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• Factors behind Leisure-Time Physical Activity Behavior Based on Finnish Twin Studies: The Role of Genetic and Environmental Influences and the Role of Motives 

  Aaltonen, Sari; Kujala, Urho; Kaprio, Jaakko (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)

  Different approaches are being taken to clarify the role of various factors in the development of physical activity behaviors. Genetic studies are a new area of physical activity research and also the motives for physical ...

• Genetic and Environmental Effects on the Individual Variation and Continuity of Participation in Diverse Physical Activities 

  Kaartinen, Sara; Silventoinen, Karri; Korhonen, Tellervo; Kujala, Urho M.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Aaltonen, Sari (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021)

  Introduction Participation in diverse physical activities has beneficial health effects. However, little is known on how genetic and environmental factors affect this trait. Thus, we examined to what extent these factors ...

• Predicting change in middle school students’ leisure-time physical activity participation : A prospective test of the trans-contextual model 

  Polet, Juho; Lintunen, Taru; Schneider, Jekaterina; Hagger, Martin S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)

  We applied the trans-contextual model (TCM) to examine the effects of middle school students’ perceived autonomy support from their physical education (PE) teachers on autonomous motivation toward PE in school and, critically, ...

• Long-term leisure-time physical activity vs. inactivity, physical fitness, body composition and metabolic health characteristics : a co-twin control study 

  Leskinen, Tuija (University of Jyväskylä, 2013)

• Leisure-time physical activity, weight gain and health : a prospective follow-up in twins 

  Waller, Katja (University of Jyväskylä, 2011)