Christopher R D Wagstaff
Biographic Data
| ID | 4129060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher R D Wagstaff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher R D |
| FAMILY NAME | Wagstaff |
| SIGNATURE | WAGSTAFF C R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Portsmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5513-6015 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘Carefree enjoyment - can you tick that box?’ A story of thriving following experiences of abusive coaching in gymnastics
Within this paper, we aim to utilise a creative analytical practice to embody the experience of thriving and show the ways in which the coach-athlete relationship may influence an athlete’s ability to thrive. By using an evocative autoethnographic approach, we hope to connect the reader to the thoughts, emotions, and feelings of a gymnast. To achieve this, I, the first author, used three main strategies to build the story presented in this study:…
A ticket to a very different show
Dear reader, if you are reading this, it means you have received my invitation for tonight's poetic ethnodrama performed in the theater of your mind. But before we start the play, I want you to reflect on what comes to mind when you think about 'Women's Artistic Gymnastics.' Please keep these thoughts in mind as you experience tonight's performance, which will start in 10 minutes. This play, which stems from longitudinal ethnographic research, is…
Measuring emotional contagion as a multidimensional construct
We offer an alternative conceptualization of the construct of susceptibility to emotional contagion and four related studies where two separate measures were developed and initially validated. The Contagion of Affective Phenomena Scale-General (CAPS-G) is a 5-item scale that measures the general susceptibility to the contagion of affect, and the Contagion of Affective Phenomena Scale - Emotion (CAPS-E) assesses six distinct emotions. Study 1 gene…
‘We are all in this together’
In this study we aimed to explore older adults’ experience of community-based power assisted (PA) exercise and its potential impact on social exclusion, isolation and loneliness (SEI&L). The lead author obtained ethnographic data over a 6-month period using three primary methods: participant observation (900 hours), a reflexive diary, and 10 semi-structured interviews. Participant observation provided a rich lens into a PA exercise centre describ…
Impacting and being impacted by overuse injuries
The aim of this study was to explore the experience of parents of gymnasts suffering from overuse injuries. The work is part of a wider ethnographic project, with 43 participants (16 gymnasts, 3 coaches, 1 physiotherapist, 22 parents, 1 manager), which investigated the psychosocial factors affecting the development of overuse injuries in gymnasts. Data collection began with observations, formal and informal interviews, and a focus group, which we…
Member reflections with elite coaches and gymnasts
This paper is a confessional tale that focuses on challenges encountered during the process of conducting member reflections, and on the lessons learned from these. Recent discussions on enhancing the rigor of qualitative research conducted from an interpretivist stance encourage the use of member reflections, rather than the previously widely adopted member checking. Yet, practical examples of how to use this technique are scarce in the sport, e…
Leadership and the contagion of affective phenomena
We present a systematic review of literature examining leadership and the contagion of affective phenomena, namely emotion, mood, and affect. Specifically, an inductive thematic analysis approach was adopted to synthesize the findings from published studies. In addition, a mini meta‐analysis was conducted to quantify reported effects. A rigorous search identified 25 studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria for further review. Results highlig…
Getting to the heart of the matter
Considering the detrimental impact of emotional suffering on patient recovery (e.g. increased mortality rates), a key component in rehabilitation settings should be the promotion of psychosocial health. Research has shown cardiac rehabilitation (CR) to decrease anxiety and depression, enhance emotional well-being and reduce the deleterious effects of negative emotions on prognosis. Nevertheless, limited attention has been given to heart disease a…
Sports Psychology in the English Premier League
This article gives a rare account of the working life of a sports psychologist in the English Premier League, the elite division in English professional football. It shows how members of emerging professions such as sports psychology are a new precariat. John is more successful than many sports psychologists, but his job security is dependent on his continued ability to navigate managerial change: using his skills as a psychologist in the defence…
Adjusting to retirement from sport
This study used narrative inquiry to understand the retirement experiences of rhythmic gymnasts. Eight female former competitive gymnasts (M age = 24.5, SD = 8.33) each participated in four life-history interviews. Following dialogical narrative analysis, three narrative typologies were outlined: Entangled Narrative, Going Forward Narrative and Making Sense Narrative. The entangled narrative shows an individual with a monological athletic identit…
The state of qualitative research in health and social science literature
Pluralism and creativity are inherent and important parts of the qualitative endeavour. The multiplicity of approaches and methods can, however, be confusing. We undertook a focused mapping review and synthesis to obtain a snap-shot profile of the state of qualitative research in health and social science literature. We retrieved 102 qualitative articles published between January and March 2015 from six leading health and social science journals.…
The Accordion and the Deep Bowl of Spaghetti
Since 1996 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) has grown rapidly and been applied in areas outside its initial “home” of health psychology. However, explorations of its application from a researcher's perspective are scarce. This paper provides reflections on the experiences of eight individual researchers using IPA in diverse disciplinary fields and cultures. The research studies were conducted in the USA, Malaysia, Australia, New Zea…
Italian Film Studies in the Attention Market
Assuming that the political economy of our two societies, that of the US and that of the UK, wants from our young people infantilism and solipsism, then our job in Italian Studies is to try and edu
Walk with your head high’
The implications for theory, future research, public health policy and practice, in relation to the needs of African and African-Caribbean fathers and families, are also discussed, with specific focus on how to realise the potential of African and African-Caribbean fathers' positive contributions to family and community health
Italian Neorealist Cinema
Italian Neorealist Cinema offers readers a radically new perspective on neorealist cinema and the Italian art cinema that followed it, and theorises and applies a method of close analysis of film texts for those interested in aesthetics and rhetoric, as well as cinema in general.
Italy in the Cold War
Journal Article Italy in the Cold War: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1948–58. Ed. by Christopher Duggan and Christopher Wagstaff. (Washington: Berg, 1995. xii, 228 pp. $45.95, ISBN 1-85973-038-8.) Get access Reinhold Wagnleitner Reinhold Wagnleitner University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Page 1073, https://…
Dante's Griffin and the History of the World
Dante's Griffin and the History of the World
Moving in Measure
Moving in Measure
(1990). Moving in Measure: Essays in honour of Brian Moloney. Italian Studies: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 118-157
Reality into Poetry
(1985). Reality into Poetry: Pasolini's Film Theory. The Italianist: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 107-132
The Italian Cinema Industry during the Fascist Regime
(1984). The Italian Cinema Industry during the Fascist Regime. The Italianist: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 160-174
The Construction of Point of View in Bertolucci's Il Conformista
The Construction of Point of View in Bertolucci'sIl Conformista
(1983). The Construction of Point of View in Bertolucci's Il Conformista. The Italianist: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 64-71
Forty-seven Shots of Bertolucci's 'Il Conformista
The state of qualitative research in health and social science literature
Pluralism and creativity are inherent and important parts of the qualitative endeavour. The multiplicity of approaches and methods can, however, be confusing. We undertook a focused mapping review and synthesis to obtain a snap-shot profile of the state of qualitative research in health and social science literature. We retrieved 102 qualitative articles published between January and March 2015 from six leading health and social science journals.…
Sports Psychology in the English Premier League
This article gives a rare account of the working life of a sports psychologist in the English Premier League, the elite division in English professional football. It shows how members of emerging professions such as sports psychology are a new precariat. John is more successful than many sports psychologists, but his job security is dependent on his continued ability to navigate managerial change: using his skills as a psychologist in the defence…
Italy in the Cold War
Journal Article Italy in the Cold War: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1948–58. Ed. by Christopher Duggan and Christopher Wagstaff. (Washington: Berg, 1995. xii, 228 pp. $45.95, ISBN 1-85973-038-8.) Get access Reinhold Wagnleitner Reinhold Wagnleitner University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Page 1073, https://…
The Accordion and the Deep Bowl of Spaghetti
Since 1996 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) has grown rapidly and been applied in areas outside its initial “home” of health psychology. However, explorations of its application from a researcher's perspective are scarce. This paper provides reflections on the experiences of eight individual researchers using IPA in diverse disciplinary fields and cultures. The research studies were conducted in the USA, Malaysia, Australia, New Zea…
Walk with your head high’
The implications for theory, future research, public health policy and practice, in relation to the needs of African and African-Caribbean fathers and families, are also discussed, with specific focus on how to realise the potential of African and African-Caribbean fathers' positive contributions to family and community health
The Construction of Point of View in Bertolucci's Il Conformista
Forty-seven Shots of Bertolucci's 'Il Conformista
The Construction of Point of View in Bertolucci's Il Conformista
The Construction of Point of View in Bertolucci'sIl Conformista
(1983). The Construction of Point of View in Bertolucci's Il Conformista. The Italianist: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 64-71
The Italian Cinema Industry during the Fascist Regime
(1984). The Italian Cinema Industry during the Fascist Regime. The Italianist: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 160-174
Reality into Poetry
(1985). Reality into Poetry: Pasolini's Film Theory. The Italianist: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 107-132
Moving in Measure
Moving in Measure
(1990). Moving in Measure: Essays in honour of Brian Moloney. Italian Studies: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 118-157
Dante's Griffin and the History of the World
Dante's Griffin and the History of the World
Italy in the Cold War
Journal Article Italy in the Cold War: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1948–58. Ed. by Christopher Duggan and Christopher Wagstaff. (Washington: Berg, 1995. xii, 228 pp. $45.95, ISBN 1-85973-038-8.) Get access Reinhold Wagnleitner Reinhold Wagnleitner University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Page 1073, https://…
Italian Neorealist Cinema
Italian Neorealist Cinema offers readers a radically new perspective on neorealist cinema and the Italian art cinema that followed it, and theorises and applies a method of close analysis of film texts for those interested in aesthetics and rhetoric, as well as cinema in general.
Walk with your head high’
The implications for theory, future research, public health policy and practice, in relation to the needs of African and African-Caribbean fathers and families, are also discussed, with specific focus on how to realise the potential of African and African-Caribbean fathers' positive contributions to family and community health
The Accordion and the Deep Bowl of Spaghetti
Since 1996 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) has grown rapidly and been applied in areas outside its initial “home” of health psychology. However, explorations of its application from a researcher's perspective are scarce. This paper provides reflections on the experiences of eight individual researchers using IPA in diverse disciplinary fields and cultures. The research studies were conducted in the USA, Malaysia, Australia, New Zea…
Italian Film Studies in the Attention Market
Assuming that the political economy of our two societies, that of the US and that of the UK, wants from our young people infantilism and solipsism, then our job in Italian Studies is to try and edu
Adjusting to retirement from sport
This study used narrative inquiry to understand the retirement experiences of rhythmic gymnasts. Eight female former competitive gymnasts (M age = 24.5, SD = 8.33) each participated in four life-history interviews. Following dialogical narrative analysis, three narrative typologies were outlined: Entangled Narrative, Going Forward Narrative and Making Sense Narrative. The entangled narrative shows an individual with a monological athletic identit…
The state of qualitative research in health and social science literature
Pluralism and creativity are inherent and important parts of the qualitative endeavour. The multiplicity of approaches and methods can, however, be confusing. We undertook a focused mapping review and synthesis to obtain a snap-shot profile of the state of qualitative research in health and social science literature. We retrieved 102 qualitative articles published between January and March 2015 from six leading health and social science journals.…
Sports Psychology in the English Premier League
This article gives a rare account of the working life of a sports psychologist in the English Premier League, the elite division in English professional football. It shows how members of emerging professions such as sports psychology are a new precariat. John is more successful than many sports psychologists, but his job security is dependent on his continued ability to navigate managerial change: using his skills as a psychologist in the defence…
Getting to the heart of the matter
Considering the detrimental impact of emotional suffering on patient recovery (e.g. increased mortality rates), a key component in rehabilitation settings should be the promotion of psychosocial health. Research has shown cardiac rehabilitation (CR) to decrease anxiety and depression, enhance emotional well-being and reduce the deleterious effects of negative emotions on prognosis. Nevertheless, limited attention has been given to heart disease a…
Member reflections with elite coaches and gymnasts
This paper is a confessional tale that focuses on challenges encountered during the process of conducting member reflections, and on the lessons learned from these. Recent discussions on enhancing the rigor of qualitative research conducted from an interpretivist stance encourage the use of member reflections, rather than the previously widely adopted member checking. Yet, practical examples of how to use this technique are scarce in the sport, e…
Leadership and the contagion of affective phenomena
We present a systematic review of literature examining leadership and the contagion of affective phenomena, namely emotion, mood, and affect. Specifically, an inductive thematic analysis approach was adopted to synthesize the findings from published studies. In addition, a mini meta‐analysis was conducted to quantify reported effects. A rigorous search identified 25 studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria for further review. Results highlig…
Impacting and being impacted by overuse injuries
The aim of this study was to explore the experience of parents of gymnasts suffering from overuse injuries. The work is part of a wider ethnographic project, with 43 participants (16 gymnasts, 3 coaches, 1 physiotherapist, 22 parents, 1 manager), which investigated the psychosocial factors affecting the development of overuse injuries in gymnasts. Data collection began with observations, formal and informal interviews, and a focus group, which we…
‘We are all in this together’
In this study we aimed to explore older adults’ experience of community-based power assisted (PA) exercise and its potential impact on social exclusion, isolation and loneliness (SEI&L). The lead author obtained ethnographic data over a 6-month period using three primary methods: participant observation (900 hours), a reflexive diary, and 10 semi-structured interviews. Participant observation provided a rich lens into a PA exercise centre describ…
Measuring emotional contagion as a multidimensional construct
We offer an alternative conceptualization of the construct of susceptibility to emotional contagion and four related studies where two separate measures were developed and initially validated. The Contagion of Affective Phenomena Scale-General (CAPS-G) is a 5-item scale that measures the general susceptibility to the contagion of affect, and the Contagion of Affective Phenomena Scale - Emotion (CAPS-E) assesses six distinct emotions. Study 1 gene…
‘Carefree enjoyment - can you tick that box?’ A story of thriving following experiences of abusive coaching in gymnastics
Within this paper, we aim to utilise a creative analytical practice to embody the experience of thriving and show the ways in which the coach-athlete relationship may influence an athlete’s ability to thrive. By using an evocative autoethnographic approach, we hope to connect the reader to the thoughts, emotions, and feelings of a gymnast. To achieve this, I, the first author, used three main strategies to build the story presented in this study:…
A ticket to a very different show
Dear reader, if you are reading this, it means you have received my invitation for tonight's poetic ethnodrama performed in the theater of your mind. But before we start the play, I want you to reflect on what comes to mind when you think about 'Women's Artistic Gymnastics.' Please keep these thoughts in mind as you experience tonight's performance, which will start in 10 minutes. This play, which stems from longitudinal ethnographic research, is…
Psychology (12 works) · Art (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Art history (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Italian Literature and Culture (5 works)