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Overview

Christopher M. Spray is affiliated with Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span across psychology and social sciences, with a primary focus on motivation and self-concept in sports, physical education and pedagogy, youth development and social support, sport psychology and performance, children's physical and motor development, education, achievement and giftedness, as well as teacher professional development and motivation.

Their work is frequently published in specialized venues including:

  • International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • European Physical Education Review
  • Journal of Intelligence
  • International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Spray include:

  • "A person-centred approach to understanding dark-side antecedents and students' outcomes associated with physical education teachers' motivation" (2021) in Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • "Work Pressures Stemming From School Authorities and Burnout Among Physical Education Teachers: The Mediating Role of Psychological Needs Thwarting" (2021) in Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
  • "Evaluating the "Optimal Competition Parenting Workshop" Using the RE-AIM Framework: A 4-Year Organizational-Level Intervention in British Junior Tennis" (2023) in Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • "The if, why and how of fitness testing in secondary school physical education in the United Kingdom" (2023) in European Physical Education Review
  • "Antecedents of teachers' motivational behaviours in physical education: a scoping review utilising achievement goal and self-determination theory perspectives" (2024) in International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Evelia Franco Álvarez
  • Javier Coterón López
  • Lorraine Cale
  • Victoria E. Warburton
  • Naomi Paula Alice Harte

Spray's research addresses multiple subfields such as social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, safety research, and sociology and political science. Their research topics notably emphasize motivation and self-concept within sports contexts and explore the pedagogical aspects of physical education, including factors influencing teacher motivation and student outcomes.

Best Publications

  • A qualitative investigation exploring the motivational climate in early career sports participants: coach, parent and peer influences on sport motivation

    Richard J. Keegan;Chris G. Harwood;Christopher M. Spray;David E. Lavallee

  • Motivational predictors of physical education students' effort, exercise intentions, and leisure-time physical activity: a multilevel linear growth analysis.

    Ian M. Taylor;Nikos Ntoumanis;Martyn Standage;Christopher M. Spray

  • Correlates of achievement goal orientations in physical activity: A systematic review of research

    Stuart J. H. Biddle;John C. K. Wang;Maria Kavussanu;Christopher M. Spray

  • The Motivational Atmosphere in Youth Sport: Coach, Parent, and Peer Influences on Motivation in Specializing Sport Participants

    Richard J Keegan;Christopher M Spray;Chris Harwood;David Lavallee

  • Why young elite athletes fear failure: Consequences of failure

    Sam S. Sagar;David Lavallee;Christopher M. Spray

  • Motivation for physical activity in young people: entity and incremental beliefs about athletic ability

    Stuart J H Biddle;C K John Wang;Nikos L D Chatzisarantis;Christopher M Spray

  • Achievement goal profiles in school physical education: differences in self-determination, sport ability beliefs, and physical activity.

    C.K. John Wang;Nikos L.D. Chatzisarantis;Christopher M. Spray;Stuart J.H. Biddle

  • Coping With the Effects of Fear of Failure: A Preliminary Investigation of Young Elite Athletes

    Sam S. Sagar;David Lavallee;Christopher M. Spray

  • Treatment motivation for rehabilitation after a sport injury: Application of the trans-contextual model

    Derwin King-Chung Chan;Martin S. Hagger;Christopher M. Spray

  • Motivational climate interventions in physical education: A meta-analysis

    Rock Braithwaite;Christopher M. Spray;Victoria E. Warburton

  • Antecedents of perceived coach interpersonal behaviors: the coaching environment and coach psychological well- and ill-being.

    Juliette Stebbings;Ian M. Taylor;Christopher M. Spray;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • A qualitative investigation of the motivational climate in elite sport

    Richard J. Keegan;Chris G. Harwood;Christopher M. Spray;David E. Lavallee

  • Achievement goal theories in sport.

    Chris Harwood;Christopher M. Spray;Richard Keegan

  • Understanding motivation in sport: An experimental test of achievement goal and self determination theories

    Christopher M. Spray;C. K. John Wang;Stuart J. H. Biddle;Nikos L. D. Chatzisarantis

  • Contextual Influences on Moral Functioning of Male Youth Footballers

    Maria Kavussanu;Christopher M. Spray

  • Antecedents of Perceived Coach Autonomy Supportive and Controlling Behaviors: Coach Psychological Need Satisfaction and Well-Being

    Juliette Stebbings;Ian M. Taylor;Christopher M. Spray

  • An experimental test of self-theories of ability in youth sport

    Christopher M. Spray;C.K. John Wang;Stuart J.H. Biddle;Nikos L.D. Chatzisarantis

  • Goal orientations, self-determination and pupils' discipline in physical education.

    Christopher M. Spray;C. K. Wang

  • Motivation in the exercise setting: Integrating constructs from the approach–avoidance achievement goal framework and self-determination theory

    Juan A. Moreno;David González-Cutre;Álvaro Sicilia;Christopher M. Spray

  • The relationship between psychological well- and ill-being, and perceived autonomy supportive and controlling interpersonal styles: A longitudinal study of sport coaches

    Juliette Stebbings;Ian M. Taylor;Christopher M. Spray

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris G. Harwood
Chris G. Harwood Loughborough University
Stuart J. H. Biddle
Stuart J. H. Biddle University of Southern Queensland
David Lavallee
David Lavallee Abertay University
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Martin S. Hagger
Martin S. Hagger University of California, Merced
Maria Kavussanu
Maria Kavussanu University of Birmingham
Martyn Standage
Martyn Standage University of Bath
Brett Smith
Brett Smith Durham University
Stewart A. Vella
Stewart A. Vella University of Wollongong

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