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Overview

Sheldon Hanton is affiliated with Cardiff Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom and focuses on research primarily within the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their work spans subfields such as Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Safety Research, Education, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Sport Psychology and Performance, Delphi Technique in Research, Youth Development and Social Support, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Disability Education and Employment, and Resilience and Mental Health.

Sheldon Hanton has contributed to various academic journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Sport & Exercise Psychology Review
  • Journal of Further and Higher Education
  • International Journal of Training and Development

Recent research papers include:

  • Developing the effectiveness of applied sport psychology service delivery: A reflective practice intervention (2020), published in Sport & Exercise Psychology Review
  • (Re)conceptualising effective teaching in further education: an exploratory study (2021), published in Journal of Further and Higher Education
  • A Multi-Study Exploration of Factors That Optimize Hardiness in Sport Coaches and the Role of Reflective Practice in Facilitating Hardy Attitudes (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Psychosocial demands and situational properties of the club-to-international transition in male youth football (2021), published in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
  • A Framework of Single-Session Problem-Solving in Elite Sport: A Longitudinal, Multi-Study Investigation (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology

Sheldon Hanton collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Brendan Cropley
  • Alan B. McKay
  • David A. Shearer
  • Andy Miles
  • Ailsa Niven

Best Publications

  • What Is This Thing Called Mental Toughness? An Investigation of Elite Sport Performers

    Graham Jones;Sheldon Hanton;Declan Connaughton

  • A framework of mental toughness in the world's best performers.

    Graham Jones;Sheldon Hanton;Declan Connaughton

  • The development and maintenance of mental toughness: Perceptions of elite performers

    Declan Connaughton;Ross Wadey;Sheldon Hanton;Graham Jones

  • Stress in elite sport performers: A comparative study of competitive and organizational stressors

    Sheldon Hanton;David Fletcher;Guy Coughlan

  • The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness

    Daniel F. Gucciardi;Daniel F. Gucciardi;Sheldon Hanton;Sandy Gordon;Clifford J. Mallett

  • Intensity and interpretation of anxiety symptoms in elite and non-elite sports performers

    Graham Jones;Sheldon Hanton;Austin Swain

  • Competition stress in sport performers: Stressors experienced in the competition environment

    Stephen D. Mellalieu;Richard Neil;Sheldon Hanton;David Fletcher

  • Self-confidence and anxiety interpretation: A qualitative investigation

    Sheldon Hanton;Stephen D. Mellalieu;Ross Hall

  • Reflective practice and the origins of elite coaching knowledge

    Gareth Irwin;Sheldon Hanton;David G. Kerwin

  • Pre-competitive feeling states and directional anxiety interpretations

    Graham Jones;Sheldon Hanton

  • Sources of Organizational Stress in Elite Sports Performers

    David Fletcher;Sheldon M. Hanton

  • The acquisition and development of cognitive skills and strategies: I. Making the butterflies fly in formation.

    Sheldon Hanton;Graham Jones

  • A Competitive Anxiety Review: Recent Directions in Sport Psychology Research

    Stephen D. Mellalieu;Sheldon Hanton;David Fletcher

  • Choking in sport: a review

    Denise M. Hill;Sheldon Hanton;Nic Matthews;Scott Fleming

  • The Effects of a Multimodal Intervention Program on Performers: II. Training the Butterflies to Fly in Formation

    Sheldon Hanton;Graham Jones

  • Interpretation of Competitive Anxiety Symptoms and Goal Attainment Expectancies

    Graham Jones;Sheldon Hanton

  • Motivational correlates of mentally tough behaviours in tennis

    Daniel F. Gucciardi;Daniel F. Gucciardi;Ben Jackson;Sheldon Hanton;Machar Reid

  • The relationship between psychological skills usage and competitive anxiety responses

    David Fletcher;Sheldon M. Hanton

  • Perceived Control of Anxiety and its Relationship to Self-Confidence and Performance

    Sheldon Hanton;Declan Connaughton

  • Competitive anxiety responses in the week leading up to competition: the role of intensity, direction and frequency dimensions

    Sheldon Hanton;Owen Thomas;Ian Maynard

  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise

    Tim Pitt;Pete Lindsay;Owen Thomas;Mark Bawden

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen D. Mellalieu
Stephen D. Mellalieu Cardiff Metropolitan University
Daniel F. Gucciardi
Daniel F. Gucciardi Curtin University
Ian Maynard
Ian Maynard University of Essex
Clifford J. Mallett
Clifford J. Mallett University of Queensland
Richard C. Thelwell
Richard C. Thelwell University of Portsmouth
Craig R. Hall
Craig R. Hall University of Western Ontario

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