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Yngvar Ommundsen publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yngvar Ommundsen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 124 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Yngvar Ommundsen D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yngvar Ommundsen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yngvar Ommundsen is a researcher affiliated with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Norway. Their work primarily spans the fields of psychology, medicine, and social sciences, with a strong focus on developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology as key subfields. Their research interests concentrate on topics such as motivation and self-concept in sports, behavioral health and interventions, sport psychology and performance, children's physical and motor development, infant development and preterm care, doping in sports, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Ommundsen has published extensively in several prominent journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Sports Sciences
  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • PLoS ONE
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ommundsen cover diverse aspects of sport psychology and physical activity research. Notable publications include:

  • "Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) - Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers" (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Initial psychometric testing of the coach-adapted version of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire: A Bayesian approach" (2020, Journal of Sports Sciences)
  • "Perceived social pressure and intention to play through injuries in junior ice hockey: The sporting environment matters" (2023, Journal of Sports Sciences)
  • "Performance-enhancing and health-compromising behaviors in youth sports: A systematic mixed-studies review" (2022, Performance Enhancement & Health)
  • "Measurement invariance of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire-coach in youth sport" (2023, Frontiers in Psychology)

Ommundsen collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, which includes:

  • Tommy Haugen
  • Eivind Aadland
  • Katrine Nyvoll Aadland
  • Andreas Stenling
  • Jan Åge Kristensen

Best Publications

  • Effects of physical activity on schoolchildren's academic performance: The Active Smarter Kids (ASK) cluster-randomized controlled trial

    Geir Kåre Resaland;Eivind Aadland;Vegard Fusche Moe;Katrine Nyvoll Aadland

  • Perceived motivational climate in male youth soccer: relations to social–moral functioning, sportspersonship and team norm perceptions

    Y. Ommundsen;G.C. Roberts;P.N. Lemyre;D. Treasure

  • Intentions to drop-out of youth soccer: A test of the basic needs theory among European youth from five countries

    E. Quested;N. Ntoumanis;C. Viladrich;E. Haug

  • Peer relationships in adolescent competitive soccer: Associations to perceived motivational climate, achievement goals and perfectionism

    Yngvar Ommundsen;Glyn C Roberts;Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre;Blake W Miller

  • Academic Self‐concept, Implicit Theories of Ability, and Self‐regulation Strategies

    Yngvar Ommundsen;Richard Haugen;Thorleif Lund

  • Achievement Goal Orientations, Perceived Ability, and Sportspersonship in Youth Soccer

    Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre;Glyn C. Roberts;Yngvar Ommundsen

  • Autonomy–Mastery, Supportive or Performance Focused? Different teacher behaviours and pupils' outcomes in physical education

    Yngvar Ommundsen;Silje Eikanger Kvalø

  • Implicit Theories of Ability and Self-regulation Strategies in Physical Education Classes

    Yngvar Ommundsen

  • Effect of motivational climate on sportspersonship among competitive youth male and female football players

    Blake W. Miller;Glyn C. Roberts;Yngvar Ommundsen

  • Effect of perceived motivational climate on moral functioning, team moral atmosphere perceptions, and the legitimacy of intentionally injurious acts among competitive youth football players.

    Blake W. Miller;Glyn C. Roberts;Yngvar Ommundsen

  • Perceived motivational climate and cognitive and affective correlates among Norwegian athletes

    Yngvar Ommundsen;Glyn C. Roberts;Maria Kavussanu

  • Relationships between physical activity, sedentary time, aerobic fitness, motor skills and executive function and academic performance in children

    Katrine Nyvoll Aadland;Vegard Fusche Moe;Eivind Aadland;Sigmund Alfred Anderssen;Sigmund Alfred Anderssen

  • Self-handicapping strategies in physical education classes: the influence of implicit theories of the nature of ability and achievement goal orientations

    Yngvar Ommundsen

  • Correlates of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study).

    Andreas Nilsson;Lars Bo Andersen;Lars Bo Andersen;Yngvar Ommundsen;Karsten Froberg

  • The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Physical Self-Esteem in Adolescents: The Role of Physical Fitness Indices

    Tommy Haugen;Yngvar Ommundsen;Stephen Seiler

  • Parental and coach support or pressure on psychosocial outcomes of pediatric athletes in soccer.

    Yngvar Ommundsen;Glyn C Roberts;Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre;Blake W Miller

  • Effects of three training types on vitality among older adults: A self-determination theory perspective

    Paul A. Solberg;Will G. Hopkins;Yngvar Ommundsen;Hallgeir Halvari;Hallgeir Halvari

  • Intervention effects on physical activity: the HEIA study - a cluster randomized controlled trial

    May Grydeland;Ingunn Holden Bergh;Mona Bjelland;Nanna Lien

  • Psycho-social and environmental correlates of location-specific physical activity among 9- and 15- year-old Norwegian boys and girls: the European Youth Heart Study

    Yngvar Ommundsen;Lena Klasson-Heggebø;Sigmund A Anderssen

  • Are screen-based sedentary behaviors longitudinally associated with dietary behaviors and leisure-time physical activity in the transition into adolescence?

    Mekdes K. Gebremariam;Ingunn Holden Bergh;Lene F. Andersen;Yngvar Ommundsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sigmund A. Anderssen
Sigmund A. Anderssen Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Nanna Lien
Nanna Lien University of Oslo
Glyn C. Roberts
Glyn C. Roberts Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Andreas Stenling
Andreas Stenling Umeå University
Hallgeir Halvari
Hallgeir Halvari Sewanee: The University of the South
Joan L. Duda
Joan L. Duda University of Birmingham
Lars Bo Andersen
Lars Bo Andersen University of Bergen
Bente Wold
Bente Wold University of Bergen
Oddrun Samdal
Oddrun Samdal University of Bergen
Howard Hall
Howard Hall York St John University

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