Wesley O'Brien

Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Coaching Science. Programme Director B.Ed. Sports Studies and Physical Education Degree.

University College Cork

Ireland

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Wesley O'Brien is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Coaching Science at University College Cork, Ireland. He serves as the Programme Director for the B.Ed. Sports Studies and Physical Education Degree. His research focuses on the holistic well-being of primary school students, motor competence, and the relationship between physical activity and well-being among children and adolescents. Recent publications include studies on the effectiveness of physical literacy interventions and factors influencing multi-sport participation among youth.

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Sarahjane Belton

Head of School | Associate Professor of Physical Education

Dublin City University

IRELAND

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An analysis of primary school student’s holistic well-being using PhotoVoice

Feasibility and acceptability of the Promoting Pupils’ Physical Literacy (3PL) intervention and its effectiveness research design

Correlates of Motor Competence in Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Portuguese Municipality

Relationship between Gender, Physical Activity, Screen Time, Body Mass Index and Wellbeing in Irish Children from Social-Disadvantage

The Impact of Typical School Provision of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sports on Adolescent Physical Activity Behaviors: A Systematic Literature Review

Irish Para Report Card on Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents With Disabilities

Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth

Motor competence assessment in physical education – convergent validity between fundamental movement skills and functional movement assessments in adolescence

Exploring Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Fundamental Movement Skills Development: A Narrative Review

Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents: An Investigation of Sex Differences and Relatedness Between Fundamental Movement Skills and Functional Movement

Motor competence interventions in children and adolescents – theoretical and atheoretical approaches: A systematic review

Differential Associations of Total and Context-Specific Sedentary Time with Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Results from Ireland’s CSPPA Study

Coaches’ Experience of the “Gaelic4Teens” Program in Ireland

The effect of karate interventions on the motor proficiency of female adolescents with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) from high and low socio-economic status

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Sarahjane Belton

Michael Duncan

Gavin Breslin

Kwok Ng

Angela Carlin

António Rodrigues

Marie Murphy

Cormac Powell

Catherine Woods

Philip Kearney

Brendan T. O'Keeffe

João Martins

Tara Coppinger

Glen Nielsen

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