All Stories

  1. Good Arts, Good Mental Health®: the effectiveness of an Australian health promotion media campaign in promoting community mental wellbeing via the arts

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, June 2025, Frontiers

    Richard McGrath

  2. Exploring pregnancy and postpartum experiences among geographically diverse elite athletes: A qualitative study

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, February 2025, Elsevier

    Richard McGrath

  3. The future of leisure studies in six landscapes

    Article • Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  4. A qualitative study of a Sporting Memories program in South Australia: belonging, participation, and social connection

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, July 2024, Frontiers

    Richard McGrath

  5. Improved Mental Health, Social Connections and Sense of Self: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review Exploring the Impact and Experience of Community Reminiscence Programs

    Article • Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, December 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  6. A scoping review of the experiences of elite female athletes concerning pregnancy and motherhood

    Article • Sport in Society, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  7. Developing a Collaborative AutoNetnographic approach to researching doctoral students’ online experiences

    Article • November 2021, Policy Press

    Richard McGrath

  8. Journalling and memoing: reflexive qualitative research tools

    Article • February 2021, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Richard McGrath

  9. Leisure and health intersections

    Article • Annals of Leisure Research, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hazel Maxwell, Richard McGrath, Ms Nicole Peel

  10. Developing Effective Coaching Strategies for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a School-Based Multi-Sport Program

    Article • Strategies, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  11. Forecasting the Social Return on Investment Associated with Children’s Participation in Circus-Arts Training on their Mental Health and Well-Being

    Article • International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard McGrath

  12. Identifying the influence of leisure-based social circus on the health and well-being of young people in Australia

    Article • Annals of Leisure Research, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  13. Fresh air, sunshine and happiness: Millennials building health (salutogenesis) in leisure and nature

    Article • Annals of Leisure Research, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  14. State of leisure studies in Australia and New Zealand

    Article • World Leisure Journal, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John R Tower, Dr Hazel Maxwell, Richard McGrath

  15. Leisure as a human right special edition introduction

    Article • Annals of Leisure Research, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  16. Community engagement and sport? Building capacity to increase opportunities for community-based sport and physical activity

    Article • Annals of Leisure Research, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  17. Book review

    Article • Sport Management Review, April 2017, Elsevier

    Richard McGrath

  18. Coaching Students with Autism

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard McGrath

  19. Successful British Migration to Australia—what lies beneath the macro-level?

    Article • Australian Geographer, August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  20. Promoting physical activity among children and youth in disadvantaged South Australian CALD communities through alternative community sport opportunities

    Article • Health Promotion Journal of Australia, February 2016, Wiley

    Richard McGrath

  21. Sport for development (S4D) as ‘core university business’? Modelling university participation in sport-based social development

    Article • Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Sport and Physical Education, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  22. ‘Cultural life’, disability, inclusion and citizenship

    Article • Annals of Leisure Research, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  23. Developing and refining a participatory educative model with Health Science students – A case study of practice

    Article • Participatory Educational Research, June 2015, Particapatory Educational Research (Per)

    Richard McGrath

  24. Book review

    Article • Sport Management Review, February 2013, Elsevier

    Richard McGrath

  25. Beyond recreation: Personal social networks and social capital in the transition of young players from recreational football to formal football clubs

    Article • International Review for the Sociology of Sport, May 2012, SAGE Publications

    Richard McGrath

  26. Exploring discourses of equity, social justice and social determinants in Australian health care policy and planning documents

    Article • Australian Journal of Primary Health, January 2011, CSIRO Publishing

    Richard McGrath

  27. A critical self‐reflection of teaching “disability” to international business students

    Article • Journal of International Education in Business, December 2010, Emerald

    Richard McGrath

  28. A Discourse Analysis of Australian Local Government Recreation and Sport Plans Provision For People with Disabilities

    Article • Public Management Review, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  29. A focused service quality, benefits, overall satisfaction and loyalty model for public aquatic centres

    Article • Managing Leisure, October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath

  30. What Do They Say They Are Doing? Thematic analysis of local government Disability Action Plans

    Article • Annals of Leisure Research, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Richard McGrath