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Developing Elite Strength and Conditioning Coaches’ Practice Through Facilitated Reflection Open

Christoph Szedlak, Bettina Callary, Matthew J. Smith · 2025

Recent research has suggested that strength and conditioning (S&C) coach development should consider constructivist learning theories to promote coach development and learning of psychosocial coaching competencies. Reflective practice can …

Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Concussion Reporting Intentions in Team-Sport Athletes Open

John Batten, Matthew J. Smith, Janet Young, Abi Braim, Rebecca E. Jull , et al. · 2025

Background/Objectives: The present study examined the predictive relationships between transformational leadership, psychological safety, and concussion reporting intentions. Interviews were used to understand the impact of the coach and t…

The Changing Muslim World: Energy, Extraction, and the Racialization of Islam in Protestant Missions Open

Matthew J. Smith · 2024

This essay examines the role of Anglo Protestant missions in the Persian Gulf in racializing “the Moslem world” for the emergent white world order at the beginning of the 20th century. More specifically, I consider the way Protestant missi…

Autobiographical accounts of military hand-to-hand combat Open

Peter Jensen, Matthew J. Smith, Jack J. Sampson · 2024

The current study examines autobiographical accounts of soldiers to enhance our understanding of the demands faced, and the subsequent emotional responses experienced, during the military combat task of hand-to-hand fighting. Nine autobiog…

Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial Open

Denise Kendrick, Rebecca Lindley, Lauren Blackburn, Cristina Roadevin, Ellen Thompson , et al. · 2024

Rx to Lead—Examining Pharm.D. Leadership Development Commencing during Pharmacy School through Co-Curricular Engagement Open

Matthew J. Smith, Jason K. Wallace · 2024

Leadership development in college is frequently cited as developing during undergraduate years. Nevertheless, some graduate and professional students develop further as leaders through involvement at the graduate level. This paper explores…

Promote “ <i>we</i> ” to inspire me: examining the roles of group identification and trust in the association between identity leadership and follower inspiration Open

Sean G. Figgins, Matthew J. Slater, Matthew J. Smith, Anthony Miller, Benjamin T. Sharpe , et al. · 2024

Recent research has highlighted leaders as a source of inspiration for followers in sport, providing leaders embed, embody, and represent the group’s values (i.e., the leader demonstrates identity leadership and creates a shared identity).…

The Prevalence of Mental Ill Health in Elite Counter-Strike Athletes Open

Phil Birch, Matthew J. Smith, Atheeshaan Arumuham, Angelica B. Ortiz de Gortari, Benjamin T. Sharpe · 2024

The present study provides a unique contribution to the literature by offering the first study to examine the prevalence of mental ill health and mental well-being of professional Counter-Strike athletes. The sample consisted of 51 current…

Black Survivors: Unfreedom and the Collapse of Slavery in British Jamaica. New Research at the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery Open

Matthew J. Smith, Matthew Stallard · 2023

Black Survivors: Unfreedom and the Collapse of Slavery in British Jamaica. New Research at the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery was published in Cultural Heritage and Slavery on page 85.

Special Issue in Online and Remote Coaching: Exploring Coaching Delivery and Coach Education in Online/Digital Environments Open

Christoph Szedlak, Blake Bennett, Matthew J. Smith · 2023

Why Target Networks Stabilise Temporal Difference Methods Open

Mattie Fellows, Matthew J. Smith, Shimon Whiteson · 2023

Integral to recent successes in deep reinforcement learning has been a class of temporal difference methods that use infrequently updated target values for policy evaluation in a Markov Decision Process. Yet a complete theoretical explanat…

Understanding the Experiences of People Living with Stroke Engaging in a Community-Based Physical-Activity Programme Open

Matthew J. Smith, Andrew Scott, Serena Mellish, James Faulkner · 2023

Research has evidenced that regular exercise can provide physical and physiological benefits for people living with stroke. Our study aims to explore the experiences of people living with stroke when participating in a community physical a…

“You’re kind of considered like a leper”: A Narrative Inquiry Into How Significant Academic Struggles Impact Women Undergraduate Science Students’ Sense of Belonging at an Institution. Open

Matthew J. Smith, Rebekah Estevez, Georgianna L. Martin · 2023

While there has been significant research on both how academic struggles impact college students, as well as factors that impact the sense of belonging for college students, there has been little research examining how a significant academ…

Palestinian EFL Students' Perceptions of Using Edmodo in Developing their Writing Skills Open

Mahmoud Itmeizeh, Zarhouti Mohamed Khalil, Matthew J. Smith · 2022

The present study explored Palestinian EFL students’ perceptions towards the use of Edmodo in developing their writing skills at Palestine Ahliya University, Bethlehem. Sixteen sophomore English major students taking the Oral Communication…

Conflict between a captain and star player: An ethnodrama of interpersonal conflict experiences Open

Matthew J. Smith, Christopher R. D. Wagstaff, Christoph Szedlak · 2022

Within sports psychology, researchers have explored intrapersonal conflict, and how individuals perceived to be "problematic players" can create conflict in a team environment. We present an exploration of the psychosocial processes of a c…

“Social Media Makes It Inevitable to Feel Bad about Your Body”: Examining Self-Presentation and Body Image of Young Collegiate Females Open

Georgia Young, Matthew J. Smith, John Batten · 2022

The current study explored how young females who compete in aesthetic sports adopt self-presentation strategies on social media. Data from semi-structured interviews with 10 collegiate female trampolinists (aged 19–24 years) were analyzed …

Examining the theory of challenge and threat states in athletes: do predictions extend to academic performance? Open

Matthew J. Smith, Oliver R. Runswick, Matthew Jewiss, Phil Birch · 2022

Challenge and threat responses have been seen to predict success in meaningful performance environments, however, it is not as clear whether challenge and threat states predict academic outcomes. We tested if predictions from the Theory of…

Feature anomaly detection system (FADS) for intelligent manufacturing Open

Anthony Garland, Kevin Potter, Matthew J. Smith · 2022

Anomaly detection is important for industrial automation and part quality assurance, and while humans can easily detect anomalies in components given a few examples, designing a generic automated system that can perform at human or above h…

Examining the Predictors of Mental Ill Health in Esport Competitors Open

Matthew J. Smith, Benjamin T. Sharpe, Atheeshaan Arumuham, Phil Birch · 2022

Few research studies have examined the predictors of mental ill health in esports. This study addresses that gap by investigating stressors, sleep, burnout, social phobia anxiety and mental ill health in esport athletes. An online survey w…

Building foundations for the future: A case study with LTA Youth Open

Samuel Richardson, Matthew J. Smith, Merlin Van de Braam · 2021

This article discusses modern challenges experienced when developing tennis players including low levels of physical literacy. It then outlines the needs of a young child and learning strategies that can be used. A brief overview of some p…

Systemic Response: Developing a Strategic Response to Support Young Men of Color during COVID-19 Pandemic Open

Eligio Martinez, Derrick R. Brooms, William Franklin, Matthew J. Smith, Andre Bailey , et al. · 2021

The aim of this work is to provide insight into the California State University Young Men of Color Consortium (CSU YMOC), which was created to explore the unique challenges young men of color face during their postsecondary experiences, as…

Understanding coach-athlete conflict: an ethnodrama to illustrate conflict in elite sport Open

Matthew J. Smith, Calum A. Arthur · 2021

The purpose of this article is to gain greater understanding of interpersonal conflict between managers and players within an elite team sport environment. We consider conflict from multiple perspectives, and disseminate findings in an acc…

DIY assessment feedback: Building engagement, trust and transparency in the feedback process Open

Matthew J. Smith, Cassie Lowe · 2021

This study evaluates a novel assessment and feedback process in which students were tasked with actively engaging in the feedback process in a ‘DIY’ – do-it-yourself – assessment feedback workshop. The research team set out to explore how …

A hot mess: basketball coaches’ perceptions of ability versus actual performances of their athletes Open

Timothy Baghurst, Jeremy Lackman, Staci Drewson, Paige Spittler, Ryan Turcott , et al. · 2021

Data analytics are an increasingly popular method for talent identification, and are used for a variety of decision making purposes, such as rotations and playing time. However, coaches often rely on their perceptions and experiences to id…

Athletes with Neurodegenerative Disease: A Phenomenological Exploration of Family Members’ Experiences Open

Matthew J. Smith, Georgia Young, John Batten, Keith Parry, Rosie Collins , et al. · 2021

This qualitative study involved in-depth interviews with 15 family members (mainly partners and children) of deceased athletes who experienced deterioration in their neurological health towards the end of their life. The purpose of this st…

Identifying Stressors and Coping Strategies of Elite Esports Competitors Open

Matthew J. Smith, Phil Birch, Dave Bright · 2019

Researchers have examined some of the psychological aspects of competing at a high level in esports. The present study aims to build on this literature by examining the various stressors faced and the associated coping strategies employed …

FCT_GENuS_OldAfrica_v2.tab Open

Matthew J. Smith · 2019

Update to version 1 FCT in GENuS, which had issues displaying accented characters and converts to CSV UTF-8 file type.

FCT_GENuS_ASEANFoods_v2.tab Open

Matthew J. Smith · 2019

Update to version 1 FCT in GENuS, which had issues displaying accented characters and converts to CSV UTF-8 file type.

FCT_GENuS_India_v2.tab Open

Matthew J. Smith · 2019

Update to version 1 FCT in GENuS, which had issues displaying accented characters and converts to CSV UTF-8 file type.

FCT_GENuS_NEASIA_v2.tab Open

Matthew J. Smith · 2019

Update to version 1 FCT in GENuS, which had issues displaying accented characters and converts to CSV UTF-8 file type.

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