Erin Prior

MSc, CPsychol, AFHEA

Pronouns: She/her
  • Postgraduate University Teacher (Psychology)

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Erin completed her undergraduate degree, BSc Psychology, at Coventry University in 2016 before gaining her MSc in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Loughborough University in 2017. In 2018, Erin returned to Loughborough University as a research assistant focusing on expertise in sports parenting, before starting her PhD (part-time) which focuses on athlete mental health, supervised by Dr Anthony Papathomas and Dr Daniel Rhind. Alongside her PhD, Erin is a Postgraduate University Teacher who teaches across a range of undergraduate Psychology and Sport & Exercise Psychology modules.

Erin is a chartered, HCPC registered, Sport & Exercise Psychologist who runs her own business working with a range of sports organisations, teams, universities, and athletes.

Erin’s research employs qualitative research methods. She has engaged in research on various topics including the impact of the media portrayal of females on women and girls’ participation in sport and exercise; performance blocks within the sport of archery; sport-parenting expertise within youth sport; and more recently athlete mental health within elite sport.

Erin is a chartered, HCPC registered Sport & Exercise Psychologist who runs her own business working with a range of sports organisations, teams, universities, and athletes.

Featured publications

  • Papathomas. A., Pereira-Vargas. M. L. F., Prior. E. (in press). Disordered Eating in Child and Youth Sport: The Role of the Coach. In Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport, Routledge
  • Prior. E.E., & Holder. T. (in press). Navigating Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology: Reflections and Insights from Emerging Practitioners. Routledge
  • Prior, E., Papathomas, A., & Rhind, D. (2022). A systematic scoping review of athlete mental health within competitive sport: interventions, recommendations, and policy. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-23.
  • Prior, E. E., & Coates, J. K. (2020). Archers’ experiences of target panic: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 12(2), 224-241.