Behavior Change, Sport and Health Psychology

Overview

Research group type

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

2021

Available through Open Access

Predictors of In‐School and Out‐of‐School Sport Injury Prevention : A Test of The Trans‐Contextual Model

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports.

Lee, Alfred S.Y.

Standage, Martyn

Hagger, Martin S.

Chan, Derwin K.C.

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Predictors of school students’ leisure-time physical activity : An extended trans-contextual model using Bayesian path analysis

PLoS ONE.

Polet, Juho

Schneider, Jekaterina

Hassandra, Mary

Lintunen, Taru

Laukkanen, Arto

Hankonen, Nelli

Hirvensalo, Mirja

Tammelin, Tuija H.

Hamilton, Kyra

Hagger, Martin S.

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Promoting Scientific Integrity through Open Science in Health Psychology : Results of the Synergy Expert Meeting of the European Health Psychology Society

Health Psychology Review.

Kwasnicka, Dominika

ten Hoor, Gill A.

van Dongen, Anne

Gruszczyńska, Ewa

Hagger, Martin S.

Hamilton, Kyra

Hankonen, Nelli

Heino, Matti Toivo Juhani

Kotzur, Marie

Noone, Chris

Rothman, Alexander J.

Toomey, Elaine

Warner, Lisa Marie

Kok, Gerjo

Peters, Gjalt-Jorn

Luszczynska, Aleksandra

Publication

2021

Proposing a new approach to funding behavioural interventions using iterative methods

Psychology and Health.

Kwasnicka, Dominika

ten Hoor, Gill A.

Hekler, Eric

Hagger, Martin S.

Kok, Gerjo

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Psychobiosocial Experiences in Sport : Development and Initial Validation of a Semantic Differential Scale

Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Robazza, Claudio

Montse, Ruiz C.

Bortoli, Laura

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Psychological correlates of physical activity and exercise preferences in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology.

Maxwell-Smith, Chloe

Hagger, Martin S.

Kane, Robert

Cohen, Paul A.

Tan, Jason

Platell, Cameron

Makin, Gregory Bryan

Saunders, Christobel

Nightingale, Sophie

Lynch, Craig

Sardelic, Frank

McCormick, Jacob

Hardcastle, Sarah J.

Publication

2021

Psychological Perspectives on Alcohol : Visions for the Future

The Palgrave Handbook of Psychological Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption. Palgrave Macmillan.

Davies, Emma Louise

Conroy, Dominic

Hagger, Martin S.

de Visser, Richard O.

Cooke, Richard

Publication

2021

Psychological Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption

The Palgrave Handbook of Psychological Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption. Palgrave Macmillan.

Cooke, Richard

Conroy, Dominic

Davies, Emma Louise

Hagger, Martin S.

de Visser, Richard O.

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Psychometric properties of the stress control mindset measure in university students from Australia and the UK

Brain and Behavior.

Keech, Jacob J.

Orbell, Sheina

Hagger, Martin S.

O’Callaghan, Frances V.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Relationships Between Health Promoting Activities, Life Satisfaction, and Depressive Symptoms in Unemployed Individuals

European Journal of Health Psychology.

Chatzisarantis, Nikos L. D.

Kamarova, Sviatlana

Twomey, Chris

Hansen, Graham

Harris, Mark

Windus, John

Bateson, Alan

Hagger, Martin S.

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Self-regulation in High-level Ice Hockey Players : An Application of the MuSt Theory

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Ruiz, Montse C.

Luojumäki, Reko

Karvinen, Samppa

Bortoli, Laura

Robazza, Claudio

Publication

2021

Available through Open Access

Social Environmental Antecedents of Athletes’ Emotions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Ruiz, Montse C.

Appleton, Paul R.

Duda, Joan L.

Bortoli, Laura

Robazza, Claudio

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