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5532
National Ranking
2617

Overview

Jared B. Jobe is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research includes multiple studies focusing on adolescent physical activity, psychosocial factors, and education interventions within public health and developmental fields.

Their recent publications involve investigations into physical activity among youth, with specific attention to adolescent girls. Notable papers include:

  • Promoting Physical Activity in Middle School Girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (2020) published in Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)
  • Listening to Girls and Boys Talk About Girls' Physical Activity Behaviors (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • The Role of Peer Social Network Factors and Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • Effects of Parents' Employment Status on Changes in Body Mass Index and Percent Body Fat in Adolescent Girls (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • Physical and Social Contexts of Physical Activities among Adolescent Girls (2021) published in UNC Libraries

Jobe frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed to studies addressing similar themes in adolescent health and social factors. These co-authors include:

  • John P. Elder
  • David M. Murray
  • Deborah Rohm Young
  • Russell R. Pate
  • Carolyn Johnson

The majority of Jobe's work has been published in venues such as UNC Libraries and Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina), reflecting a consistent engagement with academic repositories that focus on public health and education.

The scientist's subfields of study span sociology and political science, information systems, physical therapy and sports therapy, developmental and educational psychology, and public health.

Their main research themes concentrate on:

  • Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
  • Education and Learning Interventions
  • Physical Education and Training Studies
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies
  • Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Energy and Environmental Systems

This body of work indicates a multidisciplinary approach aimed at understanding and promoting physical activity, health behaviors, and educational outcomes among adolescents through both social and environmental contexts.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Cognitive training interventions with older adults. A randomized controlled trial

    Karlene Ball;Daniel B. Berch;Karin F. Helmers;Jared B. Jobe

  • Active: A cognitive intervention trial to promote independence in older adults

    Jared B. Jobe;David M. Smith;Karlene Ball;Sharon L. Tennstedt

  • Self-Management Strategies Mediate Self-Efficacy and Physical Activity

    Rod K. Dishman;Robert W. Motl;James F. Sallis;Andrea L. Dunn

  • Promoting Physical Activity in Middle School Girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls

    Larry S. Webber;Diane J. Catellier;Leslie A. Lytle;David M. Murray

  • A description of the social–ecological framework used in the trial of activity for adolescent girls (TAAG)

    John P. Elder;Leslie Lytle;James F. Sallis;Deborah Rohm Young

  • Cognitive research enhances accuracy of food frequency questionnaire reports: Results of an experimental validation study

    Frances E. Thompson;Amy F. Subar;Charles C. Brown;Albert F. Smith

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Positive-Affect Intervention and Medication Adherence in Hypertensive African Americans

    Gbenga O. Ogedegbe;Carla Boutin-Foster;Martin T. Wells;John P. Allegrante

  • The role of peer social network factors and physical activity in adolescent girls.

    Carolyn C. Voorhees;David Murray;Greg Welk;Amanda Birnbaum

  • Improving Food Frequency Questionnaires: A Qualitative Approach Using Cognitive Interviewing

    Amy F Subar;Frances E Thompson;Albert F Smith;Albert F Smith;Jared B Jobe;Jared B Jobe

  • The science of self-report. Implications for research and practice

    Vera Hoorens;A. A. Stone;J. S. Turkkan;C. A. Bachrach

  • Cognitive psychology and self-reports: models and methods.

    Jared B. Jobe

  • A randomized controlled trial of positive-affect induction to promote physical activity after percutaneous coronary intervention.

    Janey C. Peterson;Mary E. Charlson;Zachary Hoffman;Martin T. Wells

  • Retrieval from memory of dietary information

    Albert F. Smith;Jared B. Jobe;David J. Mingay

  • Structured physical activity and psychosocial correlates in middle-school girls

    Daheia J. Barr-Anderson;Deborah R. Young;James F. Sallis;Dianne R. Neumark-Sztainer

  • Listening to Girls and Boys Talk About Girls’ Physical Activity Behaviors

    Maihan B. Vu;Dale Murrie;Vivian Gonzalez;Jared B. Jobe

  • Cognition and survey measurement: History and overview

    Jared B. Jobe;David J. Mingay

  • Contributions of survey research to the understanding of memory

    Jared B. Jobe;Roger Tourangeau;Albert F. Smith

  • Cognitive laboratory approach to designing questionnaires for surveys of the elderly.

    Jared B. Jobe;David J. Mingay

  • Recall Strategies and Memory for Health-Care Visits

    Jared B. Jobe;Andrew A. White;Catherine L. Kelley;David J. Mingay

  • Cognitive Aspects of Recalling and Reporting Health-related Events: Papanicolaou Smears, Clinical Breast Examinations, and Mammograms

    Richard B. Warnecke;Seymour Sudman;Timothy P. Johnson;Diane O'Rourke

  • The effect of a physical activity intervention on bias in self-reported activity.

    Daniel R. Taber;June Stevens;David M. Murray;John P. Elder

  • Out in force : sexual orientation and the military

    Eliot A. Cohen;Gregory M. Herek;Jared B. Jobe;Ralph M. Carney

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Allegrante
John P. Allegrante Columbia University
Martin T. Wells
Martin T. Wells Cornell University
Alice M. Isen
Alice M. Isen Cornell University
Joel Gittelsohn
Joel Gittelsohn Johns Hopkins University
Carolyn C. Johnson
Carolyn C. Johnson Tulane University
Roger Tourangeau
Roger Tourangeau Westat (United States)
Peter Salovey
Peter Salovey Yale University
Thomas L. McKenzie
Thomas L. McKenzie San Diego State University
Susan M. Czajkowski
Susan M. Czajkowski National Institutes of Health
Amy F. Subar
Amy F. Subar National Cancer Institute

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