Publications

Publications impact

Our research findings are disseminated throughout a number of publications so that our findings and innovative ideas can be developed further by the international research community.  

WRaP is an online catalogue of material produced by members of the University and contains details of articles, conference papers, book chapters and publications.

Here’s a selection of some of our latest publications:

Benfield, L.L., Peters, D.M., Fox, K.R., Blake, H., Wenyika, R., & Ness, A.R.  (2009) Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) estimation of children’s abdominal adiposity measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).  International Journal of Body Composition Research, 7(4), 131–139.

Butt, J. & Molnar, G. (2009) Involuntary Career Termination in Sport: A Case Study of the Process of Structurally Induced Failure. Sport in Society. 12(2): 236-252.

Høigaard, R., Fuglestad, S., Peters, D.M., de Cuyper, B., De Backer, M. & Boen, F. (in press) Role satisfaction mediates the relation between role ambiguity and social loafing among elite woman handball players.  Journal of Applied Sport Psychology...

Hughson, J. & Kohe, G. (2010). Get into the ‘Groove’: Travelling Otago’s Super-region. Sport in Society, 13 (10), 1552-1566  

Jones, R.J.A., Marshall, S. & Peters, D.M.  (2010) Can we play a game now? The intrinsic benefits of Teaching Games for Understanding.  European Journal of Physical & Health Education: Social & Humanistic Perspective, 4, 57-64.

Kohe, G. (2010). The unexceptional: New Zealand’s very ordinary olympic history. Sport History Review, 14 (2), 146-163  

Kohe, G. (2010). Disrupting the birds’ nest: ‘Show Case China – Beijing 2008’ and socio-historical challenges for olympic education. Sport, Education and Society, 15 (4), 479-494  

Kohe, G. (2010). The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: Civic representations of sporting and olympic history. Sport in Society, 13 (10), 1498-1515  

Molnar, G. & Bryson, J. (2009) Enhancing processual learning: some observations on teaching research skills. The Journal of Pedagogical Research and Scholarship. 1(2): 26-33.

Mycock D. C., West J. and Castle P., St. Clair Gibson, A. (in review) A Psychometric Case Study of an elite American basketball coach. British Psychological Society Sport & Exercise Science Journal

Peters, D.M. & Jones, R.J.A.  (2010) Perceptions of the physical self of obese children held by future sport, exercise and physical education professionals.  Kinesiology: International Journal of Fundamental and Applied Kinesiology, 42(1), 36-43.

Ramsey, R., Cumming, J., Eastough, D., & Edwards, M. G. (in press) Incongruent imagery interferes with action initiation. Brain and Cognition;

Renfree, A., West, J., Corbett, M., Rhoden, C. (2009) Individualised RPE responses during a self-paced cycle time trial, Sports Science Review, 1(1)

Renfree, A., West, J., Corbett, Rhoden, C. and St Clair Gibson, A. (in press) Complex interplay between determinants of pacing and performance during 20 km cycle time trials International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 7(2)

Rhoden, C. and West, J. (2010) Affect in sporting activities: a preliminary validation of the Worcester Affect Scale. Sport Science Review, 19(5-6), 71-92