Department of Sport Science and Physical Education
Recent Submissions
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Objectively measured environmental factors in relation to school travel mode among adolescents: a decision tree analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Background: Understanding the factors that influence school travel mode choice is essential for promoting active travel among adolescents. Currently, there is a lack of research that effectively investigates the interactions ... -
DE-PASS Best Evidence Statement (BESt): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Effectiveness of Trials on Device-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour and Their Determinants in Children Aged 5–12 Years
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background To combat the high prevalence of physical inactivity among children, there is an urgent need to develop and implement real-world interventions and policies that promote physical activity (PA) and reduce sedentary ... -
Talentutvikling via studieprogrammet idrettsfag: En retrospektiv studie av unge fotballspilleres opplevelse av å kombinere videregående skole og satsning på en fotballkarriere
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The purpose of this study was to gain insight into how young football players experience combining sports-related upper secondary education with being a player at a high national level. More specifically, this study will ... -
National, regional, and global trends in insufficient physical activity among adults from 2000 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 507 population-based surveys with 5·7 million participants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Insufficient physical activity increases the risk of non-communicable diseases, poor physical and cognitive function, weight gain, and mental ill-health. Global prevalence of adult insufficient physical activity ... -
Risk factors for sexual harassment and abuse victimization among adolescent athletes and non-athletes: A one-year follow-up study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: The association between SHA and negative mental health increases the need to understand risk factors for SHA victimization, which is important for future development of prevention programs. Objective: To examine ... -
‘She was a rare diamond’: teachers’ experiences of teaching a visually impaired student in a friluftsliv programme
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Previous research into inclusive practices and adapted education in higher education have shown that educators appear to have limited knowledge and understanding of disabilities and inclusion. While there exists a plethora ... -
The Battle of the Equations: A Systematic Review of Jump Height Calculations Using Force Platforms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Vertical jump height measures our ability to oppose gravity and lower body neuromuscular function in athletes and various clinical populations. Vertical jump tests are principally simple, time-efficient, and extensively ... -
A route to active mobility: Evaluating the public health impact of e-bike subsidies on mode share and physical activity levels.
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 532, Doctoral thesis, 2025)Regular physical activity is essential for good health. However, in Norway, one in four adults falls short of meeting minimum activity recommendations, and only 30 per cent reach the levels necessary to offset the risks ... -
Part I of a two-step mixed-methods approach in developing the Growth Talent Mindsets for Sports Coaches Intervention: The design and targeting of the intervention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The overall aim of this two-part study was to develop an intervention targeting sports coaches’ mindsets about their talent as a coach (coach talent mindset, C-TM) and their athletes’ talent (athlete talent mindset, A-TM), ... -
Part II of a two-step mixed-methods approach in developing the Growth Talent Mindsets for Sports Coaches Intervention 2.0: The coaches’ perceptions of delivery and possible psychological processes of change
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The current study follows up on the first-time implementation of the GrowTMindS Intervention described in Part I, with an overall aim of improving sports coaches’ beliefs in their talent as a coach (coach talent mindset, ... -
Development and Evaluation of the FUEL Program : A Sports Nutrition Intervention for Female Endurance Athletes at Risk of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs)
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 531, Doctoral thesis, 2025)Det kan være utfordrende for kvinnelige utholdenhetsutøvere å få i seg nok energi fra mat til å støtte deres helse og prestasjon, noe som kan føre til en tilstand kjent som relativ energimangel i idrett (REDs). Denne ... -
High-level military and sport leaders’ everyday challenges and psychological skills: A cross-contextual repeated measures study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Research shows that high-level military and sport leaders share a high-stress and high-stakes leader role due to similar experiences of demanding conditions mainly manifested in psychological burden. This raises research ... -
In or out of reach? Long-term trends in the reach of health assessments in the Swedish occupational setting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objectives This study aimed to investigate the reach of a large-scale health assessment delivered by the occupational health service in Sweden for almost 30 years. Methods A total of 418 286 individuals who participated ... -
A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Youth Ice Hockey Coaches’ Beliefs and Use of Need-Supportive Styles
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Few educational programs to nurture coach need-supportive behaviors have been delivered by sport governing bodies (Evans et al., 2015). Consequently, the potential for such programs to meaningfully change coaches’ interpersonal ... -
Physical Activity Volume, Intensity, and Mortality: Harmonized Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction It is unclear whether moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is associated with a lower mortality risk, over and above its contribution to total physical activity volume. Methods 46,682 adults (mean ... -
Using artificial intelligence for exercise prescription in personalised health promotion: A critical evaluation of OpenAI’s GPT-4 model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare provides new possibilities for personalized health management. AI-based fitness applications are becoming more common, facilitating the opportunity for ... -
DE-PASS best evidence statement (BESt): determinants of adolescents’ device-based physical activity and sedentary behaviour in settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: Although physical activity (PA) is associated with significant health benefits, only a small percentage of adolescents meet recommended PA levels. This systematic review with meta-analysis explored the modifiable ... -
Effects of increasing fitness through exercise training on language comprehension in monolingual and bilingual older adults: a randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Exercise training has been proposed to counteract age-related cognitive decline through improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF hypothesis). Research has focused on cognitive domains like attention and processing ... -
Dropout from exercise trials among cancer survivors—An individual patient data meta-analysis from the POLARIS study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction The number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effects of exercise among cancer survivors has increased in recent years; however, participants dropping out of the trials are rarely ... -
Training Session Models in Endurance Sports: A Norwegian Perspective on Best Practice Recommendations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Our scientific understanding of the mechanistic and practical connections between training session prescriptions, their execution by athletes, and adaptations over time in elite endurance sports remains limited. ...
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