Christian Swann
Biographic Data
| ID | 302890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Swann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Swann |
| SIGNATURE | SWANN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Cross University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1502-3179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Physical activity in age-friendly cities and communities: A scoping review with recommendations to support policy and practice
As the global population continues to age, there is growing international interest in creating environments that support older persons' health and wellbeing. Age-friendly cities and communities (AFCCs) aim to foster physical and social settings that enable healthy and active ageing through targeted policies, services, and infrastructure. Physical activity (PA) plays a vital role in promoting healthy ageing; however, limited research has explored …
The event-focused interview: What is it, why is it useful, and how is it used
There has been longstanding interest in understanding how people think, feel, and behave in sport and exercise activities. Although naturalistic recordings, momentary assessments, and post-event questionnaires have been employed to capture information on people’s experiences, these methods can have some shortcomings for researchers interested in advancing knowledge of certain social-psychological phenomena, especially in natural settings. The pur…
A Systems Theory of Mental Health in Recreational Sport
The focus on mental health outcomes in sport, including the ways in which mental health can be protected and promoted, has become a major international priority for all sports, including the recreational sports system. The aim of this paper is to outline a systems theory of mental health care and promotion that is specific to needs of the recreational sport system so that context-specific, effective policies, interventions, and models of care can…
A Systematic Review of Parent and Caregiver Mental Health Literacy
A Matched Control Trial of a Mental Health Literacy Intervention for Parents in Community Sports Clubs
Mentally tough behaviour in extreme environments: Perceptions of elite high-altitude mountaineers
Although numerous studies have examined the importance of mental toughness (MT) in sport, relatively few studies have examined mentally tough behaviours. We therefore sought to identify the indicative behaviours of elite, mentally tough mountaineers, an under-researched group, by examining participants’ experiences and perceptions. Phenomenological interviews were conducted with 17 experienced high-altitude mountaineers (Mage = 45 years). Results…
Exploring bodily sensations experienced during flow states in professional national hunt jockeys: A connecting analysis
Previous research has suggested that distinct bodily sensations are experienced by athletes during flow states, and could represent a sport-specific characteristic of this phenomenon. This study aimed to enrich understanding about bodily sensations and flow states in sport by exploring this experience in national hunt jockeys. The interspecies nature of horse-rider partnerships accentuates the importance of bodily awareness in equestrian sports. …
Mental toughness and dietary behaviours in undergraduate university students
Embodiment in High-altitude Mountaineering: Sensing and Working with the Weather
In order to address sociological concerns with embodiment and learning, in this article we explore the 'weathering' body in a currently under-researched physical-cultural domain. Weather experiences, too, are under-explored in sociology, and here we examine in depth the lived experience of weather and, more specifically, 'weather work' and 'weather learning' in one of the most extreme and corporeally challenging environments on earth: high-altitu…
Ahead of the game protocol: A multi-component, community sport-based program targeting prevention, promotion and early intervention for mental health among adolescent males
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12617000709347 . Date registered 17 May 2017. Retrospectively registered
Personality and the subjective experience of body mass in Australian adults
Endurance Work: Embodiment and the Mind-Body Nexus in the Physical Culture of High-Altitude Mountaineering
The 2015 Nepal earthquake and avalanche on Mount Everest generated one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in modern times, bringing to media attention the physical-cultural world of high-altitude climbing. Contributing to the current sociological concern with embodiment, here we investigate the lived experience and social 'production' of endurance in this sociologically under-researched physical-cultural world. Via a phenomenological-socio…
The role of community sports clubs in adolescent mental health: The perspectives of adolescent males’ parents
Adolescent males are at relatively high risk of developing mental health disorders and show low rates of help seeking when mental health disorders arise. Parents are the primary source of support for adolescents and therefore have an important role in mental health promotion and prevention of mental health disorders. The aim of this study was to examine the perceptions of adolescent males’ parents on the potential role of community sport clubs in…
Defining elite athletes: Issues in the study of expert performance in sport psychology
An inductive exploration into the flow experiences of European Tour golfers
This study explored perceptions regarding the experience of flow in elite golf; a sport which is different to those studied previously due to its self-paced, stop-start nature. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 European Tour golfers. Whereas the majority of previous studies have deductively coded data into Csikszentmihalyi’s dimensions, the data in this study were analysed inductively. Thirteen categories were generated …
A phenomenological exploration of exercise mental toughness: Perceptions of exercise leaders and regular exercisers
Although elite sport has provided an ideal context for exploring mental toughness (MT), currently, there is scant research examining how this construct might be equally applicable in exercise settings, where high rates of attrition have been reported. The present research, therefore, aimed to address this gap, and to understand and conceptualise exercise mental toughness (EMT) through in-depth phenomenological interviews with a range of exercise …
Embodiment in High-altitude Mountaineering: Sensing and Working with the Weather
In order to address sociological concerns with embodiment and learning, in this article we explore the 'weathering' body in a currently under-researched physical-cultural domain. Weather experiences, too, are under-explored in sociology, and here we examine in depth the lived experience of weather and, more specifically, 'weather work' and 'weather learning' in one of the most extreme and corporeally challenging environments on earth: high-altitu…
Endurance Work: Embodiment and the Mind-Body Nexus in the Physical Culture of High-Altitude Mountaineering
The 2015 Nepal earthquake and avalanche on Mount Everest generated one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in modern times, bringing to media attention the physical-cultural world of high-altitude climbing. Contributing to the current sociological concern with embodiment, here we investigate the lived experience and social 'production' of endurance in this sociologically under-researched physical-cultural world. Via a phenomenological-socio…
Personality and the subjective experience of body mass in Australian adults
Mental toughness and dietary behaviours in undergraduate university students
A phenomenological exploration of exercise mental toughness: Perceptions of exercise leaders and regular exercisers
Although elite sport has provided an ideal context for exploring mental toughness (MT), currently, there is scant research examining how this construct might be equally applicable in exercise settings, where high rates of attrition have been reported. The present research, therefore, aimed to address this gap, and to understand and conceptualise exercise mental toughness (EMT) through in-depth phenomenological interviews with a range of exercise …
Defining elite athletes: Issues in the study of expert performance in sport psychology
An inductive exploration into the flow experiences of European Tour golfers
This study explored perceptions regarding the experience of flow in elite golf; a sport which is different to those studied previously due to its self-paced, stop-start nature. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 European Tour golfers. Whereas the majority of previous studies have deductively coded data into Csikszentmihalyi’s dimensions, the data in this study were analysed inductively. Thirteen categories were generated …
The role of community sports clubs in adolescent mental health: The perspectives of adolescent males’ parents
Adolescent males are at relatively high risk of developing mental health disorders and show low rates of help seeking when mental health disorders arise. Parents are the primary source of support for adolescents and therefore have an important role in mental health promotion and prevention of mental health disorders. The aim of this study was to examine the perceptions of adolescent males’ parents on the potential role of community sport clubs in…
Ahead of the game protocol: A multi-component, community sport-based program targeting prevention, promotion and early intervention for mental health among adolescent males
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12617000709347 . Date registered 17 May 2017. Retrospectively registered
Personality and the subjective experience of body mass in Australian adults
Endurance Work: Embodiment and the Mind-Body Nexus in the Physical Culture of High-Altitude Mountaineering
The 2015 Nepal earthquake and avalanche on Mount Everest generated one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in modern times, bringing to media attention the physical-cultural world of high-altitude climbing. Contributing to the current sociological concern with embodiment, here we investigate the lived experience and social 'production' of endurance in this sociologically under-researched physical-cultural world. Via a phenomenological-socio…
Mentally tough behaviour in extreme environments: Perceptions of elite high-altitude mountaineers
Although numerous studies have examined the importance of mental toughness (MT) in sport, relatively few studies have examined mentally tough behaviours. We therefore sought to identify the indicative behaviours of elite, mentally tough mountaineers, an under-researched group, by examining participants’ experiences and perceptions. Phenomenological interviews were conducted with 17 experienced high-altitude mountaineers (Mage = 45 years). Results…
Exploring bodily sensations experienced during flow states in professional national hunt jockeys: A connecting analysis
Previous research has suggested that distinct bodily sensations are experienced by athletes during flow states, and could represent a sport-specific characteristic of this phenomenon. This study aimed to enrich understanding about bodily sensations and flow states in sport by exploring this experience in national hunt jockeys. The interspecies nature of horse-rider partnerships accentuates the importance of bodily awareness in equestrian sports. …
Mental toughness and dietary behaviours in undergraduate university students
Embodiment in High-altitude Mountaineering: Sensing and Working with the Weather
In order to address sociological concerns with embodiment and learning, in this article we explore the 'weathering' body in a currently under-researched physical-cultural domain. Weather experiences, too, are under-explored in sociology, and here we examine in depth the lived experience of weather and, more specifically, 'weather work' and 'weather learning' in one of the most extreme and corporeally challenging environments on earth: high-altitu…
A Systematic Review of Parent and Caregiver Mental Health Literacy
A Matched Control Trial of a Mental Health Literacy Intervention for Parents in Community Sports Clubs
The event-focused interview: What is it, why is it useful, and how is it used
There has been longstanding interest in understanding how people think, feel, and behave in sport and exercise activities. Although naturalistic recordings, momentary assessments, and post-event questionnaires have been employed to capture information on people’s experiences, these methods can have some shortcomings for researchers interested in advancing knowledge of certain social-psychological phenomena, especially in natural settings. The pur…
A Systems Theory of Mental Health in Recreational Sport
The focus on mental health outcomes in sport, including the ways in which mental health can be protected and promoted, has become a major international priority for all sports, including the recreational sports system. The aim of this paper is to outline a systems theory of mental health care and promotion that is specific to needs of the recreational sport system so that context-specific, effective policies, interventions, and models of care can…
Physical activity in age-friendly cities and communities: A scoping review with recommendations to support policy and practice
As the global population continues to age, there is growing international interest in creating environments that support older persons' health and wellbeing. Age-friendly cities and communities (AFCCs) aim to foster physical and social settings that enable healthy and active ageing through targeted policies, services, and infrastructure. Physical activity (PA) plays a vital role in promoting healthy ageing; however, limited research has explored …
Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sport Psychology and Performance (8 works) · Applied Psychology (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Athletes (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works)