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Peter R. Giacobbi is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, notably psychology, medicine, and health professions. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields including general health professions, physiology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work covers a range of main topics:

  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Media Influence and Health

Peter R. Giacobbi has published in several prominent venues repeatedly, including:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Health Promotion Practice
  • PLoS ONE
  • Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • mHealth

Recent publications include:

  • "Deep learning for biological age estimation," 2020, published in Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • "A Scoping Review of Sport-Based Health Promotion Interventions With Youth in Africa," 2020, published in Health Promotion Practice
  • "Usability testing of an electronic health application for patient activation on weight management," 2021, published in mHealth
  • "Maximizing the Potential of Mini-Grants to Promote Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes: Outcomes and Challenges," 2021, published in Health Promotion Practice
  • "A telephone-based guided imagery tobacco cessation intervention: results of a randomized feasibility trial," 2020, published in Translational Behavioral Medicine

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Treah Haggerty
  • Christa Lilly
  • Kristin A. Grogg
  • Judith S. Gordon
  • Julie Armin

Best Publications

  • Sources of Sport-Confidence: Conceptualization and Instrument Development

    Robin S. Vealey;Susan Walter Hayashi;Megan Garner-Holman;Peter Giacobbi

  • Applying a Score Confidence Interval to Aiken's Item Content-Relevance Index

    Randall D. Penfield;Peter R. Giacobbi

  • The Four Ws of Imagery Use: Where, When, Why, and What

    Krista J. Munroe;Peter Giacobbi;Craig R. Hall;Robert S. Weinberg

  • A Pragmatic Research Philosophy for Sport and Exercise Psychology

    Peter R. Giacobbi Jr.;Artur Poczwardowski;Peter F. Hager

  • Relationship between exercise dependence symptoms and personality

    Heather A Hausenblas;Peter R Giacobbi

  • Stress and coping during the transition to university for first-year female athletes.

    Peter R. Giacobbi;Taryn K. Lynn;Jaclyn M. Wetherington;Jamie Jenkins

  • Physical Activity and Quality of Life Experienced by Highly Active Individuals With Physical Disabilities

    Peter R. Giacobbi;Michael Stancil;Brent Hardin;Lance Bryant

  • An Examination of Coping in Sport: Individual Trait Anxiety Differences and Situational Consistency

    Peter R. Giacobbi;Robert S. Weinberg

  • Peer Volunteers Improve Long-Term Maintenance of Physical Activity With Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Matthew P. Buman;Peter R. Giacobbi;Joseph M. Dzierzewski;Adrienne Aiken Morgan

  • Toward two grounded theories of the talent development and social support process of highly successful collegiate athletes.

    Taryn K. Morgan;Peter R. Giacobbi

  • The Internal Structure of Positive and Negative Affect: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the PANAS

    Daniel E. Tuccitto;Peter R. Giacobbi;Walter L. Leite

  • Integrating five-factor model facet-level traits with the theory of planned behavior and exercise

    Amy L. Hoyt;Ryan E. Rhodes;Heather A. Hausenblas;Peter R. Giacobbi

  • Broken Clubs and Expletives: The Sources of Stress and Coping Responses of Skilled and Moderately Skilled Golfers

    Peter Giacobbi;Brady Foore;Robert S. Weinberg

  • Exercise and sleep in community-dwelling older adults: evidence for a reciprocal relationship.

    Joseph M. Dzierzewski;Matthew P. Buman;Peter R. Giacobbi;Beverly L. Roberts

  • A naturalistic assessment of the relationship between personality, daily life events, leisure-time exercise, and mood

    Peter R. Giacobbi;Heather A. Hausenblas;Nancy Frye

  • College coaches' views about the development of successful athletes: a descriptive exploratory investigation.

    P. R. Giacobbi;E. Roper;J. Whitney;T. Butryn

  • Even More About Exercise Imagery: A Grounded Theory of Exercise Imagery

    Peter Giacobbi;Heather Hausenblas;Elizabeth Fallon;Craig Hall

  • Experiences and coping responses of "hitting the Wall" for recreational marathon runners.

    Matthew P. Buman;Jens W. Omli;Peter R. Giacobbi;Britton W. Brewer

  • The Stress and Coping Responses of Certified Graduate Athletic Training Students.

    Sarah Reed;Peter R. Giacobbi

  • Descriptive and narrative reports of barriers and motivators to physical activity in sedentary older adults.

    Matthew P. Buman;L. Daphna Yasova;Peter R. Giacobbi

Frequent Co-Authors

Christina S. McCrae
Christina S. McCrae University of Missouri
Michael Marsiske
Michael Marsiske University of Florida
Heather A. Hausenblas
Heather A. Hausenblas Jacksonville University
Robert Weinberg
Robert Weinberg Miami University
Craig R. Hall
Craig R. Hall University of Western Ontario
Ryan E. Rhodes
Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria
Britton W. Brewer
Britton W. Brewer Springfield College
Samuel F. Sears
Samuel F. Sears East Carolina University
Joseph J. Glutting
Joseph J. Glutting University of Delaware
Christopher M. Janelle
Christopher M. Janelle University of Florida

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