David R Lubans

• Brief Pre-Class Physical Exercise Selectively Enhances Mathematics-Specific Inhibitory Control

  Open Access•Zhihao Zhang, Weijia Zhu et al.•ARTICLE•Educational Psychology Review•2026

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• Effects of a school-based leadership program on student leaders and their peers

  Open Access•Levi Wade, Mark R Beauchamp et al.•ARTICLE•Contemporary Educational Psychology•2026

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  Peer-led program had positive spillover effects on physical and psychological outcomes. • Improved leadership, wellbeing, and classroom behaviour in leaders. • Peers showed increased physical activity, fitness, and perceived motor competence. • Results underscore the value of integrating leadership training into school curricula. Schools provide an ideal context for developing students’ leadership skills; however, most leadership opportunities (e…

• Adapting a resistance training program for Danish physical education

  Open Access•Sofie Koch, Marianne Friis Andersen et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Sports and Active…•2026

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  Introduction Transferring and scaling school-based physical activity (PA) programs across educational contexts requires systematic adaptation to ensure implementation feasibility and contextual fit. This study examined Danish physical education (PE) teachers' preconceptions for resistance training and a participatory co-adaptation process used to adapt the evidence-based Resistance Training for Teens (RT4T) program for implementation in Danish lo…

• The complexity of promoting physical activity in English state primary schools

  Open Access•Robert Walker, Danielle House et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2025

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  Revisions to school regulatory systems and policies are needed to enable schools to prioritise physical activity so it is not dependent on "passionate" individuals. Senior leadership plays a key role in prioritising physical activity in the high pressure state primary school environment. It is important that practitioners and researchers consider these diverse and challenging social contextual factors within English state primary schools in inter…

• Designing context-specific physical activity interventions for English primary schools

  Open Access•Robert Walker, Danielle House et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2025

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  This study underscores the importance of context-specific approaches to promoting physical activity in primary schools. Context-specific intervention design should closely consider school context to ensure strategies are appropriate. Intervention designs should also include steps to understand different stakeholder goals, PTA funding disparities, and the appropriate areas of physical activity to target

• How physical activity context relates to cognition across the lifespan

  Open Access•Myrto F Mavilidi, Spyridoula Vazou et al.•ARTICLE•Psychological Bulletin•2025

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• Risk of undermining the cognitive benefits of physical activity by overcorrecting for risk of bias

  Caterina Pesce, Myrto F Mavilidi et al.•ARTICLE•Psychological Bulletin•2025

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  An increasing number of meta-analyses examining chronic and acute effects of physical activity on cognition-varying in aims, eligibility criteria, and statistical methods to reduce risk of bias-have contributed to inconsistent conclusions. To make evidence-based statements about the effects of physical activity on cognition that can reliably inform policy development in physical activity advocacy documents, we need a transparent open science appr…

• A family-based physical activity intervention guided by self-determination theory

  Open Access•Taoran Zeng, Johan Y Y Ng et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2024

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• Cross-country adaptation and feasibility of an evidence-based resistance training intervention in the school setting

  Open Access•Caroline R Hartman, David R Lubans et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Sports and Active…•2024•Referências: 3

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  Background Physical activity that strengthens muscles and bones at least three times per week are recommended, but few adolescents meet this target. The aim of our study was to adapt and evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the Resistance Training for Teens (RT4T) program in Danish lower secondary schools. Methods Developed and evaluated in Australia, the aim of RT4T is to provide adolescents with competence, confidence, knowledge…

• Rethinking children’s physical activity interventions at school

  Open Access•Russell Jago, Ruth Salway et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Public Health•2023

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  Physical activity is important for children’s health. However, evidence suggests that many children and adults do not meet international physical activity recommendations. Current school-based interventions have had limited effect on physical activity and alternative approaches are needed. Context, which includes school setting, ethos, staff, and sociodemographic factors, is a key and largely ignored contributing factor to school-based physical a…

• Effects of a father–daughter physical activity intervention delivered by trained facilitators in the community setting on girls’ social-emotional well-being

  Open Access•Emma R Pollock, Myles D Young et al.•ARTICLE•Developmental Psychology•2023•Citada por: 1

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  This study evaluated the effect of the Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered (DADEE) program on daughters' social-emotional well-being when delivered by trained facilitators. Fathers (n = 158; Mage = 41.95 ± 5.32 years; 86% Australian born) and daughters (n = 193; Mage = 8.35 ± 1.85 years) from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, were randomized into (a) the DADEE intervention or (b) a wait-list control. At baseline and 3 months, fathers…

• A classification system for teachers' motivational behaviors recommended in self-determination theory interventions

  Asghar Ahmadi, Michael Noetel et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Educational Psychology•2023•Citada por: 53•Referências: 5

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  Teachers' behavior is a key factor that influences students' motivation. Many theoretical models have tried to explain this influence, with one of the most thoroughly researched being self-determination theory (SDT). We used a Delphi method to create a classification of teacher behaviors consistent with SDT. This is useful because SDT-based interventions have been widely used to improve educational outcomes. However, these interventions contain m…

• Development of a self-report scale to assess children’s perceived physical literacy

  Lisa M Barnett, Emiliano Mazzoli et al.•ARTICLE•Physical Education and Sport…•2022

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  Background: The construct of physical literacy is gaining traction internationally and yet measurement of physical literacy is in its infancy. This paper describes the development of a pictorial child report scale of perceived physical literacy based on the comprehensive Australian Physical Literacy Framework, which includes 30 elements within four domains (physical, psychological, cognitive and social).Methods: An expert reference committee with…

• Tensions and Paradoxes of Scaling Up

  Open Access•Harriet Koorts, Adrian Bauman et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2022

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  Achieving system-level, sustainable 'scale-up' of interventions is the epitome of successful translation of evidence-based approaches in population health. In physical activity promotion, few evidence-based interventions reach implementation at scale or become embedded within systems for sustainable health impact. This is despite the vast published literature describing efficacy studies of small-scale physical activity interventions. Research int…

• Parent-focused online intervention to promote parents’ physical literacy and support children’s physical activity

  Open Access•Amy S Ha, Qing He et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2022

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  The study was prospectively registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, Registration number: ChiCTR2100041903, Registered 09 January 2021

• Physical activity behaviours in adolescence

  Open Access•Esther M F Van Sluijs, Esther Van Sluijs et al.•ARTICLE•The Lancet•2021

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• Understanding the impact of a teacher education course on attitudes towards gender equity in physical activity and sport

  Open Access•Emma R Pollock, Myles D Young et al.•ARTICLE•Teaching and Teacher Education•2021•Citada por: 3•Referências: 7

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• Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth

  Geetha Raghuveer, Jacob Hartz et al.•ARTICLE•Circulation•2020

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  Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) refers to the capacity of the circulatory and respiratory systems to supply oxygen to skeletal muscle mitochondria for energy production needed during physical activity. CRF is an important marker of physical and mental health and academic achievement in youth. However, only 40% of US youth are currently believed to have healthy CRF. In this statement, we review the physiological principles that determine CRF, the …

• Examining mediators of intervention efficacy in a randomised controlled m-health trial to improve physical activity and sleep health in adults

  Beatrice Murawski, Ronald C Plotnikoff et al.•ARTICLE•Psychology & Health•2020

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  Objectives: Examining mediators of intervention efficacy in an m-health intervention targeting physical activity and sleep in 160 Australian adults.Design: Nationwide randomised controlled trial.Main outcome measures: Moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA), assessed using the Active Australia Questionnaire; sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index); and sleep hygiene practices (Sleep Hygiene Index). Hypothesised psychosoci…

• Impact of the “Thinking while Moving in English” intervention on primary school children’s academic outcomes and physical activity

  Open Access•Myrto F Mavilidi, David R Lubans et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2020

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• Process Evaluation of a School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training Program for Older Adolescents

  Open Access•Sarah G Kennedy, Angus A Leahy et al.•ARTICLE•Children•2020

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  Process evaluations can help to optimise the implementation of school-based physical activity interventions. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process evaluation of a school-based high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program for older adolescent students, known as Burn 2 Learn (B2L). B2L was evaluated via a cluster randomised controlled trial in 20 secondary schools (10 intervention, 10 control) in New South Wales, Australia. Teache…

• Role of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in the Mental Health of Preschoolers, Children and Adolescents

  Open Access•María Rodriguez-Ayllon, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez et al.•ARTICLE•Sports Medicine•2019

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• A cluster randomised trial of an intervention to increase the implementation of physical activity practices in secondary schools

  Open Access•Rachel Sutherland, Elizabeth Campbell et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2019

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  Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12617000681358 registered 12th May 2017. Protocol Version 1

• Promoting physical activity in children through family-based intervention

  Open Access•Amy S Ha, Johan Y Y Ng et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2019

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  Physical activity (PA) is beneficial to people’s physical and psychological health. Physically active children are likely to become active adults; thus, active lifestyles should be promoted from childhood. Parents are crucial for shaping their children’s behaviors, but many lack the knowledge and skills to provide optimal support for PA. The “Active 1 + FUN” intervention was designed to enhance PA of the whole family, and improve parenting method…

• Integrating physical activity into the primary school curriculum

  Open Access•Myrto F Mavilidi, David R Lubans et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2019

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  Australian and New Zealand Clinical trial Register ACTRN12618001009202 Date registered: 15/06/2018 retrospectively registered

• A classification system for teachers' motivational behaviors recommended in self-determination theory interventions

  Asghar Ahmadi, Michael Noetel et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Educational Psychology•2023•Citada por: 53•Referências: 5

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  Teachers' behavior is a key factor that influences students' motivation. Many theoretical models have tried to explain this influence, with one of the most thoroughly researched being self-determination theory (SDT). We used a Delphi method to create a classification of teacher behaviors consistent with SDT. This is useful because SDT-based interventions have been widely used to improve educational outcomes. However, these interventions contain m…

• Effects of professional development on the quality of teaching

  Open Access•Jennifer Gore, Adam Lloyd et al.•ARTICLE•Teaching and Teacher Education•2017•Citada por: 21•Referências: 8

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  Robust evidence of the effectiveness of professional development for teachers is limited. This study tested a pedagogy-based, collaborative PD approach for impact on the quality of teaching. A cluster randomised controlled trial involving eight teachers at each of 24 schools found significant positive effects on teaching quality (d = 0.4), independent of school type (primary/secondary), school location (urban/rural), and years of teaching experie…

• Maternal and paternal parenting practices and their influence on children's adiposity, screen-time, diet and physical activity

  Open Access•Adam B Lloyd, Adam Lloyd et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2014•Citada por: 12•Referências: 77

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• Explaining dietary intake in adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools. A test of Social Cognitive Theory

  Open Access•David R Lubans, Ronald C Plotnikoff et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2012•Citada por: 6•Referências: 49

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• Understanding the impact of a teacher education course on attitudes towards gender equity in physical activity and sport

  Open Access•Emma R Pollock, Myles D Young et al.•ARTICLE•Teaching and Teacher Education•2021•Citada por: 3•Referências: 7

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• Effects of a father–daughter physical activity intervention delivered by trained facilitators in the community setting on girls’ social-emotional well-being

  Open Access•Emma R Pollock, Myles D Young et al.•ARTICLE•Developmental Psychology•2023•Citada por: 1

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  This study evaluated the effect of the Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered (DADEE) program on daughters' social-emotional well-being when delivered by trained facilitators. Fathers (n = 158; Mage = 41.95 ± 5.32 years; 86% Australian born) and daughters (n = 193; Mage = 8.35 ± 1.85 years) from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, were randomized into (a) the DADEE intervention or (b) a wait-list control. At baseline and 3 months, fathers…

• The Atlas school-based health promotion programme

  Open Access•Bonnie Maria van Dongen, Bonnie van Dongen et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•2017•Citada por: 1•Referências: 6

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  Adolescent boys living in disadvantaged communities are considered a vulnerable group at risk for developing obesity and associated health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension and type-2 diabetes. While short-term health promotion programmes often produce effective results during the implementation of the intervention, according to self-determination theory (SDT), changes in autonomous motivation are required if programmes are t…

• Can physical education and physical activity outcomes be developed simultaneously using a game-centered approach

  Open Access•Andrew Miller, Drew Miller et al.•ARTICLE•European Physical Education Review•2015•Citada por: 1•Referências: 4

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  The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a pilot intervention using a game-centered approach for improvement of physical activity (PA) and physical education (PE) outcomes simultaneously, and if this had an impact on enjoyment of PE. A group-randomized controlled trial with a 7-week wait-list control group was conducted in one primary school in the Hunter Region, NSW, Australia. Participants (n = 107 students; mean age …

• Month changes in dietary intake of adolescent girls attending schools in low-income communities following the Neat Girls cluster randomized controlled trial

  Open Access•Clare E Collins, D Dewar et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2014•Citada por: 1•Referências: 43

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• Fundamental Movement Skills in Children and Adolescents

  Open Access•David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan et al.•ARTICLE•Sports Medicine•2010

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• The Nutrition and Enjoyable Activity for Teen Girls (Neat girls) randomized controlled trial for adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools

  Open Access•David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2010

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  Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No: ACTRN12610000330044

• The impact of nutrition education with and without a school garden on knowledge, vegetable intake and preferences and quality of school life among primary-school students

  Open Access•Philip J Morgan, Janet M Warren et al.•ARTICLE•Public Health Nutrition•2010

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  Objective To investigate the impact of school garden-enhanced nutrition education (NE) on children’s fruit and vegetable consumption, vegetable preferences, fruit and vegetable knowledge and quality of school life. Design Quasi-experimental 10-week intervention with nutrition education and garden (NE&G), NE only and control groups. Fruit and vegetable knowledge, vegetable preferences (willingness to taste and taste ratings), fruit and vegetable c…

• How many steps/day are enough? for children and adolescents

  Open Access•Catrine Tudor-Locke, Cora L Craig et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2011

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  Worldwide, public health physical activity guidelines include special emphasis on populations of children (typically 6-11 years) and adolescents (typically 12-19 years). Existing guidelines are commonly expressed in terms of frequency, time, and intensity of behaviour. However, the simple step output from both accelerometers and pedometers is gaining increased credibility in research and practice as a reasonable approximation of daily ambulatory …

• A school-based intervention to promote physical activity among adolescent girls

  Open Access•Anthony D Okely, Wayne Cotton et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2011

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  Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12610001077055

• Exercise and nutrition routine improving cancer health (Enrich)

  Open Access•Erica L James, Fiona Stacey et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2011

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  Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Register identifier: ANZCTRN12609001086257

• The 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' community effectiveness trial

  Open Access•Philip J Morgan, David R Lubans et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2011

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  Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12610000608066

• Improving health-related fitness in children

  Open Access•Narelle Eather, Philip J Morgan et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2011

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  Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12611000976987

• Men participating in a weight-loss intervention are able to implement key dietary messages, but not those relating to vegetables or alcohol

  Open Access•Clare E Collins, Philip J Morgan et al.•ARTICLE•Public Health Nutrition•2011

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  Objective To describe dietary changes in men participating in an obesity intervention as part of the Self-Help, Exercise and Diet using Information Technology (SHED-IT) study. Design An assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing Internet ( n 34) v . information-only groups ( n 31) with 6-month follow-up. Dietary intake assessed by FFQ, reporting usual consumption of seventy-four foods and six alcoholic beverages using a 10-point frequ…

• A cluster-randomized controlled trial of strategies to increase adolescents’ physical activity and motivation during physical education lessons

  Open Access•Richard R Rosenkranz, David R Lubans et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2012

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  Promoting choice can produce short-term increases in PA and decreases in sedentary behavior, as well as increased perceived autonomy during PE lessons

• Rationale and study protocol for the supporting children’s outcomes using rewards, exercise and skills (SCORES) group randomized controlled trial

  Open Access•David R Lubans, Philip J Morgan et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2012

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  Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No: ACTRN12611001080910

• Explaining dietary intake in adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools. A test of Social Cognitive Theory

  Open Access•David R Lubans, Ronald C Plotnikoff et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2012•Citada por: 6•Referências: 49

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• A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions designed to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in school physical education lessons

  Open Access•Chris Lonsdale, Richard R Rosenkranz et al.•ARTICLE•Preventive Medicine•2013

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• Fundamental Movement Skill Interventions in Youth

  Philip J Morgan, Lisa M Barnett et al.•ARTICLE•PEDIATRICS•2013

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• A cluster randomised trial of a school-based intervention to prevent decline in adolescent physical activity levels

  Open Access•Rachel Sutherland, Elizabeth Campbell et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2013

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  Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12612000382875

• Self-determined motivation and physical activity in children and adolescents

  Open Access•Katherine B Owen, Jordan Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Preventive Medicine•2014

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• Physical Activity and Physical Self-Concept in Youth

  Open Access•Mark J Babic, Philip J Morgan et al.•ARTICLE•Sports Medicine•2014

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• The Health Benefits of Muscular Fitness for Children and Adolescents

  Open Access•Jordan J Smith, Narelle Eather et al.•ARTICLE•Sports Medicine•2014

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• A school-based rope skipping intervention for adolescents in Hong Kong

  Open Access•Amy S Ha, Chris Lonsdale et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2014

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  ACTRN12613000968774. Registered on 30 August 2013

• Rationale and study protocol of the Easy Minds (Encouraging Activity to Stimulate Young Minds) program

  Open Access•Nicholas Riley, David R Lubans et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2014

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  Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register ACTRN12613000637741 13/05/2013

• Social Cognitive Mediators of Dietary Behavior Change in Adolescent Girls

  Brianne E McCabe, Ronald C Plotnikoff et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Health Behavior•2014

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  Continued research is needed to examine effective strategies for improving dietary outcomes in youth, and to explore alternative theoretical mechanisms of dietary behavior change

• The Intersect of Theory, Methods, and Translation in Guiding Interventions for the Promotion of Physical Activity

  Open Access•Ronald C Plotnikoff, Ronald Plotnikoff et al.•ARTICLE•Australian Psychologist•2014•Referências: 1

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  Physical activity promotion is pivotal for preventing and treating a range of non‐communicable diseases and improving overall quality of life. However, over 50% of the Australian population is not adhering to public health guidelines for physical activity. Efficacious theory‐based, scalable physical activity behaviour change interventions are required for the Australian population as well as specific target populations across various settings. Th…

• Month changes in dietary intake of adolescent girls attending schools in low-income communities following the Neat Girls cluster randomized controlled trial

  Open Access•Clare E Collins, D Dewar et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2014•Citada por: 1•Referências: 43

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• Maternal and paternal parenting practices and their influence on children's adiposity, screen-time, diet and physical activity

  Open Access•Adam B Lloyd, Adam Lloyd et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2014•Citada por: 12•Referências: 77

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• Supporting Public Health Priorities

  Open Access•Andrew P Hills, Donald R Dengel et al.•ARTICLE•Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases•2015

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Medicine (45 obras) · Psychology (35 obras) · Physical therapy (32 obras) · Children's Physical and Motor Development (31 obras) · Nursing (27 obras) · Randomized controlled trial (25 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (24 obras) · Public health (24 obras) · Physical Activity and Health (23 obras) · Intervention (counseling (22 obras)