Research

Sophia has developed a world-leading research programme in interpersonal relationships and the sustained excellence of this work is evidenced through numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, conference presentations and book chapters. In 2012, the Journal of Coaching Education and in 2023, the International Sport Coaching Journal based on bibliometric analyses, ranked Sophia 2nd (1st in Europe and the only woman in the top 10) worldwide for research carried out in coaching science highlighting high-quality and high-volume output over a decade. She has also been identified as an eminent sport psychology researcher (see An Imperfect List of Eminent Sport and Exercise Psychology Researchers in: Kinesiology Review Volume 13 Issue 4 (2024)) Last but not least, Sophia delivers a standout performance in the Stanford/Elsevier list (Iannides, 2023), highlighting the top 2% of the most cited scientists across the world (and she has done this consistently over the past 5 years!)

The main psychometric tools contained within Tandem are the only empirically validated tools available to assess the quality of the coach-athlete relationship and supply feedback about what coaches and athletes can do to optimise their relationship's effectiveness and success. Research has shown that coaches and athletes who are close, committed and complementary are more likely to be happy, satisfied, successful, confident, competent and motivated than coaches and athletes who are not close, committed and complementary in the ways they relate, interact and communicate. Coaches and athletes who have the capacity through their good quality relationships to create an interpersonal environment that is positive and constructive are more likely to thrive.

If you would like to keep up to date with this line of research, then click here:

• http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YAcVX6cAAAAJ&hl=en or
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sophia_Jowett

And if you'd like to know a little more about Sophia's work and life, click here "Legends of Sport Psychology" by Prof Gordon Bloom at McGill University

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi4mQSMMSSKjZLEE3vsrdHsMSUhRdUgrG

With a wealth of sustained empirical research, the value of tandem is continuously acknowledged by professionals and clients alike in areas such as these:

•  Individual (one-to-one) and group development seminars
•  Relationship and Communication workshops
•  Individual and dyadic counselling
•  Performance enhancement
•  Team building and development
•  Management development
•  Career development