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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Psychological Preparation for Major Competition
Woodman, T., Hardy, L., Burton, N. & Still, C., 1 Jan 2005, In: GymCraft. 12, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-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. 421-436Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 316-325Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-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. 113-121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-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. 280-287Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 399-406Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Self-confidence and performance: a little self-doubt helps.
Woodman, T., Akehurst, S., Hardy, L. J. & Beattie, S. J., 1 Nov 2010, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 11, 6, p. 467-470Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 424-433Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sport science support: Psychology – Anxiety and performance, coping under pressure
Beattie, S. & Woodman, T., 1 Apr 2004, In: GymCraft. 8, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sport science support: Psychology – Dealing with stress
Beattie, S. & Woodman, T., 1 Feb 2004, In: GymCraft. 7, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sport science support: Psychology – Goal setting your way to success
Beattie, S. & Woodman, T., 1 Jun 2004, In: GymCraft. 9, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sport science support: Psychology – How the gymnast learns and implications for coach feedback
Beattie, S. & Woodman, T., 1 Aug 2004, In: GymCraft. 10, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sport science support: Psychology – Influencing behaviour and motivation
Beattie, S. & Woodman, T., 1 Oct 2004, In: GymCraft. 11, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sport science support: The role of the psychologist
Beattie, S. & Woodman, T., 1 Dec 2003, In: GymCraft. 6, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tenenbaum and Becker’s Critique: Much ado about nothing.
Woodman, T. & Hardy, L., 1 Sept 2005, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 27, 3, p. 382-392Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Great British Medalists Project: A Review of Current Knowledge on the Development of the World’s Best Sporting Talent
Rees, T., Hardy, L., Gullich, A., Abernethy, B., Cote, J., Woodman, T., Montgomery, H., Laing, S. & Warr, C., 1 Aug 2016, In: Sports Medicine. 46, 8, p. 1041-1058Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Impact of Living in a Bio-Secure Bubble on Mental Health: An Examination in Elite Cricket
Ely, G., Woodman, T., Roberts, R., Jones, E., Wedatilake, T., Sanders, P. & Peirce, N., 1 Sept 2023, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 68, 102447.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Leader Ship is Sinking: A Temporal Investigation of Narcissistic Leadership
Ong, C. W., Roberts, R., Arthur, C., Woodman, T. & Akehurst, S., Apr 2016, In: Journal of Personality. 84, 2, p. 237-247Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Leader Ship was destined to sink: An examination of dominance and prestige on the rise and fall of the narcissistic leader
Ong, C. W., Roberts, R., Woodman, T. & Arthur, C., Dec 2022, In: Group Dynamics: Theory, research and practice. 26, 4, p. 356-364Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The benefits of need satisfaction depend on their relative importance for people with a unidimensional identity: an idiographic analysis
Glendinning, F., Woodman, T., Hardy, L. & Ong, C. W., Dec 2021, In: Motivation and Emotion. 45, 6, p. 728-746Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The darker side of personality: Narcissism predicts moral disengagement and antisocial behavior in sport
Jones, B., Woodman, T., Barlow, M. & Roberts, R., 30 Jun 2017, In: Sport Psychologist. 31, 2, p. 109-116Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of menstrual-cycle phase on basal and exercise-induced hormones, mood, anxiety and exercise performance in physically-active women
Paludo, A.-C., Cook, C., Owen, J., Woodman, T., Irwin, J. & Crewther, B., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 61, 3, p. 461-467Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 199-214Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The relative impact of cognitive anxiety and self-confidence upon sport performance: a meta-analysis
Woodman, T. & Hardy, L. J., 1 Jun 2003, In: Journal of Sports Sciences. 21, 6, p. 443-457Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of athlete narcissism in moderating the relationship between coaches' transformational leader behaviors and athlete motivation.
Arthur, C. A., Woodman, T., Ong, C. W., Hardy, L. J. & Ntoumanis, N., 1 Feb 2011, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 33, 1, p. 3-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 1-13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of repression in the incidence of ironic effects of performance
Pyle, K. & Woodman, T., 1 Jan 2004, In: Journal of Sports Sciences. 23, p. 163-164Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of repression in the incidence of ironic errors
Woodman, T. & Davis, P. A., 1 Jan 2008, In: Sport Psychologist. 22, 2, p. 183-196Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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There Is an “I“ in TEAM: Narcissism and Social Loafing
Woodman, T., Roberts, R. J., Hardy, L. J., Callow, N. & Rogers, C. H., 1 Jun 2011, In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 82, 2, p. 285-290Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thirty years of longitudinal talent development research: A systematic review and meta-aggregation
Lawrence, G., Dunn, E., Gottwald, V., Oliver, S., Roberts, R., Hardy, J. & Woodman, T., 22 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Watch out for the hazard! Blurring peripheral vision facilitates hazard perception in driving
Ryu, D., Cooke, A., Bellomo, E. & Woodman, T., Oct 2020, In: Accident Analysis and Prevention. 146, 105755.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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When the Going Gets Tough, Who Gets Going? An Examination of the Relationship Between Narcissism, Effort, and Performance
Roberts, R., Cooke, A., Woodman, T., Hupfeld, H., Barwood, C. & Manley, H., Feb 2019, In: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. 8, 1, p. 93-105Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Where’s the emotion? How sport psychology can inform research on emotion in Human Factors
Eccles, D. W., Ward, P., Woodman, T., Janelle, C. M., Le Scanff, C., Ehrlinger, J., Castanier, C. & Coombes, S. A., 19 Apr 2011, In: Human Factors. 53, 2, p. 180-202Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 478-484Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Who takes risks in high-risk sport? The role of alexithymia
Barlow, M. D., Woodman, T., Chapman, C., Milton, M., Dodds, T. & Allen, B., 13 Feb 2015, In: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 37, 1, p. 83-96Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Women’s greater fear of pain is mediated by neuroticism
Courbalay, A., Deroche, T. & Woodman, T., Jun 2016, In: Psychologie Française. 61, 2, p. 153-162Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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Authors’ reply to Hill: Comment on ‘‘The Great British Medallists project: A review of current knowledge on the development of the World’s best sporting talent’’
Rees, T., Hardy, L. & Woodman, T., Jan 2018, In: Sports Medicine. 48, 1, p. 239-240 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Contemporary personality perspectives in sport psychology
Woodman, T. & Roberts, R. J., 9 Mar 2015, Contemporary Advances in Sport Psychology: A Review. Mellalieu, S. & Hanton, S. (eds.). 2015 ed. Routledge, p. 1-27Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Le stress organisationnel dans le sport de haut niveau
Woodman, T. & Le Scanff, C. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Le Manuel de Psychologie du Sport: L'intervention en Psychologie du Sport. 2003 ed. Unknown, p. 357-375Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Models and theories of emotion-performance
Woodman, T., Mawn, L., Martin, C. & Eklund, B. T. (Editor), 13 Mar 2014, Encyclopedia of sport and exercise psychology. 2014 ed. Sage, p. 448-452Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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. WileyResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Personality and performance: Beyone the Big 5
Roberts, R. J., Woodman, T., Schinke, R. J. (Editor), McGannon, K. R. (Editor) & Smith, B. (Editor), 19 Nov 2014, International handbook of sport psychology. 2016 ed. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Stress and anxiety
Woodman, T., Hardy, L., Singer, R. N. (Editor), Hausenblas, H. A. (Editor) & Janelle, C. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Handbook of Sport Psychology. 2001 ed. John Wiley & Sons, p. 290-318Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Stress, anxiété, et performance (Stress, anxiety, and performance)
Woodman, T., Le Scanff, C. & Dechamps, G. (Editor), 21 Mar 2012, Psychologie du sport et de la performance.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Anxiety and Fear in Sport and Performance
Zhang, S., Woodman, T. & Roberts, R., 2018, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Great British medallists: Psychosocial biographies of Super-Elite and Elite athletes from Olympic sports
Hardy, L., Barlow, M., Evans, L., Rees, T., Woodman, T. & Warr, C., 26 Jun 2017, Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning. Wilson, M., Walsh, V. & Parkin, B. (eds.). Academic Press, (Progress in Brain Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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 12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Risk-taking
Hardy, W. & Woodman, T., 7 Feb 2019, Dictionary of Sport Psychology. Hackfort, D., Schinke, R. & Bernd, S. (eds.). Elsevier, p. 251-252Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review