Responsible ForFAH 235
Koordinator for European Master in Health and Physical Activity
Subject areaSport & Exercise Psychology
Short biographyPhD in Sport Sciences 1992 at Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
Professor of Sport & Exercise Psychology NSSS 2004-present.
Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand.
Selected publicationsNilsson, A, Andersen,LB, Ommundsen,Y, Froberg,K Sardinha,LB, Piehl-Aulin,K, & Ekelund,U (2009). Correlates of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time in children. BMC Public Health, published online 7th of September 2009 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-322.
Ommundsen,Y., Aasen Gundersen,K, & Mjaavatn,PE (2010). 4th graders social functioning with peers – A prospective study on the role of children’s 1st grade physical activity, weight status and motor proficiency. Scandinavian J of Educational Research, 54, 377-394.
Ommundsen,Y, Roberts,GC, Lemyre,P-N, Abrahamsen,F, (2010). Motivational climate, need satisfaction, regulation of motivation and subjective vitality in soccer. A study of young players. International Journal of Sport Psychology in press.
Kalaja,S., Jaakkola, T., Watt, A., Liukkonen,J. & Ommundsen,Y (2010) .The associations between seventh grade Finnish students’ motivational climate, perceived competence, self-determined motivation and fundamental movement skills. European Physical Education Review in press.
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