Recent School of Kinesiology PhD graduate, DJ McDonough, PhD, published his dissertation study this week in the Journal of Sport and Health Science with an updated impact factor of 7.2. The study is titled, “Effects of a remote, YouTube-delivered exercise intervention on young adults’ physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic: Randomized controlled trial.” Briefly, the study is a 12-week randomized controlled trial examining the effects of a remote, YouTube video-delivered, aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise intervention grounded in Self-determination Theory. This is compared to a YouTube video-delivered general health education control group on 64 young adults’ free-living physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep quality, autonomous motivation, and perceived physical activity barriers. Favorable findings are observed in the intervention group for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, sleep efficiency, select autonomous motivational regulations, and perceived physical activity barriers.

Coauthors include Zan Gao, PhD, McDonough’s academic advisor and director of the Physical
Activity Epidemiology Laboratory (PAEL,) Melina Helgeson, MBA, project manager from the
Carlson School of Management, and Wenxi Liu, PhD, a recent School of Kinesiology PhD
graduate.