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

2024

Available through Open Access

Testing the Effect of Cue Consistency on the Past Behavior–Habit–Physical Activity Relationship

Behavioral Sciences.

Phipps, Daniel J.

Hagger, Martin S.

Mejia, David

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

Testing the moderative role of automatic-reflective affect divergence in predicting physical activity

Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Browning, Nicholas

Phipps, Daniel J.

Rhodes, Ryan E.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2024

Testing theory predictions and intervention mechanisms of action in sport and exercise psychology using meta-analysis

Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology.

Hagger, Martin S.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

Towards Sustainable Mental Health Using the Finnish Mood Scale

Sustainability.

Luojumäki, Reko J.

Ruiz, Montse C.

Adie, Joshua M.

Terry, Peter C.

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

Trait Self-Control as a Determinant of Health Behavior : Recent Advances on Mechanisms and Future Directions for Research

Current opinion in psychology.

Hagger, Martin S.

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

Urheilumenestyksen ytimessä

Liikunta ja tiede.

Kokkonen, Marja

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

Using an integrated social cognition model to identify the determinants of QR code check-in compliance behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Health Psychology.

Mac, Thi Nhung

Phipps, Daniel J.

Parkinson, Joy

Cassimatis, Mandy

Hamilton, Kyra

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

‘A healthy lifestyle is a journey’ : exploring health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health through photo-elicitation

Psychology and Health.

Palacz-Poborczyk, Iga

Chamberlain, Kerry

Naughton, Felix

Baska, Alicja

Luszczynska, Aleksandra

Quested, Eleanor

Hagger, Martin S.

Pagoto, Sherry

Verboon, Peter

Robinson, Suzanne

Kwasnicka, Dominika

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

A dual process model to predict adolescents’ screen time and physical activity

Psychology and Health.

Aulbach, Matthias Burkard

Konttinen, Hanna

Gardner, Benjamin

Kujala, Emilia

Araujo-Soares, Vera

Sniehotta, Falko F.

Lintunen, Taru

Haukkala, Ari

Hankonen, Nelli

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Athletes' Basic Psychological Needs and Emotions : The Role of Cognitive Reappraisal

Frontiers in Psychology.

Robazza, Claudio

Morano, Milena

Bortoli, Laura

Ruiz, Montse C.

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Beliefs and attitudes of Australian learner drivers toward driving and avoiding driving through floodwater

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.

Hamilton, Kyra

Keech, Jacob J.

Peden, Amy E.

Hagger, Martin S.

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Biofeedback and Digitalized Motivational Interviewing to Increase Daily Physical Activity : Series of Factorial N-of-1 Randomized Controlled Trials Piloting the Precious App

JMIR Formative Research.

Nurmi, Johanna

Knittle, Keegan

Naughton, Felix

Sutton, Stephen

Ginchev, Todor

Khattak, Fida

Castellano-Tejedor, Carmina

Lusilla-Palacios, Pilar

Ravaja, Niklas

Haukkala, Ari

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