(L-R): Siobhán Woods, Dublin footballer, Ailish King, Jennifer Rogers, Player Development Manager, GPA, and Conor Whelan, Galway hurler.
Loughborough researchers to collaborate with the Gaelic Players Association
Loughborough University has teamed up with The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) – the official representative body for Gaelic football, hurling and camogie county players – to explore the role thinking styles and identity can have on inter-county players’ well-being over a competitive season.
The study will include measures of wellbeing, sport behaviours and factors that may alleviate wellbeing outcomes, such as the support they receive from others.
GPA members will be invited to complete a questionnaire at three-time points spanning approximately a seven-month period.
“In partnership with the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), this project provides an opportunity for us to explore how thinking styles impact wellbeing over a competitive season and contributing factors in inter-county Gaelic players,” explained Ailish King.
“Given the merging of the GPA and the Women's Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) in 2020, we have a great opportunity to gain an understanding of both male and female wellbeing specific to Gaelic games.
“We had a fantastic pre-launch event in Dublin and it was great to hear of both staff and players' enthusiasm and commitment to the research. It is through a comprehensive understanding that we can begin to formulate ways to promote effective thinking styles and wellbeing in Gaelic players and beyond.”
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2021 QS World University Rankings and University of the Year for Sport by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is in the top 10 of every national league table, being ranked 7th in The UK Complete University Guide 2022, and 10th in both the Guardian University League Table 2022 and the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
(L-R): Siobhán Woods, Dublin footballer, Ailish King, Jennifer Rogers, Player Development Manager, GPA, and Conor Whelan, Galway hurler.
Loughborough University has teamed up with The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) – the official representative body for Gaelic football, hurling and camogie county players – to explore the role thinking styles and identity can have on inter-county players’ well-being over a competitive season.
The study will include measures of wellbeing, sport behaviours and factors that may alleviate wellbeing outcomes, such as the support they receive from others.
GPA members will be invited to complete a questionnaire at three-time points spanning approximately a seven-month period.
“In partnership with the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), this project provides an opportunity for us to explore how thinking styles impact wellbeing over a competitive season and contributing factors in inter-county Gaelic players,” explained Ailish King.
“Given the merging of the GPA and the Women's Gaelic Players Association (WGPA) in 2020, we have a great opportunity to gain an understanding of both male and female wellbeing specific to Gaelic games.
“We had a fantastic pre-launch event in Dublin and it was great to hear of both staff and players' enthusiasm and commitment to the research. It is through a comprehensive understanding that we can begin to formulate ways to promote effective thinking styles and wellbeing in Gaelic players and beyond.”
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2021 QS World University Rankings and University of the Year for Sport by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is in the top 10 of every national league table, being ranked 7th in The UK Complete University Guide 2022, and 10th in both the Guardian University League Table 2022 and the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
