Dr Nikos Ntoumanis PhD

Reader in Exercise and Sport Psychology

School of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 7981

Fax +44 (0)121 414 4121

Email n.ntoumanis@bham.ac.uk

School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

Dr Nikos Ntoumanis (pronounced "Doumanis") is interested in personal and contextual factors that optimise motivation and promote performance, psychological well-being and health-conducive behaviours in various physical activity settings (exercise, sport, physical education). His work is supported by funding from national and international research councils and charities and has received awards from various academic organisations.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Medical Sciences, University of Exeter, 1999
  • MSc in Sports Science, Loughborough University, 1995
  • British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist
  • British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Accredited Sport and Exercise Psychologists
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Biography

Dr. Nikos Ntoumanis was born in Kos, Greece, and has lived in the UK since 1993. After completing a PhD on the relationship between achievement motivation and anxiety in sport, he worked as a research assistant and lecturer in various institutions in the UK. He moved to Birmingham in 2001 to take up a Lectureship in Sport and Exercise Psychology. He is married and has two daughters.

Teaching

Dr. Ntoumanis's teaching is primarily in the second year of the BSc in Sport and Exercise Science. He is responsible for a compulsory module entitled Statistics for Sport and Exercise Science. He uses a wide variety of interactive teaching methods both in his lectures and in his computer labs and he is a strong advocate of learning through problem-solving and peer tutoring.

Postgraduate supervision

Dr. Ntoumanis has successfully supervised as a primary or secondary supervisor of nearly 15 PhD students. He is currently the primary supervisor of the following students: 

  • Heather McKee - Self-regulation and weight loss.
  • Johan Ng - Self-determination and weight loss. 
  • John Mahoney - Mental toughness. This is a Universitas 21 joint PhD with the University of Queensland, Australia.

Students interested for a PhD are directed to his findAPhD| page for available opportunities.

Research

  • Motivation in physical activity settings (exercise, sport, physical education)
  • Self-regulation of weight loss goals

External Funding

  • Testing a theory-based intervention designed to increase chronic low back pain patients’ adherence to physiotherapists’ recommendations: A randomised controlled trial (2010). Funded by Ireland's Health Research Board. Amount granted: € 189,267. (Collaborator).
  • When the going gets tough...Motivation and goal self-regulation. (2009). Funded by the ESRC. Amount granted: £98,925.43. (PI)
  • A psychological intervention fostering cardiovascular fitness, autonomous motivation and physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis. (2009). Funded by the MRC-led NPRI-3 initiative. Amount granted: £407,371. (Co-I)
  • Promoting Adolescent health through an intervention aimed at improving the quality of their participation in Physical Activity (PAPA). (2008). Collaborative research grant funded by the EU Commission Seventh Framework Programme (Health). Amount granted : Euros 2,980,686.00. (Co-I.).
  • Comparing coach, parental and peer motivational climates in youth sport: Implications for well-being, performance, and moral attitudes (2008). Funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Amount granted: £7,483.28. (PI)
  • The development and preliminary testing of a self-determination centred exercise consultation training program (2007).  South Birmingham Primary Care Trust. Amount granted £165,000.  (Co-I.)

Other activities

Consultancy

Dr. Ntoumanis offers statistical consultancy on a hourly or daily basis. He is familiar with all types of ANOVA/MANOVA designs, structural equation modelling, and multilevel analysis. Feel free to contact him for more details.

He also offers consultancy on any research projects that examine motivation-related questions.

Reviewing/ Examining Responsibilities

Dr. Ntoumanis is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise. He is also on the editorial board of several other journals (e.g., Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology). Dr. Ntoumanis has served a reviewer for over 60 academic journals (from the fields of sport and exercise psychology, health psychology, social psychology and educational psychology), various book proposals and grant applications. He has examined several PhD theses worldwide and served as external examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate taught courses. Dr. Ntoumanis is the Chief Assessor-Elect for the British Psychological Society’s (Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology) qualification in Sport and Exercise Psychology.

  • American Psychological Association (Member)
  • British Psychological Society (Member; Chartered Psychologist)
  • Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Member)
  • International Association of Applied Psychology (Member)
  • European Society of Health Psychology (Member)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (Affiliate)
  • International Society of Sport Psychology (Member)
  • European Federation of Sport Psychology (Member)
  • British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (Member; Accredited Sport and Exercise Psychologist)
  • North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (Member)
  • Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (Member)
  • Greek Society of Sport Psychology (Member)
  • Higher Education Academy (Fellow)

Publications

Book 

Ntoumanis, N. (2001). A step-by-step guide to SPSS for sport and exercise studies|. Routledge:London. ISBN: 0-415-24978-3

Book Chapters

Ntoumanis, N. (in press). A self-determination theory perspective on motivation in sport and physical education: Current trends and possible future research directions. In G.C. Roberts and D. C. Treasure (Eds). Motivation in sport and exercise: Volume 3. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Nicholls, A., & Ntoumanis, N. (2010). Traditional and new methods of assessing coping in sport. In Nicholls, A. (Ed.) Coping in sport: Theory, methods, and related constructs (pp. 35-51). Nova PubPshers.

Edmunds, J., Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L. (2007).Perceived autonomy support and psychological need satisfaction as key psychological constructs in the exercise domain. In M. Hagger & N.L.D. Chatzisarantis (Eds.) Self-determination in exercise and sport (pp. 35-51). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Ntoumanis, N., Vazou, S., & Duda, J.L. (2006). Peer-created motivational cPmate . In S. Jowett & D. Lavallee (Eds.) Social psychology in sport (pp. 145-156). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2005).After-school sport for children: ImpPcations of a task-involving motivational cPmate. In J.L.Mahoney, R. Larson, & J. Eccles (Eds.), Organized activities as contexts of development: Extracurricular activities, after-school and community programs (pp. 311-330). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Full-Paper Publications in Refereed Journals

(see Dr Ntoumanis' ePrints Repository page| for PDF copies of some of the articles posted below. If you cannot find the article you want, feel free to email Dr Ntoumanis| for a PDF copy )

  1. Ntoumanis, N., Taylor, I., & Thogersen-Ntoumani, C. (in press). A longitudinal examination of coach and peer motivational climates in youth sport: Implications for moral attitudes, well-being, and behavioral investment. Developmental Psychology.
  2. Standage, M., Gillison, F., & Ntoumanis, N. (in press). Predicting students’ physical activity and health-related well-being: A prospective cross-domain investigation of motivation across school physical education and exercise settings. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
  3. Quested, E., Bosch, J., Burns, V., Cumming, J., Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L. (in press). Basic need satisfaction, cognitive appraisals and dancers’ hormonal and emotional responses. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
  4. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Cumming, J., & Ntoumanis, N. (2012). Exercise imagery and its correlates in older adults. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 19-25.
  5. Adie, J., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2012). Perceived coach autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the well- and ill-being of elite youth soccer players: A longitudinal investigation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 13, 51-59.
  6. Bartholomew, K., Ntoumanis, N., Ryan, R., Bosch, J., & Thogersen-Ntoumani, C. (2011). Self-Determination theory and diminished functioning: The role of interpersonal control and psychological need thwarting Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1459–1473.
  7. Rouse, P., Ntoumanis, N., Duda, J.L., Jolly, K., & Williams, G.C. (2011). In the beginning: Ρole of autonomy support on the motivation, mental health and intentions of participants entering an exercise referral scheme. Psychology and Health, 26, 6, 729-749.
  8. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Ntoumanis, N., & Cumming, J., Chatzisarantis, N. (2011). When feeling attractive matters to women: The role of psychological need satisfaction and appearance-contingent self-worth in predicting appearance anxiety and unhealthy weight control. Motivation and Emotion, 35, 413-422.
  9. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Ntoumanis, N., & Cumming, J., Bartholomew, K., & Pearce, G. (2011). Can self-esteem protect against the deleterious consequences of self-objectification for mood and body satisfaction? An experimental study with young female exercisers. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33, 289-307.
  10. Lonsdale, C., Taylor, I., Sabiston, C., & Ntoumanis, N. (2011). Measuring student motivation for physical education: Examining the psychometric properties of the perceived locus of causality questionnaire and the situational motivation scale. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 12, 284-292.
  11. Smith, A., Ntoumanis, N., Duda, J.L., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2011). Goal striving, coping, and well-being in sport: A prospective investigation of the self-concordance model. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33, 124-145.
  12. Bartholomew, K., Ntoumanis, N., & Ryan, R., & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. (2011). Psychological need thwarting in the sport context: Development and initial validation of a psychometric scale. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33, 75-102. Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 7, 23-27.
  13. Bartholomew, K., Ntoumanis, N., & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. (2011). Self-Determination theory and the darker side of athletic experience: The role of interpersonal control and need thwarting.
  14. Arthur, C.A., Woodman, T., Ong, C.W., Hardy, L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2011). The role of athlete narcissism in moderating the relationship between coaches’ transformational leader behaviours and athlete motivation. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 33, 3-19.
  15. Ntoumanis, N. & Strauss, B. (2011). Psychology of Sport and Exercise: Current status and future aspirations. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 12, 345-346.
  16. Edmunds, J., Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L. (2010). Psychological Needs and the Prediction of Exercise-Related Cognitions and Affect among an Ethnically Diverse Cohort of Adult Women. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 8, 446-463.
  17. Ntoumanis, N., Taylor, I., & Standage, M. (2010). Testing a model of antecedents and consequences of defensive pessimism and self-handicapping in school physical education. Journal of Sports Sciences, 28, 1515-1525.
  18. Vlachopoulos, S., Ntoumanis, N., & Smith, A.L. (2010). The Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale: Translation and evidence for cross-cultural validity. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 8, 394-412.
  19. Tessier, D., Sarrazin, P., & Ntoumanis, N. (2010). The effects of a programme intended to support students’ needs on the overt behaviours of teachers, and students’ self-determined motivation and engagement in physical education. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 35, 242-253.
  20. Adie, J., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2010). Achievement goals, competition appraisals and the well-being of elite youth soccer players across two competitive seasons. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, 555-579.
  21. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Ntoumanis, N., & Nikitaras, N. (2010). Unhealthy weight control behaviours in adolescent girls: A process model based on Self-Determination Theory. Psychology and Health, 25, 535-550,
  22. Bartholomew, K., Ntoumanis, N., & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. (2010). The controlling interpersonal style in a coaching context: development and initial validation of a psychometric scale. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, 193-216.
  23. Taylor, I., & Ntoumanis, N., Standage, M., & Spray, C. (2010). Motivational predictors of physical education students’ effort, exercise intentions, and leisure-time physical activity: A multilevel linear growth analysis. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, 99-120.
  24. Smith, A.L., & Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L. (2010). An investigation of coach behaviors, goal motives, and implementation intentions as predictors of well-being in sport. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 22, 17-33.
  25. Barkoukis, V., Ntoumanis, N., & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. (2010). Developmental changes in achievement motivation and affect in physical education: growth trajectories and demographic differences. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 11, 83-90.
  26. Ntoumanis, N., & Thøgersen, E.C., & Smith, A. (2009). Achievement goals, self-handicapping and performance: A 2 x 2 achievement goal perspective. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27, 1471-1482.
  27. Ntoumanis, N., & Standage, M. (2009). Morality in sport: A Self-Determination Theory perspective. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 21, 365-380.
  28. Bartholomew, K., Ntoumanis, N., & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. (2009). A review of controlling motivational strategies from a Self-Determination Theory perspective: Implications for sports coaches. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2, 215-233.
  29. Ntoumanis, N., Barkoukis, V., & Thøgersen, E.C. (2009). Developmental trajectories of motivation in physical education: course, demographic differences and antecedents. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 717-728.
  30. Ntoumanis, N., & Standage, M.(2009). Motivation in physical education classes: A Self-determination theory perspective. (Invited for a special issue on “Applying self-determination theory to education: Philosophy, social contexts, and practice”). Journal of Research and Theory in Education, 7, 194-202.
  31. Jolly, K., Duda, J.L., Daley, A., Eves F.F., Mutrie, N., Ntoumanis, N., Rouse, P.C, Lodhia, R., Williams, G.C. (2009). Evaluation of a standard provision versus an autonomy promotive exercise referral programme: Rationale and study design. BMC Public Health, 9, 176, 1-9.
  32. Edmunds, J. Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L.D. (2009). Helping your clients and patients take ownership over their exercise: Fostering exercise adoption, adherence and associated well-being. ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal. (Invited paper), 13, 20-25.
  33. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Barkoukis, V., Ntoumanis, N., & Spray, C. (2009). The role of motivation to eat in the prediction of weight control behaviors in female and  male adolescents. Journal of Eating Behaviors, 10, 107-114.
  34. Ntoumanis, N., Edmunds, J., & Duda, J.L. (2009). Understanding the coping process from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective. British Journal of Health Psychology (Invited paper for the special issue on Theoretical Integration in Health Psychology: Unifying Ideas and Complimentary Explanations), 14, 249-260.
  35. Taylor, I., & Ntoumanis, N., & Smith, B. (2009). The social context as a determinant of teacher motivational strategies in physical education. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10, 235-243.
  36. Adie, J., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2008). Autonomy support, basic need satisfaction and the optimal functioning of adult male and female sport participants: A test of basic needs theory. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 189-199.
  37. Tessier, D., Sarrazin, P., & Ntoumanis, N. (2008). The effect of an experimental program to support students’ autonomy on the overt behaviours of physical education teachers. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 23, 239-253.
  38. Thøgersen, E.C., Ntoumanis, N., & Nikitaras, N. (2008). Typologies of Greek inactive older adults based on reasons for abstaining from exercise and conditions for change. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26, 1341-1350.
  39. Vallerand, R.J., Ntoumanis, N., Philippe, F., Lavigne, G., Carbonneau, N., Bonneville, A., & Lagacé-Labonté, C. (2008). On being a sport fan: The role of passion and a look at the 2006 World Soccer Cup. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26, 1279-1293.
  40. Lee, M.J., Whitehead, J., Ntoumanis, N., & Hatzigeorgiadis, A. (2008). Relationships between values, achievement orientations, and attitudes in youth sport. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 588-610.
  41. Adie, J., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2008). Achievement goals, competition appraisals and the psychological and emotional welfare of team-sport athletes: A multiple-goal approach. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 302-322.
  42. Edmunds, J., Ntoumanis, N. & Duda, J.L.D. (2008). Testing a self-determination theory based teaching style in the exercise domain. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 375-388.
  43. Taylor, I., Ntoumanis, N., & Standage, M. (2008). A self-determination theory approach to understanding antecedents of teachers’ motivational strategies in physical education. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 75-94.
  44. Taylor, I., & Ntoumanis, N. (2007). Teacher motivational strategies and student self-determination in physical education. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 747-760.
  45. Smith, A.L., Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L. (2007). Goal striving, goal attainment, and well-being: An adaptation of the Self-Concordance Model in sport. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 29, 763-782.
  46. Barkoukis, V., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. Ntoumanis, N., & Nikitaras-N. (2007). Achievement goals in physical education: Examining the predictive ability of five different dimensions of motivational climate. European Physical Education Review, 13, 267-285.
  47. Barkoukis, V., & Ntoumanis, N., Nikitaras, N. (2007). Comparing dichotomous and trichotomous approaches to Achievement Goal Theory: An example using motivational regulations as outcome variables. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 77, 683-702.
  48. Edmunds, J., Ntoumanis, N. & Duda, J.L.D (2007). Adherence and well-being in overweight and obese patients referred to an exercise on prescription scheme: A self-determination theory perspective. Psychology of Sport and Exercise (Invited paper for the Special issue on the application of self-determination theory to sport and physical activity), 8, 722-740.
  49. Lee, M.J., Whitehead, J. & Ntoumanis, N. (2007). Development of the Attitudes to Moral Decisions in Youth Sport Questionnaire. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 369-392.
  50. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., & Ntoumanis, N. (2007). A self-determination theory approach to the study of body image concerns, self-presentation and self-perceptions in aerobic instructors. Journal of Health Psychology, 12, 301-315.
  51. Burke, S. M., Carron, A. V., Eys, M. A., Ntoumanis, N., & Estabrooks, P. A. (2006). Group versus individual approach? A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity. Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 2, 19-35.
  52. Edmunds, J., Ntoumanis, N. & Duda, J.L.D. (2006). Examining exercise dependence symptomatology from a self-determination perspective. Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 887-903.
  53. Edmunds, J., Ntoumanis, N. & Duda, J.L.D. (2006). A test of self-determination theory in the exercise domain. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 2240-2265.
  54. Standage, M., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2006). Students’ motivational processes and their relationship to teacher ratings in school physical education: A self-determination theory approach. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 77, 100-110.
  55. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., & Ntoumanis, N. (2006). The role of self-determined motivation to the understanding of exercise-related behaviours, cognitions and physical self-evaluations. Journal of Sports Sciences, 24, 393-404.
  56. Vazou, S., Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L. (2006). Predicting young athletes’ motivational indices as a function of their perceptions of the coach- and peer-created climate. Psychology of Sport & Exercise (Invited paper for the special issue on Interpersonal Relationships in Sport), 7, 215-233.
  57. Ntoumanis, N. (2005). A prospective study of participation in optional school physical education based on self-determination theory. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 444-453.
  58. Ntoumanis, N., & Vazou, S. (2005). Peer motivational climate in youth sport: Measurement development. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 27, 432-455.
  59. Standage, M., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2005). A test of self-determination theory in school physical education. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 75, 411-433.
  60. Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Fox, K.R., & Ntoumanis, N. (2005). Relationships between exercise and three components of mental well-being in corporate employees. Psychology of Sport & Exercise ,6, 609-627.
  61. Vazou, S., Ntoumanis, N., & Duda, J.L. (2005). Peer motivational climate in youth sport: A qualitative inquiry. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 6, 497-516.
  62. Jowett, S., & Ntoumanis, N. (2004). The Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q): development and initial validation. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport, 14, 245-257.
  63. Ntoumanis, N., & Aggelonidis, Y. (2004). A psychometric evaluation of the group environment questionnaire in a sample of elite and regional level greek volleyball players. European Physical Education Review, 10, 261-278.
  64. Ntoumanis, N., Pensgaard, A.M., Martin, C. & Pipe, K. (2004). An ideographic analysis of amotivation in compulsory school physical education. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 26, 197-214.
  65. Polman, P., Pieter, W., Bercades, L. T., & Ntoumanis, N. (2004). Relationship between psychological and biological factors and physical activity and exercise behavior in Filipino students. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2, 81-97.
  66. Reinboth, M., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2004). Dimensions of coaching behavior, need satisfaction, and the psychological and physical welfare of young athletes. Motivation and Emotion, 28, 297-313.
  67. Wallhead, T., & Ntoumanis, N. (2004). Effects of a sport education intervention on students’ motivational responses in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 23, 4-18.
  68. Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2003). Correlates of achievement goal orientations in physical education. International Journal of Educational Research, 39, 415-436 (Invited paper for the special Issue on Goal Orientation in Education).
  69. Jowett, S & Ntoumanis, N. (2003) The Greek Coach - Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (GrCART-Q): Scale development and validation. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 34, 101-124.
  70. Kavussanu, M., & Ntoumanis, N. (2003). Participation in sport and moral functioning: Does ego orientation mediate the relationship? Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 25, 501-518.
  71. Kim, M., Duda, J. L., & Ntoumanis (2003). Examination of the Validity and Reliability of the Korean Approach to Coping in Sport. International Journal of Applied Sports Science, 15, 36-55.
  72. Nikitaras, N., & Ntoumanis, N. (2003). Criteria of personal, boys’, and girls’ popularity as ranked by Greek adolescents. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 97, 281-288.
  73. Ntoumanis, N., & Blaymires, G. (2003). Contextual and situational motivation in education: A test of the specificity hypothesis. European Physical Education Review, 9, 5-22.
  74. Standage, M., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2003). A model of contextual motivation in physical education: Using constructs and tenets from self-determination and goal perspective theories to predict leisure-time exercise intentions. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 97-110.
  75. Standage, M., Duda, J.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2003). Predicting motivational regulations in physical education: the interplay between dispositional goal orientations, motivational climate and perceived competence. Journal of Sports Sciences, 21, 631-647.
  76. Kavussanu, M., & Roberts, G., & Ntoumanis, N. (2002). Contextual influences on moral functioning of college basketball players. The Sport Psychologist, 16, 347-367.
  77. Ntoumanis, N. (2002). Motivational clusters in a sample of British physical education classes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 3, 177-194.
  78. Thøgersen, C., Fox, K.R., & Ntoumanis, N. (2002). Testing the mediating role of physical acceptance in the relationship between physical activity and self-esteem: An empirical study with Danish public servants. European Journal of Sports Sciences, 2, 1-10.
  79. Bond, K., Biddle, S.J.H., & Ntoumanis, N. (2001). Self-efficacy and causal attribution in female golfers. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 32, 243-256.
  80. Ntoumanis, N (2001). A self-determination approach to the understanding of motivation in physical education. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 71, 225-242.
  81. Ntoumanis, N. (2001). Empirical links between achievement goal theory and self-determination theory in sport. Journal of Sports Sciences, 19, 397-409.
  82. Charalambous, M., & Ntoumanis, N. (2000). Goal orientations and flow states in female volleyball players. Αθλητική Ψυχολογία (Sport Psychology), 11, 55-76.
  83. Ntoumanis, N., & Biddle, S.J.H. (2000). Relationship of intensity and direction of competitive anxiety with coping strategies. The Sport Psychologist, 14, 360-371.
  84. Ntoumanis, N., & Biddle, S.J.H. (1999). A review of motivational climate in physical activity. Journal of Sport Sciences, 17, 643-665.
  85. Ntoumanis, N., & Biddle, S.J.H. (1999). Affect and achievement goals in physical activity: A meta-analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport, 9, 315-332. (Invited paper for the special Issue: European Perspectives in Sport Motivation Research).
  86. Ntoumanis, N., &. Biddle, S.J.H., & Haddock, G. (1999). The mediating role of coping strategies on the relationship between achievement motivation and affect in sport. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal, 12, 299-327.
  87. Ntoumanis, N., &. Biddle, S.J.H. (1998). The relationship between achievement goal profile groups and perceptions of motivational climates in sport. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport, 8, 120-124.
  88. Ntoumanis, N., &. Biddle, S.J.H. (1998). The relationship between competitive anxiety, achievement goals, and motivational climates. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 69, 176-187.
  89. Ntoumanis, N., &. Biddle, S.J.H. (1998). The relationship of coping and its perceived effectiveness to positive and negative affect in sport. Personality and Individual Differences, 24, 773-788.
  90. Ntoumanis, N., & Jones, G. (1998). Interpretation of competitive trait anxiety symptoms as a function of locus of control beliefs. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 29, 99-114.

Expertise

Psychological experiences of children in sport and in physical education, in particular issues to do with their motivation; motivation of adults to participate in exercise programmes; goal striving related to weight loss

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