Mariana KaiselerManchester Metropolitan University | MMU · Institute of Sport
Mariana Kaiseler
PhD Performance Psychology
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
September 2013 - present
Position
- Reviewer, Evaluator.
Description
- -Expert reviewer, rapporteur and evaluator for the Commission Research Executive Agency (REA) - Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
March 2011 - February 2012
Position
- Research Fellow in Psychology
Description
- Researcher in the area of Stress among Bus drivers and First Responders in the projects: MISC- Funded by Foundation of Science and Technology and MIT Portugal. Vital Responder- Funded by Foundation of Science and Technology and CMU Portugal.
September 2010 - December 2013
Position
- Marie Curie Research Fellow
Description
- - Marie Curie and Foundation of Science and Technology, Portugal Fellow. - PI of the SCOPE Project. - Co- PI of the VOCE Project. - Member of the multidisciplinary team of the Future Cities Project.EU
Education
September 2009 - May 2010
September 2006 - September 2009
September 2001 - September 2001
Publications
Publications (45)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between mental toughness, stressor appraisal, coping strategies and coping effectiveness among a sample of athletes. Participants were 482 athletes (male n = 305; female n = 177), aged between 16 and 45 years (M age = 20.44 years, SD = 3.98). In support of a priori predictions, mental...
In this study, we examined the influence of the Big Five personality dimensions (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness,Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) on the appraisal (intensity, control) of a self-selected stressor, coping, andperceived coping effectiveness. Participants were 482 athletes (305 males, 177 females) who played a va...
The experience of daily stress among bus drivers has shown to affect physical and psychological health, and can impact driving behavior and overall road safety. Although previous research consistently supports these findings, little attention has been dedicated to the design of a stress detection method able to synchronize physiological and psychol...
In this study, we examined the influence of the Big Five personality dimensions (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) on the appraisal (intensity, control) of a self-selected stressor, coping, and perceived coping effectiveness. Participants were 482 athletes (305 males, 177 females) who played a...
The role of dispositional mindfulness on stress in student-athletes and factors that mediate this relationship has yet to be examined. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the facets of mindfulness and life stress in student-athletes and whether these relationships are mediated through coping effective...
Research on social support with sports coaches is limited, yet the benefits of social support on performance and well-being within other occupations have been widely reported. This study explored sports coaches’ social support resources over a six-week period to understand how social support resources may alleviate stressors. Longitudinal data were...
Introduction
A rising trend has occurred in the physical and mental health challenges faced by recovering UK service personnel. To support these individuals, bespoke inclusive multiactivity and adventurous training courses (MAC) have been developed. This study investigated the MAC’s influence on participants’ ability to sustain day-to-day changes t...
This study determined the validity, reproducibility and usability of a smartphone app – APPetite – for the measure of free-living, subjective appetite. Validity was assessed compared with the criterion tool of pen-and-paper visual analogue scale (VAS) (n=22). Appetite was recorded using APPetite and VAS, one immediately after the other, upon waking...
Research attention has been directed toward coaches’ stressor experiences, yet less is known about the role of stress appraisals and psychological well-being (PWB). Considering the links between PWB, mental health, and retention in the coaching profession, this study will explore primary appraisals and PWB among sports coaches. Guided by our constr...
Approximately 200,000 coaches cease coaching each year in the United Kingdom alone. The reasons for this dropout are not fully understood, but they could be linked to the stressful nature of coaching and the potential for this to impede health and psychological well-being (PWB). The aim of this meta-synthesis is to systematically search for and dra...
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Objectives
Research on social support with sports coaches is limited, yet the benefits of social support within other occupations have been widely reported. This study explored sports coaches’ social network structures, the social support resources available to coaches, and the situations in which coaches use social support.
Design
Cross-sectional...
UK military personnel have faced increased demands over the last three decades; these have affected their wellbeing and caused multiple physical and mental health problems. Currently, bespoke rehabilitation systems may recommend participation in sports programmes. Although research attention has been drawn to the short-term positive effects of thes...
This study investigated stress, coping, and work engagement among Portuguese police officers while undergoing academy training and then 1 year later, when on duty. It was hypothesized that stress appraisal and coping preferences predicted engagement. Additionally, in order to test a full cross‐lagged prediction model, it was hypothesized that stres...
Background
Stress is a complex process with an impact on health and performance. The use of wearable sensor-based monitoring systems offers interesting opportunities for advanced health care solutions for stress analysis. Considering the stressful nature of firefighting and its importance for the community’s safety, this study was conducted for fir...
Coaching has been identified as a naturally stressful occupation and the dynamic nature of psychological stress could have an influence on an individual's psychological well being (PWB), which is an ongoing issue that could impact sports coaches (Fletcher & Scott, 2010). 1.5 million individuals engage in coaching in the UK every year; 3% in full t...
Occupational stress has been widely recognized as a global challenge and has received increased attention by the academic community. Ambulatory Assessment methodologies, combining psychophysiological measures of stress, offer a promising avenue for future prevention and/or rehabilitation stress research. Considering that policing is well known for...
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We investigated (1) the relationship between Type D personality, stress intensity appraisal of a self-selected stressor, coping, and perceived coping effectiveness and (2) the relationship between Type D personality and performance. In study one, 482 athletes completed the Type D personality questionnaire (DS14), stress thermometer and MCOPE in rel...
The stressor and coping experiences of full-time and paid coaches have been reported in the literature, yet researchers have largely overlooked the experiences of part-time and voluntary coaches who make a substantial contribution to the coaching workforce. This study aimed to begin addressing these voids by exploring volunteer, part-time and full-...
Anger and anxiety are basic, transcultural and adaptative human emotions (Darwin, 1872; Ekman & Friesen, 1971). These emotions, however, can become maladaptive and dysfunctional, when experienced excessively. Anger and anxiety are a multidimensional phenomenon that include physiological, cognitive, and behavioral components (Kassinove, 1995). Altho...
An increase in the number of students entering higher education has intensified the need for targeted strategies to support a wider range of student requirements. Current research suggests that emotional intelligence (EI) may be associated with academic success, progression and retention in university students but the use of EI screening as a prosp...
Objectives: Sports coaching can be an inherently stressful occupation because coaches must fulfill multiple roles and cope with various expectations. Further, stress and well-being have implications for coach performance. The objective of this study was, therefore, to conduct a systematic review of literature on stressors, coping, and well-being am...
We examined the independent and interactive effects of the Big-Five personality traits on dispositional coping and coping effectiveness among athletes. Participants were 400 athletes (mean age 22.97, s =7.00) from the United Kingdom. The athletes completed measures of personality, dispositional coping, and coping effectiveness. The Big-Five persona...
Purpose: Police in Europe are facing increased demands and diminished resources, and this is particularly prominent among Emergency Response Officers (EROs) working in poorer countries such as Portugal. Considering that daily stress and limited coping skills can result in detrimental consequences for officers´ health and society welfare, this study...
Despite research highlighting mindfulness as a potential protective factor against stress, no research has investigated its efficacy for life-stress management in student-athletes. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the five facets of dispositional mindfulness influence stress in student-athletes, and whether this is mediated by c...
Stress can negatively impact one’s health and well-being, however, despite the recent evolution in stress assessment research methodologies, there is still little agreement about stress conceptualization and assessment. In an attempt to summarize and reflect on this evolution, this paper aims to systematically review research evidence of ecological...
The experience of daily stress among bus drivers has shown to affect physical and psychological health, and can impact driving behavior and overall road safety. Although previous research consistently supports these findings, little attention has been dedicated to the design of a stress detection method able to synchronize physiological and psychol...
Introduction
It has been recommended (Allen, Greenlees, & Jones, 2011) that future research should consider how personality traits interact in determining specific types of sport related coping. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore what combinations of the Big-Five personality taxonomy are associated with sport-related coping.
Methods
Data was...
Public speaking is a widely requested professional skill, and at the same time an activity that causes one of the most common adult phobias (Miller and Stone, 2009). It is also known that the study of stress under laboratory conditions, as it is most commonly done, may provide only limited ecological validity (Wilhelm and Grossman, 2010). Previousl...
This study investigated the influence of stress appraisal and coping on work engagement levels (Absorption, Vigour, and Dedication) of police recruits. Participants were 387 men, ages 20 to 33 yr. (M = 24.1, SD = 2.4), in their last month of academy training before becoming police officers. Partially in support of predictions, work engagement was a...
This cross-cultural study investigated and compared the infl uence of hardiness in burnout among Portuguese and Brazilian nurses, as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory- Human Service Survey (MBI-HSS) and the Personal Views Survey (PVS). The sample consisted of 630 nurses working in hospitals (394 Portuguese, 236 Brazilians). The statistical...
Emotional stress is commonly experienced while speaking in public, producing changes to the various speech productions subsystems, affecting the speech signal in predictable ways and being easily conveyed to listeners. Speech stress indicators, however, are typically studied under laboratory settings, allowing little generalization to real life set...
Gender differences in coping in sport have received increased attention, but cross-sectional and retrospective designs of studies have provided equivocal results and limited conclusions in the area. To address this gap, two studies were conducted investigating stress, appraisal and coping in males and females when executing a golf-putting task. The...
Background:
Nurses' practice involves working in complex organizational settings and facing multiple stressors over time that can lead to burnout. This study aimed to identify predictors of burnout among nurses working in hospitals.
Method:
A sample of 1,157 participants from four hospitals in the city of Porto (Portugal) was investigated (78% w...
Stress is a major factor for the degradation of cardiac health in first responder professionals such as firefighters. Monitoring stress during real events might be the key for controlling this problem. In this paper we inspect how standard heart rate variability (HRV) measures are associated with the self-perception of stress of firefighters in act...
Police work is one of the most stressful occupations (McCarty, Zhao, & Garland, 2007). There are a variety of individual, job, departmental, and community factors that influence the stressors and strain experienced by police officers (Grawitch, Barber, & Kruger, 2010). The exposure of police officers to potential stress sources over time has been a...
First responders such as firefighters are exposed to extreme stress and fatigue situations during their work routines. It is thus desirable to monitor their health using wearable sensing but this is a complex and still unsolved research challenge that requires large amounts of properly annotated physiological signals data. In this paper we show tha...
This study investigated gender differences in appraisal and coping among a sample of male and female soccer players. Two hundred and seventy-one participants (male n = 138; female n = 133; M age = 20.16 years, SD = 2.97) rated stress intensity and perceived control, and completed the MCOPE (Crocker & Graham, 1995) in response to three different exp...
The aim of this chapter was to systematically review the recent literature (1990 to February 2009) on gender and coping in sport. In particular we examined gender differences in coping, whether males and females differed in the appraisal of stressors (e.g., stress intensity and perceived control of stress), and examined evidence for the situational...
Few studies have been conducted investigating the psychological benefits of exercise during pregnancy. Additionally, hormonal and cardiovascular responses to water-based and land-based exercise in pregnant women are different. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of a single bout of exercise on the mood of pregnant women participating i...
Projects
Projects (6)
This project will pilot a new educational initiative within the School of Sport that brings together undergraduate students, staff and female prisoners to learn from each other and create inclusive and transformative learning communities. This partnership working will support students and staff by challenging them and providing a unique opportunity for personal and professional development. To achieve this, students and staff will design, deliver and participate in a one-day educational workshop about health, physical activity (PA) and wellbeing alongside women prisoners and prison staff in a female-only prison in the UK. The intended outcomes of this project are twofold: (a) it will enrich the intellectual and cultural lives of the participants and our university as an educational institution; and (b) it will give prisoners empowering tools to take control over their health behaviours during and after custody.
Develop knowledge (e.g., individual factors and applied interventions) to understand performance and well-being in demanding contexts.
