2026

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Christian, E., Kearney, P. E. and Day, M. C. (2026) “I was forming a thought as we were chatting”: narrative pedagogy stimulates coach developers learning about personal epistemology. International Sport Coaching Journal. pp. 1-12. (link to paper)

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Everard, C., Wadey, R., Humphrey, K., & Day, M. (2026). The forgotten other: Supporting the caregivers of people with limb absence during the hospital-to-home transition. Disability and Rehabilitation. (link to paper)

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Hunt, E., Smith, R., Gifford, J., Ankers, E., Mansfield, L., Day, M. (2026) Introduction to digital storytelling. In C. Mackintosh (Ed). Qualitative Research Methods for Sports Studies. Routledge. (link to book)

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Richards T, Easterbrook M, Slater M. J., Day, M., Figgins, S. (2026). Competing to belong: How midlife exercisers sustain shared social identity through Peloton participation. Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology. 

 

Laxman, S., Day, M., Wadey, R., Hunt, E. R., & Yu, C. (2026). Experiences of delivering community-based physical activity for individuals with severe mental illnesses. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. (link to paper)

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Leggat, F., Wadey, R., Day, M., & Sanders, P. (2026). Co-designing narrative resources for implementation in lower limb amputation rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation. (link to paper)

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2025

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Davis, F., Wadey, R., Winter, S., Day, M., & Everard, C. (2025). Poetic confessions of a neophyte qualitative researcher undertaking emotional demanding research in sport. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. (link to paper)

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Richards, T., Easterbrook, M., J., Slater, M., Day, M. & Figgins. S. G., (2025).  How on-demand agency of anonymous group exercise membership supports emergence-based social identity transition in mid-life. British Journal of Social Psychology. (link to paper)

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Wadey, R., Okonkwo, C., Roche, K., Bauert, C., Day, M., Taylor, E., et al. (2025). Co-produced research that bridged the ‘Knowledge gap’ to support physical activity participation in disabled children and young people with limb difference. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health, 1-19. (link to paper)

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Mahmood, H., Day, M. McPherson, G. et al. (2025) Key stakeholder perceptions of the implementation of the English Football Association’s girls’ emerging talent centre pathway. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 1-14. (link to paper)

 

Richards, T. , Figgins, S. G. , Day, M. C. , Slater, M. J. and Easterbrook, M. J. (2025) Bucking mid-life inactivity: how social identity processes facilitate Zwift participation for mid-life adults. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 35 (1). pp. 1-14. (link to paper)

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2024

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Everard, C., Wadey, R., Day, M. C. and Howells, K. (2024). Examining the applied value of narratives for professional practice: an exploration of sports injury narratives in action. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, p1-22. (link to paper)

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Hudson, J., Gowing, R., Day, M. C., Oliver, E., Thomas, L. B. and Legrand, F. (2024) Modifying physical selves with reversal theory framed expressive writing. Journal of Motivation, Emotion and Personality, 13, pp 1-10. (link to paper)

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Day, M. & Wadey, R. (2024). Trauma informed narrative interviewing after limb amputation: Learning to put on the brakes. In J. McMahon and K. McGannon (Eds) Trauma Informed Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. Routledge. (link to book)

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2023

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Glynn, S., Wadey, R., Day, M. & Everard, C.  (2023). Cultural, institutional, and relational understanding of sport injury. In M. Arvinen-Barrow and D. Clement (Eds.), The Psychology of Sport Injury and Rehabilitation (2nd ed). Routledge. (link to book)

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Leggat, F., Wadey, R., Day, M., Winter, S., & Sanders, P. (2023). Bridging the ‘know-do’ gap using integrated knowledge translation and qualitative inquiry: A narrative review. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health, 15, 188-201. (link to paper)

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Welsh, M. R., Mosley, E., Laborde, S., Day, M. C., Sharpe, B. T., Burkill, R. A. & Birch, P. D. J. (2023). The use of heart rate variability in esports: a systematic review. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 69, pp1-38. (link to paper)

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2022

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Everard, C., Wadey, R., Howells, K., & Day, M. (2022) Construction and communication of evidence-based video narratives in elite sport: Knowledge translation of sports injury experiences. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. (link to paper)

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Wadey, R., & Day, M. (2022). Challenging the status quo of sport injury psychology to advance theory, research, and applied practice: An epilogue to a special issue. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34, 1029-1036. (link to paper)

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Day, M., & Wadey, R. (2022). Sport injury psychology: An overview and introduction to the special issue. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(5), 913–915. (link to paper)

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Day, M., Hine, J., Cavallerio, F., & Wadey, R. (2022). A letter to my younger self: Using A novel written data collection method to explore the experiences of athletes in chronic pain. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. (link to paper)

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Levi, H., Wadey, R., Bunsell, T., Day, M., Hays, K., & Lampard, P. (2022). Women in a man’s world: Coaching women in elite sport. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. (link to paper)

 

Martinelli, L., Day, M., & Cavallerio, F. (2022). From telling to showing: An account of developing a creative non fiction. In Creative Non-fiction in Sport and Exercise Research. Routledge. (link to chapter)

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2021 and earlier

 

Leggat, F., Wadey, R., Day, M., Winter, S., & Sanders, P. (2021) Bridging the Know-Do Gap Using Integrated Knowledge Translation and Qualitative Inquiry: A Narrative Review. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.

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Day, M. & Humphrey, K. (2021). Qualitative research in sports injury. In Critical Perspectives in Sport Injury Psychology. Routledge. 

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Martinelli, L. & Day, M. (2021). Guilt experienced by coaches following athlete injury. In Critical Perspectives in Sport Injury Psychology. London: Routledge. 

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Sanders, P., Wadey, R., Day, M., & Winter, S. (2020) Narratives of recovery over the first year after major lower limb loss. Qualitative Health Research, 30, 13, 2049-2063

 

Sanders, P., Wadey, R., Day, M., & Winter, S. (2020). Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Practice: An exploration of experiential knowledge in the multidisciplinary team. Qualitative Health Research, 31, 2, 309-322.

 

Szedlak, C., Smith. M., Callary, B., & Day, M. (2020). Examining how elite S&C coaches develop coaching practice using reflection stimulated by video vignettes. International Sport Coaching Journal, 7, 295-305.

 

Wadey, R., Day, M., Cavallerio, F., & Martinelli, L. (2019) Multilevel Model of Sport Injury (MMSI): Can Coaches Impact and be Impacted by Injury? Professional Advances in Sports Coaching: Research and Practice. Routledge

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Day, M. C., Wadey, R., & Strike, S. (2019) Living with limb loss: Everyday experiences of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ days in people with lower limb amputation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 41, 2433-2442.

 

Szedlak, C., Smith, M., Callary, B. & Day, M. (2019). Using written, audio, and video vignettes to translate knowledge to elite strength and conditioning coaches. International Sport Coaching Journal, 6, 199-210.

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Day, M. C. (2016) Documents of life - from diaries to autobiographies to biographical objects.  Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Research Sport and Exercise. Routledge.

 

Hunt, E., & Day, M. C. (2018) Narratives of chronic pain in sport. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology.13, 1-16.  

 

Wadey, R. & Day, M. (2018). A Longitudinal Examination of Leisure Time Physical Activity Following Amputation in England. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 37, 251-261.

 

Szedlak, C., Smith, M., & Day, M., & Callary, B. (2019). Using vignettes to analyse potential influences of effective strength and conditioning coaching on athlete development. The Sport Psychologist, 32, 199-209.

 

Day, M. C. & Wadey, R. (2017). Researching growth following adversity in sport and exercise: methodological implications and future recommendations. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 9, 499-513.

 

Sanders, P., Winter, S., Day, M. & Wadey, R. (2017) Qualitative fieldwork in medical contexts: Confessions of a neophyte researcher. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health, 11, 106-118.

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Day, M. C. & Wadey, R. (2016). Narratives of trauma and recovery: The complex role of sport following permanent acquired disability Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 22, 131-138.  

 

Day, M. C., (2016). The history of sport psychology in the UK. Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Routledge.

 

Martinelli, L. A., Day, M. C., & Lowry, R. (2016) Sport coaches’ experiences of athlete injury: the development and regulation of guilt. Sports Coaching Review, 6, 162-178.

 

Szedlak, C., Smith, M.,  Day, M.  & Greenlees, I. (2015). Examining athletes’ perceptions of effective behaviours in strength and conditioning coaching. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 10 (5), 967-984.

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Thatcher, J., Day, M. & Oliver, E. (2015). A ‘new life’ story or ‘delaying the inevitable’? Exploring older people’s narratives during exercise uptake. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 16, 112-120.

 

Sitch. M. A., & Day. M. C. (2015) Using a daily diary approach to understand the psychological experiences of making weight. The Sport Psychologist, 29, 29-40.

 

Day, M. C.  (2013). The role of initial physical activity experiences in promoting posttraumatic growth in Paralympic athletes with an acquired disability. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-9.

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Day, M. C., Bond, K., & Smith, B. (2013) Holding it together: Coping with vicarious trauma in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 1-11.

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Day, M. C., (2012). Coping with trauma in sport. In J. Thatcher, M. Jones, & D. Lavallee (Eds). Coping and Emotion in Sport. Routledge.

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Day, M. C., & Thatcher, J. (2012). Reflections on using writing in sport and exercise psychology research and practice. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin. 

 

Hudson, J. & Day, M. C. (2012). Athletes’ experiences of expressive writing about sports stressors. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 13, 798-806.

 

Day, M. C. & Schubert, N. (2012). The impact of witnessing athletic injury: A qualitative examination of vicarious trauma in artistic gymnastics. Journal of Sports Sciences, 30, 743-753.

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Dolleans, R., Hauw, D., Day, M., & Saramejane, P.  (2011). Psychological processes involved during acrobatic  performance: a review. Sport Science: International Scientific Journal of Kinesiology,1, 19-29.

 

Day, M. & Thatcher, J. (2009) “I’m really embarrassed that I’m telling you this but…” Reflections on using qualitative diaries in research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 6, 249-259.

 

Day, M. (2009). Clearing the final hurdle: The PhD viva. Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 5(2), 54-56.

 

Thatcher, J., & Day, M. C. (2008). Re-appraising stress appraisals: The underlying properties of stress in sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 9(3), 318-335.

 

Thatcher, J., Kerr, J., Amies, K., & Day, M. C. (2007). Mapping changes in psychological responses during sports injury rehabilitation. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 16, 343-362.

           

Day, M. C., Thatcher, J., Greenlees, I., & Woods, B. (2006). The Causes of and psychological responses to lost move syndrome in national level trampolinists. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 18, 151-166.

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