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Understanding impact and factors that improve postvention service delivery: findings from a study of a community-based suicide bereavement support service in England (2024)
Journal Article
Bell, J., Cunnah, K., & Earle, F. (online). Understanding impact and factors that improve postvention service delivery: findings from a study of a community-based suicide bereavement support service in England. Mortality, https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2024.2417299

This article reports on a two-year study of a community-based suicide postvention support service in the UK. Attention centres on the implementation of four integrated elements within the service model: multi-agency working with real-time suicide sur... Read More about Understanding impact and factors that improve postvention service delivery: findings from a study of a community-based suicide bereavement support service in England.

SPOWTT: Improving the Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit (2021)
Journal Article
Earle, F., Huddlestone, J., Williams, T., Stock-Williams, C., van der Mijle-Meijer, H., de Vries, L., …Moore, G. (in press). SPOWTT: Improving the Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit. Wind energy, https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2647

This paper describes the SPOWTT project. The intention of this project was to understand how sailing by crew transfer vessel (CTVs) to offshore wind farms affects the mental and physical wellbeing of individuals on board. The focus was on quantifying... Read More about SPOWTT: Improving the Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit.

A mixed methods investigation of multidimensional fatigue in the wind industry: towards a sustainable workforce (2020)
Thesis
McMaster, S. (2020). A mixed methods investigation of multidimensional fatigue in the wind industry: towards a sustainable workforce. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223417

The wind industry encompasses a high hazard work environment with multiple demands unique to those working in this sector. A key risk to health, safety and productivity is operator fatigue. Poor management of operator fatigue is highly associated wit... Read More about A mixed methods investigation of multidimensional fatigue in the wind industry: towards a sustainable workforce.

Exercise tolerance during VO2 max testing is a multifactorial psychobiological phenomenon (2017)
Journal Article
McNaughton, L. R., Midgley, A. W., Earle, K., McNaugton, L. R., Siegler, J. C., Clough, P., & Earle, F. (2017). Exercise tolerance during VO2 max testing is a multifactorial psychobiological phenomenon. Research in Sports Medicine, 25(4), 480-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2017.1365294

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Fifty-nine men completed a VO 2max test and a questionnaire to establish reasons for test termination, perceived exercise reserve (difference between actual test duration and the duratio... Read More about Exercise tolerance during VO2 max testing is a multifactorial psychobiological phenomenon.

Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players (2017)
Journal Article
Nicholls, A. R., Earle, K., Earle, F., & Madigan, D. J. (2017). Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00684

All football teams that compete within the F. A. Premier League possess an academy, whose objective is to produce more and better home-grown players that are capable of playing professionally. These young players spend a large amount of time with the... Read More about Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players.

Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis (2015)
Journal Article
Earle, F., Horne, J., & Flynn, J. M. Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis. Pain and rehabilitation : journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association, 38(Winter), 4-9

This study explores the importance of context when diagnosing Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD). Whiplash is a complex injury and there is considerable variation in its diagnosis and treatment. Research has focussed on RTAs, whilst there is a pauci... Read More about Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis.

Mental toughness and fatigue: The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue. (2015)
Book Chapter
Earle, F. (2015). Mental toughness and fatigue: The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue. In D. Strycharczyk, & P. Clough (Eds.), Developing Mental Toughness: Coaching Strategies to Improve Performance, Resilience and Wellbeing (122-136). (2nd ed.). Kogan Page

Mental toughness is about how effectively individuals deal with stress, pressure and challenge. It is rooted in the notion of resilience but moves beyond this by adding ideas from the world of positive psychology. The result is a complete process whi... Read More about Mental toughness and fatigue: The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue..

Separating the effects of task load and task motivation on the effort–fatigue relationship (2015)
Journal Article
Earle, F., Hockey, B., Earle, K., & Clough, P. (2015). Separating the effects of task load and task motivation on the effort–fatigue relationship. Motivation and emotion, 39(4), 467-476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9481-2

A study is reported on the effects of task load and task motivation on the relationship between effort and fatigue in a demanding life-support simulation, aimed to test the hypothesis that effort, rather than demands, was the direct cause of fatigue... Read More about Separating the effects of task load and task motivation on the effort–fatigue relationship.

Mental toughness: its relevance to teaching (2014)
Book Chapter
Earle, F., & Clough, P. (2014). Mental toughness: its relevance to teaching. In D. Strycharczyk, & P. Clough (Eds.), Developing Mental Toughness in Young People: Approaches to Achievement, Well-being, Employability, and Positive Behaviour. Karnac Books

This chapter discusses some of the challenges in the real world and how an understanding of mental toughness might help. Areas that relate to mental toughness include: dealing with stress; optimising and understanding the learning environment and dea... Read More about Mental toughness: its relevance to teaching.

Mental toughness in higher education: Relationships with achievement and progression in first-year university sports students (2014)
Journal Article
Crust, L., Earle, K., Perry, J., Earle, F., Clough, A., & Clough, P. J. (2014). Mental toughness in higher education: Relationships with achievement and progression in first-year university sports students. Personality and individual differences, 69, 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.016

Research into mental toughness has largely been confined to elite sport but should theoretically be important across other performance domains. We examined mental toughness in 161 first year sport students at a UK university using a self-report quest... Read More about Mental toughness in higher education: Relationships with achievement and progression in first-year university sports students.

On-call work scheduling : a multi-method analysis of psychological effects and moderators (2010)
Thesis
Reid, T. (2010). On-call work scheduling : a multi-method analysis of psychological effects and moderators. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211492

On-call working is a relatively new form of work scheduling in many occupational settings. For a large proportion of employees, being on-call is not an option but an integral component of the job. Essentially, utilising this type of work scheduling i... Read More about On-call work scheduling : a multi-method analysis of psychological effects and moderators.

Control over the scheduling of simulated office work reduces the impact of workload on mental fatigue and task performance (2006)
Journal Article
Hockey, G. R. J., & Earle, F. (2006). Control over the scheduling of simulated office work reduces the impact of workload on mental fatigue and task performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 12(1), 50-65. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-898X.12.1.50

Two experiments tested the hypothesis that task-induced mental fatigue is moderated by control over work scheduling. Participants worked for 2 hr on simulated office work, with control manipulated by a yoking procedure. Matched participants were assi... Read More about Control over the scheduling of simulated office work reduces the impact of workload on mental fatigue and task performance.