Projects | Psychosocial Health and Physical Activity (PsyHPA)

Department of
Sport, Exercise and Health

Psychosocial Health and Physical Activity (PsyHPA)

PsyHPA Research Group

Focal topics:

Stress
Depression
Mental health
Sleep
Cognition and executive functions
Physical activity counseling
Motivation
Refugees

More informations on our past and current projects is presented below.

Current projects

PACINPAT 2.0

Effectiveness of a new physical activity counselling program specifically designed for inpatients with major depressive disorder

PACOUTPAT

Physical activity coaching in outpatients with major depression: experience-based coaching versus a combination with cognition-based coaching

PEPC

Playful exergaming in psychiatric care: Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and depressive symptom severity in inpatients with major depression

OURA

Validation of the Oura rings to assess physical activity against three other devices (Actigraphs, Fibion sensors, Polar watches) in young adults in the lab, field and real-life

REVIVE

Effects of a 8-week virtuality-based exercise training (ExerCube) on cognitive function and mental well-being in a sample of physically healthy elderly people

SLEEPAC

Transdiagnostic sleep intervention combined with physical activity counselling in adolescent psychiatric patients: A blended care approach

BUDOGRAP

Effects of a martial arts based group therapy on inhibitory control, psychopathological symptoms and mental wellbeing in adults with psychiatric disorders

BEAST

Effects of two types of exercise training on psychological well-being, sleep and physical fitness in patients with high-grade glioma

MEMOCAST

Memory and correlates of physical activity and chronic stress: A one-year prospective investigation with young adults

NEXOS2

Neurophysiological effects of acute and chronic exercise with and without cooperative activities on social-cognitive abilities in preadolescent schoolchildren

ExerSpace

Effects of 10-weeks dual task vs. single task training on cognitive and physical performance in individuals with a reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament

NECOBAM

Neurophysiological effects of cognitive training with vs. without physical exercise on executive function in young, healthy adults during basic military training

Completed projects

PACINPAT

Effects of a physical activity counseling program among in-patients with major depressive disorders

KaziAfya

School-based physical activity promotion and nutritional supplemenation in school-children in three African countries

CROSS

Impact of cardiorespiratory fitness on physiological and psychological stress-reactivity during school exams

FITPAD

Cardiorespiratory fitness testing in patients with major depressive disorders

SALAM

Sport and exercise with unaccompanied minors in Switzerland

SALEEM

Exercise and sport intervention among people living in a refugee camp in Greece

TRANSPAC

Transdiagnostic physical activity counselling in adolescent psychiatric clinics

UNILIFE-M

Relationship between lifestyle and mental health among first year university study: A prospective cohort study

CASPA

Cognition, acute psychosocial stress and physical activity in primary school students from Northwestern Switzerland

HERO

Health examination and risk observation in police officers: Stress-buffering effects of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness

FARADISE

Effects of exercise training on neurocognitive correlates of social cognition in children with autism spectrum disorder

RITEX

Acute effects of aerobic exercise on risky decision making, its underlying neurocognitive processes (i.e. reward processing) and response inhibition

PASTEX

Impact of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness on stress reactivity, executive function and brain activity during and after experimentally induced stress among high school students

KaziBantu

Ensuring physical literacy and healthy active living of school children and teachers from marginalized communities in South Africa