Amy Whitehead

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Reader in Sport Psychology and Coaching

Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom

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Amy Whitehead is a Reader in Sport Psychology and Coaching at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Her research focuses on various aspects of sport psychology including stress and coping mechanisms in professional athletes, the use of performance optimization interventions, and the perceptions of sport and exercise psychology practitioners. Recent articles delve into topics such as self-regulatory processes during goal setting, mental health conceptualizations in sports, and the experiences of athletes navigating challenges related to motherhood and injury.

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Sports Coach UK, Using technology to change behvaiour

Open Date: 2016-09-01

Close Date: 2017-04-01

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England Netball, Back to Netball Impact Study

Open Date: 2016-05-01

Close Date: 2016-09-01

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Sports Coach UK, Coaching & new technology

Open Date: 2015-10-01

Close Date: 2016-04-01

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The European Para Sport Coaching Workforce: A Quasi-Professional Space

A qualitative exploration of sport and exercise psychology practitioners’ perceptions and experiences of using Think Aloud in applied practice

Tales from the peloton: Stress and coping in professional women's road cycling

Searching for Flow: A Performance Optimization Intervention With a Professional Dart Thrower

Self-regulatory processes in goal striving during excellent distance-running performances: A qualitative study

“The story just brings the science to life”: exploring the use of stories to translate knowledge about self-regulatory processes during goal striving in running

A Penny for Your Thoughts: Athletes’ and Trainee Sport Psychologists’ Internal Dialogue During Consultations

“But I Am a Runner”: Trying to Be a Rogerian Person-Centered Practitioner With an Injured Athlete

‘Baby Ban’ and ‘we are not the same’: creative non-fiction dialogue exploring pregnancy and motherhood for a funded Paralympic and unfunded Olympic athlete

“He’s Asked for You. . . . ” One-to-One Support With an Elite Academy Soccer Player and Navigating Through the Unforeseen Roles of Sport Psychology Practitioners

Stakeholder conceptualizations of mental health and mental illness in English Premier League Football academies

The Effect of Think Aloud on Performance and Brain Oxygenation During Cycling – An Exploratory Study

Pregnancy and motherhood in elite sport: The longitudinal experiences of two elite athletes

Integrating models of self-regulation and optimal experiences: A qualitative study into flow and clutch states in recreational distance running

Thinking Aloud. A qualitative analysis of stressors and coping responses in cricket bowlers during a competitive match

A pilot study investigating cortical haemodynamic and physiological correlates of exercise cognition in trained and untrained cyclists over an incremental self-paced performance test, while thinking aloud

Towards a framework of cognitive processes during competitive golf using the Think Aloud method

Thinking Aloud: Stress and Coping in Junior Cricket Batsmen During Challenge and Threat States

Motivational differences between 5K, half marathon and full marathon participants in the UK and India

Collaborators (18)

Christian Swann

David Tod

Stephen McQuilliam

James Rudd

Camilla Louise Brockett

Hayley E. McEwan

Katie Fitton Davies

Kristin McGinty-Minister

Francesca M. Champ

Michael McGreary

Patricia Jackman

Noel Brick

Phil Birch

Angus Ryrie

Edson Filho

Ross Wadey

Robert Morris

Rebecca M. Hawkins

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