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Amanda L. Rebar

Central Queensland University
Verified email at cqu.edu.au
Cited by 9120

A meta-meta-analysis of the effect of physical activity on depression and anxiety in non-clinical adult populations

AL Rebar, R Stanton, D Geard, C Short… - Health psychology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Amidst strong efforts to promote the therapeutic benefits of physical activity for reducing
depression and anxiety in clinical populations, little focus has been directed towards the …

Theories of physical activity behaviour change: A history and synthesis of approaches

RE Rhodes, D McEwan, AL Rebar - Psychology of sport and exercise, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Most people in developed countries are not physically active enough to reap
optimal health benefits so effective promotion strategies are warranted. Theories of …

[HTML][HTML] Apps to improve diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents: a review of quality, features and behaviour change techniques

S Schoeppe, S Alley, AL Rebar, M Hayman… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background The number of commercial apps to improve health behaviours in children is
growing rapidly. While this provides opportunities for promoting health, the content and …

A systematic review of the effects of non-conscious regulatory processes in physical activity

AL Rebar, JA Dimmock, B Jackson… - Health psychology …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Physical activity theories have almost exclusively focused on conscious regulatory
processes such as plans, beliefs, and expected value. The aim of this review was to …

Habit formation and behavior change

B Gardner, AL Rebar - Oxford research encyclopedia of psychology, 2019 - oxfordre.com
Within psychology, the term habit refers to a process whereby contexts prompt action
automatically, through activation of mental context–action associations learned through prior …

[HTML][HTML] Music listening predicted improved life satisfaction in university students during early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

AE Krause, J Dimmock, AL Rebar… - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Quarantine and spatial distancing measures associated with COVID-19 resulted in
substantial changes to individuals' everyday lives. Prominent among these lifestyle changes …

Go to bed! A systematic review and meta-analysis of bedtime procrastination correlates and sleep outcomes

VM Hill, AL Rebar, SA Ferguson, AE Shriane… - Sleep Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bedtime procrastination is defined as the volitional delay of going to bed, without any
external circumstances causing the delay, and is associated with inadequate sleep …

Does habit weaken the relationship between intention and behaviour? Revisiting the habit‐intention interaction hypothesis

B Gardner, P Lally, AL Rebar - Social and Personality …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Habitual behaviours are elicited when a familiar context activates cue‐behaviour
associations that have been learned through previous performance. A core hypothesis …

The subjective experience of habit captured by self-report indexes may lead to inaccuracies in the measurement of habitual action

MS Hagger, AL Rebar, B Mullan, OV Lipp… - Health Psychology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The habit construct, and proxy measures of habit such as frequency and recency measures
of past behaviour (Bagozzi & Warshaw, 1990), has been a topic of considerable interest to …

Daily physical activity and alcohol use across the adult lifespan.

DE Conroy, N Ram, AL Pincus, DL Coffman… - Health …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: In contrast to proposals that physical activity (PA) can be a substitute for alcohol
use, people who engage in greater overall PA generally consume more alcohol on average …