| Abandoning the performance narrative: Two women's stories of transition from professional sport K Douglas, D Carless Journal of applied sport psychology 21 (2), 213-230, 2009 | 402 | 2009 |
| Narrative, identity and mental health: How men with serious mental illness re-story their lives through sport and exercise D Carless, K Douglas Psychology of sport and exercise 9 (5), 576-594, 2008 | 263 | 2008 |
| Living, resisting, and playing the part of athlete: Narrative tensions in elite sport D Carless, K Douglas Psychology of sport and exercise 14 (5), 701-708, 2013 | 251 | 2013 |
| Performance, discovery, and relational narratives among women professional tournament golfers K Douglas, D Carless Women in sport and physical activity journal 15 (2), 14-27, 2006 | 240 | 2006 |
| A history of autoethnographic inquiry K Douglas, D Carless Handbook of autoethnography, 84-106, 2013 | 214 | 2013 |
| ‘We haven’t got a seat on the bus for you’or ‘all the seats are mine’: narratives and career transition in professional golf D Carless, K Douglas Qualitative research in sport and exercise 1 (1), 51-66, 2009 | 211 | 2009 |
| The physical activity experiences of men with serious mental illness: Three short stories D Carless, AC Sparkes Psychology of sport and exercise 9 (2), 191-210, 2008 | 183 | 2008 |
| Narrative research D Carless, K Douglas The Journal of Positive Psychology 12 (3), 307-308, 2017 | 175 | 2017 |
| “In the boat” but “selling myself short”: Stories, narratives, and identity development in elite sport D Carless, K Douglas The sport psychologist 27 (1), 27-39, 2013 | 173 | 2013 |
| Life story research in sport: Understanding the experiences of elite and professional athletes through narrative K Douglas, D Carless Routledge, 2014 | 163 | 2014 |
| Using stories in coach education K Douglas, D Carless International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 3 (1), 33-49, 2008 | 157 | 2008 |
| Stories of success: Cultural narratives and personal stories of elite and professional athletes D Carless, K Douglas Coaching for Performance: Realising the Olympic Dream, 61-72, 2016 | 148 | 2016 |
| Physical activity in the process of psychiatric rehabilitation: theoretical and methodological issues. G Faulkner, D Carless Psychiatric rehabilitation journal 29 (4), 258, 2006 | 126 | 2006 |
| Sport and physical activity for mental health D Carless, K Douglas John Wiley & Sons, 2011 | 125 | 2011 |
| Negotiating sexuality and masculinity in school sport: An autoethnography D Carless Sport, education and society 17 (5), 607-625, 2012 | 106 | 2012 |
| Exploring taboo issues in professional sport through a fictional approach K Douglas, D Carless Reflective practice 10 (3), 311-323, 2009 | 103 | 2009 |
| Narrative, identity, and recovery from serious mental illness: A life history of a runner D Carless Qualitative research in psychology 5 (4), 233-248, 2008 | 102 | 2008 |
| Social support for and through exercise and sport in a sample of men with serious mental illness D Carless, K Douglas Issues in mental health nursing 29 (11), 1179-1199, 2008 | 94 | 2008 |
| Psychosocial outcomes of an inclusive adapted sport and adventurous training course for military personnel D Carless, S Peacock, J McKenna, C Cooke Disability and rehabilitation 35 (24), 2081-2088, 2013 | 87 | 2013 |
| The role of sport and exercise in recovery from serious mental illness: two case studies D Carless, K Douglas International journal of men's health 7 (2), 137, 2008 | 83 | 2008 |