Research Output per year
Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My research falls mainly within the positive psychology domain with a particular emphasis on enhancing human performance in achievement settings (e.g., sport, education, business). I am especially interested in understanding how positive emotions influence motivation and attention in sport performers. My colleagues and I examine challenge and threat motivation in sport performers from a social and biological psychology perspective. I also explore sport psychologists' experiences, perceptions toward sport psychologists, and sport psychologists' effectiveness. Finally, I am currently exploring issues related to embodied cognition which is the notion that the mind is not only connected to the body but that the body influences the mind.
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Research Output
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A grounded theory study of meta-attention among golfers
Oliver, A., McCarthy, P. & Burns, L., 31 Mar 2020, In: The Sport Psychologist. 34, 1, p. 11–22 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes: a revised conceptualization
Meijen, C., Turner, M., Jones, M. V., Sheffield, D. & McCarthy, P., 6 Feb 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 17 p., 126.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Innovations in mental skills training for young athletes
McCarthy, P. & McCann, B., 2020, Advancements in Mental Skills Training. Maurizio, B., Filho, E. & Terry, P. C. (eds.). 1st Edition ed. Routledge , (Routledge ISSP Psychology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity Series.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Teaching athletes to understand their attention is teaching them to concentrate
Oliver, A., McCarthy, P. J. & Burns, L., 4 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Sport Psychology in Action. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effectiveness of psychological skills training and behavioral interventions in sport using single-case designs: a meta-regression analysis of the peer-reviewed studies
Barker, J. B., Slater, M. J., Pugh, G., Mellalieu, S. D., McCarthy, P. J., Jones, M. V. & Moran, A., Nov 2020, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 51, 101746.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review