Maret Pihu

Biographic Data

ID6685837
NAMEMaret Pihu
GIVEN NAMESMaret
FAMILY NAMEPihu
SIGNATUREPIHU M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Tartu
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Compatibility of physical education curricula with physical literacy across 40 European countries

    Open AccessJohannes Carl, Hannah Go et al.ARTICLEJournal of Curriculum Studies2025

    Although the student-centred concept of physical literacy (PL) has been emphasized by UNESCO, knowledge about its adoption/implementation into PE remains scant. Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate and compare the compatibility of PE curricula with PL in Europe. We collaboratively gathered a panel of experts encompassing 40 European countries. In the first step, the experts were invited to freely specify the compatibility of country’…

  • Results from Estonia’s 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

    Open AccessE Lätt, Merike Kull et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    The aim of this article is to summarize the results of the 2022 Estonian Physical Activity Report Card across 10 indicators based on available scientific data and national databases, and, additionally, to compare the current results with previous Report Card results. A national expert panel, consisting of research and policy experts, identified the available sources and synthesized as well as graded relevant data related to the physical activity …

  • Sleep Quality and Duration in European Adolescents (The AdolesHealth Study)

    Open AccessPablo Galan‐Lopez, Raúl Domínguez et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    Sleep is a vital element of adolescents' overall health; it influences their body and mind and thus affects their quality of life. Adequate sleep quality and duration are essential for maintaining optimal metabolic health and lowering the risk of developing several medical conditions, such as cardiovascular disease. The current study aimed to assess the perceived sleep quality and duration of 1717 European adolescents from three different Europea…

  • Evaluation of Physical Fitness, Body Composition, and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in Adolescents from Estonia

    Open AccessPablo Galan‐Lopez, Raúl Domínguez et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    Unhealthy lifestyles, low levels of physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) are associated with bad quality of life and the development of a wide range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The current study aimed to evaluate the level of adherence to the MD in physical fitness performance and body composition parameters in children and adolescents of Estonia. Therefore, 413 adolescents (56% boys) from the city of Tartu comp…

  • Self-identity as a component of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in predicting physical activity

    Open AccessFrancis Ries, Vello Hein et al.ARTICLEEuropean Physical Education Review2012Cited by: 5References: 11

    This study aimed to investigate the role of self-identity, defined as salient and enduring aspects of one’s self-perception (Sparks, 2000), in relation to adolescent physical activity (PA) intentions within the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). School students aged 12 to 18 from two cultural groups (Estonia and Spain) completed measures of attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, self-identity, and intentions for PA. Four week…