Taru Lintunen

Taru Lintunen

Professor, Emerita
Unit
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Email
taru.lintunen@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358407532158
Fields of science
315 Sport and fitness sciences

Publications

Publication
2024

A Web-Based Physical Activity Promotion Intervention for Inactive Parent-Child Dyads : Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Research Protocols.
Phipps, Daniel
Green, Weldon Thomas
Aho, Reetta
Kettunen, Eeva
Biddle, Stuart
Hamilton, Kyra
Laukkanen, Arto
Aunola, Kaisa
Chan, Derwin King
Hankonen, Nelli
Hassandra, Mary
Kärkkäinen, Tommi
Kykyri, Virpi-Liisa
Polet, Juho
Rhodes, Ryan
Ruiz, Montse C
Sääkslahti, Arja
Schneider, Jekaterina
Toivonen, Hanna-Mari
Lintunen, Taru
Hagger, Martin
Knittle, Keegan
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Research groups

Research group

Behavior Change, Sport and Health Psychology

Our group conducts research into psychological factors that underlie health behaviors, performance and well-being outcomes. In addition, we develop theory and evidence-based interventions to improve these outcomes in practice.

Projects

Project

ProAct - A collaborative theory-based intervention to promote physical activity among sedentary parents and their children

Given links between physical activity in children and adults to better health and reduced disease risk, this project aims to test the efficacy of a behavioural intervention to increase physical activity participation in low-active children and their paren