James Beale
Senior Lecturer
Department of Bioscience and Sport , School Of Health, Sport And Bioscience
Programme Leader MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Sciences (Sport Psychology)
Areas Of Interest
- Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Green Exercise (Exercise in natural environments)
- Interventions within Applied Sport Psychology
- Athletes and Coaches Perceptions of Sport Psychology
- Exercise and Mental Health
- Sport & Exercise Psychology Media Comment
FUNDING
- BASES International Travel Grant 2011 - £500 awarded to travel to the World Congress of Sport Psychology
TEACHING
Study Sport Psychology at UEL
Scholarly activities
Conference Organiser:
2012 BASES Student Conference 12 - 14 April 2012 held at the University of East London
2012 Careers In Sport Conference Organiser 2 November 2012 held at the University of East London
External Examiner:
- Chief External Examiner University of West Of England School of Psychology
- External Examiner MSc Psychology of Sport and Exercise Roehampton University
Public Talks:
Beale, J.T (2012) The Psychology of Sport, at The Dana Centre, Science Museum, London
Beale, J.T (2007) New Year New You at The Dana Centre, Science Museum, London
MODULES
I am the module leader for the modules:
- SE 6015 Applied Sport Psychology
- SE7 008 Advanced Applied Sport Psychology
Publications
The last four years of publications can be viewed below.
Full publications list
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- The Autistic Experience of Exercising within Nature-Based Environments: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis Physical Activity and Health . 7 (1), pp. 115-131. https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.243
- A Qualitative Investigation Into the Impact of the Basketball Learning Intervention Programme (BLIP) on Disengaged Secondary School Students in the United Kingdom International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences. 3 (1), pp. 42-51. https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.730528
- ‘The world is best experienced at 18 mph’. The psychological wellbeing effects of cycling in the countryside: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 10 (1), pp. 32-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2017.1360381
- “I can do things now that people thought were impossible, actually, things that I thought were impossible”: A meta-synthesis of the qualitative findings on posttraumatic growth and severe physical injury. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. 56 (3), pp. 283-294. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000031
- Effect of Heartmath Workshop on Physiological Coherence, Sense of Coherence, Zone, Mood and Resilience Perceptions African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences. 21 (3), pp. 891-901
- Embedding knowledge of sport psychology: Case studies within professional cricket in: Wallis, James and Lambert, John (ed.) Becoming a Sports Coach. Routledge