Doctoral Thesis

Smith, Craig ORCID: 0000-0003-1768-6726 (2023) The design, development, and evaluation of LifeLab Dublin; an interactive and engaging health literacy experience for adolescents from socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Gavigan, Nathan ORCID: 0000-0001-9279-6197 (2022) Enhancing children’s movement competence: Intervention implementation, evaluation, and the creation of a new, innovative assessment tool. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McQuinn, Sara ORCID: 0000-0002-3149-0685 (2022) The Girls Active Project (GAP): co-design and feasibility of an after-school physical activity intervention. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Peers, Cameron (2020) Investigating physical literacy components in primary school children. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Una, Britton (2019) Evaluating a conceptual model of physical activity engagement across the transition from primary to secondary school. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hardie Murphy, Michelle (2016) CSPPA Plus: a 5-year longitudinal study of children's sport and physical activity participation. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Powell, Danielle (2016) Investigation of physical activity and its correlates in adolescent youth: evaluation of the Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) intervention. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McGrane, Bronagh (2015) Implementation and evaluation of the youth physical activity towards health (Y-PATH) intervention: the role of fundamental movement skills. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Armstrong, Alan (2014) Synchronization with audio and visual stimuli: Exploring multisensory integration and the role of spatio-temporal information. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O'Brien, Wesley (2013) The design, development, implementation and evaluation of the Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) intervention. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Masters Thesis

Behan, Stephen ORCID: 0000-0003-3085-2792 (2020) Moving well-being well: evaluation and development of the fundamental movement skills in Irish primary school children through a physical literacy lens. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Clarke, Holly (2019) Youth physical activity towards health (Y-PATH) meeting the needs of Irish teachers and students. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Wilson, Ciara (2018) An examination of neuro-cognitive functioning and its relationship with physical activity intensity levels and cardiovascular fitness, and the importance of a holistic approach to the development and education of a child. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Duff, Christina (2018) Kids active: the development and evaluation of an active play and fundamental movement skill intervention for preschool children. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Walsh, Denise (2016) A comparison of physical activity, physical fitness levels, BMI, and blood pressure of adults with intellectual disability, who do and do not take part in Special Olympics Ireland programmes. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Prior, Paul (2013) An examination of the relationship between participation in extra-curricular physical activity and the psychological well-being of adolescent males from disadvantaged communities. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Dunning, Carol (2012) The development of a cooperating physical education teachers’ (COPET) programme and an investigation into how this programme impacts on the teaching practice experiences’ of the three members of the teaching practice triad. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.