Staff Profile of Dr. Ross Roberts

Name:

Ross Roberts

Position:

Lecturer

Email:

ross.roberts@bangor.ac.uk

Location:

Padarn Building, Normal Site

Phone:

(01248) 38 8137

Research Group Membership

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Sports Science
MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
PhD Sport Psychology
BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist
BPS Chartered Psychologist
HPC Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist

Teaching modules

JXH2016 – Research Methods (Computational Statistics)
JXH2036 – Applied Psychological Issues
JXH400? – Supervised Experience
JXH400? – Exercise Psychology

Research areas

Personality; psychological skills; pseudoneglect and motor skill performance

Selected Publications

Woodman, T., Roberts, R., Hardy, L., Callow, N., & Rogers, C. H. (in press). There is an “I” in TEAM: narcissism and social loafing. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
Callow, N., Roberts, R., Bringer, J. D., & Langan, E. (2010). Coach education related to the delivery of imagery: Two interventions. The Sport Psychologist, 18, 277-299.
Roberts, R., Callow, N., Hardy L., Woodman, T., & Thomas, L. (2010). Interactive effects of different visual imagery perspectives and narcissism on motor performance. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 32, 499-517.
Callow, N., & Roberts, R (2010). Imagery research: An investigation of three issues. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 11, 325-329.
Roberts, R., & Turnbull, O. H. (2010). Putts that get missed on the right: Investigating lateralized attentional biases and the nature of putting errors in golf. Journal of Sports Sciences, 28, 361-367.
Hardy, L., Roberts, R., Thomas, P. R., & Murphy, S. M. (2010). Test of performance strategies: Instrument refinement using confirmatory factor analysis. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 11, 27-35.
Hardy, J., Roberts, R., & Hardy, L. (2009). Awareness and motivation to change negative self-talk. The Sport Psychologist, 23, 435-450.
Roberts, R., Callow, N., Hardy, L., Markland, D., & Bringer, J. (2008). Movement imagery ability: Development and assessment of a revised version of the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30, 200-221.
Callow, N., Roberts, R., & Fawkes, J. Z. (2006). Effects of dynamic and static imagery on vividness of imagery, skiing performance and confidence. Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity, 1, 1-13.

External Funding and awards

2010 – Bangor University College of Health and Behavioural Sciences travel bursary
2009 - Wellcome Trust student vacation bursary (£1,500) “Effects of imagery use and perfectionism on social physique anxiety and exercise behaviour in female exercisers”.
2009 - Sports Council for Wales, “Coach behaviours, psychological skills and training behaviours”. £34,350 awarded to Nichola Callow and Ross Roberts (co-investigators).
2007 – Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network, “Effects of an imagery intervention on student verbal presentation performance”. £5000 awarded to Nichola Callow and Ross Roberts.
2003 - 5th prize in the Young Investigators at the European College of Sport Science congress, Salzburg, Austria.
2002 - OV Jones bursary, “The effects of motivational imagery in a controlled exercise setting”. £1500 awarded to Ross Roberts and Nichola Callow.

Invited Presentations

Invited presentation at South Wales Sports Psychology Professional Development Group meeting (2008)
Two invited presentations at the 1st Irish performance climbing and coaching seminar (2008)

Peer reviews

Invited reviewer for international journals including Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, Journal of Sports Sciences, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, The Sport Psychologist, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.

Hobbies and interests

Climbing, golf, basketball, playing the piano, (and being a dad!)