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Birgitta Baker
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Birgitta Baker received her PhD with a specialization in leisure studies and a minor in human development and family studies from Pennsylvania State University.
Baker is joining the Division of Pedagogy and Psychological Studies in the Department of Kinesiology as an assistant professor.
Baker’s research interests include adolescent physical activity, life transitions and physical activity, physical activity motivation, and family influences on physical activity.
Baker’s teaching assignments are exercise and sport psychology and tests and measurements.
EDUCATION:
PhD Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Leisure Studies, Minor in Human Development and Family Studies, 2008.
Dissertation: Pubertal Timing, Type of Motivation, and Perceived Athletic Competence as Predictors of Adolescent Girls’ Physical Activity
MS Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; Youth and Family Recreation, 2004
Thesis: Family Differentiation, Family Recreation, and Symptoms of Eating Disorders
BHK University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Human Kinetics, Emphasis in Health and Fitness, 2001
PUBLICATIONS:
Arthur-Banning, S. G., Wells, M. S., Baker, B. L., & Hegreness, R. (In Press) Parents Behaving Badly? The Relationship between the Sportsmanship Behaviors of Adults and Athletes in Youth Basketball Games. Journal of Sport Behavior.
Baker, B. L., Trost, S. G., Birch, L. L., & Davison, K. K. (2007). More advanced pubertal status at age 11 is associated with lower subsequent physical activity in adolescent girls. Journal of Pediatrics, 151(5), 488-493.
Davison, K. K., Werder, J. L., Trost, S. G., Baker, B. L., & Birch, L. L. (2007). Why are early maturing girls less active? Social Science & Medicine, 64, 2391-2404.
Son, J. S., Kerstetter, D. L., Yarnal, C. M. & Baker, B. L. (2007). Promoting Older Women’s Health and Well-being Through Social Leisure Environments: What We Have Learned from the Red Hat Society®. Journal of Women and Aging, 19, 89-104.
Affifi, T., McManus, T. G., Hutchinson, S. L. & Baker, B. L. (2007). Inappropriate parental divorce disclosures, the factors that prompt them, and their impact on parents’ and adolescents’ well-being. Communication Monographs, 74, 78-102.
Freeman, P. A., Palmer, A. A., & Baker, B. L. (2006). A qualitative inquiry into the leisure of LDS women who are stay-at-home mothers. Leisure Sciences 28, 203-211.
PRESENTATIONS (since 2006):
Baker, B. L. (2008). Treatment of Missing Data in Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Research. A paper presented at the National Recreation and Parks Association Conference, Seattle, WA: October, 2006.
Baker, B. L. & Davison, K. K. (2008). I know I can: A longitudinal examination of perceived competence and adolescent girls’ physical activity. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, Canada: June, 2008.
Davison, K.K., Marshall, S. J., Francis, L.L., Baker, B.L., & Kahan, M. (2007). Using cell phone technology to assess girls’ and mothers’ physical activity: The Cellular Assessment of Leisure Lifestyles Study (CALLS) . A paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Oslo, Norway: June, 2007.
Francis, L.A., Marshall, S. J., Baker, B.L., Kahan, M, & Davison, K.K. (2007). A contextual assessment of adolescent girls’ television viewing using cell phone technology: The Cellular Assessment of Leisure Lifestyles Study (CALLS) . A paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Oslo, Norway: June, 2007.
Baker, B. L., Trost, S. G., Birch, L. L., & Davison, K. K. (2007). Health versus weight as motivations for physical activity among adolescent girls have different antecedents and consequences. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise, 39(5 suppl), S86. Presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, New Orleans, LA: June, 2007.
Afifi, T., McManus, T. G., Hutchinson, S. L. & Baker, B. L. (2006). Inappropriate parental divorce disclosures, the factors that prompt them, and their impact on parents’ and adolescents’ well-being. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX: November, 2006.
Baker, B. L. (2006). Family cohesion as a mediator of the relationship between family recreation and satisfaction with family life. A paper presented at the National Recreation and Parks Association Conference, Seattle, WA: October, 2006.
Baker, B. L., Trost, S. G., Birch, L. L., & Davison, K. K. (2006). Why are early maturing girls less active? A paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Boston, MA: July, 2006.
Baker, B. L., Trost, S. G., Birch, L. L., & Davison, K. K. (2006). Early pubertal timing at age 11 predicts lower subsequent physical activity at age 13. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 38(5 suppl), S23. Presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, CO: June, 2006.
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