Dr Lea-Cathrin Dohme

Research / Publications

My primary research interests lie in the area of youth athletes' positive psychological development, including psychological skills training and behaviour change, and athlete, coach, and parent education. In particular, I am interested in the strategies parents and coaches employ to facilitate youth athletes' positive psychological development and aim to offer useful resources to further enhance these strategies. 

Refereed Publications

Dohme, L.-C., Bloom, A. G., & Knight, C. J. (2020). Understanding the Behaviours employed by Parents to promote the Psychological Development of Elite Youth Tennis Players. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2020.1827004

Cropley, B., Hanton, S., Miles, A., Niven, A., & Dohme, L.-C. (2020). Developing the effectiveness of applied sport psychology service delivery: A reflective practice intervention. Sport and Exercise Psychology Review, 16, 38-60.

Dohme, L.-C., Bloom, A. G., Piggott, D., & Backhouse, S. (2020). Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Athlete-Informed Mental Skills Training Program for Elite Youth Tennis Players. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 32, 429-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2019.1573204

Dohme, L.-C., Ranking-Wright, A. J., & Lara-Bercial, S. (2019). Beyond Knowledge Transfer: The Role of Coach Developers as Motivators for Lifelong Learning. The International Sport Coaching Journal, 6, 317-328. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2019-0034

Dohme, L.-C., Piggott, D., Backhouse, S., & Morgan, G. (2019). Psychological Skills and Characteristics Facilitative of Youth Athletes' Development: A Systematic Review. The Sport Psychologist, 33, 261-275. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2018-0014

Dohme, L.-C., Backhouse, S., Piggott, D., & Morgan, G. (2017). Categorizing and Defining Popular Psychological Terms Used Within the Youth Athlete Talent Development Literature: A Systematic Review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 10, 134-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2016.1185451

Book Chapters:

Bloom, G. A., Dohme, L-C., & Falcão, W.R. (2021). Coaching youth athletes. In R. Resende & A.R. Gomes (Eds.), Coaching for human development and performance in sports. Lausanne: Springer.

Dohme, L.-C., Lefebvre, J. S., & Bloom, G. A. (2020). Team building in youth sport. In M. W. Bruner, M. Eys, & L. J. Martin (Eds.), Exploring the power of groups in youth sport. New York, NY: Elsevier.

Conference Presentations: 

Papich, M., Bloom, G.A., & Dohme, L.-C. (2021, June). Building successful coach-athlete relationships using interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. Oral presentation at the 2021 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) Virtual Conference.

Papich, M., Bloom, G.A., & Dohme, L.-C. (2021, March). How elite tennis coaches help their athletes balance their personal and professional lives. Oral presentation at the 25^th Eastern Canada Sport & Exercise Psychology Symposium (ECSEPS), University of Windsor, Virtual Conference.

Dohme, L.-C., Bloom, G. A., Piggott, D., & Backhouse, S. (2019, July). Fostering resilience in youth athletes through the development of psychological skills and characteristics. Oral presentation as part of the symposium entitled 'Psychological resilience in sports: Overcoming and growing from stressors' at the 15^th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC), Munster, Germany.

Dohme, L.-C., Bloom, G. A., Piggott, D., & Backhouse, S. (2019, July). Understanding the behaviors employed by parents to promote the psychological development of elite youth tennis players. Oral presentation at the 15^th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology (FEPSAC), Munster, Germany.

Dohme, L.-C., & Piggott, D. (2019, July). Using Critical Realism to understand and improve elite youth tennis players' psychological development. Oral presentation at the Qualitative Methods in Psychology & History & Philosophy of Psychology Conference, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

Dohme, L.-C., Bloom, G. A., Backhouse, S., & Piggott, D. (2018, October). Development, implementation, and evaluation of an athlete-informed mental skills training program for elite youth tennis players. Poster presented at the Association of Applied Sport Psychology Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada. 

Dohme, L.-C., Backhouse, S., & Piggott, D. (2017, August). The context and mechanisms within an English tennis youth development club that influence players' development of psychological skills and characteristics: An Action Research Study. Oral session presented at the 11^thICCE Global Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 

Dohme, L.-C., Lara-Bercial, S., Rankin-Wright, A., & North, J. (2017, August). Using Realist Evaluation to design and evaluate the Coach Advancement Programme of the Philippines Academy of Sport. Oral session presented at the 11^thICCE Global Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Dohme, L.-C., Backhouse, S., & Piggott, D. (2015, August). Defining and Categorizing Salient Psychological Qualities in Athlete Development.Oral session presented at the 10^thICCE Global Conference, Vierumaki, Finland. 

Dohme, L.-C., & Lara-Bercial, S. (2015, August) Evaluation and Review of the Philippines Academy of Sport Coach Advancement Programme. Oral session presented at the 10^thICCE Global Conference, Vierumaki, Finland

Dohme, L.-C., Backhouse, S., & Piggott, D. (2015, July) Defining and Categorizing Salient Psychological Qualities in Athlete Development.Oral session presented at the AIESEP International Conference, Madrid, Spain.

Non-peer reviewed articles/reports: 

Ripoll, S., Lara-Bercial, S., & Dohme, L.-C.(2015). Philippines Academy of Sport Stage 2 Project Executive Report. Manila, Philippines: Philippines Academy of Sport. 

Dohme, L.-C. & Lara-Bercial, S. (2016). Coaching Ireland Coaching Children Workshop Series: Coaching Children Successfully in Sport: An Introduction for Coaches – Factsheet 1. Coaching Ireland – A Unit of Sport Ireland.

Dohme, L.-C. & Lara-Bercial, S. (2016). Coaching Ireland Coaching Children Workshop Series: Child-Centred Coaching: Understanding Child Development & Learning & its Impact on how we Coach – Factsheet 2.  Coaching Ireland – A Unit of Sport Ireland.

Dohme, L.-C. & Lara-Bercial, S. (2016). Coaching Ireland Coaching Children Workshop Series: Developing Physical Literacy through Sport – Coaching Children to Move – Factsheet 3. Coaching Ireland – A Unit of Sport Ireland.

Dohme, L.-C. & Lara-Bercial, S. (2016). Coaching Ireland Coaching Children Workshop Series: Developing Physical Literacy Through Sport: Coaching Children to Think – Factsheet 4. Coaching Ireland – A Unit of Sport Ireland.

Teaching and Supervision

I　am teaching on the SES and SPEH programme on modules in the areas of sport psychology and research methods at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. I am the module leader of two Level 4 modules, namely SSP4116 Foundations of Sport and Exercise Science and SSP4124 Fundamentals of Sport and Exercise Psychology, as well as the Level 4 Year Tutor. I am a Level 5 Personal Tutor and supervise dissertations on an Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. Finally, I am supervising a PhD project entitled "The development of a collaborative approach to implementing a 'Triathlon Passport' enhancing children's physical literacy in primary schools and leisure centers", which is a KESS2 funded project.

Qualifications and Awards

PhD in Sport Psychology, Coaching & Youth Athlete Development; Graduate Teaching Assistant; Leeds Beckett University(UK), Thesis Title:'Understanding youth tennis players' psychological development through critical realism and action research' Supervised by Professor Susan Backhouse and Dr. David Piggott. 

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice; Postgraduate Programme; Leeds Beckett University; Designed to enhance my professional practice in Higher Education.

MSc Psychology of Sport and Exercise;Leeds Metropolitan University;Dissertation Title:'Expectancy effects in Rugby: The Impact of opponents' physique on male rugby players' self-efficacy beliefs'

BSc (Hons) Psychology with Sport and Exercise; Leeds Metropolitan University;Dissertation Title:'Investigation of body satisfaction across male exercisers, tendencies to obligatory attitudes to exercise and examination of the relationship between male's body dissatisfaction and their motivation for exercise.'

The Achieving Excellence Awards– Nominee for the Researcher of the Year Award (2017)

Golden Robes Teaching Awards– Motivator of the Year (2015)

External Links

Performance: 

I am an avid tennis player with 10 years of regular success at higher levels of competition throughout Germany and Winner of the European League Finals in London 2009 as part of Leeds Beckett University's 1^stTeam. 

Coaching:  

Deutscher Tennis Bund (DTB) Level 3 Tennis Coach 

DTV Hannover, TC Westend, Gruppenhagen, and Fischbeck (2005-2008)