Social influences, including group dynamics, social norms and peer support, are assumed to influence physical activity (PA). A previous systematic review and meta-analysis found that 'true groups' (th...

Motivation and Emotion - Within Self-Determination Theory, basic psychological needs are central to well-being and optimal functioning. Extensive research indicates that social contexts can support...

Motivation and Emotion publishes articles on human motivational and emotional phenomena that make theoretical advances by linking empirical findings to ...

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity - Short dietary questionnaires for measuring environmentally sustainable healthy diets in daily life are scarce. REFRESH-daily...

Nature Human Behaviour - Why single-item measures of wellbeing are best

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Obesity is a risk factor for chronic illness. Financial incentives contingent on behaviors or outcomes related to weight loss can promote weight loss efforts. This meta-analysis examines the added ef....

In the context of digital health, just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) are nascent precision medicine systems that can extend personalized health care support to everyday life. A challenge in ...

Assessing the effectiveness of behavioral interventions in rare diseases is challenging due to extremely limited sample sizes and ethical challenges with withholding intervention when limited treatmen...

Introduction The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has created new opportunities in educational research, particularly in the efficient analysis of complex social interactions within...

Early enthusiasm for compulsory datasets has given way to ‘more qualified views’ on compliance, finds long-running survey

Childhood and adolescent obesity poses health risks. Standardizing outcome measurements in physical activity interventions enhances evidence comparability. This study summarizes health outcomes repor...

Background Physical activity (PA) plays an essential role in reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases and improving health and well-being. However, current PA guidelines do not adequately reflec...

Introduction Interventions in the food system to improve sustainability are emerging research areas reflecting complex relations between consumption, production, and environmental impact. This umbre...

Background Sedentary behavior (SB) is a critical health indicator independent and interactive with physical inactivity. While the application of psychological theories to understand and intervene in…

The vision of leveraging digital technologies to deliver real-time psychological interventions in everyday settings is realized via just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAI) – an intervention design...

An academic website serves as both a public-facing window on the world wide web and an important internal laboratory resource. In this ‘How to’ piece, I outline how to build your academic website, inc...

Participating in physical activity and meeting physical activity guidelines are far more challenging for persons with disabilities than for the general population. This American College of Sports Medi...

Persistent health disparities within the U.S. indicate that members of minoritized groups experience disproportionately worse physical and mental health outcomes than their majority counterparts. One...

Flexibility of hours and drive to do meaningful research among the things workers prize most highly, but could also be driving them to quit