Rate My Professor Paul Mansell

Mansell's research specializations encompass psychological interventions to enhance performance under pressure, including stress mindset, stress appraisals, psychological wellbeing, and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. His work applies to athletes, students, and employees in occupational settings. Key publications include Mansell, P. C., Sparks, K., Wright, J., Roe, L., Carrington, S., Lock, J., & Slater, M. (2023). “Mindset: performing under pressure” – a multimodal cognitive-behavioural intervention to enhance the well-being and performance of young athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2023.2296900; Mansell, P. C., & Turner, M. J. (2023). The mediating role of proactive coping in the relationships between stress mindset, challenge appraisal tendencies, and psychological wellbeing. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1140790; and Mansell, P. C. (2021). Stress mindset in athletes: Investigating the relationships between beliefs, challenge and threat with psychological wellbeing. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 57, 102020. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and contributes to public discourse through articles in The Conversation, such as 'The best athletes believe that stress is a good thing – and they embrace “winning ugly”' (2024), and hosts the Performing Under Pressure podcast at Staffordshire University.