Tag: exercise

The aim of this thesis was to investigate how accelerometer-measured physical activity, sedentary time, sports participation, fitness, and screen time were associated with healthy brain functions (mental health, cognitive, and academic performance), in a cohort of Swedish adolescents. Further, to examine how physiological factors underpinning healthy brain functions change acutely when prolonged sitting is interrupted with physical activity breaks.

What is exercise? What are its origins, functions, and ramifications? This seminar asks how exercise has shaped practices of body and mind in the German-speaking world, whether in the context of sports, dance, military training, labor, spiritual/ethical cultivation, philosophical meditation, or aesthetics. We invite contributions from literary studies, history, sport studies, dance studies, art history, gender studies, philosophy, critical ethnic and race studies, film studies and other pertinent fields. We especially welcome transnational interventions.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “Elite but not elitist”: Negotiating race, place, class, and culture in public physical activity spaces by Andrew Carter, Michael Dao, Adam Alexander & Vicky Gomez.

JSEP publishes peer-reviewed research articles by leading world scholars that explore the interactions between psychology and exercise and sport performance, and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Can You Tell Who Scores? An Assessment of the Recognition of Affective States Based on the Nonverbal Behavior of Amateur Tennis Players in Competitive Matches by Julian Fritsch, Kirstin Seiler, Matthias Wagner, Chris Englert, Darko Jekauc.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “What does skateboarding mean to you?” An exploratory study of Brazilian skateboarders’ developmental experiences by Guilherme H. Costa, Jill Kochanek & Karl Erickson.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Pleasure and danger: a running-woman in ‘public’ space by Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson (open access).

JSEP publishes peer-reviewed research articles by leading world scholars that explore the interactions between psychology and exercise and sport performance, and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A Methodological Checklist for Studies of Pleasure and Enjoyment Responses to High-Intensity Interval Training: Part I. Participants and Measure;Part II. Intensity, Timing of Assessments, Data Modeling, and Interpretation by Panteleimon Ekkekakis, Mark E. Hartman, Matthew A. Ladwig.

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health is a landmark publication – it is the first international journal solely dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of qualitative research in the sport, exercise, and health sciences. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “Is Everybody Comfortable?”#xd; Thinking Through Co-design Approaches to Better Support Girls’ Physical Activity in Schools by Michelle O’Reilly, Gareth Wiltshire, Nikki Kiyimba & Deirdre Harrington (open access).

JSEP publishes peer-reviewed research articles by leading world scholars that explore the interactions between psychology and exercise and sport performance, and more. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Evaluating the “Optimal Competition Parenting Workshop” Using the RE-AIM Framework: A 4-Year Organizational-Level Intervention in British Junior Tennis/b> by Sam N. Thrower, Christopher M. Spray, Chris G. Harwood.