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

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Grant researcher, conducting grant-funded research

Eeva Kettunen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Eleonoora Hintsa Figueiredo

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right

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

Mary Hassandra

Associate Professor, Title of Docent

University of Thessaly

Publications

Publication

2022

The common sense model of illness self-regulation : a conceptual review and proposed extended model

Health Psychology Review.

Hagger, Martin S.

Orbell, Sheina

Publication

2022

The role of leadership in a national team’s success

Nordic Football Conference.

Holopainen, Sakari

Kokkonen, Marja

Szerovay, Mihaly

Konttinen, Niilo

Publication

2022

The Vaccination Concerns in COVID-19 Scale (VaCCS) : Development and validation

PLoS ONE.

Hamilton, Kyra

Hagger, Martin S.

Publication

2022

Trans-Contextual Model Predicting Change in Out-of-School Physical Activity : A One-Year Longitudinal Study

European Physical Education Review.

Kalajas-Tilga, Hanna

Hein, Vello

Koka, Andre

Tilga, Henri

Raudsepp, Lennart

Hagger, Martin S.

Publication

2022

Tuokiokuvia liikuntapsykologiasta viideltä vuosikymmeneltä

Liikunta ja tiede.

Lintunen, Taru

Publication

2022

Viesteissä on voimaa valmennuksessa

Liikunta ja tiede.

Kokkonen, Marja

Holopainen, Sakari

Publication

2022

Why study emotions in sport?

Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Robazza, Claudio

Ruiz, Montse C.

Publication

2021

A Cross-Cultural Exploratory Study of Health Behaviors and Wellbeing During COVID-19

Frontiers in Psychology.

Ruiz, Montse C.

Devonport, Tracey J.

Chen-Wilson, Chao-Hwa (Josephine)

Nicholls, Wendy

Cagas, Jonathan Y.

Fernández-Montalvo, Javier

Choi, Youngjun

Robazza, Claudio

Publication

2021

A Dual-Process Model Applied to Two Health-Promoting Nutrition Behaviours

Behavioral Sciences.

Brown, Daniel J.

Charlesworth, Jessica

Hagger, Martin S.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2021

A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect

Psychological Science.

Vohs, Kathleen D.

Schmeichel, Brandon J.

Lohmann, Sophie

Gronau, Quentin F.

Finley, Anna J.

Ainsworth, Sarah E.

Alquist, Jessica L.

Baker, Michael D.

Brizi, Ambra

Bunyi, Angelica

Butschek, Grant J.

Campbell, Collier

Capaldi, Jonathan

Cau, Chuting

Chambers, Heather

Chatzisarantis, Nikos L. D.

Christensen, Weston J.

Clay, Samuel L.

Curtis, Jessica

De Cristofaro, Valeria

del Rosario, Kareena

Diel, Katharina

Doğruol, Yasemin

Doi, Megan

Donaldson, Tina L.

Eder, Andreas B.

Ersoff, Mia

Eyink, Julie R.

Falkenstein, Angelica

Fennis, Bob M.

Findley, Matthew B.

Finkel, Eli J.

Forgea, Victoria

Friese, Malte

Fuglestad, Paul

Garcia-Willingham, Natasha E.

Geraedts, Lea F.

Gervais, Will M.

Giacomantonio, Mauro

Gibson, Bryan

Gieseler, Karolin

Gineikiene, Justina

Gloger, Elana M.

Gobes, Carina M.

Grande, Maria

Hagger, Martin S.

Hartsell, Bethany

Hermann, Anthony D.

Hidding, Jasper J.

Hirt, Edward R.

Hodge, Josh

Hofmann, Wilhelm

Howell, Jennifer L.

Hutton, Robert D.

Inzlicht, Michael

James, Lily

Johnson, Emily

Johnson, Hannah L.

Joyce, Sarah M.

Joye, Yannick

Kaben, Jan Helge

Kammrath, Lara K.

Kelly, Caitlin N.

Kissell, Brian L.

Koole, Sander L.

Krishna, Anand

Lam, Christine

Lee, Kelemen T.

Lee, Nick

Leighton, Dana C.

Loschelder, David D.

Maranges, Heather M.

Masicampo, E. J.

Mazara, Kennedy

McCarthy, Samantha

McGregor, Ian

Mead, Nicole L.

Mendes, Wendy B.

Meslot, Carine

Michalak, Nicholas M.

Milyavskaya, Marina

Miyake, Akira

Moeini-Jazani, Mehrad

Muraven, Mark

Nakahara, Erin

Patel, Krishna

Petrocelli, John V.

Pollak, Katja M.

Price, Mindi M.

Ramsey, Haley J.

Rath, Maximilian

Robertson, Jacob A.

Rockwell, Rachael

Russ, Isabella F.

Salvati, Marco

Saunders, Blair

Scherer, Anne

Schütz, Astrid

Schmitt, Kristin N.

Segerstrom, Suzanne C.

Serenka, Benjamin

Sharpinskyi, Konstantyn

Shaw, Meaghan

Sherman, Janelle

Song, Yu

Sosa, Nicholas

Spillane, Kaitlyn

Stapels, Julia

Stinnett, Alec J.

Strawser, Hannah R.

Sweeny, Kate

Theodore, Dominic

Tonnu, Karine

van Oldenbeuving, Yasmijn

vanDellen, Michelle R.

Vergara, Raiza C.

Walker, Jasmine S.

Waugh, Christian E.

Weise, Feline

Werner, Kaitlyn M.

Wheeler, Craig

White, Rachel A.

Wichman, Aaron L.

Wiggins, Bradford J.

Wills, Julian A.

Wilson, Janie H.

Wagenmakers, Eric-Jan

Albarracín, Dolores

Publication

2021

Applying the trans-contextual model to promote sport injury prevention behaviors among secondary school students

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

Lee, Alfred S.Y.

Standage, Martyn

Hagger, Martin S.

Chan, Derwin K. C.

Publication

2021

Association of emotional intelligence with resilience and work engagement in sports coaches

Journal of Physical Education and Sport.

Aronen, Aleksis

Kokkonen, Marja

Hintsa, Taina

Behavior Change, Sport and Health Psychology

Research group description

Early Detection of Mental Health Issues among Finnish Athletes

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

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

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

Head Impacts in Finnish Elite Women's Football

Grit in Competitive Sport

Perfectionism in Competitive Sports

BEQAH: Between Quantum Algorithms and Hardware

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Fanny Brandstack

Will Critchley

Lasse Eini

Malin Ekholm

Weldon Green

Konsta Kuusinen

Hanna Lahti-Renkola

Inna Syrykh

External members

Kyra Hamilton

Mary Hassandra

Publications

The common sense model of illness self-regulation : a conceptual review and proposed extended model

The role of leadership in a national team’s success

The Vaccination Concerns in COVID-19 Scale (VaCCS) : Development and validation

Trans-Contextual Model Predicting Change in Out-of-School Physical Activity : A One-Year Longitudinal Study

Tuokiokuvia liikuntapsykologiasta viideltä vuosikymmeneltä

Viesteissä on voimaa valmennuksessa

Why study emotions in sport?

A Cross-Cultural Exploratory Study of Health Behaviors and Wellbeing During COVID-19

A Dual-Process Model Applied to Two Health-Promoting Nutrition Behaviours

A Multisite Preregistered Paradigmatic Test of the Ego-Depletion Effect

Applying the trans-contextual model to promote sport injury prevention behaviors among secondary school students

Association of emotional intelligence with resilience and work engagement in sports coaches

Behavior Change, Sport and Health Psychology

Research group description

Related projects

Early Detection of Mental Health Issues among Finnish Athletes

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

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

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

Head Impacts in Finnish Elite Women's Football

Grit in Competitive Sport

Perfectionism in Competitive Sports

BEQAH: Between Quantum Algorithms and Hardware

Research group

Group leaders

Members

Fanny Brandstack

Will Critchley

Lasse Eini

Malin Ekholm

Weldon Green

Konsta Kuusinen

Hanna Lahti-Renkola

Inna Syrykh

External members

Kyra Hamilton

Mary Hassandra

Publications