
Kyle F ParadisUniversity of Ulster · School of Sport
Kyle F Paradis
PhD., M.Ed. M.H.K., B.A.[H].
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July 2019 - present
September 2018 - December 2018
July 2018 - June 2019
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The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a conceptually and psychometrically sound conflict questionnaire for sport. The development process involved 3 phases: (a) a qualitative phase, (b) a content and factorial validity phase and (c) a construct validity phase. A total of 50 items were generated and sent to 6 experts to determine cont...
The study of conflict has been of primary interest in various fields such as organisational psychology for decades (e.g. Barki & Hartwick, 2004). In sport psychology, however, conflict research has been almost nonexistent (Lavoi, 2007) with few exceptions (e.g. Holt et al., 2012; Sullivan & Feltz, 2001). The importance of understanding conflict in...
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship of harmonious and obsessive passion to perceptions of task and social cohesion in team sport athletes. Participants were 370 competitive (N=252) and recreational (N=118) athletes ranging from 18-to 28-years-old (Mage=20.20, SD=1.52) from a wide variety of team sports. Participants com...
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether cohesion served as a mediator between athlete leadership and athlete satisfaction in youth sport. Participants were 205 competitive youth sport athletes ranging from 13-17 years old (Mage = 15.01 years, SD = 1.27). Participants completed the Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS; Chelladurai & Sale...
Aims : The primary aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between organizational stressors and mental health and well-being indicators of the Irish Olympic Team before and after the “Tokyo 2020” Olympic Games. A secondary aim was to examine the differences in mental health and well-being between the athletes and staff of Team Irela...
Background Movement behaviours are consistently recognised as having long-term implications for health and wellbeing. Adolescence is often accompanied by diminishing bodily movement and an increased onset of depressive symptoms. Time Displacement dictates that when awake, altering time spent in one movement state (i.e., Sedentary, Light- Moderate-,...
Aims : The concept of psychological safety has received growing interest within a sport context in recent years. Despite a small but growing body of literature, there is still a lack of conceptual clarity, and thus research is needed to gain a better understanding of how psychological safety manifests in sport. Existing literature suggests psycholo...
Time attitudes refer to the way in which individuals feel about the past, present, and future and are associated with a range of health outcomes. In the present study, we examined the relationship between time attitudes and self-rated health, adjusted for a range of health indicators, sex, and a proxy for socio-economic status. Participants were sc...
Purpose
Enjoyable group-based physical activity programmes provide an engaging opportunity for older adults to experience healthy ageing promotion. To understand the programme delivery context, we explored how exercise instructors seek to make their existing sessions enjoyable.
Methods
A semi-structured interview guide was used to qualitatively in...
Background:
Physical activity (PA) can reduce young peoples' risk of depressive symptoms. Associations between PA and depressive symptoms are often investigated over timeframes spanning minutes to weeks. Less is known about whether childhood/adolescent PA can predict depressive symptoms in early adulthood.
Methods:
Using a nationally representat...
Physical activity (PA) is a modifiable health behaviour that can support and improve mental health. The tendency for activity levels to track over time suggests that through continued participation, those most active in youth may experience better long-term mental health than less active peers. Exploring the extent to which mental health benefits o...
The purpose of the present study was to examine the developmental experiences of high-performance coaches in Northern Ireland as a collective case study from an ecological perspective. Eight high-performance coaches from Northern Ireland were recruited and participated in semi-structured interviews. Each participant coached athletes at either World...
Parental support in youth sport has been associated with positive athlete outcomes, such as sport enjoyment and continued participation. Although research has demonstrated the significant and influential role parents fulfil in the youth sport context, there remains a dearth of theoretical frameworks detailing parental support in youth sport and an...
Research exploring athletes and coaches’ perceptions of parent involvement in youth sport has demonstrated the presence of maladaptive parent involvement in youth sport. This research has provided insights into inappropriate parenting practices displayed in the youth sport environment. However, representative of the broader sport parenting literatu...
The purpose of the present study was to examine the presence and longitudinal trends of relative age effects(RAEs) in prominent Irish youth sports (soccer and Gaelic football) through a combination of cross-sectional,quasi-longitudinal, and longitudinal analyses. First, cross-sectional analyses of representative Irish youthsoccer league squads (201...
The purpose of the present study was to assess the influence of the Irish Football Association’s “Ahead of the Game” coach education training programme on mental health literacy of youth football coaches in Northern Ireland, and to gain insights into coaches’ own role perceptions of providing mental health support for athletes. A total of 105 coach...
Introduction
The World Health Organisation recommends that children and adolescents engage in at least 60 min of moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity per day. Previous research has shown that physical activity is related to other constructs such as mental well‐being and self‐rated health. This study examined the inter‐relatedness of these constru...
Since sport officials constitute instrumental groups, their perceptions of, and interactions with, group members likely influence their performance, satisfaction, and retention. This warrants investigation into sport officiating groups. Rationale/Purpose: (1) Examine the relationship between sport officials' cohesion, satisfaction, and performance;...
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect that social media usage may have on social physique anxiety, and self-presentation in exercise. Specifically, the main research questions answered were whether overall social media usage (total time per week spent across individual social media platforms), online usage tendencies (obser...
In previous research, older adults reported they preferred enjoyable exercise programmes. The aim of this systematic review is to identify the components of enjoyable group-based physical activity interventions for older adults. Eleven electronic databases were searched in May 2021. Inclusion criteria were: Community-dwelling, ≥60 years of age, gro...
Parent-education programs in youth sport appear to provide an appropriate avenue to facilitate healthy parental involvement, enhance positive parental support, and help to relieve stressors placed on parents, coaches, and youth athletes. However, little is
known about the efficacy, design, and evaluation methods utilized in parent-education program...
In an effort to increase perceptions of cohesion among intercollegiate soccer players, a team-based mindfulness meditation program was undertaken. This team-building program was delivered by using a personal-disclosure mutual-sharing approach. A total of 31 female intercollegiate soccer players from two teams participated. Assigned to the intervent...
Many individuals are passionate for physical activity such as cycling, running, and soccer. Drawing from the dualistic model of passion, the purpose of the present study was to examine the direct and indirect relationships between passion (harmonious and obsessive) for physical activity, life satisfaction, performance, and innovativeness in organis...
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between passion and imagery use in competitive youth gymnastics. The participants included 245 (male, n = 10; female, n = 235) gymnasts between the ages of 7-16 years participating in women's artistic gymnastics (n = 221), men's artistic gymnastics (n = 7), as well as trampoline and t...
In high performance team sports, athletes compete with athletes from other teams (e.g., game, event) but also with teammates (e.g., for playing time). The aim of the present study was to: a) present a conceptual framework to further the understanding of positional competition (i.e., the competition for playing time), and b) present the development...
The chapter addresses a number of issues related to leadership power in football including conceptual definitions, theoretical approaches, measurement, perceptions, and researchers examining leadership power in sport with an emphasis on football. Despite the plethora of research on leadership in sport, an overlooked aspect that forms the nature of...
Understanding factors that influence sport officials’ performance is vital to ensuring fair sport competition. Through semi-structured interviews (N = 17), we explored officials’ perceptions of group processes that occurred among ice hockey officiating teams. Participant responses revealed numerous ways that group processes were present within offi...
Athlete burnout symptoms are detrimental to athlete well-being. Obsessive passion has been identified as an antecedent of athlete burnout, with basic psychological need satisfaction potentially mediating this process. The aim of the current research was to extend on previous work and examine whether the relationship between passion and athlete burn...
Attitudes, and attitudinal change towards persons with disabilities, is an important area of research as it can potentially enable greater understanding of the constraints that may preclude full participation in society. In the realm of sport and recreation mega sporting events have been suggested as a potential catalyst for positive societal chang...
The present study tested a theoretical model of the correlates of role ambiguity of major sport event volunteers. The sample consisted of 328 volunteers involved with the 2012 Ontario Summer Games. Participants completed an on-line questionnaire post-Games that included measures of role ambiguity, role difficulty, training, supervision, effort, per...
The primary purpose of the current study was to determine whether perceptions of cohesion mediated the relationship between social acceptance and individual commitment and enjoyment in children’s sport. A secondary purpose involved the assessment of the temporal nature of cohesion over the course of an athletic season. A total of 209 (Mage = 9.87 y...
Individuals often pursue activities for which they are passionate, and this passion is operationalized as being harmonious (an autonomous desire to engage in the activity) or obsessive (a controlled desire to engage in the activity) in nature (Vallerand et al., 2003). With regard to harmonious passion, Vallerand et al. (2003) suggests that it is fo...
The association of being at home with feelings of increased physical comfort, safety, and psychological well-being are reflected in a wealth of popular expressions and sayings, such as Home free; Home is where the heart is; East–west, home is best; Home sweet home; There's no place like home. Thus, it is hardly surprising that the term home advanta...
The general objectives of the present article are to provide an
overview of the group dynamics phenomenon known as “cohesion”
and convey useful information to practitioners with regard to its
conceptualization, measurement, and development. Within these
broad areas, a focus is placed on recent advances in our understanding
of cohesion in sport by d...
ALOHA! The annual conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) took place on 7–9 June 2012 at the Marriott Waikiki Beach Hotel, right on the famous Waikiki beach in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii. Everyone was well versed with the phrases ‘Aloha’ which has a variety of meanings mainly a greeting o...
This article provides a general overview and presents various effective
methods for developing and implementing team building programs
based on different desired outcomes in sport. Specifically, a
background on team building is provided, followed by the presentation
of different outcomes and benefits found in previous successful
team building progr...