Physical Activity Psychology Lab
Housed in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Purdue University
Our Mission
To design effective interventions to help people adopt and maintain an active lifestyle
In the pursuit of our mission, we aim to identify primary targets for interventions to promote sustained physical activity participation, identify intervention techniques and strategies that work best, and to determine for whom interventions work better
The field of physical activity psychology
Physical activity psychology is the study of human movement and mind
across a range of physical activity settings
Areas of Expertise: Factors related to physical activity behavior; health behavior theories, longitudinal methods, questionnaire and survey design; measurement of physical activity, systematic review and meta-analysis.
Our Core Values: Ambition, Commitment, Community, Respect, Rigor.