What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Internal medicine
- Social psychology
- Public health
His primary areas of investigation include Gerontology, Psychological intervention, Transtheoretical model, Behavior change and Physical therapy.
His Gerontology study incorporates themes from Physical fitness, Social cognitive theory, Exercise physiology and Flexibility.
As a part of the same scientific study, Claudio R. Nigg usually deals with the Exercise physiology, concentrating on Aerobic exercise and frequently concerns with Sedentary lifestyle.
His Psychological intervention research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Medical education and Health psychology, Public health, Health promotion.
His work deals with themes such as Developmental psychology, Cardiorespiratory fitness, Multivariate analysis and Healthy eating, which intersect with Transtheoretical model.
Claudio R. Nigg works mostly in the field of Behavior change, limiting it down to topics relating to Applied psychology and, in certain cases, Social psychology.
His most cited work include:
- Exercise and physical activity for older adults (3210 citations)
- Multiple health behavior change research: an introduction and overview. (362 citations)
- Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sedentary Behavior in College Students (273 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Gerontology, Psychological intervention, Transtheoretical model, Environmental health and Behavior change.
His Gerontology research includes elements of Obesity, Pacific islanders and Health psychology, Public health, Health promotion.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Health education and Health policy in addition to Health promotion.
His studies deal with areas such as Intervention, Focus group and Young adult as well as Psychological intervention.
The Transtheoretical model study combines topics in areas such as Exercise behavior, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Physical therapy and Self-efficacy.
His Behavior change research incorporates elements of Applied psychology and Tailored Intervention.
He most often published in these fields:
- Gerontology (34.57%)
- Psychological intervention (21.40%)
- Transtheoretical model (19.34%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?
- Gerontology (34.57%)
- Psychological intervention (21.40%)
- Environmental health (14.81%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Claudio R. Nigg mostly deals with Gerontology, Psychological intervention, Environmental health, Pacific islanders and Childhood obesity.
His Gerontology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Obesity, Community intervention, Odds, Public health and Child obesity.
His Psychological intervention study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Young adult, Focus group, Health psychology and Behavior change.
In his research, Sedentary lifestyle and Family medicine is intimately related to Health promotion, which falls under the overarching field of Health psychology.
His research investigates the connection with Behavior change and areas like Developmental psychology which intersect with concerns in Construct, Cognition and Transtheoretical model.
His Environmental health study combines topics in areas such as Health equity and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Future directions in physical activity intervention research: expanding our focus to sedentary behaviors, technology, and dissemination (84 citations)
- Pokémon GO May Increase Physical Activity and Decrease Sedentary Behaviors (55 citations)
- Future directions of multiple behavior change research. (52 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Public health
- Social psychology
His main research concerns Gerontology, Psychological intervention, Pacific islanders, Childhood obesity and Health psychology.
His Gerontology research focuses on subjects like Public health, which are linked to Sedentary lifestyle and Health communication.
He has included themes like Screen time, Young adult, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and Population health in his Psychological intervention study.
His research on Pacific islanders also deals with topics like
- Obesity which is related to area like Cohort study and Psychosocial,
- Randomized controlled trial, which have a strong connection to Physical therapy and Blood pressure.
His study in Childhood obesity is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Intervention, Rubric and Healthy eating.
His Health psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Tobacco use, Fast food intake, Behavioral medicine, Disease and Behavior change.
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