All Staff Members | Dave Elliott | University of Cumbria

Qualifications and memberships

PhD

Academic and research interests

Music for sport and exercise

Sport and exercise psychology

Sport and exercise physiology

Publications

Christie, M. A., & Elliott, D. (2024). From a dark place to a blue space: open water swimming transformed our lives. Sport in Society, 1-31.

Christie, M., & Elliott, D. (2024). 'You have to respect the water’: participant experiences of appreciating and managing the risks associated with open water swimming–a rapid ethnographic study. International journal of aquatic research and education, 14(3), 3.

Elliott, D., & Smith, X. (2024). Unilateral dynamic balance assessment: The test-retest reliability of the OptoJump next drift protocol. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 37, 328-331.

Godley, S., Elliott, D., & Miller, P. K. (2024). Barriers to engagement with rehabilitative services: A scoping review. Physiotherapy, 123, e225-e226.

Christie, M., & Elliott, D. (2023). ‘I get headspace here… you forget everything when in open water’: motives for participation and perceived benefits derived from open water swimming: a rapid ethnographic study. Sport in Society, 26(12), 2108–2131.

Miller, P.K., Van Der Zee, S. & Elliott, D. (2022). Pain, culture and pedagogy: A preliminary investigation of attitudes towards “reasonable” pain tolerance in the grassroots reproduction of a culture of risk. Psychological Reports, 125 (2), 1086-1102.

Elliott, D. and Massey, D. (2020). Effect of acute antagonist static stretching on upper-body agonist power. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 15(1), pp.53-59.

Elliott, D. (2020). Selecting music for exercise: The music preferences of UK exercisers. Cogent Psychology, 7(1), p.1802928.

Wilbraham, S., Elliott, D. & Miller, P.K. (2019). Reproducing “culture” as a barrier to individual and collective change: the case of rapid weight loss practices in combat sports. Poster session presented at the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2019, 10-11 July 2019, Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel, Manchester, UK.

Elliott, D. and Dewhurst, S. (2016). A cross-sectional examination of the mental and social well-being of older female Scottish country dancers and physically active non-dancers. Illinois Journal for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Elliott, David and Charlton, Lucy (2016) A preliminary investigation into the use of the emotional contagion effect in the exercise environment. Comprehensive Psychology, 5. pp. 1-9.

Elliott, D., & Sander, L. (2014). The effects of relaxing music for anxiety control on the intensity and directional aspects of competitive state anxiety. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 45 (3), 246-263.

Elliott, D., & Hoyle, H. (2014). An examination of barriers to physical education for Christian and muslim girls attending comprehensive secondary schools in the UK. European Physical Education Review, 20 (3), 349-366.

Elliott, D., Polman, R., & Taylor, J. (2012). The effects of relaxing music for anxiety control on competitive state anxiety. European Journal of Sport Science, 14, S296-S301.

Carr, S., Colhurst, K., Coyle, M., & Elliott, D. (2012). Attachment dimensions as predictors of mental health and psychosocial well-being in the transition to university. European Journal of Psychology in Education, 28, 157-172.

Elliott, D., and Sander, L. (2011). Why don't females do Sport Degrees? Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Education, 10 (1), 85-98.

Elliott, D., Polman, R., & McGregor, R. (2011). Relaxing music for anxiety control. Journal of Music Therapy, 48 (3), 264-288.

Elliott, D., Abt, G., & Barry, T. (2008). The impact of arm movement on the predictive validity of the Chester Step Test. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 11 (2), 112-115.

Elliott, D (2007). Music and Exercise: Does tempo influence psychophysical responses? Philica - The Online Journal.

Elliott, D., Carr, S., & Orme, D. (2005). The effect of motivational music on sub-maximal exercise. European Journal of Sport Science, 5 (2), 97-106.

Elliott, D. (2005). Early mornings and apprehension: active learning in lectures. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport, and Tourism Education, 4 (1).

Elliott, D., Carr, S., & Savage, D. (2004). The effects of motivational music on work output and affective responses during sub-maximal cycling of a standardised perceived intensity. Journal of Sport Behavior, 27, 134-147.