Biography

Dr. Xiangli Gu

Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation

University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Associate Professor


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

2016 Research Fellow, The Center for Disease Control and The University of South Carolina, USA

2011 Ph.D., Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, USA

1999 B.Sc., Sport Pedagogy and Psychological Science, East China Normal University, China


Publications (Selected)

  1. Vanhoose, K., & Gu, X. (2024). Physical Activity And Neuropsychological Function In Young Adults With And Without Depressive Symptoms: 2053. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 56(10S), 717-718.
  2. Moss, S., Zhang, X., Taleb, Z. B., & Gu, X. (2024). The associations of physical activity and health-risk behaviors toward depressive symptoms among college students: gender and obesity disparities. International journal of environmental research and public health, 21(4), 401.
  3. Gu, X., Keller, J., Zhang, T., Dempsey, D. R., Roberts, H., Jeans, K. A., ... & Tulchin-Francis, K. (2023). Disparity in built environment and its impacts on youths’ physical activity behaviors during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 10(4), 1549-1559.
  4. Moss, S., Zhang, X., Tamplain, P., & Gu, X. (2023). Overweight/obesity and socio-demographic disparities in children’s motor and cognitive function. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1134647.
  5. Zhang, T., Lee, J., Zhang, X., & Gu, X. (2022). Social-ecological factors predict college students’ physical activities and sedentary behavior. Sustainability, 14(19), 12873.
  6. Zhang, X., & Gu, X. (2022). Adherence to the 24-hour movement behavior guidelines and associations with depressive symptoms among college students. International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 6(4), 225-237.
  7. Moss, S., & Gu, X. (2022). Home-and community-based interventions for physical activity and early child development: a systematic review of effective strategies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 11968.
  8. Zhang, X., Gu, X., Zhang, T., & Keller, J. M. (2022). The mediating roles of sleep quality and sedentary behavior between physical fitness and depression among female college freshmen. Journal of American College Health, 70(5), 1528-1535.
  9. Chen, S., Wang, B., Imagbe, S., Gu, X., Androzzi, J., Liu, Y., ... & Staiano, A. E. (2022). Adolescents’ behaviors, fitness, and knowledge related to active living before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(5), 2560.
  10. Chen, W., Gu, X., Chen, J., & Wang, X. (2022). Association of cardiorespiratory fitness and cognitive function with psychological well-being in school-aged children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1434.
  11. Shen, L., Gu, X., Zhang, T., & Lee, J. (2022). Adolescents’ physical activity and depressive symptoms: A psychosocial mechanism. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(3), 1276.
  12. Zhang, T., Lee, J., Barnett, L. M., & Gu, X. (2021). Does perceived competence mediate between ball skills and children’s physical activity and enjoyment?. Children, 8(7), 575.
  13. Tulchin-Francis, K., Stevens Jr, W., Gu, X., Zhang, T., Roberts, H., Keller, J., ... & VanPelt, J. (2021). The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on physical activity in US children. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 10(3), 323-332.
  14. Gu, X., Fu, Y., Chen, W., Tamplain, P. M., Zhang, T., & Wang, J. (2021). A causal pathway of physical activity to motor competence in childhood: evidence from a school-based intervention. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(4), 460-468.
  15. Abate Daga, F., Agostino, S., Peretti, S., & Beratto, L. (2021). The impact of physical activity rate on subjective well-being among North-Western Italian population during COVID-19 nationwide lockdown. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 1-25.


Profile Details

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8983-9106

https://mpaelab.uta.edu/about/

https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=vJ9BuTUAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=sra

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiangli-Gu

SCIRP Newsletter
Copyright © 2006-2026 Scientific Research Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Top