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The impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition and mental health

A Grant Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal 2003

Despite its high media profile and growing popularity there have been no empirical investigations of the impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition or mental health. This exploratory study used life coaching as a means of exploring key metacognitive factors involved as individuals move towards goal attainment. In a within-s...

Cites in Google Scholar: 917
 
The Relative Effectiveness of External, Peer, and Self-Coaches

C Sue-Chan, G Latham Applied Psychology 2004

Two studies in two different continents using two different dependent variables examined the relative effectiveness of external, peer, and self-coaches on the performance of participants in two MBA programs. The first study involved MBA students in Canada (n= 30). Those who were coached by an external coach exhibited higher teamplaying be...

Cites in Google Scholar: 291
 
A pilot study to assess the effects of life coaching with Year 12 students

MA Campbell, S Gardner Evidence-based coaching 2005

A pilot study was conducted to assess the effects of life coaching on Year 12 students’ personal and academic development, specifically evaluating emotional well being, problem solving ability, relationships and academic performance. Students were randomly selected from consenting students within pastoral care groups. Two control groups o...

Cites in Google Scholar: 80
 
Evidence-based life coaching for senior high school students: Building hardiness and hope

S Green, AM Grant, J Rynsaardt International Coaching Psychology Review 2007

Objective: To extend the knowledge base on the use of life coaching as an applied positive psychology. Studies to date have utilised community samples with participants of varying ages and most research has used adult community samples. The present study is unusual in that it examined the efficacy of an evidence-based (cognitive-behavi...

Cites in Google Scholar: 435
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Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing?.

M Cavanagh, A Grant Australian Psychologist 2007

Coaching and coaching psychology offer a potential platform for an applied positive psychology and for facilitating individual, organisational and social change. Experts from around the world were invited to comment on the emerging discipline of coaching psychology and the commercial coaching industry. Several key themes emerged including...

Cites in Google Scholar: 266
 
The impact of an online evidence-based coaching program on goal striving, subjective well-being, and level of hope

M Poepsel 2011

The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of an online evidence-based coaching program in terms of goal attainment, subjective well-being and level of hope. Both the coaching industry and use of the Internet have grown dramatically, and some coaches have added online communication to traditional face-to-face and telephone...

Cites in Google Scholar: 53
 
Executive coaching enhances goal attainment, resilience and workplace well-being: A randomised controlled study

AM Grant, L Curtayne, G Burton The Journal of Positive Psychology 2009

In a randomised controlled study, 41 executives in a public health agency received 360-degree feedback, a half-day leadership workshop, and four individual coaching sessions over 10 weeks. The coaching used a cognitive-behavioural solution-focused approach. Quantitative and qualitative measures were taken. This is the first published rand...

Cites in Google Scholar: 911
 
Developmental coaching for high school teachers: Executive coaching goes to school.

AM Grant, LS Green, J Rynsaardt Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2010

Teachers are in a very real sense the embodiment of leadership, providing direction, guidance, and feedback to their students in addition to acting as role models. Teachers may well thus benefit from developmental coaching that draws on theories of leadership. This study was both an experimental (randomly assigned conditions) and a quasi-...

Cites in Google Scholar: 282
 
Personal life coaching for coaches-in-training enhances goal attainment, insight and learning

AM Grant Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2008

Evidence-based approaches to coach training and education are vital if the coaching industry is to continue to mature. Drawing on past research on mandatory personal therapy for therapists-in-training, this paper reports a qualitative and quantitative within-subject exploration of the impact of compulsory participation in a personal life ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 129
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How personal systems coaching increases selfefficacy and well-being for Israeli single mothers

S Bar International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2014

This study explores the influence of personal systems coaching on self-efficacy and goals achievement. A mixed-methods quasi-experimental research compared single mother degree students, and included interviews and focus groups with coaches and clients. Findings showed increased selfefficacy, goal achievements and well-being and a ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 27
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Effect of a quality of life coaching intervention on psychological courage and self-determination

DF Curtis, LL Kelly International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013

This study utilised a multiple case study design, grounded in self-determination theory, which examined changes in motivation and psychological courage throughout an 8-week quality of life coaching intervention. Eight nonclinical adults participated in six one-hour tele-coaching sessions. Sources of data included a pre-assessment s...

Cites in Google Scholar: 47
 
Coaching with self-determination in mind: Using theory to advance evidence-based coaching practice

GB Spence, LG Oades International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011

The scholarly coaching literature has advanced considerably in the past decade. However, a review of the existing knowledge base suggests that coaching practice and research remains relatively uninformed by relevant psychological theory. In this paper it will be argued that Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985) presents as...

Cites in Google Scholar: 208
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Stress management through workplace coaching: The impact of learning experiences

G Ladegård International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2011

The purpose of the present study is to investigate how learning experiences acquired through workplace coaching may affect stress. I identify two main learning experiences in the coaching process, insight and planning skills, and propose that these affect stress directly and also indirectly through mediators’ job demand, job control, a...

Cites in Google Scholar: 97
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Hope theory in coaching: How clients respond to interventions based on Snyder’s theory of hope

T Worgan International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013

The concept of hope has infused human culture for millennia and in modern times challenged psychologists’ attempts to define and measure individuals’ level of hope. The beneficial impact of increasing hope to improve physical and mental well-being is a tested therapeutic intervention. However, little research has explored this matter i...

Cites in Google Scholar: 26
 
Towards a systems model of Coaching for Learning: Empirical lessons from the secondary classroom context

Q Wang International Coaching Psychology Review 2013

Objectives: Coaching psychology has been increasingly used in the discourse of education. However, there has been a lack of research systematically looking at the nature of coaching in the learning process from a participatory and systems approach. This study aimed to investigate how coaching, implemented in enquiry-based learning, wou...

Cites in Google Scholar: 17
 
Coaching as a learning methodology: A mixed methods study in driver development using a randomized controlled trial and thematic analysis

J Passmore, H Rehman International Coaching Psychology Review 2012

Objectives: This mixed methods study reviewed the role of coaching in the driver development environment. The study sought to explore the impact of coaching as a learning methodology and to compare this with an instruction-based approach. Design: The study involved a mixed methods sequential design. The first part of the study was a ra...

Cites in Google Scholar: 47
 
CLARITY: A cognitive behavioural coaching model

H Williams, S Palmer Coaching Psychology International 2010

This article introduces ‘CLARITY’, a seven step cognitive behavioural coaching model. Building upon existing rational emotive and cognitive behavioural frameworks, CLARITY helps to directs attention within the coaching conversation to the potentially powerful concepts of imagery and identity.

Cites in Google Scholar: 8
 
Development of an interview sheet based on the GF-PRACTICE model for Solution-focused coaching

Y Tokuyoshi, S Iwasaki, S Palmer Coaching Psychology International 2013

The purpose of this paper is to develop an interview sheet for use within Solution-focused Coaching (SFC), for Semi-structured interviews and Selfcoaching based on an SFC framework. This article provides a brief overview of the development of an interview sheet and then describes the GF-PRACTICE model, ...

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What is life coaching? An integrative review of the evidence-based literature

J Jarosz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Life coaching as an industry fully emerged in the 1990s and has exploded to become a $2 billion global industry with nearly 50,000 certified life coaches (ICF, 2012). With the rapid growth and many different programmes and educational platforms, there is a need for defining the exact scope of what life coaching entails (Segers, Vloeberghs...

Cites in Google Scholar: 70
 
What can Sydney tell us about coaching? Research with implications for practice from down under

A Grant Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 2016

This paper details material from 2 presentations given at the 2015 Society of Consulting Psychology Mid-Winter Conference in San Diego, California, which presented a summary of the coaching research conducted at the Coaching Psychology Unit (CPU) at the University of Sydney. The CPU was established in 1999 with a mission to enhance the pe...

Cites in Google Scholar: 35
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An integrative literature review on the impact of life coaching on courage, fear and anxiety

J Jarosz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

The demand on techniques, approaches and processes that have a positive impact on courage, fear and anxiety is very high in general population. The evidence-based and theoretical literature supporting life coaching as a successful approach building individual courage and helping with fear and anxiety is scarce. This integrative literature...

Cites in Google Scholar: 8
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Coaching to enhance the mental toughness of people learning kickboxing

A Killy, C van Nieuwerburgh, P Clough International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2017

This pilot study investigated whether combining Positive Psychology Coaching (PPC) and kickboxing would progress the development of mental toughness compared to kickboxing alone. The data were derived from 28 participants who voluntarily took a four-week kickboxing course and completed the Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ48) a week bef...

Cites in Google Scholar: 16
 
Assessing the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural group coaching intervention in reducing symptoms of depression among adolescent males in a school setting

M Barry, M Murphy, H O’Donovan International Coaching Psychology Review 2017

Objectives: The research sought to assess the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural group coaching intervention in impacting positively on depressive symptoms among an all-male, adolescent, schoolgoing population. Design: An experimental design was employed. Twenty-seven participants were recruited from Transition Year students in o...

Cites in Google Scholar: 19
 
Students’ perceptions of an executive coaching intervention: a case study of an enabling education programme

R Fields Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and P... 2018

The purpose of this study is to examine the perceived impact of executive coaching upon students in an enabling education programme at CQUniversity, Queensland. While there are shared philosophical underpinnings for enabling education and executive coaching, there are also clear distinctions between the two, which have ramifications for t...

Cites in Google Scholar: 8
 
The coaching ripple effect: The effects of developmental coaching on wellbeing across organizational networks

S O'O’Connor, M Cavanagh Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Family Practi... 2013

Background: It has been argued that the quality of daily interactions within organisations effects the wellbeing of both individuals and the broader organisation. Coaching for leadership development is one intervention often used to create organisation-wide changes in culture and wellbeing. Leadership style has been associated with employ...

Cites in Google Scholar: 115
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