Layan Fessler
Publications
17. Karageorghis, C. I., Guérin, S. M. R., Fessler, L., Howard, L. W., Pinto, C., Ojuri, O., Kuan, J., & Samwell-Nash, K. G. (2025). One-HIIT wonder: Can music make high-intensity interval training more pleasant? Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 76, Article e102717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102717
16. Fessler, L., Tessitore, E., Craviari, C., Sarrazin, P., Meyer, P., Luthy, C., Hanna-Deschamps, E., Cheval, B. (2024). Motivational and Emotional Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior After Cardiac Rehabilitation: An Observational Study. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 16, 209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00997-0
15. Maltagliati S.†, Fessler, L. †, Yu, Q., Zhang, Z., Chen, Y., Dupuy, O., Falck R., Owen, N., Zou, L., Cheval, B. (2025). Effort Minimization: A Permanent, Dynamic, and Surmountable Influence on Physical Activity. Journal of Sport and Health Science, Article e100971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2024.100971
† S.M. et L.F. ont contribué à parts égales et partagent la qualité de premier auteur
14. Quossi, A., Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Gardner, B., Miller, M.W., Sander, D., Rebard, A., Szabo, A., Cheval, B. (2024). Can automatic reactions mirror exercise dependence? International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2024.2387698
13. Cheval, B., Zou, L., Maltagliati S., Fessler, L., Owen, N., Falck R., Yu, Q., Zhang, Z., Dupuy, O. (2024). The intention-behaviour gap in physical activity: unravelling the critical role of the automatic tendency towards effort minimisation. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58, 889–891 https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-108144
12. Fessler, L., Sarrazin, P., Maltagliati, S., Smeding A., & Cheval, B. (2024). All’s well that ends well: an early-phase study testing lower end-session exercise intensity to promote physical activity in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Movement & Sport Sciences-Science & Motricité, 123, 17–31. https://doi.org/10.1051/sm/2023009
11. Maltagliati, S., Muller, D., Sarrazin, P., Fessler, L., Ferry, T., Wiers, R., & Cheval, B. (2024). Improving physical activity using a single personalized consequence-based approach-avoidance training: Effects on self-reported behaviors, attitudes, and choices. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 70, Article e102565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102565
10. Maltagliati, S., Sarrazin, P., Fessler, L., Lebreton, M., & Cheval, B. (2024). Why people should run after positive affective experiences instead of health benefits. Journal of Sport and Health Science, S2095–2546(22), 00105–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2022.10.005
9. Farajzadeh, A., Goubran, M., Fessler, L., Cheval, B., Van Allen, Z., & Boisgontier, M. P. (2023). Training older adults to inhibit the automatic attraction to sedentary stimuli: A cognitive-bias-modification protocol. European Rehabilitation Journal, 3(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.52057/erj.v3i1.32
8. Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Sieber, S., Cullati, S., Tessitore, E., Craviari, C., Luthy, C., Hanna, E., Meyer, P., Orsholits, D., Sarrazin, P., & Cheval, B. (2023) Physical activity matters for everyone’s health, but individuals with multimorbidity benefit more. Preventive Medicine Reports, 34, Article e102265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102265
7. Wang, T., Cheval, B., Maltagliati, S., Zenko, Z., Herold, F., Ludyga, S., Gerber, M., Luo, Y., Fessler, L., Müller, N.-G., & Zou, L. (2023). Validation of the Chinese version of the Affective Exercise Experiences (AFFEXX) questionnaire. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 25(7), 799–812. https://doi.org/10.32604/ijmhp.2023.028324
6. Cheval, B., Maltagliati, S., Saoudi, I., Fessler, L., Farajzadeh, A., Sieber, S., Cullati, S., & Boisgontier, M.P. (2023). Physical activity mediates the effect of education on mental health trajectories in older age. Journal of Affective Disorders, 336, 64–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.052
5. Cheval, B., Saoudi, I., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Farajzadeh, A., Sieber, S., Cullati, S., & Boisgontier, M.P. (2023). Initial status and change in cognitive function mediate the association between academic education and physical activity in adults over 50 years of age. Psychology and Aging, 38(6), 494–507. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000749
4. Cheval, B., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Farajzadeh, A., Ben Abdallah, S.N., Vogt, F., Dubessy, M., Lacour, M., Miller, M.W., Sander D. & Boisgontier, M. P. (2022). Physical effort biases the perceived pleasantness of neutral faces: a virtual reality study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 63, Article e102287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102287
3. Cheval, B., Finckh, A., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Cullati, S., Sander, D., Friese, M., Wiers, R.W., Boisgontier, M.P. Courvoisier, D., & Luthy, C. (2021). A cognitive-bias intervention to improve physical activity in patients following a rehabilitation program: protocol for the randomized controlled IMPACT trial. BMJ Open, 11, Article e053845. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053845
2. Maltagliati, S., Rebar, A., Fessler, L., Forestier, C., Sarrazin, P., Chalabaev, A., ... & Cheval, B. (2021). Evolution of physical activity habits after a context change: The case of COVID‐19 lockdown. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26 (4), 1135–1154. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12524
1. Cheval, B., Sivaramakrishnan, H., Maltagliati, S., Fessler, L., Forestier, C., Sarrazin, P. Orsholits, D. Chalabaev, A., Sander, D., Ntoumanis, N., & Boisgontier, M.P. (2021). Relationships between changes in self-reported physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in France and Switzerland. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(6), 699–704. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1841396
1. Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Meyer, P., Finckh, A., Cullati, S., Sander, D., Friese, M., Wiers, R., Farajzadeh, A., Luthy, C., Sarrazin, P., & Cheval, B. (2025). Anatomy of a Failure: Can a Cognitive-Bias Modification Intervention Improve Physical Activity in Patients Following a Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme? medRxiv.
3. Fessler, L., Igloi, K., Karageorghis, C. I., Hutchinson, J. C., Tessitore, E., Luthy, C., Sarrazin, P., & Cheval, B. (2025). Effect of Differentiated Music Exposure on Exercise-Related Affect Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatients: A Pre-Registration of the MUSICare Project. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14872097
2. Karageorghis, C. I., Guérin, S. M. R., Fessler, L., Howard, L. W., Schiphof-Godart, L., Silva, P. J., Samwell-Nash, K. G., Blacio Zambrano, U., Collins, Z. R. E., & Bonsu, N. D. (2024). Re-examining Psychological and Psychophysiological Effects of Respite–Active Music in HIIT (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13908678
1. Fessler, L., Sivaramakrishnan, H., Ntoumanis., N., Maltagliati, S., Gucciardi, D., Sarrazin, P., Cheval, B. Effects of interventions targeting affective mechanisms on physical activity behaviors in people with chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022354104
1. Fessler, L., Maltagliati, S., Cheval, B. et Sarrazin, P. (2024). Chapitre 9. S’engager dans une activité physique régulière : le rôle des expériences affectives positives. In Martin-Krumm, C. et Tarquinio, C. (dir.), Psychologie positive des activités physiques et sportives Corps, santé mentale et bien-être. (p. 202–219 ). Dunod. https://doi.org/10.3917/dunod.marti.2024.01.0