Laura Healy

Experience

• 2024–present
  Associate professor, Nottingham Trent University
• 2017–2024
  Senior lecturer, Nottingham Trent University
• 2014–2017
  Lecturer, Newman University
• 2010–2011
  Research associate, University of Birmingham
• 2009–2010
  Research assistant, Bangor University

Education

• 2015 
  University of Birmingham, PhD Sport Psychology
• 2010 
  Bangor University, MSc Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology
• 2008 
  Bangor University, BSc Sport Science

Publications

• 2024
  “There’s only room for one of us in this relationship”: Examining the role of the dark triad in high-performance dyad., Personality and Individual Differences
• 2024
  Goal-setting practices in sport psychology: An investigation of practitioner experiences. , Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
• 2024
  Motivational Profiles and their relation to Wellbeing, Burnout, and Drop-out Intentions in University Football Players in the UK: A Mixed Methods Approach, Psychology of Sport & Exercise
• 2024
  Determining factors of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study, PLoS ONE
• 2024
  Mental Health in Women’s Football: Utilising a mixed methods approach, International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
• 2024
  What Effect do Goal Setting Interventions have on Physical Activity and Psychological Outcomes in Insufficiently Active Adults? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Journal of Physical Activity and Health
• 2023
  The application of Goal Setting Theory to goal setting interventions in sport: A systematic review, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology
• 2023
  Embedding physical activity into community-based peer support groups for those severely affected by mental illness, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2022
  “From everything to nothing in a split second”: Elite youth players’ experiences of release from professional football academies. , Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
• 2022
  Interpersonal perceptions of personality traits in elite coach-athlete relationships, Psychology of Sport & Exercise
• 2021
  Nine Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study Showing Mental Health and Movement Behaviours Are Impaired in UK Students, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2020
  Mental health and movement behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK university students: Prospective cohort study, Mental Health and Physical Activity
• 2020
  Goal motives and well-being in student athletes: A person-centered approach., Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
• 2019
  'Think football': exploring a football for mental health initiative delivered in the community through the lens of personal and social recovery. , Mental Health and Physical Activity
• 2019
  An ethnographic study exploring football sessions for medium-secure mental health service-users: utilising the CHIME conceptual framework as an evaluative tool, Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
• 2016
  Goal motives and multiple-goal striving in sport and academia: a person-centered investigation of goal motives and inter-goal relations, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
• 2015
  Predicting subsequent task performance from goal motivation and goal failure, Frontiers in Psychology
• 2014
  Goal striving and well-being in sport: the role of contextual and personal motivation, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
• 2014
  Self-regulatory responses to unattainable goals: the role of goal motives, Self and Identity
• 2014
  When the going gets tough: the "why" of goal striving matters, Journal of Personality

Grants and Contracts

• 2024
  The Mental Health And Well-Being Of Swimming Coaches In The United Kingdom.

  Role:

  Co-Investigator

  Funding Source:

  British Swimming Coaches Association

• 2024
  The mental health experiences of academy players facing deselection.

  Role:

  Co-Investigator

  Funding Source:

  International Centre for Sport Studies - FIFA Research Scholarship

• 2023
  Evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of elite athlete mental health support services in the United Kingdom

  Role:

  Co-Investigator

  Funding Source:

  IOC Olympic Studies Centre

• 2021
  An evaluation of Rethink Mental Illness’ Physical Health Navigation Project

  Role:

  Co-Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Rethink Mental Illness

• 2021
  Understanding BUCS Football Athletes - Motivations and Profiles.

  Role:

  Co-Investigator

  Funding Source:

  British University and College Sport

• 2019
  Psychological safety, fear of failure and resilience in a national sport organisation

  Role:

  Co-Investigator

  Funding Source:

  The English FA

• 2018
  Understanding the "I" and the "team": An examination of both individual and team goal motives in the pursuit of shared goals

  Role:

  Primary Investigator

  Funding Source:

  British Academy

• 2018
  Impact of Embedding Physical Activity into Peer Support Groups

  Role:

  Primary Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Rethink Mental Illness

Professional Memberships

• British Association of Sport & Exercise Scientists