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
MSc Sport Psychology
Our BASES (PSES) endorsed MSc immerses you into sport psychology in a supportive and challenging way.
Study MSc Sport PsychologyMODULES
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