Profile of Dr NG, Yau Yin Johan 吳又言 - The Education University of Hong Kong


Assistant Professor	Department of Health and Physical Education

Contact

ORCiD

0000-0003-0783-879X

Phone

(852) 2948 8226

jyyng@eduhk.hk

Address

10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong

Website

https://pappl.eduhk.hk/rich/web/person.xhtml?pid=337266&name=NG, Yau Yin Johan

Scopus ID

24460667100

SDGs

3 - Good Health and Well-Being
4 - Quality Education
10 - Reduced Inequality

Research Interests

Sport and exercise psychology
24-hour movement behaviours
Physical activity and health interventions
Information technology applications on movement behaviour measurement

External Appointments

Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Personal Profile

Qualifications

BSc (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

MPhil (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

PhD (University of Birmingham, UK)

Biography

Dr Johan Ng’s research investigates motivational processes in exercise and sport and their links to physical and psychological health. He also specialises in measurement and analytics of movement behaviours, including a focus on AI-assisted assessment (e.g., fundamental movement skills in childhood) and wearable-based sleep and activity detection.

Dr Ng is actively serving the academic and local community. Currently, he is a Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Physical Activity in Health, and an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. He was also a recipient of the “JSEP Excellence in Reviewing Award”, a reward given to active reviewers to acknowledge their review work for the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. Dr Ng is also a Expert Panel member for the InspiringHK Dream Factory, a project dedicated to provide grassroot basketball training to local kindergarten and primary school students.

Research Interests

Sport and exercise psychology
24-hour movement behaviours
Physical activity and health interventions
Information technology applications on movement behaviour measurement

External Appointments

Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Research Outputs


Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters Ha, A.S., Ng, J.Y.Y., Zeng, T., Jiang, S., & Peng, B. (2025). Measurement of quantity and quality of physical activity within school-settings. Goodyear, V., Bundon, A., The Routledge handbook of digital technologies in sport, exercise and physical education (173-185). Routledge. Ntoumanis, N., Mouratidis, A., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Viladrich, C. (2015). Advances in quantitative analyses and their implications for sport and exercise psychology research. Stephen D. MELLALIEU, Sheldon HANTON, Contemporary advances in sport psychology: A review (226-257). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315813059
Journal Publications Jia, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., Wang, M. H., & Ha, A. S. (2026). The intergenerational transmission of mindset of fitness and its role in elevating children’s leisure-time physical activity. Leisure Sciences, 48(5), 967-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2024.2383369 Jiang, S., Zeng, N., Ng, J. Y., Chong, K. H., Zeng, T., Leung, S. K., & Ha, A. S. (2026). Effects of physical activity interventions on fundamental movement skills and cognitive function in early childhood: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 15, 101085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101085 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Chan, M. H. M., Chan, C. H. S., Okely, A. D., Leung, S. K. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2025). Effects of a teacher-led social cognitive theory-based multicomponent movement education program on preschoolers’ fundamental movement skills and physical activity: the PA-REALITY cluster-randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01864-y SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y. Y., Jiang, S., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S (2025). Assessing fundamental movement skills using the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD): Challenges and solutions to comparability and standardization. Sports Medicine and Health Science, 7(4), 299-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2025.02.007 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y. Y., Fung, Y., Sum, R. K. W., Chan, C. H. S., He, Q., Peng, B., Jiang, S., Carl, J., Barnett, L. M., & Ha, A. S. (2025). Identifying moderators of physical literacy interventions using meta-regression. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, Article 102848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102848 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Hui, S. S., Jiang, G., Yau, F., Cheng, J., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Development of a multi-wear-site, deep learning-based physical activity intensity classification algorithm using raw acceleration data. PLoS One, 19(3), Article e0299295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299295 Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Hui, S. S., Jaing, G., Yau, F., Cheng, J., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Development of a multi-wear-site, deep learning-based physical activity intensity classification algorithm using raw acceleration data. PLoS One, 19(3), e0299295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299295 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S. C., Lander, N., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2023). Understanding the teaching and learning of fundamental movement skills in the primary physical education setting: A qualitative study. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 42(4), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0206 Peng, B., Ng, J.Y.Y. & Ha, A.S. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity for young adult women: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01411-7 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education, 5 - Gender Equality, 10 - Reduced Inequality Ha, A. S., He, Q., Lubans, D. R., Chan, C. H., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent-focused online intervention to promote parents’ physical literacy and support children’s physical activity: Results from a quasi-experimental trial. BMC Public Health, 22, Article 1330. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13739-z Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., He, Q., Chan, C. H. S., Fung, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Acceptability of a parent-focused program for physical literacy development among parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, Article 924434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.924434 Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Wang, L., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parental support, children’s physical activity, dietary behaviors and health-related quality of life: Evidence from three Asian cities. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 752-761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-022-10056-y Ha, A. S., Wong, R. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Effect of family income and physical activity on children’s quality of life. Psychology, health & medicine, 27(9), 2066-2072. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2021.2019810 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Jia, J., Ng, F. F. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent’s physical literacy enhances children’s values towards physical activity: A serial mediation model. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 63, Article 102297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102297 Ha, A. S., Cheng, J., Chan, C. H. S., Jiang, G., Yang, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Examining the criterion validity of two scalable, information technology-based systems designed to measure the quantity and quality of movement behaviours of children from Hong Kong primary schools: a cross-sectional validation study. BMJ Open, 12, Article e060448. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060448 He, Q., Ng, J. Y. Y., Cairney, J., Bedard, C., & Ha, A. S. C. (2021). Association between physical activity and fundamental movement skills in preschool-aged children: Does perceived movement skill competence mediate this relationship?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), Article 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289 Ng, J. Y. Y., He, Q., Chong, K. H., Okely, A. D., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on preschool-aged children’s movement behaviors in Hong Kong: A longitudinal analysis of accelerometer-measured data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), Article 11907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211907 Ntoumanis, N., Ng, J. Y. Y., Prestwich, A., Quested, E., Hancox, J. E., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Deci, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Lonsdale, C., & Williams, G. C. (2021). A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: Effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health. Health Psychology Review, 15(2), 214-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1718529 Okely, A. D., Kontsevaya, A., Ng, J., & Abdeta, C. (2021). 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior. Sports Medicine and Health Science, 3(2), 115-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2021.05.001 Ng, J. Y. Y., He, Q., Chong, K. H., Okely, A. D., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on preschool-aged children’s movement behaviors in Hong Kong: A longitudinal analysis of accelerometer-measured data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211907 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., Ng, F. F., & Ng, J.Y.Y. (2021). Improving children’s fundamental movement skills through a family-based physical activity program: results from the “Active 1+ FUN” randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18 (1), 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01160-5 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Chan, W., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Relation between perceived barrier profiles, physical literacy, motivation and physical activity behaviors among parents with a young child. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), Article 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124459 McCuaig, L., Woolcock, L., Stylianou, M., Ng, J. Y. Y,, & Ha, A. S. (2020). Prophets, pastors and profiteering: Exploring external providers’ enactment of pastoral power in school wellbeing programs. Discourse, 41(2), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1722425 Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Chan, W. (2020). Physical activity interventions for young people and their parents. In T. Brusseau, S. Fairclough, & D. Lubans (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity, 605-616. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003026426-38 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Chan, W., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Relation between perceived barrier profiles, physical literacy, motivation and physical activity behaviors among parents with a young child. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124459 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Sam, C. H. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Students’ and teachers’ reactions to a novel school-based physical education SELF-FIT intervention: A qualitative study. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 51(2), 183-196. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2020.51.183 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education McCuaig, L., Woolcock, L., Stylianou, M., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Ha, A. S. (2020). Prophets, pastors and profiteering: Exploring external providers’ enactment of pastoral power in school wellbeing programs. Discourse, 41(2), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1722425 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., O’Reilly, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Zhang, J. H. (2019). Evaluating the flipped classroom approach in Asian higher education: Perspectives from students and teachers. Cogent Education, 6(1), Article 1638147. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1638147 Chan, C. H., Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2019). The A+FMS cluster randomized controlled trial: An assessment-based intervention on fundamental movement skills and psychosocial outcomes in primary schoolchildren. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(8), 935-940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.05.002 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, F. F. (2019). Promoting physical activity in children through family-based intervention: Protocol of the “Active 1 + FUN” randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19, 218. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6537-3 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S. C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2019). Associations between fundamental movement skill competence, physical activity and psycho-social determinants in Hong Kong Chinese children. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(2), 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1490055 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., O’Reilly, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Zhang, J. H. (2019). Evaluating the flipped classroom approach in Asian higher education: Perspectives from students and teachers. Cogent Education, 6(1), 1638147. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1638147 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S. C., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2018). Perceived and actual movement skill competence: The association among primary school children in Hong Kong. Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 6(s2), S351-S365. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmld.2016-0070 Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2017). Rope skipping increases bone mineral density at calcanei of pubertal girls in Hong Kong: A quasi-experimental investigation. PLoS One, 12(12), e0189085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189085 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2017). A school-based rope skipping program for adolescents: Results of a randomized trial. Preventive Medicine, 101, 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.06.001 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2017). Increasing students’ physical activity during school physical education: Rationale and protocol for the SELF-FIT cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 18, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4553-8 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Ng, J. Y. Y., Ntoumanis, N., Chatzisarantis, N., Vlachopoulos, S., Katartzi, E. S., & Nikitaras, N. (2016). ‘Mum's the word’: Predictors and outcomes of weight concerns in pre-adolescent and early adolescent girls. Body Image, 16, 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.12.004 Ntoumanis, N., Ng, J. Y. Y., Barkoukis, V., & Backhouse, S. (2015). A philosophical debate on the morality of doping is interesting but beyond the scope of our meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 45, 445-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-015-0315-x Ha, A. S., Burnett, A., Sum, R., Medic, N., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2015). Outcomes of the rope skipping ‘STAR’ Programme for schoolchildren. Journal of Human Kinetics, 45, 233-240. https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84927739039 SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education Lonsdale, C., Hodge, K., Hargreaves, E. A., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2014). Comparing sport motivation scales: A response to Pelletier et al.. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 15(5), 446-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.03.006 Ng, J. Y. Y., Ntoumanis, N., & Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. (2014). Autonomy support and control in weight management: What important others do and say matters. British Journal of Health Psychology, 19(3), 540-552. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12054 Ntoumanis, N., Ng, J. Y. Y., Barkoukis, V., & Backhouse, S. (2014). Personal and psychosocial predictors of doping use in physical activity settings: A meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 44, 1603-1624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-014-0240-4 Owen, K., Smith, J., Lubans, D. R., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lonsdale, C. (2014). Self-determined motivation and physical activity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine, 67, 270-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.033 Ng, J. Y. Y., Ntoumanis, N., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Stott, K., & Hindle, L. (2013). Predicting psychological needs and well-being of individuals engaging in weight management: The role of important others. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 5(3), 291-310. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12011 Konter, E., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2012). Development of sport courage scale. Journal of Human Kinetics, 33, 163-172. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10078-012-0055-z Ng, J. Y. Y., Ntoumanis, N., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Deci, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Duda, J., & Williams, G. C. (2012). Self-determination theory applied to health contexts: A meta-analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(4), 325-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691612447309 Ng, J. Y. Y., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., & Ntoumanis, N. (2012). Motivation contagion when instructing obese individuals: A test in exercise settings. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 34(4), 525-538. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.34.4.525 Hodge, K., Lonsdale, C., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2008). Burnout in elite rugby: Relationships with basic psychological needs fulfilment. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26, 835-844. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410701784525

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters
Ha, A.S., Ng, J.Y.Y., Zeng, T., Jiang, S., & Peng, B. (2025). Measurement of quantity and quality of physical activity within school-settings. Goodyear, V., Bundon, A., The Routledge handbook of digital technologies in sport, exercise and physical education (173-185). Routledge.
Ntoumanis, N., Mouratidis, A., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Viladrich, C. (2015). Advances in quantitative analyses and their implications for sport and exercise psychology research. Stephen D. MELLALIEU, Sheldon HANTON, Contemporary advances in sport psychology: A review (226-257). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315813059

Journal Publications
Jia, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., Wang, M. H., & Ha, A. S. (2026). The intergenerational transmission of mindset of fitness and its role in elevating children’s leisure-time physical activity. Leisure Sciences, 48(5), 967-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2024.2383369
Jiang, S., Zeng, N., Ng, J. Y., Chong, K. H., Zeng, T., Leung, S. K., & Ha, A. S. (2026). Effects of physical activity interventions on fundamental movement skills and cognitive function in early childhood: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 15, 101085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101085
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Chan, M. H. M., Chan, C. H. S., Okely, A. D., Leung, S. K. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2025). Effects of a teacher-led social cognitive theory-based multicomponent movement education program on preschoolers’ fundamental movement skills and physical activity: the PA-REALITY cluster-randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01864-y
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ng, J. Y. Y., Jiang, S., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S (2025). Assessing fundamental movement skills using the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD): Challenges and solutions to comparability and standardization. Sports Medicine and Health Science, 7(4), 299-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2025.02.007
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ng, J. Y. Y., Fung, Y., Sum, R. K. W., Chan, C. H. S., He, Q., Peng, B., Jiang, S., Carl, J., Barnett, L. M., & Ha, A. S. (2025). Identifying moderators of physical literacy interventions using meta-regression. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, Article 102848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102848
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Hui, S. S., Jiang, G., Yau, F., Cheng, J., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Development of a multi-wear-site, deep learning-based physical activity intensity classification algorithm using raw acceleration data. PLoS One, 19(3), Article e0299295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299295
Ng, J. Y. Y., Zhang, J. H., Hui, S. S., Jaing, G., Yau, F., Cheng, J., & Ha, A. S. (2024). Development of a multi-wear-site, deep learning-based physical activity intensity classification algorithm using raw acceleration data. PLoS One, 19(3), e0299295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299295
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S. C., Lander, N., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2023). Understanding the teaching and learning of fundamental movement skills in the primary physical education setting: A qualitative study. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 42(4), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0206
Peng, B., Ng, J.Y.Y. & Ha, A.S. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity for young adult women: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01411-7
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education, 5 - Gender Equality, 10 - Reduced Inequality
Ha, A. S., He, Q., Lubans, D. R., Chan, C. H., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent-focused online intervention to promote parents’ physical literacy and support children’s physical activity: Results from a quasi-experimental trial. BMC Public Health, 22, Article 1330. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13739-z
Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., He, Q., Chan, C. H. S., Fung, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Acceptability of a parent-focused program for physical literacy development among parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, Article 924434. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.924434
Ha, A. S., Zeng, T., Wang, L., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parental support, children’s physical activity, dietary behaviors and health-related quality of life: Evidence from three Asian cities. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 752-761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-022-10056-y
Ha, A. S., Wong, R. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Effect of family income and physical activity on children’s quality of life. Psychology, health & medicine, 27(9), 2066-2072. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2021.2019810
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Jia, J., Ng, F. F. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Parent’s physical literacy enhances children’s values towards physical activity: A serial mediation model. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 63, Article 102297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102297
Ha, A. S., Cheng, J., Chan, C. H. S., Jiang, G., Yang, Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2022). Examining the criterion validity of two scalable, information technology-based systems designed to measure the quantity and quality of movement behaviours of children from Hong Kong primary schools: a cross-sectional validation study. BMJ Open, 12, Article e060448. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060448
He, Q., Ng, J. Y. Y., Cairney, J., Bedard, C., & Ha, A. S. C. (2021). Association between physical activity and fundamental movement skills in preschool-aged children: Does perceived movement skill competence mediate this relationship?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), Article 1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031289
Ng, J. Y. Y., He, Q., Chong, K. H., Okely, A. D., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on preschool-aged children’s movement behaviors in Hong Kong: A longitudinal analysis of accelerometer-measured data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), Article 11907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211907
Ntoumanis, N., Ng, J. Y. Y., Prestwich, A., Quested, E., Hancox, J. E., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Deci, E. L., Ryan, R. M., Lonsdale, C., & Williams, G. C. (2021). A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: Effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health. Health Psychology Review, 15(2), 214-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1718529
Okely, A. D., Kontsevaya, A., Ng, J., & Abdeta, C. (2021). 2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior. Sports Medicine and Health Science, 3(2), 115-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2021.05.001
Ng, J. Y. Y., He, Q., Chong, K. H., Okely, A. D., Chan, C. H. S., & Ha, A. S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on preschool-aged children’s movement behaviors in Hong Kong: A longitudinal analysis of accelerometer-measured data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211907
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., Ng, F. F., & Ng, J.Y.Y. (2021). Improving children’s fundamental movement skills through a family-based physical activity program: results from the “Active 1+ FUN” randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18 (1), 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01160-5
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Chan, W., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Relation between perceived barrier profiles, physical literacy, motivation and physical activity behaviors among parents with a young child. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), Article 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124459
McCuaig, L., Woolcock, L., Stylianou, M., Ng, J. Y. Y,, & Ha, A. S. (2020). Prophets, pastors and profiteering: Exploring external providers’ enactment of pastoral power in school wellbeing programs. Discourse, 41(2), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1722425
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SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Chan, W., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Relation between perceived barrier profiles, physical literacy, motivation and physical activity behaviors among parents with a young child. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124459
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Sam, C. H. Y., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2020). Students’ and teachers’ reactions to a novel school-based physical education SELF-FIT intervention: A qualitative study. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 51(2), 183-196. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2020.51.183
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
McCuaig, L., Woolcock, L., Stylianou, M., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Ha, A. S. (2020). Prophets, pastors and profiteering: Exploring external providers’ enactment of pastoral power in school wellbeing programs. Discourse, 41(2), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1722425
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., O’Reilly, J., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Zhang, J. H. (2019). Evaluating the flipped classroom approach in Asian higher education: Perspectives from students and teachers. Cogent Education, 6(1), Article 1638147. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1638147
Chan, C. H., Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2019). The A+FMS cluster randomized controlled trial: An assessment-based intervention on fundamental movement skills and psychosocial outcomes in primary schoolchildren. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(8), 935-940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2019.05.002
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Ng, J. Y. Y., Lonsdale, C., Lubans, D. R., & Ng, F. F. (2019). Promoting physical activity in children through family-based intervention: Protocol of the “Active 1 + FUN” randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19, 218. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6537-3
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Chan, C. H. S., Ha, A. S. C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2019). Associations between fundamental movement skill competence, physical activity and psycho-social determinants in Hong Kong Chinese children. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(2), 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1490055
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
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SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
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Ha, A. S., & Ng, J. Y. Y. (2017). Rope skipping increases bone mineral density at calcanei of pubertal girls in Hong Kong: A quasi-experimental investigation. PLoS One, 12(12), e0189085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189085
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Ha, A. S., Lonsdale, C., Ng, J. Y. Y., & Lubans, D. R. (2017). A school-based rope skipping program for adolescents: Results of a randomized trial. Preventive Medicine, 101, 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.06.001
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
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SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
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SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
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Projects


Examining the accuracy of accelerometer-based sleep detection algorithms for young children and how sleep metrics impact daily fluctuations in cognitive functions The study has three main objectives. First, it evaluates the reliability and validity of different accelerometer sleep-detection approaches in children aged 4–8 years by comparing wrist- and hip-worn devices, as well as count-based and raw acceleration algorithms, against electroencephalogram (EEG) measures as the gold standard. Second, it explores how 24-hour movement behaviours—comprising sleep, sedentary time, and physical activity—affect daily fluctuations in children’s cognitive performance. Third, it examines whether existing algorithms can accurately detect daytime naps, which are often overlooked despite being part of recommended sleep duration. The study is motivated by the need for accurate measurement of children’s movement behaviours, which are crucial for healthy development. While accelerometers are widely used, inconsistencies in algorithms and device placement, along with limited validation for sleep detection in children, may affect data reliability. A sample of children aged 4–8 will participate in a five-day home-based data collection protocol. Participants will wear accelerometers on both the wrist and hip continuously and use a consumer-grade EEG device during sleep. Cognitive function will be assessed using an iPad-based tool (CANTAB), and parents will report children’s emotional well-being and sleep-related information, including nap occurrences. Sleep metrics (e.g., total sleep time, sleep efficiency), physical activity levels, and sedentary time will be derived from the devices using multiple algorithms. Statistical analyses, including equivalence testing and mixed models, will compare measurement methods and examine relationships between movement behaviours and cognitive performance. Overall, this study aims to improve the accuracy of sleep measurement in children and provide insights into how daily movement patterns influence cognitive functioning, supporting evidence-based health guidelines for early childhood. Project Start Year: 2026, Principal Investigator(s): NG, Yau Yin, Johan SDGs Information: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being

Examining the accuracy of accelerometer-based sleep detection algorithms for young children and how sleep metrics impact daily fluctuations in cognitive functions
The study has three main objectives. First, it evaluates the reliability and validity of different accelerometer sleep-detection approaches in children aged 4–8 years by comparing wrist- and hip-worn devices, as well as count-based and raw acceleration algorithms, against electroencephalogram (EEG) measures as the gold standard. Second, it explores how 24-hour movement behaviours—comprising sleep, sedentary time, and physical activity—affect daily fluctuations in children’s cognitive performance. Third, it examines whether existing algorithms can accurately detect daytime naps, which are often overlooked despite being part of recommended sleep duration. The study is motivated by the need for accurate measurement of children’s movement behaviours, which are crucial for healthy development. While accelerometers are widely used, inconsistencies in algorithms and device placement, along with limited validation for sleep detection in children, may affect data reliability. A sample of children aged 4–8 will participate in a five-day home-based data collection protocol. Participants will wear accelerometers on both the wrist and hip continuously and use a consumer-grade EEG device during sleep. Cognitive function will be assessed using an iPad-based tool (CANTAB), and parents will report children’s emotional well-being and sleep-related information, including nap occurrences. Sleep metrics (e.g., total sleep time, sleep efficiency), physical activity levels, and sedentary time will be derived from the devices using multiple algorithms. Statistical analyses, including equivalence testing and mixed models, will compare measurement methods and examine relationships between movement behaviours and cognitive performance. Overall, this study aims to improve the accuracy of sleep measurement in children and provide insights into how daily movement patterns influence cognitive functioning, supporting evidence-based health guidelines for early childhood.
Project Start Year: 2026, Principal Investigator(s): NG, Yau Yin, Johan
SDGs Information: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being

Patents


用于对基础动作技能进行评估的方法和装置 [Method and device for evaluating basic action skills] Patent CN114707779A details an AI method to evaluate athletic skills. A camera captures 2D video of a user's movement, and a trained neural network analyzes limb actions or object trajectories to provide instant performance scores and feedback. - G/