Forskningsområde
Jeg har stor erfaring med både forskning og praksis indenfor familieterapi, leg, bevægelse, mental sundhed og systemorienterede interventioner. Jeg finder mit arbejde meningsfuldt, når min forskning bidrager til at skabe og evidensbasere initiativer, der giver børn et mere trygt, gladere og sundere liv.
Min nuværende forskning fokuserer på børn, unge og familier, med særligt fokus på familieorienterede interventioner, tidlig forebyggelse og fremme af mental sundhed. Jeg specialiserer mig i at udvikle og evaluere indsatser gennem mixed methods-tilgange og har solid erfaring med randomiserede kontrollerede forsøg, feasibility-studier, realistisk evaluering og implementeringsforskning. Mit arbejde har til formål at styrke evidensbaserede tilgange til sundhedsfremme og forebyggelse for sårbare familier.
Udvalgte publikationer:
Mygind L.M, Amholt, T. T., Kurtzhals, M. L., Elsborg, P., Blicher, L., Seeberg, M., Kiilerich K., & Bentsen, P. (2025). The social and emotional bases of health literacies and population health: Why health literacy interventions will not help underserved populations unless emotional literacy is explicitly targeted. Public Health, 247, 105888, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105888
Amholt, T. T., Pawlowski, C. S., Toftager, M., & Schipperijn, J. (2024). Motivating school playgrounds for tweens: the WHERE, WHAT, and WHY. International Journal of Play, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2024.2425534
Schipperijn, J., Madsen, C. D., Toftager, M., Johansen, D. N., Lousen, I., Amholt, T. T., & Pawlowski, C. S. (2024). The role of playgrounds in promoting children's health – a scoping review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 21(1), 72. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01618-2
Campos-Garzón, P., Amholt, T. T., Molina-Soberanes, D., Palma-Leal, X., Queralt, A., Lara-Sánchez, A. J., Stewart, T., Schipperijn, J., Barranco-Ruiz, Y., & Chillón, P. (2023). Do physical activity and trip characteristics differ when commuting to and from school?: The PACO study. Travel Behaviour and Society, 33, 100618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100618
Amholt, T. T., Jespersen, J. F., Zacho, M., Timperio, A., & Schipperijn, J. (2022). Where are tweens active in school playgrounds? A hot-spot analysis using GPS, accelerometer, and GIS data. Landscape and Urban Planning, 227, 104546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104546
Amholt, T. T., Westerskov Dalgas, B., Veitch, J., Ntoumanis, N., Fich Jespersen, J., Schipperijn, J., & Pawlowski, C. (2022). Motivating playgrounds: Understanding how school playgrounds support autonomy, competence, and relatedness of tweens. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 17(1), 2096085. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2096085
Amholt, T. T., Pawlowski, C. S., Jespersen, J. F., & Schipperijn, J. (2022). Investigating the use of playgrounds by tweens: A systematic observation study. International Journal of Play, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2022.2136468
Liu, J., Dammeyer, J., Amholt, T. T., Carter, R. A., & Niclasen, J. (2022). Evaluation of the Anger Management Intervention Program, the Mini-Diamond, Targeted Primary School Students: A Controlled Trial with Focus on Well-Being. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 66(4), 672–684. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2021.1910558
Niclasen, J., Amholt, T. T., Carter, R., & Dammeyer, J. (2021). Teachers' self-efficacy: Associations with teacher and student characteristics and effects of the anger management intervention, the Mini-Diamond. Advances in Educational Research and Evaluation, 2(2), 166–176. https://doi.org/10.25082/AERE.2021.02.003
Amholt, T. T., Dammeyer, J., Carter, R., & Niclasen, J. (2020). Psychological Well-Being and Academic Achievement among School-Aged Children: A Systematic Review. Child Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09725-9