Research Interests

Imagery and collective efficacy in sport

Sensation seeking and craving in extreme sports

Research Activities

Imagery use in teams

Craving in extreme sport

Rugby Research Project (ESRC Funded research project in collaboration with University of Glamorgan).

Administration Duties

Departmental Committees (Research, Learning and Teaching, Ethics)

School Teaching and Learning Committee

Recent Publications

1. Mellalieu, S.D., Hanton, S., & Shearer, D.A. (2008). Hearts in the fire, heads in the fridge: A qualitative investigation into the temporal patterning of the precompetitive psychological response in elite performers. Journal of Sport Sciences, 26, 811-824.

2. Roderique-Davies, G., Mayer P., Hall R., Shearer, D. A., Thomson R., & Hall, G. (2008). New teams, old enemies? A study of social identification in Welsh rugby supporters. Contemporary Wales, 21, 187-206.

3. Roderique-Davies, G., & Shearer, D. A. (2007). The key features of effective drug, alcohol and tobacco education: The absence of craving. Psychology of Education Review, 31, 21-29.

4. Shearer, D.A., Mellalieu, S.D., Thomson, R., & Shearer, C.R. (2008). The effects of an imagery intervention with motivational general mastery content upon collective efficacy perceptions for a novel team task. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 27, 293-311.

5. Shearer, D. A., Thomson, R., Mellalieu, S. D., & Shearer, C. R. (2007). The relationship between imagery function and collective efficacy in elite and non elite athletes. Journal of Sport Science and Medicine, 6, 180-187.

6. Taylor, J. B., Mellalieu, S.D., James, N.J., & Shearer, D.A. (2008). The influence of match location, quality of opposition, and match status on technical performance in professional association football. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26, 885-895.

Recreation and Sport

Rock climbing, mountaineering, skiing, running and mountain biking