Paulina Sander Melby

Biographic Data

ID7693175
NAMEPaulina Sander Melby
GIVEN NAMESPaulina Sander
FAMILY NAMEMelby
SIGNATUREMELBY P S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Copenhagen
ORCID0000-0002-9682-9600
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • 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’…

  • Enabling six- to ten-year-old children to self-report their wellbeing and quality of life

    Open AccessMette L Kurtzhals, Paulina Sander Melby et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2025

    Based on our results, the KIDSCREEN-VIDEO provides a promising self-reported measure for wellbeing among children aged six to ten

  • Cross-sectional associations between adolescents' physical literacy, sport and exercise participation, and wellbeing

    Open AccessPaulina Sander Melby, Peter Elsborg et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Adolescence is a significant period in one's development of positive emotional and social wellbeing. Physical literacy (PL) is considered a determinant of physical health and wellbeing and is thought to be the foundation for an individual's engagement in physical activities. Yet, limited evidence exists on PL's association with adolescents' health and physical activity behavior. This study aims to (1) explore the associations between …

  • Efficacy and mechanisms of an education outside the classroom intervention on pupils’ health and education

    Open AccessMads Bølling, Lærke Mygind et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (ID NCT05237674 ) [University of Copenhagen. MOVEOUT: a Cluster RCT of the Efficacy, Mechanisms, and Mediation of an Education Outside the Classroom Intervention on Adolescents' Physical Activity, 2023], February 14, 2022. Most recently updated on November 23, 2022 (Version 2)

  • Associations between children’s physical literacy and well-being

    Open AccessPaulina Sander Melby, Glen Nielsen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    The study contributes to evidence on the link between PL, physical activity, and health outcomes. The study found beneficial relations between PL and physical and psychosocial well-being. MVPA mediated part of the relationship between PL and physical well-being but not psychosocial well-being

  • Exploring the importance of diversified physical activities in early childhood for later motor competence and physical activity level

    Open AccessPaulina Sander Melby, Peter Elsborg et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The results of this study indicate that diversified physical activity at age six is important for the development of MC and PA in adolescence. Increasing the diversity of children's daily physical activities, not only the amount and intensity, seems important for future PA behavior and thereby health promotion in a life course perspective

  • Associations between previous sport and exercise experience and physical literacy elements among physically inactive Danes

    Open AccessPeter Elsborg, Clara Heinze et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Previous experience with sport and exercise is very important to consider when developing sport and exercise activities for currently inactive adults as individuals with low previous experience have lower competences and autonomous motivation and therefore need lower challenges and other important attention to the motivational climate in order to ensure that the activities are motivating enough to secure continued engagement

  • Translation and validation of the Canadian assessment of physical literacy-2 in a Danish sample

    Open AccessPeter Elsborg, Paulina Sander Melby et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    The translated and context-adapted Danish version of CAPL-2 is a valid and reliable measurement tool ready to use in Danish research studies

  • A Scoping Review of Peer-Led Physical Activity Interventions Involving Young People

    Open AccessJulie Hellesøe Christensen, Peter Elsborg et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society2021

    The use of peer-to-peer approaches in health promotion interventions targeting youth seems to be a strategy with great potential. The aim of this study was to synthesize and assess the elements and conditions that contribute to the effectiveness of youth-led physical activity interventions. This was done using a scoping review addressing the following three research questions: What are the theoretical and intervention rationales behind peer-led p…

  • Sports-based recreation as a means to address social inequity in health

    Open AccessPeter Elsborg, Glen Nielsen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    The rising global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among people with low socioeconomic status (SES) has heightened awareness of the need for primary prevention programs in low-SES neighborhoods. Social inequity in health is apparent in mental, social and physical aspects of health among people living in low-SES neighborhoods. Viewing this problem from a life course perspective and adopting a vulnerable population approach points to the i…