Glen Nielsen

Research output

Research output per year 2006 2011 2013 2016 2019 2021 2022 2024 2024

• 1100 Citations
• 49 Journal article
• 15 Report
• 14 Book chapter
• 3 Conference abstract in proceedings
• 12 More
  • 3 Conference abstract in journal
  • 3 Review
  • 2 Conference abstract for conference
  • 1 Ph.D. thesis
  • 1 Report chapter
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Preprint

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

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

  Amholt, T. T., Kurtzhals, M., Melby, P. S., Stage, A., Issartel, J., O’Brien, W., Belton, S., Bølling, M., Nielsen, G., Bentsen, P. & Elsborg, P., 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 1 , 16 p., e0294916.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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• From Global Domains to Physical Activity Environments: Development and Initial Validation of a Questionnaire-Based Physical Literacy Measure Designed for Large-Scale Population Surveys

  Elsborg, P., Melby, P. S., Kurtzhals, M., Kirkegaard, H., Carl, J., Rask, S., Bentsen, P. & NIelsen, G., 2024, In: Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 28, 2, p. 206-223

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Predicting adolescents' continuation in club sports: A prospective cohort study of the importance of personal and contextual motivational factors in five sports in Denmark

  Nielsen, G., Wikman, J. M., Appleton, P. R., Bentsen, P. & Elsborg, P., 2024, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 34, 4, 18 p., e14616.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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• Study protocol for the ACTIVE SCHOOL study investigating two different strategies of physical activity to improve academic performance in Schoolchildren

  Jeppesen, L. S., Damsgaard, L., Stolpe, M. N., Melcher, J. N. S., Wienecke, J., Nielsen, G., Smedegaard, S., Henriksen, A. H., Hansen, R. A., Hillman, C. H., Tammelin, T. H., Resaland, G. K., Daly-Smith, A. & Bugge, A., 2024, In: BMC Pediatrics. 24, 1, 12 p., 174.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

  20 Downloads (Pure)

• The Role of Physical Literacy in the Association Between Weather and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis With 951 Children

  Carl, J., Melby, P. S., Kurtzhals, M. L., Nielsen, G., Bentsen, P. & Elsborg, P., 2024, In: Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 21, 7, p. 675–682

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Youth-led community street sport in practice: balancing programme intentions and peer leadership

  Christensen, J. H., Heinze, C., Kurtzhals, M. L., Elsborg, P., Bentsen, P., Nielsen, G. & Klinker, C. D., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Sport, Education and Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2023

  Cross-sectional associations between adolescents' physical literacy, sport and exercise participation, and wellbeing

  Melby, P. S., Elsborg, P., Bentsen, P. & Nielsen, G., 2023, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 12 p., 1054482.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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• Efficacy and mechanisms of an education outside the classroom intervention on pupils’ health and education: the MOVEOUT study protocol

  Bølling, M., Mygind, L., Elsborg, P., Melby, P. S., Barfod, K. S., Brønd, J. C., Klinker, C. D., Nielsen, G. & Bentsen, P., 2023, In: BMC Public Health. 23, 14 p., 1825.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Factorial validity, predictive validity and measurement invariance of the Danish version of the coach-created Empowering Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ-C)

  Elsborg, P., Appleton, P. R., Pons, J., Wikman, J. M., Bentsen, P. & Nielsen, G., 2023, In: Journal of Sports Sciences. 41, 8, p. 715-726 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Tackling physical inactivity in Scandinavia: a narrative review of reviews supplemented by expert interviews

  Ryom, K., Simonsen, C. B., Eshøj, S., Nielsen, G., Troelsen, J. & Maindal, H. T., 2023, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 51, 1, p. 125-136 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

• The associations between motivational climate, basic psychological needs and dropout in volleyball – A comparison across competitive levels

  Elsborg, P., Appleton, P., Wikman, J. M. & Nielsen, G., 2023, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 23, 3, p. 393-403 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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• 2022

  Activating the ‘peerness’ of youth leaders in a community sport programme through techne and phronesis

  Christensen, J. H., Evans, A. B., Klinker, C. D., Staal, M. T., Bentsen, P. & Nielsen, G., 2022, In: Health Promotion International. 37, 6, 11 p., daac141.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Associations between children's physical literacy and well-being: is physical activity a mediator?

  Melby, P. S., Nielsen, G., Brønd, J. C., Tremblay, M. S., Bentsen, P. & Elsborg, P., 2022, In: B M C Public Health. 22, 13 p., 1267.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  15 Citations (Scopus)

  61 Downloads (Pure)

• Bliv omdrejningspunkt for et godt idrætsmiljø

  Nielsen, G., 2022, In: Udspil. 2022, 1, p. 22 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

  Open Access

• Development of a student-oriented, democratic approach to health promotion and organizational change in four youth education settings

  Rønlund, A. S., Nielsen, G. & Frydendal, S., 2022, Why Does Sociology Matter?: The Role of Sport Sociology in Interdisciplinary Research. European Association for the Sociology of Sport, p. 54-54 1 p. 59

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• Education outside the classroom as upstream school health promotion: ‘adding-in’ physical activity into children’s everyday life and settings

  Bentsen, P., Mygind, L., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G. & Mygind, E., 2022, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 50, 3, p. 303-311 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Intervention adaptation protocol for the holistic school-based intervention, Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health, within a Danish context

  Kurtzhals, M., Melby, P. S., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G., Amholt, T. T. & Bentsen, P., 22 Dec 2022, OSF-PREPRINTS.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

• Self-reported measurements of physical literacy in adults: a scoping review

  Ryom, K., Hargaard, A. S., Melby, P. S., Maindal, H. T., Bentsen, P., Ntoumanis, N., Schoeppe, S., Nielsen, G. & Elsborg, P., 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 9, 12 p., e058351.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

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  15 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Staying active together in sports - the importance of and how to promote the emotional domain of physical literacy

  Nielsen, G., Bentsen, P. & Elsborg, P., 2022, In: European Journal of Public Health. 32, Suppl. 2, p. ii10 1 p., S03-3.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
• 2021

  A scoping review of peer-led physical activity interventions involving young people: Theoretical approaches, intervention rationales, and effects

  Christensen, J. H., Elsborg, P., Melby, P. S., Nielsen, G. & Bentsen, P., 2021, In: Youth & Society. 53, 5, p. 811-840 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review

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  19 Citations (Scopus)

  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Associations between previous sport and exercise experience and physical literacy elements among physically inactive Danes

  Elsborg, P., Heinze, C., Melby, P. S., Nielsen, G., Bentsen, P. & Ryom, K., 2021, In: B M C Public Health. 21, 10 p., 1248.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  12 Citations (Scopus)

  64 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring the importance of diversified physical activities in early childhood for later motor competence and physical activity level: a seven-year longitudinal study

  Melby, P. S., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G., Lima, R. A., Bentsen, P. & Andersen, L. B., 2021, In: B M C Public Health. 21, 15 p., 1492.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  11 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)

• Letter to ‘which literacy for health promotion: health, food, nutrition or media?’ Paper: what about physical literacy and what can be learned from it?

  Elsborg, P., Ryom, K., Melby, P. S., Nielsen, G., Maindal, H. T. & Bentsen, P., 2021, In: Health Promotion International. 36, 6, p. 1806-1810 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research

• Six weeks of basketball combined with mathematics in physical education classes can improve children's motivation for mathematics

  Wienecke, J., Hauge, J., Nielsen, G., Mouritzen, K. & Damsgaard, L., 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 12 p., 636578.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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• Team games and youth communities: Research into the development of alternative team sport activities in a youth education setting

  Rønlund, A. S., Nielsen, G. & Frydendal, S., Oct 2021, p. 56. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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• Translation and validation of the Canadian assessment of physical literacy-2 in a Danish sample

  Elsborg, P., Melby, P. S., Kurtzhals, M., Tremblay, M. S., Nielsen, G. & Bentsen, P., 2021, In: B M C Public Health. 21, 9 p., 2236.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  21 Citations (Scopus)

  37 Downloads (Pure)

• Udbredelse af holdspil og fælleskaber på fire forskellige ungdomsuddannelser: Muligheder og begrænsninger

  Rønlund, A. S., Nielsen, G. & Frydendal, S., 2021, p. 6. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
• 2020

  Et psykologisk perspektiv på holdspil som sundhedsfremme

  Wikman, J. M., Elsborg, P., Ryom, K. & Nielsen, G., 2020, In: Forum for Idraet. 35, 1, p. 83-98 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Inaktivitet i Danmark, Delrapport 2: Indsigt i fysisk inaktivitet og inaktivitetstypologier

  Ryom, K., Simonsen, C. B., Christiansen, S. R., Nielsen, G., Troelsen, J. & Maindal, H. T., 2020, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitet. 97 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication

  Open Access

• Motor-enriched encoding can improve children’s early letter recognition

  Damsgaard, L., Elleby, S. R., Gejl, A. K., Malling, A. S. B., Bugge, A., Lundbye-Jensen, J., Poulsen, M., Nielsen, G. & Wienecke, J., 2020, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 12 p., 1207.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

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• Swings and roundabouts? Pupils’ experiences of social and academic well-being in education outside the classroom

  Jørring, A. H., Bølling, M., Nielsen, G., Stevenson, M. P. & Bentsen, P., 2020, In: Education 3-13. 48, 4, p. 413-428 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Association of education outside the classroom and pupils’ psychosocial well-being: Results from a school year implementation

  Bølling, M., Niclasen, J., Bentsen, P. & Nielsen, G., 2019, In: Journal of School Health. 89, 3, p. 210-218 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• Det motiverende fodboldmiljø for unge: En tværsnitsundersøgelse i DBU Sjælland om betydningen af holdmiljø og træneradfærd for 12-20 åriges trivsel og fortsættelse i fodbold

  Nielsen, G., 2019, København: Institut for Idræt og Ernæring, Københavns Universitet. 37 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

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• Education outside the classroom and pupils’ social relations? A one-year quasi-experiment

  Bølling, M., Pfister, G. U., Mygind, E. & Nielsen, G., 2019, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 94, p. 29-41 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Education outside the classroom increases children's reading performance: Results from a one-year quasi-experimental study

  Otte, C. R., Bølling, M., Stevenson, M. P., Ejbye-Ernst, N., Nielsen, G. & Bentsen, P., 2019, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 94, p. 42-51 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Fuld fokus på begynderen

  Nielsen, G., 2019, In: Udspil. 5, p. 20 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication

• Inaktivitet i Danmark, Delrapport 1: Kortlægning af eksisterende viden om faktorer, der påvirker inaktivitet

  Ryom, K., Eshøj, S., Simonsen, C. B., Nielsen, G., Troelsen, J. & Maindal, H. T., 2019, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitet. 56 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication

  Open Access

• Sports-based recreation as a means to address social inequity in health: Why, when, where, who, what, and how

  Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G., Klinker, C. D., Melby, P. S., Christensen, J. H. & Bentsen, P., 2019, In: B M C Public Health. 19, 9 p., 1084.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  13 Citations (Scopus)

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• Teaching maths outside the classroom: does it make a difference?

  Otte, C. R., Bølling, M., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G. & Bentsen, P., 2019, In: Educational Research. 61, 1, p. 38-52 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Trivsel i og gennem bevægelsesaktiviteter

  Nielsen, G., 2019, Børn og Unges Trivsel: Et Tværprofessionelt Ansvar. Sederberg, M. & Stolpe, M. N. (eds.). København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 123-141 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education › peer-review
• 2018

  Are team sport games more motivating than individual exercise for middle-aged women? A comparison of levels of motivation associated with participating in floorball and spinning

  Wikman, J. M., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G., Seidelin, K., Nyberg, M. P., Bangsbo, J., Hellsten, Y. & Elbe, A-M., 2018, In: Kinesiology. 50, 1, p. 34-42 9 p., 6391.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  15 Citations (Scopus)

  199 Downloads (Pure)

• No structure without culture? A survey study of 15-19 year olds’ practices, preferences and perceptions of physical activity in a Danish upper secondary school

  Nielsen, S. F., Nielsen, G., Ottesen, L. & Thing, L. F., 2018, In: Young. 26, 5, p. 444-464 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Seven year longitudinal associations between children's motor competence, amount and diversified of physical activity

  Melby, P. S., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G., Lima, R. A., Bentsen, P. & Andersen, L. B., 2018, In: Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 15, 10, Suppl. 1, p. S190-S190 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review

• Sports-based active recreation for children and young people living in marginalized neighbourhoods: a life course and settings-based approach for reducing inequality in health

  Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G., Klinker, C. D., Christensen, J. H., Melby, P. S. & Bentsen, P., 2018, In: Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 15, 10, Suppl. 1, p. S115-S115 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review

• The association between education outside the classroom and students’ school motivation: Results from a one-school-year quasi-experiment

  Bølling, M., Otte, C. R., Elsborg, P., Nielsen, G. & Bentsen, P., 2018, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 89, p. 22-35 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  73 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Are children participating in a quasi-experimental education outside the classroom intervention more physically active?

  Schneller, M. B., Duncan, S., Schipperijn, J., Nielsen, G., Mygind, E. & Bentsen, P., 2017, In: B M C Public Health. 17, 13 p., 523.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  41 Citations (Scopus)

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• Children's physical activity during a segmented school week: results from a quasi-experimental education outside the classroom intervention

  Schneller, M. B., Schipperijn, J., Nielsen, G. & Bentsen, P., 2017, In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 14, 11 p., 80.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  26 Citations (Scopus)

  147 Downloads (Pure)

• Development and initial validation of the volition in exercise questionnaire (VEQ)

  Elsborg, P., Wikman, J. M., Nielsen, G., Tolver, A. & Elbe, A-M., 2017, In: Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 21, 2, p. 57-68 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Measuring children's physical activity: Compliance using skin-taped accelerometers

  Schneller, M. B., Bentsen, P., Nielsen, G., Brønd, J. C., Ried-Larsen, M., Mygind, E. & Schipperijn, J., 2017, In: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 49, 6, p. 1261-1269 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  43 Citations (Scopus)

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• The importance of cohesion and enjoyment for the fitness improvement of 8-10 year old children participating in a team and individual sport school-based physical activity intervention

  Elbe, A-M., Wikman, J. M., Zheng, M., Larsen, M. N., Nielsen, G. & Krustrup, P., 2017, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 17, 3, p. 343-350 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
  34 Citations (Scopus)