Publications – David E. Conroy, Ph.D.
References in appear in chronological order. Peer-reviewed publications are denoted by an
asterisk. Underlined author names are or were students.
In Press
Conroy, D. E., & Coatsworth, J.D. (in press). Coaches. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia
of adolescence.
Conroy, D. E., & Hyde, A. L. (in press). Measurement of achievement motivation processes. In
G. Tenenbaum, R. Eklund, & A. Kamata (Eds.), Handbook of measurement in sport &
exercise psychology.
Conroy, D. E. & Pincus, A. L. (in press). Interpersonal impact messages associated with
different forms of achievement motivation. Journal of Personality.
Wright, A. G. C., Lukowitsky, M. R., Pincus, A. L., & Conroy, D. E. (in press). The higher-
order factor structure and gender invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory.
Assessment.
2010
Conroy, D. E., Hyde, A. L., Doerksen, S. E., & Ribeiro, N. F. (2010). Implicit attitudes and
explicit motivation prospectively predict physical activity. Annals of Behavioral Medicine,
39, 112-118.
Elliot, A. J., Conroy, D. E., Barron, K. E., & Murayama, K. (2010). Achievement motives and
goals: A developmental analysis. In R. Lerner, M. Lamb, & A. Freund (Eds.), Handbook of
lifespan development, Vol. 2: Social and emotional development (pp. 474-510). New York:
Wiley.
Hyde, A. L., Doerksen, S. E., Ribeiro, N. F., & Conroy, D. E. (2010). The independence of
implicit and explicit attitudes toward physical activity: Introspective access and attitudinal
concordance. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 11, 387-393.
2009
*Coatsworth, J. D., & Conroy, D. E. (2009). The effects of autonomy-supportive coaching, need
satisfaction, and self-perceptions on initiative and identity in youth swimmers.
Developmental Psychology, 45, 320-328.
Conroy, D. E., Elliot, A. J., & Thrash, T. M. (2009). Achievement motivation. In M. R. Leary &
R. H. Hoyle (Eds.), Handbook of individual differences in social behavior (pp. 382-399).
New York: Guilford Press.
* Conroy, D. E., Elliot, A. J., & Pincus, A. L. (2009). The expression of achievement motives in
interpersonal problems. Journal of Personality, 77, 495-526.
Lang, D. H., Conroy, D. E., Lionikas, A., Mack, H. A., Larsson, L., Vogler, G. P.,
Vandenbergh, D. J., Blizard, D. A., McClearn, G. E., & Sharkey, N. A. (2009). Bone,
muscle, and physical activity: Structural equation modeling of relationships and genetic
influence with age. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 24, 1608-1617.
* Schantz, L. H., & Conroy, D. E. (2009). Achievement motivation and intraindividual affective
variability during competence pursuits: A round of golf as a multilevel data structure.
Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 472-481.
Updated: 8/11/2010
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* Wright, A. G. C., Pincus, A. L., Conroy, D. E., & Elliot, A. J. (2009). The pathoplastic
relationship between interpersonal problems and fear of failure. Journal of Personality, 77,
997-1024.
* Wright, A. G. C., Pincus, A. L., Conroy, D. E., & Hilsenroth, M. J. (2009). Integrating
methods to optimize circumplex description and comparison of groups. Journal of
Personality Assessment, 91, 311-322.
2008
*Conroy, D. E. (2008). Fear of failure in the context of competitive sport: A commentary.
International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 3, 179-183.
*Conroy, D. E., Cassidy, C. M., & Elliot, A. J. (2008). Prospective relations between 2x2
achievement goals and the quality of sport training. International Review of Social
Psychology, 21, 109-134.
Conroy, D. E., Kaye, M. P., & Schantz, L. H. (2008). Quantitative research methodology. In T.
Horn (Ed.), Advances in sport psychology (3rd ed., pp. 15-30). Champaign, IL: Human
Kinetics.
*Kaye, M. P., Conroy, D. E., & Fifer, A. M. (2008). Individual differences in incompetence
avoidance. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30, 110-132.
2007
*Baker, L. B., Conroy, D. E., & Kenney, W. L. (2007). Dehydration impairs vigilance-related
attention in basketball players. Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, 39, 976-983.
*Coatsworth, J. D., & Conroy, D. E. (2007). Youth sport as a component of organized
afterschool programs. New Directions for Youth Development, 115, 57-74.
*Conroy, D. E., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2007). Assessing autonomy-supportive coaching strategies
in youth sport. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 8, 671-684.
*Conroy, D. E., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2007). Coaching behaviors associated with changes in fear
of failure: Changes in self-talk and need satisfaction as potential mechanisms. Journal of
Personality, 75, 384-419.
*Conroy, D. E., Coatsworth, J. D., & Kaye, M. P. (2007). Consistency of fear of failure score
meanings among 8 – 18 year old female athletes. Educational and Psychological
Measurement, 67, 300-310.
Conroy, D. E., Elliot, A. J., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2007). Competence motivation in sport: Links
between the hierarchical model of achievement motivation and self-determination theory. In
M. Hagger & N. Chatzisarantis (Eds.), Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in exercise
and sport (pp. 181-192). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
*Conroy, D. E., Kaye, M. P., & Fifer, A. M. (2007). Cognitive links between fear of failure and
perfectionism. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 25, 237-253.
Roberts, G. C., Treasure, D. C., & Conroy, D. E. (2007). The dynamics of motivation in sport:
The influence of achievement goals on motivation processes. In G. Tenenbaum & R. C.
Eklund (Eds.), Handbook of sport psychology (3rd ed., pp. 3-30.). New York: Wiley.
2006
*Cassidy, C. M., & Conroy, D. E. (2006). Children’s self-esteem related to school- and sport-
specific perceptions of self and others. Journal of Sport Behavior, 29, 1-24.
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Coatsworth, J. D., & Conroy, D. E. (2006). Athletics. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
human development (vol. 1, pp. 124-126). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
*Coatsworth, J. D., & Conroy, D. E. (2006). The effects of coach training on self-esteem in
youth swimmers: Age and gender effects. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 7, 173-192.
Conroy, D. E. (2006). On Walker, Kremer, & Moran. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 2,
39-40. (invited commentary)
*Conroy, D. E., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2006). Coach training as a strategy for promoting youth
social development. The Sport Psychologist, 20, 128-144.
*Conroy, D. E., Kaye, M. P., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2006). Coaching climate and the destructive
effects of mastery-avoidance goals on situational motivation. Journal of Sport & Exercise
Psychology, 28, 69-92.
*Conroy, D. E., & Pincus, A. L. (2006). A comparison of mean partialling and dual-hypothesis
testing to evaluate stereotype effects when assessing profile similarity. Journal of Personality
Assessment, 86, 142-149.
2005
*Duley, A. R., Conroy, D. E., Morris, K., Wiley, J., & Janelle, C. M. (2005). Fear of failure
biases affective and attentional responses to lexical and pictorial stimuli. Motivation and
Emotion, 29, 1-17.
*Conroy, D. E., Coatsworth, J. D., & Fifer, A. M. (2005). Testing dynamic relations between
perceived competence and fear of failure in young athletes. European Review of Applied
Psychology, 26, 99-110.
*Elliot, A. J., & Conroy, D. E. (2005). Beyond the dichotomous model of achievement goals in
sport and exercise psychology. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 1, 17-25.
2004
*Conroy, D. E. (2004). The unique meaning of multidimensional fears of failing. Journal of
Sport & Exercise Psychology, 26, 484-491.
*Conroy, D. E., & Elliot, A. J. (2004). Fear of failure and achievement goals in sport:
Addressing the issue of the chicken and the egg. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 17, 271-285.
*Conroy, D. E., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2004). The effects of coach training on fear of failure in
youth swimmers: A latent growth curve analysis from a randomized controlled trial. Journal
of Applied Developmental Psychology, 25, 193-214.
*Conroy, D. E., & Metzler, J. N. (2004). Patterns of self-talk associated with various
performance anxieties. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 26, 69-89.
*Metzler, J. N., & Conroy, D. E. (2004). Structural validity of the Fear of Success Scale.
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 8, 89-108.
2003
*Conroy, D. E., Elliot, A. J., & Hofer, S. M. (2003). A 2 × 2 achievement goals questionnaire
for sport: Evidence for factorial invariance, temporal stability, and external validity. Journal
of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 25, 456-476.
*Conroy, D. E., & Metzler, J. N. (2003). Temporal stability of Performance Failure Appraisal
Inventory items. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 7, 243-261.
*Conroy, D. E. (2003). Representational models associated with fear of failure in adolescents
and young adults. Journal of Personality, 71, 757-783.
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*Conroy, D. E., Metzler, J. N., & Hofer, S. M. (2003). Factorial invariance and latent mean
stability of performance failure appraisals. Structural Equation Modeling, 10, 401-422.
*Conroy, D. E., & Motl, R. W. (2003). Modification, cross-validation, invariance, and latent
mean structure of the Self-Presentation in Exercise Questionnaire. Measurement in Physical
Education and Exercise Science, 7, 1-18.
2002
*Anderson-Butcher, D., & Conroy, D. E. (2002). Factorial, convergent, and predictive validity
of scores of a measure of belonging in youth development programs. Educational and
Psychological Measurement, 62, 857-876.
*Conroy, D. E., Willow, J. P., & Metzler, J. N. (2002). Multidimensional measurement of fear
of failure: The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory. Journal of Applied Sport
Psychology, 14, 76-90.
*Poczwardowski, A., & Conroy, D. E. (2002). Coping responses to failure and success among
elite athletes and performing artists. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 14, 313-329.
2001
*Conroy, D. E. (2001). Progress in the development of a multidimensional measure of fear of
failure: The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI). Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 14,
431-452.
*Conroy, D. E. (2001). Fear of failure: An exemplar for social development research in sport.
Quest, 53, 165-183.
*Conroy, D. E., & Benjamin, L. S. (2001). Psychodynamics in sport performance enhancement
consultation: Application of an interpersonal theory. The Sport Psychologist, 15, 103-117.
*Conroy, D. E., Poczwardowski, A., & Henschen, K. P. (2001). Evaluative criteria and
consequences associated with failure and success for elite athletes and performing artists.
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 13, 300-322.
*Conroy, D. E., Silva, J. M., Newcomer, R. R., Walker, B. W., & Johnson, M. S. (2001).
Personal and participatory influences on the socialization of perceived legitimacy. Aggressive
Behavior, 27, 405-418.
*Motl, R. W., & Conroy, D. E. (2001). The Social Physique Anxiety Scale: Cross-validation,
factorial invariance, and latent mean structure. Measurement in Physical Education and
Exercise Science, 5, 81-95.
2000
*Motl, R. W., Conroy, D. E., & Horan, P. M. (2000). The Social Physique Anxiety Scale: An
example of the potential consequence of negatively worded items in factorial validity studies.
Journal of Applied Measurement, 1, 327-345.
*Motl, R. W., & Conroy, D. E. (2000). Validity and factorial invariance of the Social Physique
Anxiety Scale. Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, 32, 1007-1017.
*Motl, R. W., & Conroy, D. E. (2000). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Physical Self-
Efficacy Scale with a college-aged sample of men and women. Measurement in Physical
Education and Exercise Science, 4, 13-27.
*Conroy, D. E., Motl, R. W., & Hall, E. G. (2000). Progress toward construct validation of the
Self-Presentation in Exercise Questionnaire (SPEQ). Journal of Sport and Exercise
Psychology, 22, 21-38.
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Pre-2000
*Silva, J. M., Conroy, D. E., & Zizzi, S. J. (1999). Critical issues confronting the advancement
of applied sport psychology. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 11, 298-320.
*Ogilvie, B. C., Toffler, I. R., Conroy, D. E., & Drell, M. J. (1998). Comprehending role
conflicts in the coaching of children, adolescents, and young adults: Transference,
countertransference, and achievement by proxy distortion paradigms. Child and Adolescent
Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7, 879-890.
*Cornelius, A. E., Silva, J. M., Conroy, D. E., and Petersen, G. (1997). The projected-
performance model of psychological momentum. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 84, 475-485.
Silva, J. M., & Conroy, D. E. (1995). Understanding aggressive behavior and its effects upon
athletic performance. In K. Henschen and W. Straub (Eds.), Sport psychology: An analysis of
athlete behavior. Longmeadow, MA: Mouvement Publications.