New paper in Stress and Health Our qualitative study with university students suggests that goal flexibility can mean changing the pathway to an important goal — or accepting that a goal is no longer achievable and moving on. OA link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New paper out in Food & Function. We examined how day-to-day stress and psychological wellbeing relate to dietary choices in everyday life. OA link: pubs.rsc.org/fo/article/1...

Delighted to share our new paper in the latest issue of Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, on a co-designed physical activity motivation intervention for people in residential treatment for substance use disorders. OA link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This review of RCT studies examined which behavior change techniques support long-term weight outcomes among adults with overweight or obesity

Group-based or solo? Our MA found largely similar outcomes for physical activity interventions, with some functional benefits for group-based approaches. @samanthaantusch.bsky.social @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social @cthogersen.bsky.social @nathumbehav.nature.com pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41986740/

Individual versus group-based interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of physical activity, functional, psychosocial and health outcomes - PubMed

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...

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This is an interesting systematic review and meta-analysis of sex and gender differences in weight bias internalisation; doi.org/10.1111/obr....

This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the association between diverse childhood experiences and metabolic syndrome; doi.org/10.1111/obr....

This is an interesting systematic review of the literature on interventions addressing social isolation and loneliness in people with obesity and obesity-related complications. doi.org/10.1111/obr....

I am deeply honoured to share that I have been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. This is one of the highest honours in kinesiology and recognises sustained scholarly contributions, leadership, and service. A big thank you to my mentors, collaborators, students, and family.

New important paper in the self-determination theory literature: Development and validation of the self-supportive and self-thwarting styles of basic psychological needs scale: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Development and validation of the self-supportive and self-thwarting styles of basic psychological needs scale - Motivation and Emotion

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...

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A Systematic Review on Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Obesity Prevention; doi.org/10.1111/obr....

The latest issue of Motivation and Emotion is a special issue on research based on self-determination theory; link.springer.com/journal/1103...

Motivation and Emotion

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

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A new short 10-item questionnaire for evaluating behavior change towards healthier and more environmentally sustainable diets; doi.org/10.1186/s129...

REFRESH-daily: a short 10-item questionnaire for evaluating behavior change towards healthier and more environmentally sustainable diets - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Ac...

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

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While many psychologists have been trained to develop multi-item multi-dimensional scales, there is a place for very brief, even single-item, measures of psychological constructs, particularly if the aim is to have one's work embraced by policymakers and other stakeholders. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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

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

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This paper argurs that theory-testing research offers just as much potential for generating theory as theory-building and theory-elaborating research, the two variants typically associated with theory generation doi.org/10.1002/joom...

JOM Forum: Theory Testing Is Theory Generation

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This meta-analysis shows that financial incentive interventions are effective on short-term (but not long-term) weight loss, especially when incentivizing multiple targets or physiological outcomes. doi.org/10.1111/obr....

Enhancing Weight Loss Programs: A Meta‐Analysis of Financial Incentives and Behavior Change Techniques

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....

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This umbrella review evaluated systematic reviews and meta-analyses on school-based interventions targeting students' motivation for PA and sport link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Digital Twins for Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs): www.jmir.org/2026/1/e72830/

Digital Twins for Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs): Framework for Optimizing and Continually Improving JITAIs

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 ...

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This review demonstrates that family-based interventions can confer significant benefits for children with obesity. Their success hinges on strategically framing parents as active co-agents and integrating motivational strategies. doi.org/10.1111/obr....

This network meta-analysis shows that behavioral therapy and CBT are possibly effective for obesity management in children and adolescents by reducing BMI z-score and improving clinically important quality of life. doi.org/10.1111/obr....

Does artificial intelligence cause artificial confidence? doi.org/10.1037/pspa...

A new scale, measuring "self-nudging" towards physical activity; doi.org/10.1111/aphw...

Design and analysis of individually randomized multiple baseline factorial trials; doi.org/10.3758/s134...

Design and analysis of individually randomized multiple baseline factorial trials - Behavior Research Methods

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...

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RIP Ed Deci!

The potential and limitations of large language models for automatic classification of teachers' motivational messages in educational research doi.org/10.1111/bjep...

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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...

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A couple of very interesting readings in the latest issue of Behaviour Research Methods on 1. Latent class analysis: gaps between guidelines and research practice; doi.org/10.3758/s134... 2. Missing data in microrandomized trials; doi.org/10.3758/s134...

Open data mandates losing support among researchers, despite increased awareness of them, suggests a study of 4,700 researchers across 151 countries, www.timeshighereducation.com/news/open-da...

Open data mandates losing support among researchers

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

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What types of team goal conflict exist, and does goal conflict can sometimes improve performance? These questions are discussed in this meta-analysis; psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

A meta-analytic investigation of the antecedents and outcomes of teachers' autonomy satisfaction; doi.org/10.1111/aphw...

This is a very interesting new review; doi.org/10.1111/obr....

Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity Exposed to Physical Activity Interventions: An Umbrella Review Covering Over 1200 Trials

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

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