Dr. Joanne Hudson

Head of Department Senior Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Psychology
Photograph of Dr. Joanne Hudson.

Contact

Email: jet@aber.ac.uk
Phone: 01970628629

Profile

Joanne received a BA (Hons) in Physical Education and Educational Studies from the University of Wales, Bangor in 1990, followed by a PGCE (Y Coleg Normal, Bangor) and a PhD in Developmental Sport Psychology, also from the University of Wales, Bangor. She is a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, Registered Psychologist, Chair of the British Psychological Society Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology and past Chair of the BPS Standing Committee for CPD, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Joanne has taught in sport & exercise science since 1996 and has acted as sport psychology consultant to athletes from a range of sports, including those at international standard. She has recently co-edited a book on Coping and Emotion in Sport, published by Nova Science Publishers and co-authored a book on Sport & Exercise Science, published by Learning Matters.

Research

Principal Areas of Interest:

Self and other perception in sport and exercise, focusing on impression management, stress experiences, exercise identity and obsesity perceptions. Psychophysiological and affective responses to exercise and competitive stress focusing on the effects of mirrored exercise environments, personality and motivation influences, often using Reversal Theory to interpret these. Exercise motivation in clinical and non-clinical populations, for instance, motivational patterns in habitual exercisers and patients attending a falls prevention exercise programme.

Staff Publications

Legrand, F. D., & Thatcher, J. (2011). Acute mood responses to a 15min-long walking session at self-selected intensity: effects of an experimentally-induced telic or paratelic state. Emotion, 11(5), 1040-1045. 

Rahman, R., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C.E., Doust, J., & Thatcher, J. (2011). Changes in need satisfaction and motivation orientation as predictors of psychological and behavioural outcomes in exercise referral. Psychology and Health, 1-19. DOI:10.1080/08870446.2010.538849

Kuroda, Y., Thatcher, J., & Thatcher, R. (2011). Metamotivational state and dominance: Links with EMG gradients during exercise and a test of the misfit effect. Journal of Sports Sciences, 29, 403-410. DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.537673.

Thatcher, J., Kuroda, Y., Legrand, F. D., & Thatcher, R. (2011). Stress responses during aerobic exercise in relation to metamotivational dominance and state. Journal of Sports Sciences, 29, 299-306. DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.534808

Akehurst, S., & Thatcher, J. (2010).  Narcissism, social anxiety, and self-presentation in exercise.  Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 130-135.

Thatcher, J., Kuroda, Y., Thatcher, R., & Legrand, F.D. (2010).  Perceptual and cognitive responses during exercise: Relationships with metamotivational state and dominance.  European Journal of Sports Sciences, 10, 188-207.

Walker, N.C., Thatcher, J., & Lavallee, D. (2010).  A preliminary development of the Re-Injury Anxiety inventory (RIAI).  Physical Therapy in Sport, 11, 23-29.

Woods, B., & Thatcher, J. (2009).  A qualitative exploration of substitutes' expereinces in soccer.  The Sport Psychologist, 23, 451-469.

Thatcher, J., Thatcher, R., Day, M.C., Portas, M., & Hoodm S. (2009).  An introduction to sport and exercise science. Exeter: Learning matters.

Tod, D., Thatcher, J., & Rahman, R. (2010). Sport psycholgy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Day, M.C., & Thatcher, J. (2009). “I'm really embarrassed that you’re going to read this but...": Reflections on using diaries in qualitative research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 6, 249-259.

Thatcher, J., Thatcher, R., Day, M.C., Portas, M., & Hood, S. (2009). An introduction to sport & exercise science. Exeter: Learning Matters.

Legrand, F. D., Bertucci, W.M., & Thatcher, J. (2009). Telic dominance influences affective response to a heavy-intensity 10-min treadmill running session. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27(10), 1059-1067.

Tod, D.A., Thatcher, R., McGuigan, M., & Thatcher, J. (2009). Effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on the vertical jump. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 23(1), 196-202.

Thatcher, J., & Day, M. (2008). Re-appraising stress appraisals: The underlying properties of stress in sport. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 9, 318-335.

Thatcher, J., Kerr, J., Amies, K., & Day, M. (2007). A Reversal Theory analysis of psychological responses during sports injury rehabilitation. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 16, 343-362.

Walker, N. Thatcher, J. & Lavallee, D.  (2007).  Psychological responses to injury in competitive sport: a critical review.  The Journal of Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 127, 174-180.

Day, M., Thatcher, J., Greenlees, I., & Woods, B. (2006). The causes of and psychological responses to lost move syndrome. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 18, 151-166.

Males, J. R., Kerr, J. H., Thatcher, J., & Bellew, E. (2006). Team process and players?  Psychological responses to failure in a national volleyball team. The Sport Psychologist, 20, 275-294.

Edwards, D.F., & Thatcher, J. (2004). A Student-Centred Tutor-Led Approach to the Teaching of Research Methods. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 28 , 195-206.

Hagger, M.S., Chatzisarantis, N., Griffin, M., & Thatcher, J. (2005). Injury representations, coping, emotions, and functional outcomes in athletes with sport related injuries: A test of self-regulation theory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 2345-2374.

Lavallee, D., Thatcher, J.,& Jones, M. (Eds.) (2004). Coping and emotion in sport. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

 Thatcher, J. (2004). Stress, challenge, and impression management among sports officials. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 1, 26-35.

Tod, D., & Thatcher, J.  (2005). Challenges for the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology: reflections in Anderson and Lavallee (2005). Sport & Exercise Psychology Review,1,50-52.

Thatcher, J., Thatcher, R., & Dorling, D. (2004). Gender differences in the pre-competition temporal patterning of anxiety and hormonal responses. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 44, 300-308.