Discovery at Purdue

Advanced Research Methods, Quality Faculty

Grounded in the most advanced theoretical, empirical and applied methods, the department’s programs of research and scholarship endeavor to expand the realm of knowledge across a variety of disciplines within Health and Kinesiology. For example, research by our faculty and students has focused upon various topics:

• Infant motor development related to reaching and walking behavior
• Reliability of somatosensory measures in postural stability
• Neural and mechanical systems interaction in balance and mobility (Rietdyk).
• Metabolic processes that occur in response to exercise stimulus (Sedlock).
• The timing of movement (Zelaznik).
   
• Weight management and eating disorders (Black).
• Exercise and nutrition issues that are important to girls and women (Lyle).
• Strenuous exercise and the immune system (Flynn).
   
• Health advocacy and health policy formulation
• Decision making behavior in consumers, leisure, and tourism settings (Klenosky).
• The nature and significance of sport, leisure, and play (Harper).
• Computerized health risks appraisals and older adults (Hyner) .
• Models and programs to promote active lifestyles in older adults (Seehafer) .
   
• Youth sport involvement and youth psychosocial development (Smith).
• Motivational determinants of health-related behavior among children and adolescents
• Socializations processes related to teacher development (Templin).
• Social-psychological development of youth and adults participating in sport and physical activity