Professor David Sheffield

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Job title: Associate Head of Centre for Psychological Research

Email: d.sheffield@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 592038
Room: N204c

Recent publications

Chipchase L, Sheffield D, Hill P (accepted). The long-term effectiveness of pain management programs: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pain Management 2012; 5 (3):00-00.

Jones, M.V., Coffee, P., Sheffield, D., Yanguez, M. & Barker, J.B. (accepted). National Identities and Emotion: English and Spanish Soccer Fans' in the 2010 World Cup. Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Hunt TE, Clark-Carter, Sheffield D (2011). The Development and Part-Validation of a UK Scale for Mathematics Anxiety. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 29, 455-466.

Allen MS, Jones MV, & Sheffield D (2011). Are the causes assigned to unsatisfactory performance related to the intensity of emotions experienced after competition? Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 7, 3-10

Lunt, J.A., Sheffield, D., Bell, N, Bennett, V. & Morris, L.A. (2011). Review of behavioural interventions for the prevention of dermal and respiratory occupational health hazards. Occupational Medicine 61, 311-320.

Drake, K. E., Sheffield, D. & Shingler, D. (2011). The relationship between adult romantic attachment anxiety, the experience of negative life events, and compliance. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 742-746 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.034

Closa-Leon, T., Nouwen, A., Sheffield, D., Jumdally, R. & Lip, G.Y. (2010). Anger rumination, social support, and cardiac symptoms in patients
 undergoing angiography. British Journal of Health Psychology, 15, 841-857.

Baraniak A & Sheffield D (2010). The efficacy of psychologically based interventions to improve anxiety, depression and quality of life in COPD: A systematic review and meta analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 83, 29-36.

Basnett F & Sheffield D (2010). The impact of social work student failure upon practice educators. British Journal of Social Work.

Allen, M.S., Jones, M.V. & Sheffield, D. (2010). The Influence of Positive Reflection on Attributions, Emotions, and Self-Efficacy. The Sport Psychologist, 24, 211-226.

Allen MS, Jones MV, & Sheffield D (2009). Attribution, emotion, and collective efficacy in sports teams. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 13, 205-217.

Jones M, Meijen C, McCarthy PJ, & Sheffield D (2009). A Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2, 161 - 180.

Allen MS, Jones MV, & Sheffield D (2009). Causal attribution and emotion in the days following competition. J Sport Sciences, 27, 461-468.

Duncan E & Sheffield D (2008). Diary keeping and well-being. Psychological Reports, 103, 619-621.

Sheffield D & Hunt T (2007). How does anxiety influence maths performance and what can we do about it? MSOR Connections, 6, 19-23.

Closa-León T, Nouwen A, & Sheffield D. (2007). Social support and individual variability in patterns of haemodynamic reactivity and recovery. Psychology and Health, 22, 473-492.

Jones MV & Sheffield D. (2007). The impact of game outcome on the mood state and health of sport participants. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 5, 54-65.

Orsmond P, Merry S, & Sheffield D. (2006). A quantitative and qualitative study of changes in the use of learning outcomes and distractions by students and tutors during a biology poster assessment. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 32, 262-287.

Warbrick T, Sheffield D, & Nouwen A. (2006). Effects of pain-related anxiety on components of the pain Event Related Potential. Psychophysiology, 43, 481-485.

Duncan E, Grazzani-Gavazzi I, Sheffield D. (2006). Positive emotional experience in Scottish and Italian young adults: summary findings, scientific issues and the way forward. In A. Elle Fave (Ed.). Dimensions of well-being (pp. 75-90). FrancoAngeli: Milan, Italy.

Nouwen A, Cloutier C, Kappas A, Warbrick T, Sheffield D. (2006). Effects of focusing and distraction on cold pressor-induced pain in chronic back pain patients and control subjects. Journal of Pain, 7, 62-71.

Current Activities / Links with Industry

Health and safety work focusing on encouraging and motivating sedentary workers to take brief postural breaks