Elaine Hargreaves (Nee Rose), Academic staff, School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand

Elaine Hargreaves Image Associate Professor
BSc(Hons)(Glasgow) PhD(Wales)
Tel +64 3 479 8941
Email elaine.hargreaves@otago.ac.nz

Background

Elaine Hargreaves (Nee Rose) is very proudly Scottish and joined the School in 2002 after completing her PhD in Exercise Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor. Elaine is the School’s Associate Dean Curriculum and serves as an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Sport Sciences and on the Editorial Board of the Applied Journal of Sport Psychology. She is married to Gareth and has two girls and in practicing what she teaches and researches, will regularly be found being physically active in Dunedin’s beautiful outdoors.

Teaching

Research

Elaine’s research speciality is in the psychology of physical activity with a focus on understanding and promoting behaviour change. Her research spans across three main areas:

Applying behaviour change principles in interventions to improve physical activity and other healthy lifestyle behaviours and to explore the psychological mechanisms explaining behaviour change. Current projects include, the Rugby Fans in Training – NZ programme a healthy lifestyle intervention for men based in the professional rugby context funded by the Health Research Council and the development of an intervention to encourage office-based employees to do short bouts of activity after every 30 min of sitting funded by a University of Otago research grant.
The role of affective responses in motivating physical activity behaviour. This work is underpinned by the hypothesis that an individual’s past, ongoing and expected affective experiences of physical activity are integral in determining future behavioural decisions. Elaine is particularly interested in how to structure the exercise experience to maximise positive affective responses and understand the psychological mechanisms through which positive affect impacts on behavioural decisions.
Exploring motivation to adopt and maintain physical activity using the framework of Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985). Recent projects have examined the relationships between autonomous motivation and psychological flexibility and the relationships between need support and autonomous motivation.

Elaine welcomes post-graduate students with an interest in the psychology of physical activity.

Potential students may like to consult the University of Otago scholarships webpage to check eligibility for international and domestic student scholarships.

Postgraduate students

Amanda Calder, PhD 2019. The Affect Of Exercise Past, Present, And Future: The Role Of Affective Memory And Affective Forecast In The Affective Response-Physical Activity Behaviour Relation.
Matthew Jenkins, PhD 2018. ACTing with Self-Determination: Psychological Flexibility and Motivation for Physical Activity.
Kirsty Hayr, MDiet 2018. Perspectives on Integrating Activity Breaks into the Work Day: A Focus Group Study of University of Otago Employees Working in Sedentary Occupations (co-supervisor).
Hannah Martin, MDiet 2018. Motivational profiles for eating behaviour and their associations with intuitive eating and body mass index in New Zealand women (co-supervisor).

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Publications

Connor, M., Scanlon, O. K., Hargreaves, E. A., & Harrison, O. K. (2022). Resistance and aerobic exercise of moderate or self-selected intensity is effective in reducing anxiety. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1557), (pp. 105). Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Jenkins, M., Lee, C., Houge Mackenzie, S., Hargreaves, E. A., Hodge, K., & Calverley, J. (2022). Nature-based physical activity and hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing: The mediating roles of motivational quality and nature relatedness. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 783840. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.783840

Hargreaves, E. A., Lee, C., Jenkins, M., Calverley, J. R., Hodge, K., & Houge Mackenzie, S. (2021). Changes in physical activity levels pre-, during and post-lockdown COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand and the explanatory role of daily hassles. Frontiers in Psychology, 642954, 642954. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.642954

Hargreaves, E. A., Marsh, S., & Maddison, R. (2021). Factors influencing men’s experiences and engagement with the rugby fans in training: New Zealand pilot trial: A healthy lifestyle intervention for men. Healthcare, 9, 1737. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9121737

Hargreaves, E. A., Haszard, J. J., Shaw, S., & Peddie, M. C. (2021). Protocol for a pilot trial to assess the feasibility of the Move More @ Work intervention to encourage employees to take the opportunity to move (be physically active) after every 30 min of sitting. Pilot & Feasibility Studies, 7, 172. doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00903-2

Hargreaves, E. A., & Waumsley, J. A. (2013). Psychology of physical activity-related injuries. In M. Arvinen-Barrow & N. Walker (Eds.), The psychology of sport injury and rehabilitation. (pp. 185-198). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Journal - Research Article

Jenkins, M., Houge Mackenzie, S., Hodge, K., Hargreaves, E. A., Calverley, J. R., & Lee, C. (2021). Physical activity and psychological well-being during the COVID-19 lockdown: Relationships with motivational quality and nature contexts. Frontiers in Sports & Active Living, 3, 637576. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.637576

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Calder, A. J., Hargreaves, E. A., & Hodge, K. (2020). Great expectations: A qualitative analysis of the factors that influence affective forecasts for exercise. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 17(2), 551. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020551

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Cox, A. E., Ullrich-French, S., Hargreaves, E. A., & McMahon, A. K. (2020). The effects of mindfulness and music on affective responses to self-paced treadmill walking. Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology, 9(4), 571-584. doi: 10.1037/spy0000192

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Hargreaves, E. A., Hayr, K. T., Jenkins, M., Perry, T., & Peddie, M. (2020). Interrupting sedentary time in the workplace using regular short activity breaks: Practicality from an employee perspective. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 62(4), 317-324. doi: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001832

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Jenkins, M., Hargreaves, E. A., & Hodge, K. (2020). Examining the relationships among cognitive acceptance, behavioral commitment, autonomous extrinsic motivation, and physical activity. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 42(3), 177-184. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2018-0276

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Jenkins, M., Hargreaves, E. A., & Hodge, K. (2019). The role of psychological flexibility in physical activity maintenance. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 41, 185-193. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2018-0311

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Maddison, R., Hargreaves, E. A., Wyke, S., Gray, C. M., Hunt, K., Heke, J. I., … Marsh, S. (2019). Rugby Fans in Training New Zealand (RUFIT-NZ): A pilot randomized controlled trial of a healthy lifestyle program for overweight men delivered through professional rugby clubs in New Zealand. BMC Public Health, 19, 166. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6472-3

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Elsangedy, H. M., Machado, D. G. D. S., Krinski, K., Duarte do Nascimento, P. H., De Amorim Oliveira, G. T., Santos, T. M., Hargreaves, E. A., & Parfitt, G. (2018). Let the pleasure guide your resistance training intensity. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 50(7), 1472-1479. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001573

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Hargreaves, E. A., Mutrie, N., & Fleming, J. D. (2016). A web-based intervention to encourage walking (StepWise): Pilot randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 5(1), e14. doi: 10.2196/resprot.4288

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Dawson, A. M., Brown, D. A., Cox, A., Williams, S. M., Treacy, L., Haszard, J., Meredith-Jones, K., Hargreaves, E., Taylor, B. J., Ross, J., & Taylor, R. W. (2014). Using motivational interviewing for weight feedback to parents of young children. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 50(6), 461-470. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12518

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Lonsdale, C., Hodge, K., Hargreaves, E. A., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2014). Comparing sport motivation scales: A response to Pelletier et al. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 15(5), 446-452. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.03.006

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Hargreaves, E. A., & Stych, K. (2013). Exploring the peak and end rule of past affective episodes within the exercise context. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 14(2), 169-178. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.10.003

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Hodge, K., Hargreaves, E. A., Gerrard, D., & Lonsdale, C. (2013). Psychological mechanisms underlying doping attitudes in sport: Motivation and moral disengagement. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 35(4), 419-432.

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Parfitt, G., Blisset, A., Rose, E. A., & Eston, R. (2012). Physiological and perceptual responses to affect-regulated exercise in healthy young women. Psychophysiology, 49(1), 104-110. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01287.x

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Rose, E. A., & Parfitt, G. (2012). Exercise experience influences affective and motivational outcomes of prescribed and self-selected intensity exercise. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 22(2), 265-277. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01161.x

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Rose, E. A., & Parfitt, G. (2010). Pleasant for some and unpleasant for others: A protocol analysis of the cognitive factors that influence affective responses to exercise. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, 7. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-15

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Taylor, R. W., Brown, D., Dawson, A. M., Haszard, J., Cox, A., Rose, E. A., Taylor, B. J., Meredith-Jones, K., Treacy, L., Ross, J., & Williams, S. M. (2010). Motivational interviewing for screening and feedback and encouraging lifestyle changes to reduce relative weight in 4-8 year old children: Design of the MInT study. BMC Public Health, 10, 271. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-271

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Lonsdale, C., Hodge, K., & Rose, E. (2009). Athlete burnout in elite sport: A self-determination perspective. Journal of Sports Sciences, 27(8), 785-795. doi: 10.1080/02640410902929366

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Anglem, N., Lucas, S. J. E., Rose, E. A., & Cotter, J. D. (2008). Mood, illness and injury responses and recovery with adventure racing. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 19(19), 30-38.

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Lonsdale, C., Hodge, K., & Rose, E. A. (2008). The Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire (BRSQ): Instrument development and initial validity evidence. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30(3), 323-355.

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Rose, E. A., & Parfitt, G. (2008). Can the feeling scale be used to regulate exercise intensity? Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 40(10), 1852-1860.

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Rose, E. A., & Parfitt, G. (2007). A quantitative analysis and qualitative explanation of the individual differences in affective responses to prescribed and self-selected exercise intensities. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 29, 281-309.

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Lonsdale, C., Hodge, K., & Rose, E. A. (2006). Pixels vs. paper: Comparing online and traditional survey methods in sport psychology. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 28, 100-108.

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Parfitt, G., Rose, E. A., & Burgess, W. M. (2006). The psychological and physiological responses of sedentary individuals to prescribed and preferred intensity exercise. British Journal of Health Psychology, 11, 39-53.

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Forsyth, G., Handcock, P., Rose, E., & Jenkins, C. (2005). Fitness instructors: How does their knowledge on weight loss measure up? Health Education Journal, 64(2), 154-167.

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Rose, E. A., Parfitt, G., & Williams, S. (2005). Exercise causality orientations, behavioural regulation for exercise and stage of change for exercise: Exploring their relationships. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 6, 399-414.

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Rose, E. A., Markland, D., & Parfitt, G. (2001). The development and initial validation of the exercise causality orientation scale. Journal of Sports Sciences, 19(6), 445-462.

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Parfitt, G., Rose, E. A., & Markland, D. (2000). The effect of prescribed and preferred intensity exercise on psychological affect and the influence of baseline measures of affect. Journal of Health Psychology, 5(2), 231-240.

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Maddison, R., Hargreaves, E. A., Jiang, Y., Calder, A. J., Wyke, S., Gray, C. M., … Jenkins, M., & Marsh, S. (2020). Rugby Fans in Training New Zealand (RUFIT-NZ): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle program for overweight men delivered through professional rugby clubs in New Zealand. Trials, 21, 139. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-4038-4

Journal - Research Other

Ekkekakis, P., Hargreaves, E. A., & Parfitt, G. (2013). Envisioning the next fifty years of research on the exercise-affect relationship [Invited]. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 14(5), 751-758. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.04.007

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Ekkekakis, P., Hargreaves, E. A., & Parfitt, G. (2013). Introduction to the special section on affective responses to exercise. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 14(5), 749-750. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.04.010

Journal - Research Other

Rose, E. A. (2002). Motivational and affective responses to exercise: Issues for adherence and the role of causality orientations. Health, Physical Education & Recreation, 15, 33-34.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles