Participants wanted: We are looking for Gaelic games referees (aged 18+) to take part in a 1-to-1 online interview to explore mental health knowledge, beliefs, & help-seeking. If interested, contact details for further info are in the image 👇🏼. All shares v much appreciated 🙏🏻

Delighted this chapter is now in print: Mental Health in Sports Officials. A 1st output from Tom Lishman's PhD (Dr Gavin Breslin Stephen Shannon Dr Orla McDevitt-Petrovic UlsterUni Psychology). Managing and Developing Sports Officials is an excellent resource for anyone involved in officiating. Details 👇🏼

🚨Publication date 🚨 Delighted to have contributed to this book which will be an excellent resource for match officials and sports organisations. Dr Noel Brick Stephen Shannon Dr Gavin Breslin UlsterUni Psychology routledge.com/Managing-and-D… Find out what our chapter is all about👇

'Managing and Developing Sports Officials' edited by Tom Webb et al. is an evidence-based guide to the development, management, and retention of sports officials. It draws on research at all levels of sport, from grassroots to professional. OUT NOW 👇 spr.ly/6016i7ZcC

To offer a counter to the dickheads setting fire to libraries and looting Shoezones, here's a thread of good people doing good things.

To everyone out there who joined the great anti-racism book club of 2020, everyone who read a couple books and took a knee in a park for your Facebook profiles... you can shove your black Instagram squares right firmly up your arse if you're staying quiet now. Right up there.

The UK riots have exposed a serious flaw in how British media execs think about diversity and onscreen representation. A flaw I have been writing about since at least 2012: Positive portrayal of racially diverse individuals vs portrayal of racially diverse communities. A thread…

🚨Journal publication 🚨 Great to see the first study from my PhD published. Thanks to Dr Noel Brick, Stephen Shannon, Dr Orla McDevitt-Petrovic and Dr Gavin Breslin. UlsterUni Psychology tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Manifesting! Is it all it's cracked up to be? I think you can probably guess where I'm going with this. #Wellbeing #Stress #Psychology #Wellness #wellnessjourney #FridayThoughtsOnWellbeing #manifestation #manifest #manifesting #manifestingmethods #ManifestWealth

I'm not against fast-tracking officials per se, but I'd like to know the evidence behind such endorsement. Experience and training are consistent features of good officiating performance. Training, engagement, and improved support is probably where focus should be. No quick fix.

Excited to present on this CASES Division of Psychology @basesuk webinar next Wednesday, November 6th at 12.30pm: Developing and Delivering Psychological Support to #Referees. Full details and registration: bases-live.workbooks.com/process/1QDN0U…

Let’s gooooo 🦅

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Looking forward to presenting to Ulster GAA referees tomorrow on 'Performance Psychology for Referees'. The session is based on our 'RefWell' programme, developed with The GAA over the past 2 years specifically for GAA club referees. Details of the conference in post below

Réiteoir! - important documentary airing on RTÉ One this Thursday, 13th Feb, about GAA referees. Featuring our UlsterUni Psychology research on referee abuse, it's impact on mental health, and our ongoing work to support our referees across Gaelic games irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-foo…

New Publication "The future for sport officiating: an expert statement" Sets out priority areas for research to better understand the world that officials operate in and what we can do in practice to best support them. Link to article (open access): tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Really pleased to see the launch of #RefWell. An evidence-based, co-produced performance psychology and mental health training programme for The GAA match officials. Thanks to the GAA, Dr Noel Brick, Stephen Shannon, Dr Gavin Breslin and Dr Orla McDevitt-Petrovic. 👓gaa.ie/article/world-…