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Dr Tom Williams

Senior Lecturer in Sport Psychology

Dr Tom Williams

About Research

Email: tom.williams@stmarys.ac.uk
Tel: 020 8240 4276

Biography

Tom completed his PhD in the psychology of sport injury in 2020 from Cardiff Metropolitan University. His research centres on the role of psychosocial factors on recovery outcomes following sports injuries. In addition to his research experience, Tom has conducted a significant amount of applied sport psychology practice, which includes working with professional and international athletes in preparation for major tournaments (e.g., World Cups and Commonwealth Games).


Research

Research profile

Research Group Affiliation 

Centre for Applied Performance Science(Injury and Rehabilitation)

https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/research/centres/applied-performance-sciences/injury-and-rehabilitation.aspx

Twitter : @StMarys_CAPS

Santi, G., Williams, T., Mellalieu, S.D., Wadey, R., & Carraro, A. (2024). The athlete psychological well-being inventory: Factor equivalence with the sport injury-related growth inventory. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 74, 102656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102656.

Williams, T., Evans, L., Robertson, A., Hardy, L., Roy, S., & Lewis, D. (2021). Distinguishing characteristics between high and low adherence patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A qualitative examination. The Sport Psychologist, 36, 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2020-0035

Smothers, N., Cropley, B., Hanton, S., McKay, A., & Williams, T. (2021). (Re)conceptualising effective teaching in further education: An exploratory study. Journal of Further and Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2021.1986622

Williams, T., Evans, L., Hardy., L., Robertson, A, Roy, S., Lewis, D., & Glendinning, F. (2020). The role of optimism and psychosocial factors in athletes from ACL injury: A longitudinal study. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2:116. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.00116

Cropley, B., Baldock, L., Hanton, S., Gucciardi, D., McKay, A., Neil, R., & Williams, T. (2020). Learning to thrive in sport: A multi-study exploration of the development of hardiness in sport coaches. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1823. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01823

Williams, T., Burley, D., Evans, L, Robertson, A., Hardy, L., Roy, S., & Lewis, D. (2020). The structural validity of the IKDC and its relationship with quality of life following ACL reconstruction. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 30, 1748–1757. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13738

 

Invited Book Chapters

Griffin, L., Moll, T., Williams, T., & Evans, L. (2020). Rehabilitation from sport injury: A social support perspective. In Z. Zenko & L. Jones (Eds.), Essentials of Exercise and Sport Psychology: An Open Access Textbook (pp. 734-758). Society for the Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology.

Ledingham, K., Williams, T., & Evans, L. (2020). Experimental psychological response to injury studies: Why so few? In R. Wadey (Ed.), Sport Injury Psychology: Cultural, Relational, Methodological, and Applied Considerations (pp. 155-171). Routledge.

Williams, T., Evans, L., & Robertson, A. R., (2014). Psychological factors in the recovery from reconstructive surgery. British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine Newsletter, 29, 15.


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