Gaynor joined UniSA as an Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Psychology in 2011 (relocating from the UK) and was promoted to Professor in 2019. Her early research was on anxiety and performance, during which time she worked with several international squads. Recently, Gaynor’s research focuses on the evaluation of acute and chronic effects of exercise on psychological responses; methods to motivate exercise behaviour change within community and rehabilitation environments; and mechanisms associated with the affect-exercise intensity relationship. Her research has included evaluation and development of interventions for those with, or at risk of, post traumatic stress; assessment of movement behaviour in older adults and... Read more
About me
Gaynor joined UniSA as an Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Psychology in 2011 (relocating from the UK) and was promoted to Professor in 2019. Her early research was on anxiety and performance, during which time she worked with several international squads. Recently, Gaynor’s research focuses on the evaluation of acute and chronic effects of exercise on psychological responses; methods to motivate exercise behaviour change within community and rehabilitation environments; and mechanisms associated with the affect-exercise intensity relationship. Her research has included evaluation and development of interventions for those with, or at risk of, post traumatic stress; assessment of movement behaviour in older adults and the impact of medication, exercise, and technology interventions on physical and psychological health; and the use of perceived exertion to control and quantify exercise intensity. She has worked with able bodied and disabled groups and her research employs quantitative and qualitative methodologies to understand the mechanisms and processes integral to psychological health and exercise behaviour.
Gaynor is a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences and an Honorary Research Fellow of Baptist University of Hong Kong.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Wales, Bangor
Bachelor of Science University of Wales, Bangor
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
ReMinDAR Trial: Reducing medicine induced deterioration and adverse reactions trial, Cwth Dept of Health Aged Care, 15/09/2017 - 31/03/2021
Know your Numbers 2014-2018, Aged Care & Housing Group Incorporated, 22/02/2016 - 31/12/2020
FIA044 Ind Ptnr - An evaluation of the physiological and psychosocial effect of 6 weeks of Immersion Therapy for people with a disability, Determined 2, 12/03/2019 - 30/09/2020
Outcome evaluation of an Implementation project - improving cognitive and functional capacity of older people with dementia in residential aged care through an exercise prescription approach, Helping Hand Aged Care, 02/05/2016 - 31/12/2018
An evaluation of the physiological and psychosocial effect of 6 weeks of Immersion Therapy for people with a disability. Determined 2 and Future Industries Institute funded project, 03/01/2019-30/06/2020
The use of mixed reality technology to support people vulnerable to post-traumatic stress: Understanding the percieved training needs of first responders. UniSA Research Themes Investment Scheme 01/01/2019 - 30/03/2020
ReMInDAR Trial – Reducing Medicine Induced Deterioration and Adverse Reactions Trial. Department of Health, 01/04/2018 - 30/09/2020.
Evaluation of the Invictus Pathways Program on injured service men and women's health and well-being. The Road Home 13/11/2017-13/05/2021
A theory-driven, person-centred physical actvity intervention in aged-care workers. ACH Group 30/03/2016-30/10/2020
Understanding the relationship between health behaviors and physical and psychological wellbeing in carers of service men and women. The Road Home, Hospital Foundation, 01/06/2018-30/09/2019
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2018 |
25
22
39
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2017 |
Open access
32
27
12
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2015 |
29
27
17
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2013 |
Open access
23
21
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2011 |
864
784
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2019 |
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2024 |
1
1
26
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2024 |
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2023 |
Open access
3
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
4
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
4
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2023 |
Open access
4
7
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2023 |
Open access
2
16
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
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2023 |
Open access
1
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2023 |
Open access
1
11
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2022 |
Open access
3
4
1
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2022 |
7
7
1
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2022 |
Open access
15
16
90
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2021 |
Open access
20
2
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2021 |
21
16
18
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2021 |
Open access
13
18
9
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2021 |
Open access
4
3
5
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2021 |
Open access
1
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2021 |
1
3
5
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2021 |
2
1
5
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2021 |
1
1
8
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2021 |
1
13
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2021 |
Open access
15
12
1
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2020 |
14
14
2
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2020 |
Open access
11
11
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2020 |
Open access
2
2
1
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2020 |
Open access
64
32
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2020 |
Open access
2
2
6
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2020 |
Open access
3
3
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2020 |
2
3
8
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2020 |
9
6
3
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2019 |
Open access
1
1
22
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2019 |
Open access
1
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2019 |
Open access
12
12
9
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2019 |
Open access
32
30
56
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2019 |
Open access
11
14
7
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2019 |
Open access
10
13
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2019 |
Open access
7
6
6
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2018 |
Open access
5
6
8
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2018 |
25
22
39
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2018 |
Open access
35
30
13
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2018 |
Open access
7
4
1
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2018 |
Open access
21
17
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2018 |
Open access
10
9
1
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2018 |
Open access
4
4
22
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2018 |
Open access
12
11
1
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2018 |
7
9
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2018 |
11
11
4
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2018 |
Open access
13
11
2
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2017 |
Open access
32
27
12
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2017 |
Open access
4
3
4
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2017 |
Open access
4
4
1
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2017 |
2
2
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2016 |
3
2
1
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2016 |
Open access
96
81
14
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2016 |
Open access
52
52
18
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2016 |
Open access
31
26
9
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2016 |
12
13
11
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2016 |
Open access
33
31
1
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2016 |
Open access
34
32
8
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2015 |
42
36
1
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2015 |
Open access
1
8
7
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2015 |
Open access
10
10
14
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2015 |
10
10
1
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2015 |
29
27
17
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2015 |
Open access
12
12
2
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2014 |
16
13
1
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2014 |
62
55
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2014 |
Open access
18
13
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2014 |
23
23
1
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2014 |
Open access
9
8
1
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2014 |
Open access
38
17
9
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2014 |
Open access
15
14
2
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2014 |
Open access
71
71
2
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2014 |
Open access
61
56
1
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2013 |
4
3
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2013 |
16
13
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2013 |
227
209
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2013 |
Open access
23
21
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2012 |
28
25
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2012 |
43
39
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2012 |
30
28
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2012 |
15
15
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2012 |
Open access
63
58
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2012 |
53
51
|
2012 |
22
18
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2011 |
864
784
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2011 |
36
32
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2010 |
82
78
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2010 |
Open access
62
58
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2009 |
Open access
80
72
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2009 |
69
59
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2008 |
93
89
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2008 |
4
1
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2008 |
68
54
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2008 |
79
74
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2008 |
Open access
46
45
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2008 |
27
13
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Chapters
Eston R.G. & Parfitt G. (2014) Effort. In R. Ekeland and G. Tenenbaum (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA. pp 237-240.
Short Note
Parfitt G., Corlis M., Penington A., Post D. ‘Evaluation of an implementation project: Improving cognitive and functional capacity of older people with dementia in residential aged care through an exercise prescription approach’, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 2017, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 1408.
Papers in Professional Journals
Parfitt G., Corlis M., Hudson W., Penington A., Post D. (2018). Personalising exercise prescription for people living with dementia, Australian Journal of Dementia Care, Vol. 7, no. 4, pp.24.
Museum of Discovery (MOD) - Hedonism: See Training Ground
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Aarhus University | DENMARK |
Australian Catholic University | AUSTRALIA |
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) | AUSTRALIA |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Edge Hill University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte | BRAZIL |
Federal University of Santa Maria | BRAZIL |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health | AUSTRALIA |
Helping Hand Aged Care | AUSTRALIA |
Helping Hand Organisation | AUSTRALIA |
Helpinghand | AUSTRALIA |
Iowa State University | UNITED STATES |
Liverpool John Moores University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Londrina State University | BRAZIL |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Massey University | NEW ZEALAND |
Medical University of South Carolina | UNITED STATES |
MRC Human Nutrition Research Group | UNITED KINGDOM |
NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre | UNITED KINGDOM |
Northumbria University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Operation PTSD Support Group | AUSTRALIA |
Pernambuco Federal University | BRAZIL |
Pharmacy Improvement Centre Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Port Adelaide Football Club | AUSTRALIA |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
South Australian Health and Medical and Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
Southern Cross Care (SA) | AUSTRALIA |
State University of the North of Parana | BRAZIL |
Tomsk State University | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
University College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University Hospital South Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Chester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Exeter | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Hertfordshire | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | UNITED STATES |
University of Jordan | JORDAN |
University of Leeds | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Leicester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Lille | FRANCE |
University of Limerick | IRELAND |
University of Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Rouen | FRANCE |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Carolina - Columbia | UNITED STATES |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
Wolfson Research Institute UK | UNITED KINGDOM |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2018 |
Honorary Research FellowHong Kong Baptist University |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerInternational Dementia Conference: NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre Symposium |
2018 |
MemberEuropean College of Sports Sciences |
2018 |
MemberSports Medicine Australia |
2018 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2017 |
Honorary Research FellowHong Kong Baptist University |
2017 |
MemberEuropean College of Sports Sciences |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) |
2017 |
MemberSports Medicine Australia |
2017 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2016 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2015 |
Invited Lecture to an establish lecture programUniversity Hospital, Leicester |
2015 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2014 |
Best Paper AwardBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2013 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2013 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2012 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2011 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Has the prevalence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome) increased since the COVID pandemic? | Current |
Supporting the wellbeing of veterans, first responders, and family care-partners as they transition through and out of the Invictus Pathways Program (IPP) | Current |
The role of Immersion Therapy in managing chronic pain in disease and disability | Current |
The Utility of the Ratings of Perceived Exertion to Improve Fitness Testing Experiences in Children | Current |
`Being the Best Learner You Can Be': a randomized controlled trial of a neuroscience-based primary school program | Completed |
Application of a mathematical variable dose-response model to professional Australian football training and performance data | Completed |
Effort perception in exercise testing and prescription: implications for patients with cardiac conditions | Completed |
Exploring the physical and psychosocial experience of Immersion Therapy¿ for people living with a disability | Completed |
Measuring athletic movement competency in Australian rules football players: the validity of the athletic ability assessment | Completed |
Perceptual and affective responses during virtual reality exercise | Completed |
Promoting regular walking among adult cancer survivors using an online interactive resource: an evaluation of Project STRIDE | Completed |
Socio-demographic and time-use predictors of first-year university student success: ATAR and beyond | Completed |
The development, pilot testing and evaluation of a need supportive physical activity intervention in frontline aged care workers: the activity for wellbeing project | Completed |
The use of near infrared spectroscopy to examine the neural basis of affective responses during exercise at different intensities | Completed |
The utility of the Ratings of Perceived Exertion to predict peak oxygen uptake and minimise negative affect in children and adolescents | Completed |
Use of perceived exertion for exercise testing and prescription | Completed |