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Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani

Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
14077
World Ranking
6819
National Ranking
403

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

Overview

Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on subfields such as Behavioural Science, Applied Psychology, Public Health, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Motivation and Self-Concept
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors

They have contributed to multiple publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
  • Motivation Science
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • British Journal of Health Psychology

Some of the recent papers authored include:

  • A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health (2020) published in Health Psychology Review
  • A classification system for teachers' motivational behaviors recommended in self-determination theory interventions (2023) published in Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality (2022) published in Nature Medicine
  • Untapping the Health Enhancing Potential of Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA): Rationale, Scoping Review, and a 4-Pillar Research Framework (2020) published in Sports Medicine
  • Barriers and enablers of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) in physically inactive adults: a focus group study (2023) published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Nikos Ntoumanis
  • Eleanor Quested
  • Daniel F. Gucciardi
  • Emmanuel Stamatakis
  • Matthew Ahmadi

Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani has also contributed to academic books, including authorship of "Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook" (2021), published by the Society for Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Self-determination theory applied to health contexts: A meta-analysis.

    Johan Y. Y. Ng;Nikos Ntoumanis;Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani;Edward L. Deci

  • Self-Determination Theory and Diminished Functioning The Role of Interpersonal Control and Psychological Need Thwarting

    Kimberley J. Bartholomew;Nikos Ntoumanis;Richard M. Ryan;Jos A. Bosch

  • Psychological Need Thwarting in the Sport Context: Assessing the Darker Side of Athletic Experience

    Kimberley J. Bartholomew;Nikos Ntoumanis;Richard M. Ryan;Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani

  • A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health

    Nikos Ntoumanis;Johan Y.Y. Ng;Andrew Prestwich;Eleanor Quested

  • The Controlling Interpersonal Style in a Coaching Context: Development and Initial Validation of a Psychometric Scale

    Kimberley Bartholomew;Nikolaos Ntoumanis;Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani

  • The role of self-determined motivation in the understanding of exercise-related behaviours, cognitions and physical self-evaluations

    Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • A review of controlling motivational strategies from a self-determination theory perspective: implications for sports coaches

    Kimberley J. Bartholomew;Nikos Ntoumanis;Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani

  • Body image, physical activity, and sport: A scoping review

    C. Sabiston;E. Pila;E. Pila;E. Pila;M. Vani;Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani

  • Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences

    Kimberley J. Bartholomew;Nikos Ntoumanis;Athanasios Mouratidis;Ermioni Katartzi

  • Method effects: the problem with negatively versus positively keyed items.

    Magnus Lindwall;Vassilis Barkoukis;Caterina Grano;Fabio Lucidi

  • Motivating the unmotivated: how can health behavior be changed in those unwilling to change?

    Sarah J. Hardcastle;Jennie Hancox;Anne Hattar;Chloe Maxwell-Smith

  • A Longitudinal Examination of Coach and Peer Motivational Climates in Youth Sport: Implications for Moral Attitudes, Well-Being, and Behavioral Investment

    Nikolaos Ntoumanis;IM Taylor;Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani

  • A Self-determination Theory approach to the study of body image concerns, self-presentation and self-perceptions in a sample of aerobic instructors.

    Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani;Nikos Ntoumanis

  • Conceptualizing and testing a new tripartite measure of coach interpersonal behaviors

    Nikita Bhavsar;Nikolaos Ntoumanis;Eleanor Quested;Daniel F. Gucciardi

  • Developmental Trajectories of Motivation in Physical Education: Course, Demographic Differences and Antecedents

    Nikos Ntoumanis;Vassilis Barkoukis;Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani

  • Low-Volume High-Intensity Interval Training in a Gym Setting Improves Cardio-Metabolic and Psychological Health

    Sam O. Shepherd;Oliver J. Wilson;Alexandra S. Taylor;Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani

  • The emergence of team resilience: A multilevel conceptual model of facilitating factors

    Daniel F. Gucciardi;Monique Crane;Nikos Ntoumanis;Sharon K. Parker

  • Unhealthy weight control behaviours in adolescent girls: A process model based on self-determination theory

    Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani;Nikos Ntoumanis;Nikitas Nikitaras

  • Dyadic interventions to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour: systematic review and meta-analysis

    R. Carr;A. Prestwich;Dominika Kwasnicka;Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani

  • Stirring the motivational soup: within-person latent profiles of motivation in exercise

    Magnus Lindwall;Andreas Ivarsson;Karin Weman-Josefsson;Linus Jonsson

  • Physical Activity Adoption to Adherence, Lapse, and Dropout A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

    Florence-Emilie Kinnafick;Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani;Joan L. Duda

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Daniel F. Gucciardi
Daniel F. Gucciardi Curtin University
Joan L. Duda
Joan L. Duda University of Birmingham
Martin S. Hagger
Martin S. Hagger University of California, Merced
Vassilis Barkoukis
Vassilis Barkoukis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Richard M. Ryan
Richard M. Ryan Australian Catholic University
Barbara Mullan
Barbara Mullan Curtin University
Sarah J. Hardcastle
Sarah J. Hardcastle Sheffield Hallam University
Edward L. Deci
Edward L. Deci University of Rochester

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