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Stephen D. Mellalieu is affiliated with Cardiff Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with particular focus on subfields such as Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Surgery.

Their work covers a range of topics within sports science and psychology, including:

  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Frequently published in several academic journals, Mellalieu's work has appeared notably in:

  • Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
  • International Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • The Sport Psychologist
  • South African Journal of Sports Medicine

Some of the recent papers associated with their research include:

  • "Returning to Play after Prolonged Training Restrictions in Professional Collision Sports," 2020, International Journal of Sports Medicine
  • ""It's psychology Jim, but not as we know it!": The changing face of applied sport psychology," 2020, Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology
  • "The effectiveness of psychological skills training and behavioral interventions in sport using single-case designs: A meta regression analysis of the peer-reviewed studies," 2020, Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • "Learning to coach: An ecological dynamics perspective," 2022, International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching
  • "Stress and Mental Well-Being Experiences of Professional Football Coaches," 2021, The Sport Psychologist

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Mellalieu's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Adam M. Bruton
  • Sharief Hendricks
  • Giampaolo Santi
  • Ross Wadey
  • Isabel S. Moore

Best Publications

  • The influence of match location, quality of opposition, and match status on technical performance in professional association football

    Joseph B. Taylor;Stephen D. Mellalieu;Nic James;David A. Shearer

  • Possession as a performance indicator in soccer.

    P. D. Jones;Nic James;Stephen D. Mellalieu

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

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

  • Training load and fatigue marker associations with injury and illness: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

    Christopher M. Jones;Peter C. Griffiths;Stephen D. Mellalieu

  • Self-confidence and anxiety interpretation: A qualitative investigation

    Sheldon Hanton;Stephen D. Mellalieu;Ross Hall

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

    Stephen D. Mellalieu;Sheldon Hanton;David Fletcher

  • The development of position-specific performance indicators in professional rugby union

    Nic James;Stephen D Mellalieu;Nicholas M P Jones

  • Competition stress and emotions in sport performers: The role of further appraisals

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

  • Intensity and direction of competitive anxiety as a function of sport type and experience

    Stephen D. Mellalieu;Sheldon Hanton;Michael O'Brien

  • Recent developments in competitive anxiety direction and competition stress research

    Sheldon Hanton;Rich Neil;Stephen D. Mellalieu

  • Analysis of strategies in soccer as a function of European and domestic competition

    Nic James;Stephen D. Mellalieu;Chris Hollely

  • Psychological Skills Usage and the Competitive Anxiety Response as a Function of Skill Level in Rugby Union

    Richard Neil;Stephen D. Mellalieu;Sheldon Hanton

  • A conceptual framework of organizational stressors in sport performers

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

  • Competitive experience and performance status: an investigation into multidimensional anxiety and coping

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

  • Team performance indicators as a function of winning and losing in rugby union.

    Nicholas M.P. Jones;Stephen D. Mellalieu;Nic James

  • Emotions in Team Contact Sports: A Systematic Review

    Mickaël Campo;Stephen Mellalieu;Claude Ferrand;Guillaume Martinent

  • Advances in applied sport psychology : a review

    Stephen D. Mellalieu;Sheldon Hanton

  • Managing player load in professional rugby union: a review of current knowledge and practices.

    Kenneth L. Quarrie;Martin Raftery;Josh Blackie;Christian J. Cook

  • A Review of Single-Case Research in Sport Psychology 1997–2012: Research Trends and Future Directions

    Jamie B. Barker;Stephen D. Mellalieu;Paul J. McCarthy;Marc V. Jones

  • The effects of a motivational general-arousal imagery intervention upon preperformance symptoms in male rugby union players

    Stephen D. Mellalieu;Sheldon Hanton;Owen Thomas

  • Emotional Labeling and Competitive Anxiety in Preparation and Competition

    Stephen D. Mellalieu;Sheldon Hanton;Graham Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheldon Hanton
Sheldon Hanton Cardiff Metropolitan University
Marc V. Jones
Marc V. Jones Manchester Metropolitan University
Aidan Moran
Aidan Moran University College Dublin
Martyn Standage
Martyn Standage University of Bath
Athanasios Papaioannou
Athanasios Papaioannou University Of Thessaly
Maria Kavussanu
Maria Kavussanu University of Birmingham
Robert J. Schinke
Robert J. Schinke Laurentian University
James Hardy
James Hardy Bangor University
Paul S. Holmes
Paul S. Holmes Manchester Metropolitan University

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