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

    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

  2. Published

    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

  3. 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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  9. Published

    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

  14. 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

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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

  16. Published

    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

  18. 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

  19. 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

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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

  21. Published

    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

  22. Published

    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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  25. 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