Ryan Rhodes

Dr. Ryan Rhodes is a Professor, Director of the Behavioural Medicine Laboratory, and Graduate Advisor for the School. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Society of Behavioral Medicine, Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Distinguished International Affiliate of the American Psychological Society, and a College member of the Royal Society of Canada.

See Dr. Ryan Rhodes' Google Scholar profile for publications.

Courses taught

• EPHE 357 Introduction to Research
• EPHE 581 Psychological Issues in Physical Activity and Health

Research interests

Psychology of physical activity and sedentary behaviour; health promotion during life transitions (e.g., early-stage family development, retirement); application of technology to health behaviour change; bridging the intention-behaviour gap; the role of affect in health behaviour; self-regulation of behaviour; physical activity habit and identity formation.

Recent publications

 

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PLAYshop Randomized Controlled Trial: Efficacy and Implementation of a Virtually Delivered Parent-Focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood

Purpose Examine the efficacy of a virtually delivered, parent-focused physical literacy (PL) intervention for early childhood called PLAYshop and examine the level of and factors…

Safe Patient Handling Musculoskeletal Injury-Prevention Smartphone App for Community Health Care Workers: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

CONCLUSIONS: This study met its objectives, highlighting the SPH MSIP app's potential to address community health care workers' unmet safe patient handling needs and improve…

The Development of a Physical Activity Persona Profile Classification for Public Education Campaigns

CONCLUSIONS: The classification produced 4 profiles; however, only 2 profiles were revealed in the test samples. These differences may have been the result of the…

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Managing Childhood Overweight: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

CONCLUSIONS: The blended web-based FHLP intervention has the potential to become a scalable solution for the prevention of obesity and related health conditions.

A Smartphone App (WExercise) to Promote Physical Activity Among Cancer Survivors: Randomized Controlled Trial

CONCLUSIONS: WExercise demonstrated a significant effect on increasing self-reported PA, but this was not corroborated with ActiGraph-measured PA. The application may be a useful addition…

Building and strengthening physical activity identity: a theory-informed user-guide

ABSTRACTPhysical activity identity, or viewing oneself as a physically active person, reliably predicts physical activity. Yet, little is known about how physical activity identity can…

"Active behaviour of parents is more associated with out-of-school physical activity in their children"

CONCLUSION: Positive associations between MVPA in children and more than 150 min of MVPA per week from parents were found. Also, a trend between maternal…

Promoting family functioning through physical activity: a randomized trial to evaluate the "All in the Family" program

BACKGROUND: Effective family functioning, such as communication, family organization, and family cohesion, is essential for family well-being and child development. Promoting family physical activity (PA)…

Tell me where you live, and I will predict your exercise levels: How self-regulatory action control, objective and perceived physical environment jointly explain physical activity time

CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest distinct patterns of associations in the larger city, compared to smaller towns/rural areas. Different perceived environmental characteristics and different self-regulatory action…

Association between child and youth physical activity and family functioning: a systematic review of observational studies

CONCLUSIONS: A small effect size in the domains of cohesion, communication, and conflict highlights the association between child and youth physical activity and family functioning…