Research Impact: Competition anxiety is highly prevalent in both professional and amateur sport. One of the main difficulties in sport psychology research is manipulating levels of pressure and anxiety in a realistic and controlled environment. […]
Tag: Matthew Herring
Publication: Physical activity and analogue generalized anxiety disorder status among young adults: Potential role of exercise expectations
Research Impact: Expectations for psychological responses to exercise may influence anxiety responses to exercise, particularly as mechanisms of placebo/nocebo effects, but remain poorly studied. Thus, we explored the interplay between expectations and physical activity among […]
Publication: review of The effect of school-based suicide prevention on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts and the role of intervention and contextual factors among adolescents
Research Impact: This multilevel random-effects meta-analysis and meta-regression estimated the population effect of post-primary school-based suicide prevention (PSSP) interventions on suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA) from cluster randomized trials of 33,155 adolescents attending […]
Publication: The Acute Effects of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting Time in Adults with Standing and Light-Intensity Walking on Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Health in Adults – SLR & Meta Analysis
Research Impact: This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the acute effects of interrupting prolonged sitting with frequent short bouts of standing and light-intensity walking on biomarkers of cardiometabolic health, such as postprandial glucose and insulin. The […]
Publication: Effects of acute resistance exercise among young adults: A randomized controlled trial
Research Impact: Among 62 untrained young adults with and without analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder (AGAD), we quantified the acute effects of resistance exercise (RE) on state anxiety and worry symptoms compared to a quiet rest […]
Publication: Bidirectional associations between depressive and anxiety symptoms and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Dynamic panel models with fixed effects
Research Impact: We used weekly data collected over eight weeks throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to expand previous findings and use dynamic panel models with fixed effects to better understand the direction and magnitude of the […]
Publication: High sitting time is a behavioral risk factor for blunted improvement in depression across 8 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in April-May 2020
Research Impact: COVID-19 increased sedentary behaviours, decreased physical activity, and worsened mental health. The longitudinal impacts of these changes, however, are relatively unknown. We examined associations between changes in self-reported activity behaviours and mental health […]
Publication:Changes in craving following acute aerobic exercise in adults with alcohol use disorder
Research Impact: Exercise is increasingly studied for treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). Here, we examined the effects of a single bout of exercise on alcohol craving, variability in response, and factors associated with improved […]
Publication: Safety of exercise training in multiple sclerosis: A protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Research Impact: Benefits of exercise in multiple sclerosis (MS) are well-established, but clarity on safety is a hurdle in exercise prescription. Here we provide the protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis that will synthesize […]
Publication: Participant experiences of eight weeks of supervised or home-based Pilates among people with Multiple Sclerosis
Research Impact Summary: Among 10 females with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who completed a feasibility study of supervised and home-based Pilates, semi-structured interviews revealed two domain summaries: the suitability of home-based Pilates and the mental health […]
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