Staff Profile of Lew Hardy

Name:

Lew Hardy

Position:

Research Professor

Email:

l.hardy@bangor.ac.uk

Location:

George Building, Normal Site

Phone:

(01248) 38 2823

Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance

Professional Qualifications:

Image of BASES logo Professor of Health and Human Performance; BASES accredited for sport psychology research and support; BPS chartered; postgraduate certificate in education; UIAGM international mountain guide’s carnet.

Research Areas:

Stress and performance; processes underlying imagery effects; goal-setting and motivation; psychological factors in injury and rehabilitation; transformational leadership and other group processes.

External Consultancy:

British Olympic Association; British Gymnastics Association; member of Sport England’s World Class Advisors panel; Sports Council for Wales; Bausch and Lomb, Signet, Ericsson, and Safeways (all through Lane 4 Management Group).

Research Income:

• 2007. Ministry of Defence grant for a research project on Infantry Battle School Training and Leadership. Value £90k, including full institutional costs.

• 2004. Ministry of Defence grant for a research project on Infantry training. Title: A study into Infantry Training Centre (ITCI), Catterick coaching initiatives. Value £125k, including full institutional costs plus 56% overheads.

• 2003. Teaching Company Award for a collaborative research project with the Lane4 Management Group on high performance environments. Project aim: To develop, validate and ‘bring to market’ a quantifiable model linking business people practices to financial performance in different market sectors. Value £100k, including full institutional costs plus 40% overheads.

• 2001. Supervisor for an Economic and Social Research Council Competition Studentship awarded to Anna Waters for a PhD. Title: Role of self-confidence in rehabilitation and the recovery of motor performance. Value £40k.
• 2001. Ministry of Defence grant for a collaborative research project with the Institute of Naval Medicine. Title: Evaluation of Royal Marines recruit instructor leadership training: Effects on organisational climate and performance. Value £30k, including full institutional costs plus 56% overheads.

Selected publications:

• Ingledew, D.K., Wray, J.L., Markland, D., and Hardy, L. (2005). Work-related goal perceptions and affective well-being. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 101-122.
• Rees, T., Ingledew, D.K., and Hardy, L. (2005). Attribution in sport psychology: seeking congruence between theory, research and practice. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 6, 189-204.
• Mullen, R., Hardy, L., & Tattersall, A. (2005). The effects of anxiety on motor performance: A test of the conscious processing hypothesis. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 27, 212-225.
• Woodman, T., & Hardy, L. (2005). Tenenbaum and Becker’s Critique: Much ado about nothing. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 27, 382-392.
• Hardy, J., Hall, C.R., & Hardy, L. (2005). Quantifying athlete self-talk. Journal of Sport Sciences.
• Hardy, L. & Moriarty, T. (2005). Shaping self-concept: The elusive importance effect. Journal of Personality.

• Beattie, S., Hardy, L. and Woodman, T. (2004). Relationship between self-confidence an performance: The role of the self. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26, 427-441.
• Callow, N. & Hardy, L. (2004). The relationship between kinaesthetic imagery and different visual imagery perspectives. Journal of Sports Sciences, 22, 167-177.
• Hardy, L., Woodman, T., & Carrington, S. (2004). Is self-confidence a bias factor in higher-order catastrophe models? An exploratory analysis. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 359-368.
• Rees, T. and Hardy, L. (2004). Matching social support with stressors: Effects on factors underlying performance in tennis. Psychology of sport and Exercise, 5, 319-337.
• Woodman, T., & Hardy, L. (2003). The relative impact of cognitive anxiety and self-confidence upon sport performance: a meta-analysis. Journal of Sports Sciences, 21, 443-457.

Keynote and Invited Addresses:

2004 - European Conference of ICHPER. Antalya, Turkey.
2004 - Alison White Inaugural Memorial Lecture. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

2003 - Keynote Address at the Army Training and Recruiting Agency Conference. Sandhurst, UK.
2002 - Invited Address at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. Baltimore, USA.

Editorships and Editorial Board Membership:

2001 to 2003 - Associate Editor for Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

1998 to date - Editorial Board member of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

External Reviewing:

Distinguished Research Professor Appointments - Miami, Ohio (2006), Western Ontario (2006).

Ordinary Professorial Appointments - Hong Kong (2007), Griffiths, Brisbane (2005).

Working Party Membership:

2005 - Member of a Ministry of Defence working party on Armed Forces Remedial Training Policy in Phase 1 and 2 Establishments.

2004 - Member of the Army Training and Recruiting Agency’s Modernising Training Culture Steering Group.