Research Output per year
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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 how sport psychologists can best help athletes to excel in sport. 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 2004 2019
A grounded theory study of meta-attention among golfers
Oliver, A., McCarthy, P. & Burns, L., 10 Sep 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : The Sport Psychologist.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Golf
Interviews
Psychology
Research
Grounded Theory
The role of self-esteem and locus-of-control in determining confession outcomes
Douglass, M. D., Bain, S. A., Cooke, D. J. & McCarthy, P., 1 Sep 2019, In : Personality and Individual Differences. 147, p. 292-296 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Internal-External Control
Self Concept
Compliance
Personality
Research
Embracing positive psychology ideas and interventions within sport and exercise consultancy
McCarthy, P., 2018, Positive psychology in sport and physical activity: An introduction. Brady, A. & Grenville-Cleave, B. (eds.). 1 ed. Abingdon: RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Sports
Exercise
Psychology
Hope
Mindfulness
Mental Health Challenges in Elite Sport: Balancing Risk with Reward
MacIntyre, T. E. (ed.), Van Raalte, J. (ed.), Brewer, B. W. (ed.), Jones, M. (ed.), O’Shea, D. (ed.) & McCarthy, P. J. (ed.), Jan 2018, Switzerland: Frontiers Media. 130 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
reward
Sports
elite
mental health
athlete
Using CBT to work with and understand individual athletes
McCarthy, P. J., 2018, Sport psychology for young athletes. Knight, C. J., Harwood, C. G. & Gould, D. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge , p. 255-264Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Athletes
Research Personnel
Psychology
Youth Sports
Sports Psychology