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Overview

David Lavallee is affiliated with Abertay University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a focus on social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, orthopedics and sports medicine, biomedical engineering, and physiology.

The scientist's main research topics cover sport psychology and performance, motivation and self-concept in sports, sports injuries and prevention, sports performance and training, sports dynamics and biomechanics, physical activity and health, and youth development and social support.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David Lavallee include Graeme G. Sorbie, Alexander Beaumont, Jonathan Glen, Ashley K. Williams, and Amanda J. M. Gard.

The venues in which Lavallee most often publishes include:

  • International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Journal of Loss and Trauma
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Sports Medicine
  • Science

Some of the notable research papers featuring David Lavallee's work are:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and Olympic/Paralympic athletes' developmental challenges and possibilities in times of a global crisis-transition (2020) published in International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • The Impact of the Closure and Reopening of Golf Courses in the United Kingdom on Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Study Approach (2021) published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Golf and Physical Health: A Systematic Review (2022) published in Sports Medicine
  • Intervention Development for People with Muscle Dysmorphia Symptoms: Best Practice and Future Recommendations (2022) published in Journal of Loss and Trauma
  • Identity gripping or identity flight? Two distinct experiences correlated with self-reported depression in retired professional ice hockey players (2022) published in International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Best Publications

  • A developmental perspective on transitions faced by athletes

    Paul Wylleman;David Lavallee

  • Career transitions in sport: European perspectives

    Paul Wylleman;Dorothee Alfermann;David Lavallee

  • Athletes' career transition out of sport: a systematic review

    Sunghee Park;David Lavallee;David Tod

  • Burnout in sport: A systematic review

    Kate Goodger;Trish Gorely;David Lavallee;Chris G. Harwood

  • Coping with retirement from sport: The influence of athletic identity

    J. Robert Grove;David Lavallee;Sandy Gordon

  • 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

  • Exercise and Mental Health

    David Lavallee;John Kremer;Aidan Moran;Mark Williams

  • 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

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

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

  • Jumping to the next level: A qualitative examination of within-career transition in adolescent event riders

    Beth Pummell;Chris Harwood;David Lavallee

  • Social Psychology in Sport

    Sophia Jowett;David Lavallee

  • A Social Identity Approach to Sport Psychology: Principles, Practice, and Prospects.

    Tim Rees;Tim Rees;S. Alexander Haslam;Pete Coffee;David Lavallee

  • Retirement from sport and the loss of athletic identity

    David Lavallee;Sandy Gordon;J. Robert Grove

  • Exploring the life skills needs of British adolescent athletes

    Martin I. Jones;David Lavallee

  • A systematic review of social support in youth sport

    Daragh Sheridan;Pete Coffee;David Lavallee

  • A qualitative investigation of the motivational climate in elite sport

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

  • Sport Psychology: Contemporary Themes

    John Kremer;D. Lavallee;M. Williams;A. Moran

  • In pursuit of an identity: A qualitative exploration of retirement from women's artistic gymnastics

    David Lavallee;Hannah K. Robinson

  • Psychological responses to injury in competitive sport: a critical review.

    Natalie Walker;Joanne Thatcher;David Lavallee

  • Career Transitions in Sport: International Perspectives

    David Lavallee;Paul Wylleman

Frequent Co-Authors

David Tod
David Tod Lancaster University
Marc V. Jones
Marc V. Jones Manchester Metropolitan University
Chris G. Harwood
Chris G. Harwood Loughborough University
J. Robert Grove
J. Robert Grove University of Western Australia
Christopher M. Spray
Christopher M. Spray Loughborough University
Aidan Moran
Aidan Moran University College Dublin
Scott B. Martin
Scott B. Martin University of North Texas
Natalia Stambulova
Natalia Stambulova Halmstad University
Mark R. Beauchamp
Mark R. Beauchamp University of British Columbia
Sophia Jowett
Sophia Jowett Loughborough University

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