It is fitting that we revisit the issue of professional accreditation just a year on from the passing of Professor Aidan Moran (1957-2020) who has been described as the father of Irish sport psychology. Aidan […]
Tag: Resilience
Be Like an Athlete: Dr Clodagh Butler discusses the thinking behind the Pan-European Study
Bouncing Back and Bouncing Forward My pathway through psychology has included the development of a rigorous research programme on a household term-resilience. As a PESS intern I conducted a feasibility study into an online resilience […]
Why Knowledge is Power? Innovative Knowledge Ecosystem to Seed Ideas for GOGREEN ROUTES H2020 Project on Urban Health – Tadhg MacIntyre
The year 2020 has brought into focus the concept of wicked problems-seemingly intractable challenges that are both complex and interconnected with other problems. COVID-19 had demonstrated in dramatic terms how human health is interconnected to […]
Beyond COVID19: A strength-based approach to athlete mental health and well-being: Dr. Tadhg MacIntyre
Timing is everything in sport-this applies to athletes’ synchrony in their 1,600 day Olympic cycle, their seasonal, meso-cycle and micro-cycle. When timelines shift it takes a great deal of adaptation for athletes. Athletes adapt all […]
“Looking past the Gold, Silver and Bronze, sport develops resilient individuals ready, willing and able for the workplace” Christopher Bryan
“Citius, Altius, Fortius” the Olympic motto suggests that sport is about achievement. However, the Olympic movement is about so much more than developing elite athletes. According to their own literature “the goal is clear: Develop […]
Publication: The what, how, where and when of resilience as a dynamic, episodic, self-regulating system: A response to Hill et al.(2018)
Research Summary Impact: In sport a seasons work is often narrowed down to a singular performance; the ability to buffer stress and persist in pressurised situations and on-going daily stressors is fundamental in any performing context, […]
The Path to Developing Ordinary Resilience – Christopher Bryan
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett (playwright) When was the last time you were stressed? Now think about the last time were so stressed you couldn’t think […]
New Publication: Relevance of Resilience across the domains of Sport & Work
Research Impact: In both Work and Sport arenas we are faced with a variety of challenging situations, ranging from on-going deadlines and family stress to career threatening injury and job-loss. Resilience has become a buzz word […]
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