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“I must make the grade!”: the role of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, exam anxiety, and affect, in the academic self-concept of undergraduate students (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, M. J., Evans, A. L., Fortune, G., & Chadha, N. J. (in press). “I must make the grade!”: the role of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, exam anxiety, and affect, in the academic self-concept of undergraduate students. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2024.2360732

Background and objectives
Examination anxiety is a common occurrence, and is potentially detrimental to student attainment. In recent theorizing, it has been suggested that cognitive appraisals, as put forth in cognitive appraisal theory, and irrati... Read More about “I must make the grade!”: the role of cognitive appraisals, irrational beliefs, exam anxiety, and affect, in the academic self-concept of undergraduate students.

Children's motivation for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the Daily Mile: A theory of planned behaviour perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Gray, P. M., & Evans, A. L. (in press). Children's motivation for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the Daily Mile: A theory of planned behaviour perspective. European Physical Education Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336x241236122

Sustained motivation for Daily Mile participation at higher physical activity intensities may contribute to the attainment of children's daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) targets and long-term health benefits. However, individual va... Read More about Children's motivation for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity during the Daily Mile: A theory of planned behaviour perspective.

University makes me angry: Investigating stimulus-response (S-R) and cognitive-mediation (C-M) emotion beliefs in undergraduate students (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, M. J., Boatwright, D., Evans, A. L., Garip, G., Chandler, C., Chadha, N. J., & Wood, A. G. (in press). University makes me angry: Investigating stimulus-response (S-R) and cognitive-mediation (C-M) emotion beliefs in undergraduate students. PloS one, 19(2), e0294777. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294777

Emotion regulation through cognitive reappraisal is well-studied, but less so are the predispositional and superordinate beliefs that influence reappraisal. Recently, researchers developed the cognitive mediation beliefs questionnaire (CMBQ), which m... Read More about University makes me angry: Investigating stimulus-response (S-R) and cognitive-mediation (C-M) emotion beliefs in undergraduate students.

The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season (2023)
Journal Article
Evans, A. L., Coffee, P., & Barker, J. B. (in press). The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2023.2229349

Social identity (one's sense of belongingness to a group) and social identity content (what it means to belong to a group) are important psychological constructs for cognition and behaviour. Whilst some longitudinal social identity research exists, r... Read More about The effects of social identity and social identity content on cohesion, efficacy, and performance across a competitive rugby league season.

Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (PDMS) with first-year undergraduate students transitioning to higher education (2022)
Journal Article
Evans, A., Slater, M., & Turner, M. (in press). Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (PDMS) with first-year undergraduate students transitioning to higher education. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(4), 1315-1334. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12502

Background: Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (PDMS) with students transitioning into Higher Education (HE) has yet to be researched in education. Aims: In two studies, we aimed to explore the immediate effects of a Coping Oriented Personal-Di... Read More about Using Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (PDMS) with first-year undergraduate students transitioning to higher education.

“I must do this!” : a latent profile analysis approach to understanding the role of irrational beliefs and motivation regulation in mental and physical health (2022)
Journal Article
Turner, M., Miller, A., Youngs, H., Barber, N., Brick, N., Chadha, N., …Rossato, C. (2022). “I must do this!” : a latent profile analysis approach to understanding the role of irrational beliefs and motivation regulation in mental and physical health. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(8), 934-949. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2022.2042124

In the research concerning rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) in sport and exercise, irrational beliefs are proposed as a risk factor for health. Concurrent to this, researchers have also indicated that autonomous and controlled motivation, as... Read More about “I must do this!” : a latent profile analysis approach to understanding the role of irrational beliefs and motivation regulation in mental and physical health.

The effects of embedding social identities on perceived leadership outcomes and the intentional mobilization of group members (2021)
Journal Article
Evans, A., Slater, M., & Edwards, M. (2021). The effects of embedding social identities on perceived leadership outcomes and the intentional mobilization of group members. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 53, 101879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101879

According to Identity Leadership, effective leaders make the group matter by embedding social identities in material reality. Across two studies, we explored the potential importance of embedding social identities on group members' perceptions of lea... Read More about The effects of embedding social identities on perceived leadership outcomes and the intentional mobilization of group members.

Athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel coping oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention in youth soccer (2018)
Journal Article
Evans, A., Morris, R., Barker, J., Johnson, T., Brenan, Z., & Warner, B. (2019). Athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel coping oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention in youth soccer. Sport Psychologist, 33(1), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2017-0125

This paper aimed to provide athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel Coping Oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention developed and administered in youth soccer. Participants were 18 male soccer athletes (Mage = 17.... Read More about Athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel coping oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention in youth soccer.

Type D personality, stress, coping and performance on a novel sport task (2018)
Journal Article
Borkoles, E., Kaiseler, M., Evans, A., Ski, C., Thompson, D., & Polman, R. (2018). Type D personality, stress, coping and performance on a novel sport task. PLoS ONE, 13(4), e0196692. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196692

We investigated (1) the relationship between Type D personality, stress intensity appraisal of a self-selected stressor, coping, and perceived coping effectiveness and (2) the relationship between Type D personality and performance. In study one, 482... Read More about Type D personality, stress, coping and performance on a novel sport task.

The effects of rational and irrational coach team talks on the cognitive appraisal and achievement goal orientation of varsity football athletes (2018)
Journal Article
Evans, A., Turner, M., Pickering, R., & Powditch, R. (2018). The effects of rational and irrational coach team talks on the cognitive appraisal and achievement goal orientation of varsity football athletes. International journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 13(3), 431-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954118771183

The effects of rational and irrational coach team talks on cognitive appraisal and achievement goal orientation were examined. During the half-time interval of a 60-minute football match, 25 male varsity football athletes (Mage = 20.20; SD ± 1.38 yea... Read More about The effects of rational and irrational coach team talks on the cognitive appraisal and achievement goal orientation of varsity football athletes.

Capturing hearts and minds : the influence of relational identification with the leader on followers' mobilization and cardiovascular reactivity (2017)
Journal Article
Slater, M., Turner, M., Evans, A., & Jones, M. (2017). Capturing hearts and minds : the influence of relational identification with the leader on followers' mobilization and cardiovascular reactivity. Leadership Quarterly, 29(3), 379-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2017.08.003

The influence of relational identification (RI) on leadership processes and the effects of social identity leadership
on followers' responses to stress have received scant theoretical and research attention. The present research
advances theoretica... Read More about Capturing hearts and minds : the influence of relational identification with the leader on followers' mobilization and cardiovascular reactivity.

Implementing a social identity approach for effective change management (2015)
Journal Article
Slater, M., Evans, A., & Turner, M. (2015). Implementing a social identity approach for effective change management. Journal of Change Management, 16(1), 18-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2015.1103774

The social identity perspective asserts that it is the shared connection within a unified group that forms the foundation of successful group functioning. This is particularly salient during change. This review outlines the value and applicability of... Read More about Implementing a social identity approach for effective change management.