Miss Sophie Westrop

  • Research Associate (Mental Health & Wellbeing)

email: Sophie.Westrop@glasgow.ac.uk

Clarice Pears Building School of Health & Wellbeing, Clarice Pears Building School of Health & Wellbeing, University Of, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB

Biography

Sophie is a Research Associate at the School of Health and Wellbeing. Her research relates to trying to understand ways to improve the health and wellbeing of adults with learning disabilities by targeting lifestyle behaviours. Sophie recently completed a PhD within the University, where she was focusing on the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of adults with learning disabilities. Prior to this, she obtained an MSc in Health Psychology from the University of Stirling, and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of West of Scotland.

Publications

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Number of items: 5.

2023

Almesbehi, T., Harris, L., McGarty, A. , Alqallaf, S., Westrop, S., Edwards, C. A. , Dorling, J. A. and Malkova, D. (2023) Effects of exercise training programmes on fasting gastrointestinal appetite hormones in adults with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Appetite, 182, 106424. (doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106424) (PMID:36565928)

2021

Mcgarty, A. , Jones, N., Rutherford, K., Westrop, S., Sutherland, L., Jahoda, A. and Melville, C. (2021) Feasibility of the Go2Play Active Play intervention for increasing physical and social development in children with intellectual disabilities. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, 43. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00783-6) (PMID:33546765) (PMCID:PMC7863425)

McGarty, A. M. , Westrop, S. C. and Melville, C. A. (2021) Exploring parents' experiences of promoting physical activity for their child with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(1), pp. 140-148. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12793) (PMID:32776494)

Rana, D. , Westrop, S., Germeni, E. , Mcgarty, A. , Ells, L., Lally, P., McEwan, M., Melville, C. , Harris, L. and Wu, O. (2021) Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: Protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 10, 251. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01808-0) (PMID:34544482) (PMCID:PMC8453997)

2019

Westrop, S. C., Melville, C. A. , Muirhead, F. and Mcgarty, A. (2019) Gender differences in physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(6), pp. 1359-1374. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12648)

This list was generated on Fri Jun 9 22:10:00 2023 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 5.

Articles

Almesbehi, T., Harris, L., McGarty, A. , Alqallaf, S., Westrop, S., Edwards, C. A. , Dorling, J. A. and Malkova, D. (2023) Effects of exercise training programmes on fasting gastrointestinal appetite hormones in adults with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Appetite, 182, 106424. (doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106424) (PMID:36565928)

Mcgarty, A. , Jones, N., Rutherford, K., Westrop, S., Sutherland, L., Jahoda, A. and Melville, C. (2021) Feasibility of the Go2Play Active Play intervention for increasing physical and social development in children with intellectual disabilities. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, 43. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00783-6) (PMID:33546765) (PMCID:PMC7863425)

McGarty, A. M. , Westrop, S. C. and Melville, C. A. (2021) Exploring parents' experiences of promoting physical activity for their child with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(1), pp. 140-148. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12793) (PMID:32776494)

Rana, D. , Westrop, S., Germeni, E. , Mcgarty, A. , Ells, L., Lally, P., McEwan, M., Melville, C. , Harris, L. and Wu, O. (2021) Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: Protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 10, 251. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01808-0) (PMID:34544482) (PMCID:PMC8453997)

Westrop, S. C., Melville, C. A. , Muirhead, F. and Mcgarty, A. (2019) Gender differences in physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(6), pp. 1359-1374. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12648)

This list was generated on Fri Jun 9 22:10:00 2023 BST.