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.
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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. 207-238Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 201-206Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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-S28Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 134-138Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 15-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 579-587Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 597-602Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 457-460Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 731-738Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 413-429Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 147-160Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Competition-specific preparation and expert performance
Eccles, D., Ward, P. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2009, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 10, 1, p. 96-107Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 184-191Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Disordered eating in male athletes: A meta-analysis
Chapman, J. & Woodman, T., 28 Apr 2015, In: Journal of Sports Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 183-197Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 285-302Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 213-223Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamic systems, catastrophe models, and performance
Woodman, T. & Hardy, L., 1 Jan 2007, In: Science et Motricité. 60, 1, p. 63-67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 169-188Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review