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David Sheffield

Researcher at University of Derby

Publications -  171
Citations -  7202

David Sheffield is an academic researcher from University of Derby. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 171 publications receiving 5708 citations. Previous affiliations of David Sheffield include Glasgow Caledonian University & Veterans Health Administration.

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Cardiovascular reactivity and development of preclinical and clinical disease states

TL;DR: There is reasonable evidence to suggest that cardiovascular reactivity can predict the development of some preclinical states and perhaps even new clinical events in some patients with essential hypertension or coronary heart disease.
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Social support and experimental pain.

TL;DR: Data suggest that the presence of an individual who provides passive or active support reduces experimental pain, which is in line with clinical research demonstrating that the provision of social support is associated with lower levels of acute pain.
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A Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a theory of challenge and threat states in athletes, which is an amalgamation and extension of the biopsychosocial model of challenge, the model of adaptive approaches to competition and the debilitative and facilitative competitive state anxiety model.
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Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection

TL;DR: The findings indicate that contact, emotion, meaning, compassion, and beauty are pathways for improving nature connectedness and provide alternative values and frames to the traditional knowledge and identification routes often used by organisations when engaging the public with nature.