Mariana Brussoni

Biographic Data

ID109697
NAMEMariana Brussoni
GIVEN NAMESMariana
FAMILY NAMEBrussoni
SIGNATUREBRUSSONI M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of British Columbia
ORCID0000-0002-1495-816X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS57
TOTAL CITATIONS47
AUTHOR COUNT57
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Correlates of changes in children's independent mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessSudipta Roy, Nimesh B Patel et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transport Geography2026

    Children's independent mobility (CIM) is linked to higher physical activity in cross-sectional research, but longitudinal assessments of correlates of changes in CIM are lacking. We investigated social-ecological correlates of changes in CIM during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether they differ by gender. Every six months between December 2020 and 2021, we surveyed Canadian parents of 7- to 12-year-olds ( n = 2291) to assess mobility licenses (chi…

  • ‘There are so many good things outside, let me tell you’

    Open AccessRachel Ramsden, Emily Jenkins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Early Childhood Research2026

    Outdoor play in early childhood supports physical, emotional, cognitive and social development. Early learning and child care (ELCC) environments offer important opportunities for outdoor play not otherwise experienced in a home or community setting. This study aims to understand children’s perspectives of outdoor play affordances at two ELCC centres in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada, participating in the PROmoting Early…

  • Cartographic privacy

    Open AccessDavid Swanlund, Nadine Schuurman et al.ARTICLEProgress in Human Geography2026References: 45

    Numerous quantitative techniques exist for protecting geoprivacy, but often require significant expertise and may not always provide adequate protection. We propose cartographic privacy as a framework for protecting sensitive spatial data. Cartographically private approaches favor using design techniques to obfuscate data rather than statistical ones, appealing to intuitive rather than technical understandings of geoprivacy. We explore this conce…

  • Development and application of a geospatial index of urban playability for young children

    Open AccessEmily Gemmell, Alicia Cavenaugh et al.ARTICLECities2026References: 40

    Playing outdoors supports young children's physical, cognitive and social-emotional health and development. However, urban environments may limit children's outdoor play. We developed an evidence-based index to evaluate neighbourhood supportiveness for young children's outdoor free play, and applied it across 35 Canadian cities. From an evidence-based, theoretical framework for neighbourhood playability among children, 2–6 years, we identified fi…

  • Mitakuye oyasin (all my relations)

    Open AccessAmanda Gannon, Kathy Wahpepah et al.ARTICLEAlterNative An International…2026References: 37

    Physical literacy embraces a wholistic approach to movement, integrating physical, social, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Supporting physical literacy development in early childhood, ages 3 to 5, is essential for fostering well-being. An Indigenous and non-Indigenous team of community leaders and scholars embarked on a journey with Knowledge Holders, Indigenous families, and early childhood educators to co-create, expand, and sustain a cultur…

  • Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines and associations with mental well-being

    Open AccessE Oberle, Suiqiong Fan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines was associated with higher levels of well-being, but most grades 6-8 adolescents in our study did not meet the recommendations. Given sex differences in meeting the movement behaviour recommendations, public health strategies need to consider targeted interventions aimed at improving adherence to these guidelines, particularly focusing on reducing recreational screen time and increasing physic…

  • Stranger danger or good Samaritan? A cross-sectional study examining correlates of tolerance of risk in outdoor play among Canadian parents

    Open AccessG Faulkner, Matthew Fagan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Tailored interventions that reframe perceptions of risk for parents are needed. Such interventions could reframe concerns about stranger danger which persist despite occurrences of stranger abduction being extremely rare. Interventions could also be targeted to immigrant families and those with fewer children as they appear to be more averse to risk. A complementary focus on examining how cultural background influences risk perceptions is needed …

  • Children’s knowledge about play-related risk, risk-taking, and injury

    Kyle S McCallum, Kyle McCallum et al.ARTICLELeisure/Loisir2024

    Risk-taking in play has received increased focus in research over the last three decades through the use of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. The purpose of this meta-study was to review the qualitative literature specifically to better understand how children (5–16 years of age) understand the concepts of risk, risky play, and injury in relation to their play experiences. Twenty-two studies were identified for inclusion in the meta-s…

  • Motivations and challenges for grandparent–grandchild outdoor play in early childhood

    Open AccessMathilde Duflos, Juliana Lane et al.ARTICLEFamily Relations2024

  • Out and about

    Richard Larouche, G Faulkner et al.ARTICLEChildren s Geographies2024References: 6

  • Supervisory neglect

    Open AccessMichelle O'Kane, Michelle O’Kane et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2024References: 114

  • I’ve Seen What Evil Men Do”

    Michelle E E Bauer, Audrey R Giles et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2024References: 34

    The restrictions on children's outdoor risky play is emerging as a pressing public health concern. To the best of our knowledge, no research has examined military mothers' perspectives on outdoor risky play. Military mothers have unique knowledge of war and combat and potential threats to children's safety due to their communications with their partners in combat arms occupations. Their perspectives on outdoor risky play are important to consider…

  • Children's dynamic risk management - a comprehensive approach to children's risk willingness, risk assessment, and risk handling

    Open AccessRasmus Kleppe, E B H Sandseter et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Play2024References: 61

  • The Role of Play and Objects in Children’s Deep-Level Learning in Early Childhood Education

    Open AccessO J Sando, E B H Sandseter et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    This research investigates the significance of the physical environment in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions as a facilitator of deep-level learning. Building upon Laevers’ concept of deep-level learning, this study explores the interplay between objects in ECEC settings, children’s play, and their deep-level learning. The primary objective is to examine the potential mediating role of play in the relationship between objects…

  • Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) in Nature’s Way-Our Way

    Open AccessK Riley, Amanda Froehlich Chow et al.ARTICLEAlterNative An International…2023

    Growing philosophical and empirical evidence shows that physical literacy and risky play enriches movement opportunities, while also fostering increased physical activity, wholistic health, and wellness across the lifespan. However, physical literacy and risky play have typically been theorized and practiced from a western worldview. In response, Nature’s Way-Our Way is an initiative designed to ground physical literacy and risky play in Indigeno…

  • A Nature’s Way—Our Way Pilot Project Case Assemblage

    Open AccessK Riley, Amanda Froehlich Chow et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    Physical literacy (PL) is gaining more attention from educational policy-makers, practitioners, and researchers as a way to improve health and wellness outcomes for children and youth. While the development of PL is important for early years children, there is limited attention in the literature that explores the political, cultural, and social discourses imbued in colonialism that implicate how PL is actualized in Indigenous early childhood educ…

  • Influence of Neighborhood Built Environments on the Outdoor Free Play of Young Children

    Open AccessEmily Gemmell, Rachel Ramsden et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2023

  • Canadian children's independent mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessRichard Larouche, Mario Bélanger et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2023Cited by: 1References: 4

  • Rewilding Play

    Open AccessSusan Herrington, Ivana Lexa-French et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    Research on physical interventions installed in outdoor environments and their impacts on children’s play and development is a growing area of study. This paper focuses on the design and installation of outdoor interventions at early childhood education centres in Vancouver, Canada and the impact that theses interventions had on play affordances. With the aim of intervening with inexpensive natural materials and loose parts, graduate students des…

  • The Impacts of Covid-19 Responses on Children, Youth and Their Environments in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia

    Kate Bishop, Linda Corkery et al.ARTICLEChildren Youth and Environments2022

    The Impacts of COVID-19 Responses on Children, Youth and Their Environments in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia

  • Parent-Perceived Changes in Active Transportation and Independent Mobility among Canadian Children in Relation to the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Richard Larouche, Sarah A Moore et al.ARTICLEChildren Youth and Environments2022

    Children's active transportation (AT) and independent mobility (IM) can provide benefits for health and social development. Using data from two national surveys, we assessed parent-perceived changes in AT and IM among 5- to 17-year-olds in Canada since the outbreak of COVID-19. About half of parents reported no changes, but two to three times more parents reported declines compared to increases in AT and IM. We explored many potential correlates …

  • Seven Cs for Tweens

    D'Arcy Hutton, Susan Herrington et al.ARTICLEChildren Youth and Environments2022

    Outdoor play is critical for the wellbeing of children. In cities, access to unsupervised outdoor play is limited by a host of obstacles. Many of these limiting factors can be mitigated by environmental design. The following identifies seven design principles for urban public landscapes that support play for "tweens" (children 10 to 13 years old). We developed these principles using a mixed methodology that included a literature review, an analys…

  • Children's Play in Natural Environments and Their Development of Microcultures

    Michelle E E Bauer, Mariana Brussoni et al.ARTICLEChildren Youth and Environments2022

    Amid a dearth of research exploring children's stories of their play in natural environments, we conducted go-along interviews with 105 children aged 10–13 years in Metro Vancouver, Canada. We used narrative inquiry to explore how natural environments shaped their experiences and influenced their development of microcultures. Our thematic narrative analysis resulted in two themes: (1) children played in natural environments to which they had sent…

  • “As long as there’s no mortal risk”

    Michelle E E Bauer, Audrey R Giles et al.ARTICLEQualitative Research in Sport and…2022

    Parents’ experiences with risk can influence their perspectives on their children’s outdoor risky play. Parents in combat arms occupations in the Canadian Armed Forces have unique experiences with risk, as their occupations regularly include encountering and successfully navigating risky environments in military operations. In this study, we conducted seven semi-structured interviews with parents in combat arms occupations and used risk and socio…

  • Parental Autonomy Support in the Context of Parent–Child Negotiation for Children’s Independent Mobility

    Open AccessChristina Han, Christina S Han et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Early Adolescence2022Cited by: 3References: 8

    Autonomy - acting volitionally with a sense of choice - is a crucial right for children. Given parents' pivotal position in their child's autonomy development, we examined how parental autonomy support and children's need for autonomy were negotiated and manifested in the context of children's independent mobility - children's ability to play, walk or cycle unsupervised. We interviewed 105 Canadian children between 10 and 13-years-old and their p…