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Nate McCaughtry is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research contributions span several intersecting fields, primarily focusing on health professions, medicine, and psychology. The work often addresses topics related to public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, speech and hearing, education, and physiology.

The main research topics covered by McCaughtry include obesity, physical activity, and diet, school health and nursing education, early childhood education and development, physical activity and health, children's physical and motor development, eating disorders and behaviors, as well as behavioral health and interventions.

McCaughtry has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Erin E. Centeio, Cheryl L. Somers, Noel Kulik, Alex C. Garn, and E. Whitney G. Moore.

The scientist has published research in a number of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of School Health
  • International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education
  • Frontiers in Health Services

Significant recent papers by McCaughtry include:

  • "Effects of a Comprehensive School Health Program on Elementary Student Academic Achievement" (2021), published in the Journal of School Health
  • "Differences of In-School Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity among Fourth Grade Urban Youth" (2020), published in the International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education
  • "Emotion-Driven Eating and Overeating Among Fourth Graders: The Roles of Body Image, Academic Achievement, and Peer and School Factors" (2023), published in the Journal of School Health
  • "The Community Health Worker academy: a novel healthcare and public health workforce development model" (2025), published in Frontiers in Health Services

Best Publications

  • The relationship between teacher burnout and student motivation

    Bo Shen;Nate McCaughtry;Jeffrey J. Martin;Alex C. Garn

  • A pilot study to examine the effects of a nutrition intervention on nutrition knowledge, behaviors, and efficacy expectations in middle school children.

    Mariane M. Fahlman;Joseph A. Dake;Nate McCaughtry;Jeffrey Martin

  • Girly Girls Can Play Games / Las Niñas Pueden Jugar Tambien: Co-Creating a Curriculum of Possibilities With Fifth-Grade Girls

    Kimberly L. Oliver;Manal Hamzeh;Nate McCaughtry

  • Effects of Teacher Autonomy Support and Students Autonomous Motivation on Learning in Physical Education

    Bo Shen;Nate McCaughtry;Jeffrey J. Martin;Mariane Fahlman

  • Urban Teachersí Use of Productive and Reproductive Teaching Styles Within the Confines of the National Curriculum for Physical Education

    Matthew D. Curtner-Smith;John R. Todorovich;Nate A. McCaughtry;Simon A. Lacon

  • Urban High-School Girls’ Sense of Relatedness and Their Engagement in Physical Education

    Bo Shen;Nate McCaughtry;Jeffrey J. Martin;Mariane Fahlman

  • Learning to Teach Sport Education: Misunderstandings, Pedagogical Difficulties, and Resistance

    Nate McCaughtry;Seidu Sofo;Inez Rovegno;Matthew Curtner-Smith

  • The Emotional Dimensions of a Teacher’s Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Influences on Content, Curriculum, and Pedagogy

    Nate McCaughtry

  • The Influence of Self-Determination in Physical Education on Leisure-Time Physical Activity Behavior

    Bo Shen;Nate McCaughtry;Jeffrey J. Martin

  • The Theory of Planned Behavior: Predicting Physical Activity in Mexican American Children

    Jeffrey J. Martin;Kimberly L. Oliver;Nate McCaughtry

  • The influences of professional development on teachers' self-efficacy toward educational change

    Jeffrey J. Martin;Nate Mccaughtry;Pamela Hodges-Kulinna;Donetta Cothran

  • Teachers' Perspectives on the Challenges of Teaching Physical Education in Urban Schools: The Student Emotional Filter.

    Nate McCaughtry;Sara Barnard;Jeffrey Martin;Bo Shen

  • Culturally relevant physical education in urban schools: reflecting cultural knowledge.

    Sara B. Flory;Nate McCaughtry

  • Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Moving from Blaming Students to Predicting Skillfulness, Recognizing Motor Development, and Understanding Emotion

    Nate McCaughtry;Inez Rovegno

  • PE is not for me: when boys' masculinities are threatened.

    Amy Tischler;Nate McCaughtry

  • Parental social support, perceived competence and enjoyment in school physical activity.

    Bo Shen;Erin Centeio;Alex Garn;Jeffrey Martin

  • Racial and socioeconomic disparities in nutrition behaviors: targeted interventions needed.

    Mariane M. Fahlman;Nate McCaughtry;Jeffrey Martin;Bo Shen

  • Teachers Mentoring Teachers: A View Over Time

    Nate McCaughtry;Donetta Cothran;Pamela Hodges Kulinna;Jeffrey J. Martin

  • Surveillance as a technique of power in physical education

    Louisa Webb;Nate McCaughtry;Doune MacDonald

  • The Emotional Dimensions of Urban Teacher Change

    Nate McCaughtry;Jeffrey J. Martin;Pamela Hodges Kulinna;Donetta J. Cothran

  • The theory of planned behavior: Predicting physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in African American children

    Jeffrey J. Martin;Pamela Hodges Kulinna;Nate McCaughtry;Donetta Cothran

  • Elaborating pedagogical content knowledge: what it means to know students and think about teaching

    Nate McCaughtry

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey J. Martin
Jeffrey J. Martin Wayne State University
Pamela Hodges Kulinna
Pamela Hodges Kulinna Arizona State University
Alexandre J. S. Morin
Alexandre J. S. Morin Concordia University
Doune Macdonald
Doune Macdonald University of Queensland

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