Research Impact: Despite national-level initiatives to encourage active transport (AT) in New Zealand since 2005, rates of AT have continued to decline in most parts of the country, with negative impacts on health and the […]
Category: Publications
Publication: Strength and Conditioning for Competitive Rowers
Research Impact: Strength and conditioning (S&C) is an essential component of performance enhancement and injury reduction for competitive rowers. However, information regarding the practical application of appropriate S&C programming for competitive rowers is limited. This article […]
Publication: Evaluation of a brief interval exercise training (IET) intervention for first-time prisoners with elevated anxiety symptoms
Research Impact: Exercise training could be an effective coping strategy for increased anxiety symptoms in response to first time incarceration, but this has been unstudied. Thus, 37 first-time French prisoners were randomised to three weekly […]
Publication: Associations Between PA & Perceived School Performance of Young Adolescents in Health Behavior in School-Aged Children Countries
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 […]
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 […]
