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

    Risk-taking: beyond sensations seeking

    Le Scanff, C. & Woodman, T., 1 Aug 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  2. Published

    Risk-taking

    Hardy, W. & Woodman, T., 7 Feb 2019, Dictionary of Sport Psychology. Hackfort, D., Schinke, R. & Bernd, S. (eds.). Elsevier, p. 251-252

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingEntry for encyclopedia/dictionarypeer-review

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    Risk can be good for self-esteem: Beyond self-determination theory

    Woodman, T., MacGregor, A. & Hardy, L., 30 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Risk Research. 23, 4, p. 411-423 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Recent developments in the anxiety-performance relationship

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    Realising the Olympic dream: vision, support and challenge

    Arthur, C. A., Hardy, L. J. & Woodman, T., 3 Apr 2012, In: Reflective Practice. 13, 3, p. 399-406

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Psychosocial consequences of disordered eating attitudes in elite female figure skaters

    Scoffier, S., Woodman, T. & d'Arripe-Longueville, F., 16 May 2011, In: European Eating Disorders Review. 19, 3, p. 280-287

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Psychological mediators of the sport injury - perceived risk relationship

    Bardel, M. H., Woodman, T., Colombel, F. & Le Scanff, C., 20 Jun 2011, In: Risk Analysis. 32, 1, p. 113-121

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Psychological difficulties and accidents in mountaineers

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    Psychological Skills Do Not Always Help Performance: The Moderating Role of Narcissism

    Roberts, R. J., Woodman, T., Hardy, L. J., Davis, L. & Wallace, H. M., 2 Oct 2012, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 25, 3, p. 316-325

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    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

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    Psychological Preparation for Major Competition

    Woodman, T., Hardy, L., Burton, N. & Still, C., 1 Jan 2005, In: GymCraft. 12, 8

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    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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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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

    Lawrence, G., Beattie, S., Woodman, T., Khan, M. A., Hardy, L., Gottwald, V. M. & Cassell, V. E., 20 Jun 2012, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. s1 ed. Vol. 34. p. S101

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    Personality and performance: Beyone the Big 5

    Roberts, R. J., Woodman, T., Schinke, R. J. (ed.), McGannon, K. R. (ed.) & Smith, B. (ed.), 19 Nov 2014, International handbook of sport psychology. 2016 ed. Routledge

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

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    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

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    Performance anxiety, arousal, and coping in sport

    Neil, R. & Woodman, T., Mar 2018, Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology . Horn, T. & Smith, A. (eds.). 4 ed. Human Kinetics, Chapter 12

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  22. 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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Narcissism and performance under stress : Every piece of narcissism matters

    Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Woodman, T. & Hardy, L., 2016, 21st Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Sciences. p. 20-21

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  28. 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

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    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

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    Mountaineering and skydiving: different motives from an agentic emotion regulation perspective

    Hardy, L. J., Barlow, M. D. & Woodman, T., 12 Jul 2011.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    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

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    Models and theories of emotion-performance

    Woodman, T., Mawn, L., Martin, C. & Eklund, B. T. (ed.), 13 Mar 2014, Encyclopedia of sport and exercise psychology. 2014 ed. Sage, p. 448-452

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

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    Le stress organisationnel dans le sport de haut niveau

    Woodman, T. & Le Scanff, C. (ed.), 1 Jan 2003, Le Manuel de Psychologie du Sport: L'intervention en Psychologie du Sport. 2003 ed. Unknown, p. 357-375

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

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    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

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    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

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    Is self-confidence a bias factor in higher-order catastrophe models: an exploratory analysis

    Hardy, L. & Woodman, T., 1 Nov 2002.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    Interaction between narcissism and use of psychological skills upon choking

    Woodman, T., Hardy, L. & Roberts, L., 1 Oct 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    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. 115

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    I am great and I want to dominate: Narcissism and performance under stress

    Zhang, S., Roberts, R., Cooke, A. & Woodman, T., 2017, Journal of Sports Sciences. sup1 ed. Vol. 35. p. s12

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

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    High-risk sport: escape from self-awareness?

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

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    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

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    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