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Overview

David E. Conroy is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans across medicine and psychology, with a dominant focus on various subfields including physiology, applied psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and oncology.

The scientist's work covers several prominent topics such as physical activity and health, behavioral health and interventions, obesity, physical activity and diet, nutrition and health in aging, mobile health and mHealth applications, cancer survivorship and care, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Frequent publication venues for David E. Conroy include Innovation in Aging, Health Psychology, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Urology, and Translational Behavioral Medicine. This reflects an interdisciplinary approach linking aging, health psychology, sports medicine, and clinical research.

Their recent papers include:

  • "A systematic review of physical activity and quality of life and well-being", 2020, Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • "Seasons, weather, and device-measured movement behaviors: a scoping review from 2006 to 2020", 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • "Physical activity and sleep: An updated umbrella review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee report", 2021, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • "American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) International Multidisciplinary Roundtable report on physical activity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease", 2023, Hepatology Communications
  • "Sense2Stop: A micro-randomized trial using wearable sensors to optimize a just-in-time-adaptive stress management intervention for smoking relapse prevention", 2021, Contemporary Clinical Trials

David E. Conroy has collaborated extensively, with frequent coauthors including Kathryn H. Schmitz, Margaret Danilovich, Constantino Lagoa, Christopher Sciamanna, and Necole M. Streeper. These collaborations illustrate connections with researchers active in physical activity, behavioral health, and related clinical fields.

Best Publications

  • Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Outcomes: A Review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines.

    Kirk I. Erickson;Charles Hillman;Chelsea M. Stillman;Rachel M. Ballard

  • Multidimensional fear of failure measurement: the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory.

    David E. Conroy;Jason P. Willow;Jonathan N. Metzler

  • Behavior change techniques in top-ranked mobile apps for physical activity.

    David E. Conroy;Chih Hsiang Yang;Jaclyn P. Maher

  • A 2 × 2 Achievement Goals Questionnaire for Sport: Evidence for Factorial Invariance, Temporal Stability, and External Validity

    David E. Conroy;Andrew J. Elliot;Scott M. Hofer

  • A systematic review of physical activity and quality of life and well-being.

    David X. Marquez;Susan Aguiñaga;Priscilla M. Vásquez;David E. Conroy

  • Fear of failure and achievement goals in sport: Addressing the issue of the chicken and the egg

    David E. Conroy;Andrew J. Elliot

  • Assessing autonomy-supportive coaching strategies in youth sport

    David E. Conroy;J. Douglas Coatsworth

  • Progress in the development of a multidimensional measure of fear of failure: The performance failure appraisal inventory (PFAI)

    David E. Conroy

  • The higher order factor structure and gender invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory.

    Aidan G. C. Wright;Mark R. Lukowitsky;Aaron L. Pincus;David E. Conroy

  • Coach training as a strategy for promoting youth social development.

    David E. Conroy;J. Douglas Coatsworth

  • The effects of autonomy-supportive coaching, need satisfaction, and self-perceptions on initiative and identity in youth swimmers.

    J. Douglas Coatsworth;David E. Conroy

  • Cognitive links between fear of failure and perfectionism.

    David E. Conroy;Miranda P. Kaye;Angela M. Fifer;Angela M. Fifer

  • Understanding the Dynamics of Motivation in Sport and Physical Activity: An Achievement Goal Interpretation

    Glyn C. Roberts;Darren C. Treasure;David E. Conroy

  • Personal and participatory socializers of the perceived legitimacy of aggressive behavior in sport

    David E. Conroy;John M. Silva;R. Renee Newcomer;Brent W. Walker

  • Implementation of Behavior Change Techniques in Mobile Applications for Physical Activity

    Chih Hsiang Yang;Jaclyn P. Maher;David E. Conroy

  • Evaluative Criteria and Consequences Associated with Failure and Success for Elite Athletes and Performing Artists

    David E. Conroy;Artur Poczwardowski;Keith P. Henschen

  • A daily analysis of physical activity and satisfaction with life in emerging adults.

    Jaclyn P. Maher;Shawna E. Doerksen;Steriani Elavsky;Amanda L. Hyde

  • Enhancing the self-esteem of youth swimmers through coach training: gender and age effects.

    J. Douglas Coatsworth;David E. Conroy

  • Validity and factorial invariance of the social physique anxiety scale

    Robert W. Motl;David E. Conroy

  • Sedentary behavior as a daily process regulated by habits and intentions.

    David E. Conroy;Jaclyn P. Maher;Steriani Elavsky;Amanda L. Hyde

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron L. Pincus
Aaron L. Pincus Pennsylvania State University
Nilam Ram
Nilam Ram Stanford University
Amanda L. Rebar
Amanda L. Rebar Central Queensland University
J. Douglas Coatsworth
J. Douglas Coatsworth University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Joshua M. Smyth
Joshua M. Smyth Pennsylvania State University
Denis Gerstorf
Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Bonnie Spring
Bonnie Spring Northwestern University
Andrew J. Elliot
Andrew J. Elliot University of Rochester
David M. Almeida
David M. Almeida Pennsylvania State University
Martin J. Sliwinski
Martin J. Sliwinski Pennsylvania State University

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