incidence of ironic errors

    Woodman, T. & Davis, P. A., 1 Jan 2008, In: Sport Psychologist. 22, 2, p. 183-196

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    There is an "I" in team: narcissism and social loafing

    Woodman, T. & Rogers, C. H., 1 Jan 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  23. 2007
  24. Published

    "Because it's there?" a re-examination of the motives for participation in serious mountaineering

    Barlow, M., Hardy, L. & Woodman, T., 1 Sept 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  25. Published

    Psychological difficulties and accidents in mountaineers

    Le Scanff, C., Castanier, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Sept 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  26. Published

    Recent developments in the anxiety-performance relationship

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Why do people engage in high-risk sports? Beyond sensation seeking

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  29. Published

    A critical comparison of French and British coach education models

    Woodman, T., 1 Mar 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper