Behavior Change, Sport and Health Psychology

Overview

Core fields of research

Physical activity, health and wellbeing

Research areas

Behaviour change, health, and well-being across the lifespan

Faculty

Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences

Research group description

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

Current

Projects

Related projects

Project

Early Detection of Mental Health Issues among Finnish Athletes

Screening mental health risks among Finnish athletes with translated Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS), referred to as the Finnish Mood Scale (FIMS).

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

Project

Better Health at Home – Optimized Human-Centered Care of Predialysis and Home Dialysis Patients (BOC)

Research project to optimize patient journeys in care for chronic kidney disease and home dialysis

Project

Lifestyle and Physical Activity as Part of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment (ELO - Elintavat ja liikkuminen osana uniapnean hoitoa)

Research project investigating effects of lifestyle interventions on obstructive sleep apnea, led by Finnish Lung Health Association (Filha ry).

Project

Head Impacts in Finnish Elite Women's Football

Kuvaus kuvaus kuvaus

Project

Grit in Competitive Sport

Explores grit’s role in athletes’ motivation and long-term goal pursuit.

Project

Perfectionism in Competitive Sports

This project aims to examine how perfectionism related variables are linked to psychological distress and if self-compassion can have a moderating role in mental health of athletes.

Project

BEQAH: Between Quantum Algorithms and Hardware

Project BEQAH

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Keegan Knittle

Associate professor

Montse Ruiz Cerezo

Senior Lecturer

Martin Hagger

Professor

Members

Taru Lintunen

Professor, Emerita

Daniel Phipps

Senior Researcher

Juuso Jussila

Grant researcher, conducting grant-funded research

Eeva Kettunen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Marja Kokkonen

Senior Lecturer

Ella Hellsten

Doctoral Researcher

Eleonoora Hintsa Figueiredo

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right

Tuija Hyyrynen

Doctoral Researcher

Hanna-Mari Toivonen

University Teacher

Sanna Turakka

Doctoral Student

Fanny Brandstack

PhD Student

JYU

Will Critchley

PhD Student

JYU

Lasse Eini

PhD Student

JYU

Malin Ekholm

PhD Student

University of Helsinki

Weldon Green

PhD Student

JYU

Konsta Kuusinen

PhD Student

JYU

Hanna Lahti-Renkola

PhD Student

JYU

Inna Syrykh

PhD Student

JYU

External members

Kyra Hamilton

Professor, Title of Docent

Griffith University

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Mary Hassandra

Associate Professor, Title of Docent

University of Thessaly

Publications

Publications

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Perceived determinants of physical activity among women with prior severe preeclampsia : a qualitative assessment

BMC Womens Health.

Kókai, Lili L.

van der Bijl, Marte F.

Hagger, Martin S.

Ó Ceallaigh, Diarmaid T.

Rohde, Kirsten I. M.

van Kippersluis, Hans

Roeters van Lennep, Jeanine E.

Wijtzes, Anne I.

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Perceived motivational climate influences athletes’ emotion regulation strategies, emotions, and psychobiosocial experiences

Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Robazza, Claudio

Morano, Milena

Bortoli, Laura

Ruiz, Montse C.

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Perceived teaching efficacy and coeducational vs. single-sex grouping in physical education teachers

Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education.

Gråstén, Arto

Kokkonen, Marja

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Personality, motivational, and social cognition predictors of leisure-time physical activity

Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Kekäläinen, Tiia

Tammelin, Tuija H.

Hagger, Martin S.

Lintunen, Taru

Hyvärinen, Matti

Kujala, Urho M.

Laakkonen, Eija K.

Kokko, Katja

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Physical activity as a protective factor for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease : systematic review, meta-analysis and quality assessment of cohort and case-control studies

British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Iso-Markku, Paula

Kujala, Urho M

Knittle, Keegan

Polet, Juho

Vuoksimaa, Eero

Waller, Katja

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Predicting COVID‐19 booster vaccine intentions

Applied Psychology : Health and Well-Being.

Hagger, Martin S.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Predicting physical activity change in cancer survivors : an application of the Health Action Process Approach

Journal of Cancer Survivorship.

Hardcastle, Sarah J.

Maxwell-Smith, Chloe

Hagger, Martin S.

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Predicting physical distancing over time during COVID-19 : testing an integrated model

Psychology and Health.

Hagger, Martin S.

Smith, Stephanie R.

Keech, Jacob J.

Moyers, Susette A.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2022

Social Cognition Approaches to Understanding and Changing COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors

Frontiers of COVID-19. Springer.

Smith, Stephanie R.

Hagger, Martin S.

Keech, Jacob J.

Moyers, Susette A.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Social cognition theories and behavior change in COVID-19 : A conceptual review

Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Hagger, Martin S.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2022

Available through Open Access

Sport Participation in Early and Middle Adolescence : The Interplay Between Self-perception and Psychobiosocial Experiences in Predicting Burnout Symptoms

Frontiers in Psychology.

Morano, Milena

Robazza, Claudio

Ruiz, Montse C.

Bortoli, Laura

Publication

2022

The challenge of sustained behavioural change : the development of teachers' social and emotional learning during and after a Lions Quest workshop

International Approaches to Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in Schools. Routledge.

Talvio, Markus

Hietajärvi, Lauri

Lintunen, Taru

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