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Janet L. Starkes

Janet L. Starkes

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Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
11084
World Ranking
7425
National Ranking
499

Overview

Janet L. Starkes is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Psychology, Medicine, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work spans interdisciplinary themes centered on sports performance, sport psychology, and the underlying factors affecting athletic development and training.

Their recent papers have been published in the journal Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. Key publications include:

  • Leveling the Playing Field: A New Proposed Method to Address Relative Age- and Maturity-Related Bias in Soccer (2021, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living)
  • Leveling the Playing Field: A New Proposed Method to Address Relative Age- and Maturity-Related Bias in UK Male Academy Soccer Players (2022, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living)
  • The relationships between relative age effect, personality constructs and achievement level in soccer (2023, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living)

The main topics of research work include:

  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports

Their contributions engage with subfields such as Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Economics and Econometrics, and Social Psychology.

Janet L. Starkes has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to their research. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Werner Helsen
  • Chris Towlson
  • Sofie Bolckmans
  • Martine Thomis
  • Sander Vrijens

Their publication record shows a consistent interest in understanding bias and performance factors affecting athletes, especially in soccer contexts. Their research addresses both developmental and psychological factors impacting sports achievement and relative age effects.

Best Publications

  • When paying attention becomes counterproductive: impact of divided versus skill-focused attention on novice and experienced performance of sensorimotor skills

    Sian L. Beilock;Thomas H. Carr;Clare MacMahon;Janet L. Starkes

  • Team Sports and the Theory of Deliberate Practice

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Nicola J. Hodges

  • Expert Performance in Sports: Advances in Research on Sport Expertise

    K. Anders Ericsson;Janet L. Starkes

  • The roles of talent, physical precocity and practice in the development of soccer expertise.

    W. F. Helsen;N. J. Hodges;J. Van Winckel;J. L. Starkes

  • A Multidimensional Approach to Skilled Perception and Performance in Sport

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes

  • Deliberate practice in sports: What is it anyway?

    Janet L. Starkes;Janice M. Deakin;Fran Allard;Nicola J. Hodges

  • The road to excellence: deliberate practice and the development of expertise

    Paul Ward;Nicola J. Hodges;Janet L. Starkes;Mark A. Williams

  • The influence of relative age on success and dropout in male soccer players

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Jan Van Winckel

  • Wrestling with the nature expertise: a sport specific test of Ericsson, Krampe and Tesch-Römer's (1993) theory of "deliberate practice".

    N. J. Hodges;J. L. Starkes

  • Deliberate practice and expert performance : defining the path to excellence

    Paul Ward;Nicola J. Hodges;A. Mark Williams

  • Skill in Field Hockey: The Nature of the Cognitive Advantage

    Janet L. Starkes

  • Decision-making skills and deliberate practice in elite association football referees

    Clare MacMahon;Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Matthew Weston

  • Effect of a change in selection year on success in male soccer players.

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Jan Van Winckel

  • Expert performance in sport and dance

    Janet Starkes;Werner Helsen;Rachel Jack

  • Perception in Sport: Volleyball

    Fran Allard;Janet L. Starkes

  • Expert Performance in Sport: A Cognitive Perspective.

    Nicola J. Hodges;Janet L. Starkes;Clare MacMahon

  • Cognitive issues in motor expertise

    Janet L Starkes;Fran Allard

  • Predicting Performance Times From Deliberate Practice Hours for Triathletes and Swimmers: What, When, and Where Is Practice Important?.

    Nicola J. Hodges;Tracey Kerr;Janet L. Starkes;Patricia L. Weir

  • Can We Hasten Expertise by Video Simulations

    Janet L. Starkes;Susan Lindley

  • Methodological Review and Evaluation of Research in Expert Performance in Sport

    Nicola J. Hodges;Raoul Huys;Janet L. Starkes

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Helsen
Werner Helsen KU Leuven
Nicola J. Hodges
Nicola J. Hodges University of British Columbia
Digby Elliott
Digby Elliott McMaster University
Timothy D. Lee
Timothy D. Lee McMaster University
Jennifer Cumming
Jennifer Cumming University of Birmingham
Thomas H. Carr
Thomas H. Carr Michigan State University
Philip M. Wilson
Philip M. Wilson Brock University
A. Mark Williams
A. Mark Williams University of Utah
J. Robert Grove
J. Robert Grove University of Western Australia
Craig R. Hall
Craig R. Hall University of Western Ontario

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