Research on The Youth Activity Profile
A number of papers have contributed to the research base on the validity and utility of the YAP. Versions of the papers have been compiled below but they can be requested by contacting the project team at [email protected]
  • Kellstedt, D. K., Essay, A. M., Schenkelberg, M. A., Rosen, M. S., Von Seggern, M. J., Idoate, R., Welk, G. J., Rosenkranz R.R., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in children’s physical activity in a rural US community: a mixed methods study. BMJ open, 12(10), e062987. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062987
  • Kellstedt DK, Essay AM, Schenkelberg MA, Rosen MS, Von Seggern MJ, Idoate R, Welk GJ, Rosenkranz RR, Dzewaltowski DA. Disruptive events and system change: the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in children's physical activity in a rural community. The Journal of Rural Health. 2022.
  • Welk, G.J., Saint-Maurice, P.F., Dixon, P.M., Hibbing, P.R., Bai, Y., McLoughlin, G.M., Pereira da Silva, M. (2021). Calibration of the Online Youth Activity Profile Assessment for School-Based Applications. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behavior
  • Schenkelberg, M. A., Rosen, M. S., Bavari, A. E., Norgelas, S. J., Rosenkranz, R. R., Welk, G. J., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2021). A protocol for coordinating rural community stakeholders to implement whole-of-community youth physical activity surveillance through school systems. Preventive Medicine Reports, 101536. PMID: 34976611. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101536.
  • Pfledderer, C. D., Burns, R. D., Byun, W., Carson, R. L., Welk, G. J., & Brusseau, T. A. (2021). School‐based physical activity interventions in rural and urban/suburban communities: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews, e13265.
  • Kellstedt, D. K., Schenkelberg, M. A., Von Seggern, M. J., Rosenkranz, R. R., Welk, G. J., High, R., & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2021). Youth sport participation and physical activity in rural communities. Archives of public health, 79(1), 1-8.
  • Kellstedt, D. K., Schenkelberg, M. A., Welk, G. J., Rosenkranz, R. R., Idoate, R., Ramos, A. K., ... & Dzewaltowski, D. A. (2021). Rural community systems: Youth physical activity promotion through community collaboration. Preventive Medicine Reports, 23, 101486.
  • Segura-Díaz, J. M., Barranco-Ruiz, Y., Saucedo-Araujo, R. G., Aranda-Balboa, M. J., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Migueles, J. H., Saint-Maurice, P.F., Ortega, F.B, Welk, G.J.,  Herrador-Colmenero, M. & Chillón, P. (2020). Feasibility and reliability of the Spanish version of the Youth Activity Profile questionnaire (YAP-Spain) in children and adolescents. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1847488
  • Fairclough, S. J., Christian, D. L., Saint-Maurice, P. F., Hibbing, P. R., Noonan, R. J., Welk, G. J., ... & Boddy, L. M. (2019). Calibration and Validation of the Youth Activity Profile as a Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Surveillance Tool for English Youth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 3711. PMID: 31581617. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16193711
  • Welk, G. J., Saint-Maurice, P. F., Kim, Y., Ellingson, L. D., Hibbing, P., Wolff-Hughes, D. L., & Perna, F. M. (2017). Understanding and interpreting error in physical activity data: insights from the FLASHE study. American journal of preventive medicine, 52(6), 836-838.
  • Saint-Maurice, P. F., Kim, Y., Hibbing, P., Oh, A. Y., Perna, F. M., & Welk, G. J. (2017). Calibration and validation of the Youth Activity Profile: the FLASHE study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 52(6), 880-887.
  • Saint-Maurice, P. F., Welk, G. J., Bartee, R. T., & Heelan, K. (2016). Calibration of context-specific survey items to assess youth physical activity behaviour. Journal of Sports Sciences, June 1-7.
  • Saint-Maurice, P. F., & Welk, G. J. (2015). Validity and Calibration of the Youth Activity Profile. PloS one, 10(12).