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Decision Making for Sports Officials: Training and Assessment Perspectives (2025)
Book
Cunningham, I., Kittel, A., Mascarenhas, D., MacMahon, C., & Larkin, P. (2025). Decision Making for Sports Officials: Training and Assessment Perspectives. Routledge

This essential guidebook provides a comprehensive, holistic, and evidence-based account for improving the decision making of sports officials across different sports and levels. By combining cutting-edge research with practical strategies, this book... Read More about Decision Making for Sports Officials: Training and Assessment Perspectives.

Referees on the wire: a positive youth development perspective of rugby referees’ verbal communication in childrens’ sport (2025)
Journal Article
Płoszaj, K., Firek, W., & Cunningham, I. (online). Referees on the wire: a positive youth development perspective of rugby referees’ verbal communication in childrens’ sport. Sport, Education and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2025.2493697

While extensive research has examined the roles of parents and coaches in fostering a Positive Youth Development (PYD) climate in sport, the influence of referees remains largely unexplored. Given that competence, confidence, connection, character an... Read More about Referees on the wire: a positive youth development perspective of rugby referees’ verbal communication in childrens’ sport.

The effectiveness of decision-making training in team-sport officials: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Kittel, A., Lindsay, R., Larkin, P., Spittle, M., & Cunningham, I. (2025). The effectiveness of decision-making training in team-sport officials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, Article 102841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102841

Purpose
Decision making is a critical skill for sports officials, often directly influencing the flow and fairness of a match. While this topic has received considerable interest in the literature, a synthesis of current evidence to understand the e... Read More about The effectiveness of decision-making training in team-sport officials: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Good Laboratory Practice Buffer Preparation Exercise Workbook (2025)
Other
Garden, C., & Cunningham, I. (2025). Good Laboratory Practice Buffer Preparation Exercise Workbook

This workbook and the accompanying video have been commissioned by Skills Development Scotland and prepared by Edinburgh Napier University with support from a member of the Life and Chemical Sciences Skills Group. The aim is to help you understand Go... Read More about Good Laboratory Practice Buffer Preparation Exercise Workbook.

Comment les usages de la vidéo 360° facilitent l’apprentissage d’habiletés en Éducation Physique et en Sport (2025)
Journal Article
Rolland, C., Roche, L., Hagin, V., & Cunningham, I. (2025). Comment les usages de la vidéo 360° facilitent l’apprentissage d’habiletés en Éducation Physique et en Sport. STAPS, 149(1), 31-63. https://doi.org/10.3917/sta.149.0031

L’analyse SWOT que nous avons réalisée porte sur les études scientifiques de ces dix dernières années dont l’objet d’étude concerne l’usage de vidéos 360°. Ces dernières constituent un nouvel outil technologique au service d’objectifs d’optimisation... Read More about Comment les usages de la vidéo 360° facilitent l’apprentissage d’habiletés en Éducation Physique et en Sport.

Training Sports Officials' Communication: From a toolbox of skills to adapting appropriately to audience and situation (2024)
Book Chapter
Cunningham, I., Mascarenhas, D., & Simmons, P. (2024). Training Sports Officials' Communication: From a toolbox of skills to adapting appropriately to audience and situation. In P. M. Pedersen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sport Communication. (2nd). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003430278-41

Effective communication is essential to effective officiating. More than simply learning signals and instructions, officials across sports must adapt appropriately to numerous contextual variables, including the match situations, individual player di... Read More about Training Sports Officials' Communication: From a toolbox of skills to adapting appropriately to audience and situation.

Sports Officials' Decision-Making Biases (2024)
Book Chapter
Larkin, P., Kittel, A., & Cunningham, I. (2025). Sports Officials' Decision-Making Biases. In T. Webb, D. J. Hancock, P. Phillips, & J. K. Tingle (Eds.), Managing and Developing Sports Officials (152-162). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370987-17

For officials, decision-making is one of the most important performance skills by which their success is measured. While it is their objective to make accurate and fair decisions, in many cases external factors such as players, coaches and supporters... Read More about Sports Officials' Decision-Making Biases.

Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health (2024)
Journal Article
Carter, T. B., Gorczynski, P., Coady, C. J., Cunningham, I. J., Mascarenhas, D. R. D., Grant, M., Sullivan, P., Webb, T., Livingston, L. A., & Hancock, D. J. (2024). Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, Article 1436149. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1436149

Introduction: Sport officials are tasked with applying rules, maintaining fairness, and ensuring athlete safety. However, sport officials experience anxiety, burnout, and non-accidental violence, with the incidence of these events increasing worldwid... Read More about Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health.