Sara Wiertsema
Biographic Data
| ID | 4151540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Wiertsema |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiertsema |
| SIGNATURE | WIERTSEMA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9655-6980 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Staying active in sports during the transition from school to work
The transition from school to work is typically unfavourable for the sports participation of young adults. However, receiving social support might help young adults maintain their involvement in sports during this transition. To test this proposition, we investigated whether social support from partners, family, friends and coworkers had a mitigating effect on the decline in sports frequency. Using quasi-longitudinal data on 1040 young adults fro…
Cognitive Job Demands and Sports Participation among Young Workers
Cognitive job demands are theoretically and empirically associated with sports participation in various ways. Workers may be overwhelmed by stress and fatigue from their workload and therefore refrain from sports activities, but they can also feel the need to use sports as a way to recover and detach from work. The strategy to which workers adhere can depend on workers' resources that moderate the cognitive job demands and sports participation re…
Job autonomy and leisure-time physical activity across Europe
Contains fulltext : 294312.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access
Is Working from Home during Covid-19 Associated with Increased Sports Participation? Contexts of Sports, Sports Location and Socioeconomic Inequality
Previous research has focused mainly on the association between working from home (WFH) and physical activity, establishing that physical activity diminished among people WFH during the COVID-19 pandemic. In our study, we investigated the association between WFH and specifically sports participation (competitive and non-competitive). We theorized that WFH would offer individuals additional opportunities to practice sports during the pandemic. Gov…
Job autonomy and leisure-time physical activity across Europe
Contains fulltext : 294312.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access
Is Working from Home during Covid-19 Associated with Increased Sports Participation? Contexts of Sports, Sports Location and Socioeconomic Inequality
Previous research has focused mainly on the association between working from home (WFH) and physical activity, establishing that physical activity diminished among people WFH during the COVID-19 pandemic. In our study, we investigated the association between WFH and specifically sports participation (competitive and non-competitive). We theorized that WFH would offer individuals additional opportunities to practice sports during the pandemic. Gov…
Job autonomy and leisure-time physical activity across Europe
Contains fulltext : 294312.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access
Cognitive Job Demands and Sports Participation among Young Workers
Cognitive job demands are theoretically and empirically associated with sports participation in various ways. Workers may be overwhelmed by stress and fatigue from their workload and therefore refrain from sports activities, but they can also feel the need to use sports as a way to recover and detach from work. The strategy to which workers adhere can depend on workers' resources that moderate the cognitive job demands and sports participation re…
Staying active in sports during the transition from school to work
The transition from school to work is typically unfavourable for the sports participation of young adults. However, receiving social support might help young adults maintain their involvement in sports during this transition. To test this proposition, we investigated whether social support from partners, family, friends and coworkers had a mitigating effect on the decline in sports frequency. Using quasi-longitudinal data on 1040 young adults fro…
Psychology (4 works) · Physical Activity and Health (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (2 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (2 works)