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Harry Prapavessis is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans key areas within medicine and psychology, with a focus on physical activity, health, and behavioral interventions. The scientist's work contributes primarily to understanding how lifestyle factors influence health outcomes across various populations.

The main fields of study covered by their research include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, they have a strong focus on subfields such as:

  • Physiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Applied Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

The main topics addressed in their research work are:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

Harry Prapavessis has contributed frequently to publications in several outlets, notably:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of American College Health
  • Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • Psychology and Health

Some recent academic papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • A Combined Health Action Process Approach and mHealth Intervention to Increase Non-Sedentary Behaviours in Office-Working Adults-A Randomised Controlled Trial (2020), Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being
  • A combined health action process approach and mHealth intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in university students - a randomized controlled trial (2021), Psychology and Health
  • Total Sedentary Time and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2022), Sports Medicine - Open
  • Adherence is a key factor for interpreting the results of exercise interventions (2021), Physiotherapy
  • Adding team-based financial incentives to the Carrot Rewards physical activity app increases daily step count on a population scale: a 24-week matched case control study (2020), International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Taniya S. Nagpal
  • Michelle F. Mottola
  • Anisa Morava
  • Marc Mitchell
  • Scott Rollo

Best Publications

  • Preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of an abbreviated Profile of Mood States

    J. R. Grove;H. Prapavessis

  • Perfectionism, social physique anxiety and disordered eating: a comparison of male and female elite athletes

    Anne M Haase;Harry Prapavessis;R Glynn Owens

  • Energy Expended Playing Video Console Games: An Opportunity to Increase Children’s Physical Activity?

    Ralph Maddison;Cliona Ni Mhurchu;Andrew Jull;Yannan Jiang

  • Effects of active video games on body composition: a randomized controlled trial

    Ralph Maddison;Louise Foley;Cliona Ni Mhurchu;Yannan Jiang

  • Couch potatoes to jumping beans: A pilot study of the effect of active video games on physical activity in children

    Cliona Ni Mhurchu;Ralph Maddison;Yannan Jiang;Andrew Jull

  • Decreasing landing forces: effect of instruction.

    Peter J McNair;Harry Prapavessis;Karen Callender

  • The acute effects of exercise on cigarette cravings, withdrawal symptoms, affect, and smoking behaviour: systematic review update and meta-analysis

    Vaughan Roberts;Ralph Maddison;Caroline Simpson;Chris Bullen

  • A Psychological Approach to the Prediction and Prevention of Athletic Injury

    Ralph Maddison;Harry Prapavessis

  • Effects of Instruction in Jumping Technique and Experience Jumping on Ground Reaction Forces

    Harry Prapavessis;Peter J. McNair

  • Team building and cohesiveness in the sport and exercise setting: Use of indirect interventions

    Albert V. Carron;Kevin S. Spink;Harry Prapavessis

  • Sacrifice, cohesion, and conformity to norms in sport teams.

    Harry Prapavessis;Albert V. Carron

  • Public Health Guidelines for Physical Activity: Is There an App for That? A Review of Android and Apple App Stores

    Emily Knight;Melanie I Stuckey;Harry Prapavessis;Robert J Petrella

  • The POMS and sports performance: A review

    Harry Prapavessis

  • The effect of a prehabilitation exercise program on quadriceps strength for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled pilot study.

    Carly McKay;Harry Prapavessis;Timothy Doherty

  • The Effect of Group Cohesion on Competitive State Anxiety

    Harry Prapavessis;Albert V. Carron

  • Team building in sport.

    H. Prapavessis;A. A. Carron;K. S. Spink

  • Home-Based Physical Therapy Intervention With Adherence-Enhancing Strategies Versus Clinic-Based Management for Patients With Ankle Sprains

    Sandra F Bassett;Harry Prapavessis

  • Effects of exercise training on 5 inflammatory markers associated with cardiovascular risk

    Christopher J.K. Hammett;Harry Prapavessis;J. Chris Baldi;Nerea Varo;Nerea Varo

  • Assessing the factor structure and composition of the Positive and Negative Perfectionism Scale in sport

    Anne M Haase;Harry Prapavessis

  • Normative data of vertical ground reaction forces during landing from a jump.

    Peter J McNair;Harry Prapavessis

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert V. Carron
Albert V. Carron University of Western Ontario
Anne M. Haase
Anne M. Haase University of Bristol
J. Robert Grove
J. Robert Grove University of Western Australia
Craig R. Hall
Craig R. Hall University of Western Ontario
Kathleen A. Martin Ginis
Kathleen A. Martin Ginis University of British Columbia
Kevin S. Spink
Kevin S. Spink University of Saskatchewan
Steven R. Bray
Steven R. Bray McMaster University
Heather A. Hausenblas
Heather A. Hausenblas Jacksonville University
Paul A. Estabrooks
Paul A. Estabrooks University of Nebraska Medical Center
Peter C. Terry
Peter C. Terry University of Southern Queensland

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