Research Impact: Physical activity drops dramatically between the ages of 11 to 15y. At the same time, Education assessment is taken more seriously as age increases. Also, at this age, girls then to perform better […]
Category: Publications
Publication: Depressive symptoms differ across Physical Activity Status based on comorbid anxiety & depression status among adolescents
Research Impact: Comorbid anxiety and depression is increasingly prevalent in adolescents, and comorbidity results in greater symptom severity and duration. Comorbid status may influence the association between PA level and depression. 481 Irish adolescents self- […]
Publication: Clusters of Contemporary Risk and Their Relationship to Mental Well-Being Among 15-Year-Old Adolescents Across 37 Countries
Research Impact: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborative cross-national study. The latest 2017/2018 data was compiled with the report launched on the 19th May 2020. There […]
Publication: Differences in parental perceptions of walking and cycling to high school according to distance
Research Impact: As part of the Built Environment and Active Transport to School (BEATS) study, we compared parental perceptions of walking versus cycling to school in adolescents in Dunedin, New Zealand and examined whether mode-specific […]
Publication: Enable, Reconnect and Augment: A New ERA of Virtual Nature Research and Application
Research Impact: Technology is paradoxically increasing our connection to nature, at least during COVID19 restrictions when we cannot all physically get to nature. Photo sharing of green spaces for example have been inked to higher […]
Publication: Life After Esports: A Grand Field Challenge
Research Impact: This article explores the career challenges that esport athletes may face, the unique skill-set they possess, and industries that could leverage this skill-set; challenging the scientific community and these industries to make this […]
Publication: Correlates of walking among disadvantaged groups: A systematic review
Research Impact: Socioeconomically disadvantaged groups are less likely to be physically active. Walking is important to public health, therefore understanding correlates of walking will inform the development of targeted interventions. We conducted a systematic review to […]
Publication: Adapted Physical Activity through COVID-19
Research Impact: This editorial briefly discusses the field of adapted physical activity (APA) through COVID-19. Although adapted physical activity has lacked sufficient attention in the physical education and sport sciences of late, the work reaches […]
Publication: The Effects of Workplace Nature-Based Interventions on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Employees: A Systematic Review
Research Impact: Susan Gritzka MSc. was a funded PESS intern and an Enterprise Ireland funded research associate on H2020 proposals. Her MSc research was co-supervised by Dr Tadhg MacIntyre and Dr Denise Dörfel (TU Dresden). Professor Giovanna Calogiuri is part of […]
Publication: The impact of a summer sports camp for children with visual impairments on the self-efficacy of physical education pre-service teachers: A pilot study.
Research Impact: Including student with disabilities into general education has become a common practice in the United States, and it is progressively becoming an educational model in other countries worldwide. However, teachers around the world […]
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