Dr. Wesley O' Brien

Dr. Wesley O' Brien

University College Cork

H-index: 23

Europe-Ireland

About Dr. Wesley O' Brien

Dr. Wesley O' Brien, With an exceptional h-index of 23 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University College Cork, specializes in the field of Physical Activity Promotion.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Feasibility and acceptability of the Promoting Pupils’ Physical Literacy (3PL) intervention and its effectiveness research design: A study protocol

Correlates of Motor Competence in Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Portuguese Municipality

Results from Ireland North and South’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents

Physical Literacy Consensus for England: Second National Consultation on a Draft Consensus Statement

Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth

Exploring recommendations for child and adolescent fundamental movement skills development: A narrative review

Differential Associations of Total and Context-Specific Sedentary Time with Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Results from Ireland’s CSPPA Study

Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents: An Investigation of Sex Differences and Relatedness Between Fundamental Movement Skills and Functional Movement

Dr. Wesley O' Brien Information

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Citations(all)

2055

Citations(since 2020)

1792

Cited By

776

hIndex(all)

23

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

45

i10Index(since 2020)

44

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Dr. Wesley O' Brien Skills & Research Interests

Physical Activity Promotion

Top articles of Dr. Wesley O' Brien

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Feasibility and acceptability of the Promoting Pupils’ Physical Literacy (3PL) intervention and its effectiveness research design: A study protocol

Plos one

Thea Toft Amholt

Mette Kurtzhals

Paulina Sander Melby

Anna Stage

Johann Issartel

...

2024/1/5

Correlates of Motor Competence in Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Portuguese Municipality

Journal of Motor Learning and Development

Francisco Carvalho

Marcos Onofre

João Mota

Miguel Peralta

Adilson Marques

...

2024/1/2

Results from Ireland North and South’s 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents

Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness

Angela Carlin

Sinead Connolly

Tamsyn Redpath

Sarajane Belton

Tara Coppinger

...

2024/1/1

Physical Literacy Consensus for England: Second National Consultation on a Draft Consensus Statement

WM Roberts

K Lewis

IA Essiet

MJ Duncan

H Goss

...

2023/4/13

Higher Family Affluence is Associated With Multi-Sport Participation Among Irish Youth

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Philip E Kearney

Ian Sherwin

Wesley O’Brien

Alan M Nevill

Kwok Ng

2023/10

Exploring recommendations for child and adolescent fundamental movement skills development: A narrative review

Wesley O’Brien

Zeinab Khodaverdi

Lisa Bolger

Orla Murphy

Conor Philpott

...

2023/2/13

Differential Associations of Total and Context-Specific Sedentary Time with Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Results from Ireland’s CSPPA Study

International journal of behavioral medicine

Chloe Forte

Cillian P McDowell

Catherine B Woods

Mats Hallgren

Wesley O’Brien

...

2023/10

Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents: An Investigation of Sex Differences and Relatedness Between Fundamental Movement Skills and Functional Movement

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Conor Philpott

Brian Donovan

Sarahjane Belton

Diarmuid Lester

Fiona Chambers

...

2023/2

O. 6.3-4 Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity in the Island of Ireland: a cross-sectional study comparing differences in participation between 2018 and 2022

European Journal of Public Health

Julia McClelland

Kwok Ng

Una Britton

Conor Philpott

Brendan O'Keeffe

...

2023/9/1

The impact of typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports on adolescent mental health and wellbeing: A systematic literature review

Padraic Rocliffe

Miguel Angel Tapia-Serrano

Luis Garcia-Gonzalez

Manolis Adamakis

Liam Walsh

...

2024/1/17

What keeps FLAME lit? Comparing two modes of implementation of a physical education-based intervention to improve motor competence among Irish adolescents

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Jiani Ma

Wesley O’Brien

Diarmuid Lester

Emma LJ Eyre

Natalie Lander

...

2023/11/22

Motor competence assessment in physical education–convergent validity between fundamental movement skills and functional movement assessments in adolescence

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Wesley O’Brien

Conor Philpott

Diarmuid Lester

Sarahjane Belton

Michael J Duncan

...

2023/5/4

Associations between PE, PA and well-being in adolescents.

Una Britton

Hannah Goss

Stephen Behan

Kwok Ng

Catherine Woods

...

2023/10/20

Motor competence interventions in children and adolescents–theoretical and atheoretical approaches: A systematic review

Zeinab Khodaverdi

Wesley O’Brien

Michael Duncan

Cain CT Clark

2022/10/18

The effect of karate interventions on the motor proficiency of female adolescents with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) from high and low socio-economic status

BMC sports science, medicine and rehabilitation

Farhad Ghadiri

Wesley O’Brien

Sana Soltani

Marzieh Faraji

Moslem Bahmani

2022/7/6

S03-4 3PL: Promoting pupils’ physical literacy: a pilot study testing feasibility and acceptability of the Y-PATH intervention in a Danish school setting

European Journal of Public Health

Mette Kurtzhals

Paulina Sander Melby

Peter Elsborg

Glen Nielsen

Sarahjane Belton

...

2022/9/1

A new curriculum model for second-level physical education: Y-PATH PE4Me

Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education

Sarahjane Belton

Wesley O’Brien

Elaine Murtagh

Joao Costa

Johann Issartel

...

2022/5/4

Coaches’ experience of the “Gaelic4Teens” program in Ireland

International Sport Coaching Journal

Wesley O’Brien

Irene Hogan

Tara Coppinger

2022/8/18

Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy

BMC Public Health

Sarahjane Belton

Sinead Connolly

Cameron Peers

Hannah Goss

Marie Murphy

...

2022/3/15

Physical literacy: insights from children and young people

JL Morris

DD Bingham

A Daly-Smith

L Hurter

IA Essiet

...

2022/7/15

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