Published Research
Featured Media Appearances
As well as being an qualified and experienced practitioner, Dr Darren Britton is also a published researcher in the field of sport and performance psychology. Here are some of his published research studies:
Britton, D., Wood, A. G., & Pitt, T. (2024). Having Impact and Doing It Quickly: The Place for Brief and Single-Session Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies in Sport Psychology Practice. The Sport Psychologist, 38(2), 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2021-0146
Britton, D., & Polman, R. (2023). Validation of the Interpersonal Regulation Questionnaire in sports: measuring emotion regulation via social processes and interactions. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 21(5), 857–868. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2022.2089197
Lafferty, M., Breslin, G., Britton, D., Butt, J., Lowry, R., Morris, R., ... & Eubank, M. R. (2020, July). Supporting youth athletes during COVID-19. British Psychological Society.
Breslin, G., Lowry, R., Lafferty, M., Britton, D., Morris, R., Barker, J., ... & Eubank, M. (2020, May). Advice for athletes during Covid-19. British Psychological Society.
Britton DM, Kavanagh EJ and Polman RCJ (2019) A Path Analysis of Adolescent Athletes’ Perceived Stress Reactivity, Competition Appraisals, Emotions, Coping, and Performance Satisfaction. Front. Psychol. 10:1151. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01151
Britton, D., Kavanagh, E., & Polman, R. (2017). The perceived stress reactivity scale for adolescent athletes. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 301-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.008
Interview in the Times on the Psychology of the England Football Team (July 2026; https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/world-cup/article/england-psychology-gareth-southgate-w5hrfhsgm)
Interview in Rugby World Magazine on the psychology of the 'underdog' tag (February 2022; https://www.rugbyworld.com/tournaments/rugby-six-nations/the-race-to-become-six-nations-underdogs-136707)
Interview with the BBC on why athletes may be reluctant to get vaccinated (January 2022; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59958952)