NCCU will extend its Condition 1 (Reduced Operations) status under the Adverse Weather and Emergency Event Policy until noon on Tuesday, Dec. 9. All final exams scheduled for Dec. 9 will be held virtually.
Lei Guo
Professor, Kinesiology and Recreation Administration
Professor Lei Guo has been at North Carolina Central University since 2008. He has served as the coordinator of Recreational Therapy undergraduate concentration and now the coordinator of Graduate Online Recreational Therapy concentration. Graduated from Beijing Sports University, Beijing, China, Dr. Guo earned his doctor degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
His research focuses on stress and coping, benefits of leisure and recreation for people with disabilities, especially benefits of Tai Chi for people with disabilities and older adults. Recently, Dr. Guo has focused on research studies on the impact of COVID-19 on college students. Dr. Guo has had almost 20 published research papers and over 30 presentations in the national and state-level conferences through the years. Dr. Guo's favorite activity is Tai Chi, and he is working on writing a book on Tai Chi therapy.
Courses
RECR 2250 - Introduction to Recreational Therapy
RECR 4140 - Program Design and Evaluation in Recreational Therapy
RECR 4143 - Assessment in Recreational Therapy
KRAG 5152 - Advanced Methods and Procedures in Recreational Therapy
KRAG 5141 - Advanced Program Design and Evaluation in Recreational Therapy
KRAG 5143 - Advanced Assessment in Recreational Therapy
KRAG 5145 - Advanced Facilitation Techniques in Recreational Therapy
KRAG 5330 - Trends and Issues in Recreational Therapy
KRAG 5410 - Social Gerontology in Recreational Therapy
KRAG 5910 - Graduate Internship in Recreational Therapy
KIN 1150 - Tai Chi
Publications
Bailey, R., Guo, L., & Guo, A. (2024). Impact of COVID-19 on the Physical Activity and Mental Health of College Students. Journal of Physical Activity, 9(1), 8-13. DOI: 10.12691/jpar-9-1-2
Guo, L., & Ardashia, K. Peay. (2021). Effect of After School Program with Physical Activity on Body Mass among Black American Middle School Students. Journal of Physical Activity Research. 2021, 6(1), 17-20. DOI: 10.12691/jpar-6-1-3.
Panayi, M., & Guo, L. (2021). Cognitive Impairment Among Collegiate African American Student-Athletes Who Have One Or More Concussions. International Journal for Innovation and Education Research, 9(8), 433–445.
https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss8.3313
Guo, L. (2021). Positive Reappraisal Model of Leisure Stress Coping. Journal of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism in Public Health, 5, 65-73.
https://doi.org/10.2979/rptph.5.1.04
Guo, L. & Yan, R. (2021). Stress coping models and COVID-19. American Journal of Recreation Therapy, 20(4), 41-52.
https://doi.org/10.5055/ajrt.2021.0245
Guo, L. & Bailey, R. (2022). Therapeutic Benefits of Tai Chi for Older Adults. Palaestra Journal: Adapted Sport, Physical Education, and Recreational Therapy, 36(1), 21-27.
Williams, L., Guo, L., Armstrong, S., & Peay, A. (2012). Gross motor skills of children with autism. American Journal of Recreation Therapy, 11(3), 39-46.
Newton, Z., Guo, L., Yang, H., & Malkin, M. (2012). Physical Activity and Perception of Body Image of African American Women. The Cyber Journal of Applied Leisure and Recreation Research, 15(1), 1-12.
Yang, H., & Guo, L. (2011). Relationship between self-esteem and leisure boredom among college students. The Cyber Journal of Applied Leisure and Recreation Research, 14 (1), 1-12.
Guo, L. (2011). Examining the impact of rheumatoid arthritis on the discontinuity, continuity, and development patterns of physical activities. American Journal of Recreation Therapy, 9(4), 9-18.
Guo, L. (2011). Impact of rheumatoid arthritis on leisure experience in women: a qualitative study. Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, 19, 1-11.
Guo, L., & Lee, Y. (2010). Examining the role of leisure in the process of coping with stress in adult women with rheumatoid arthritis. Annual in Therapeutic Recreation, 18, 100-113.
Guo, L., Yang, H., & Malkin, M. (2009). Self-efficacy and arthritis impact on health: The effect of an Arthritis Foundation Aquatic Program. American Journal of Recreation Therapy, 8(4), 9-19.
Guo, L., Yang, H., & Chun, T. J. (2008). Tai Chi Chuan for individuals with arthritis. Expanding Horizons in Therapeutic Recreation, 23,108-117.
Guo, L, Yang, H, & Malkin, M (2007). Leisure and recreation can improve the life of people with rheumatoid arthritis. Parks and Recreation Magazine, July, 26-29.
Guo, L., Lee, Y., & Malkin, M. (2007). The experience of ambivalence: a return to recreation activities by a woman with rheumatoid arthritis. American Journal in Recreation Therapy, 6(2), 39-47.
Guo, L., & Yang, H. (2006). Impact of rheumatoid arthritis on the pattern of recreational activities. Korean Journal of Therapeutic Recreation, 5, 1-13.
Guo, L., & Lee, Y. (2006). Coming back to recreation activities by a woman with rheumatoid arthritis: An exploratory case study. Abstracts from the 2006 American Therapeutic Recreation Association Research Institute.
Guo, L., & Yang, H. (2006). The role of leisure in coping with stress among women with rheumatoid arthritis. Abstracts from the 2006 American Therapeutic Recreation Association Research Institute.
Book and Book Chapters:
Guo, Lei. (2015). Osteoarthritis. In Recreational Therapy Handbook of Practice: ICF-based diagnosis and treatment (Second edition) by Porter & Burlingame (Eds.) Idyll Arbor, Inc. Enumclaw: WA.
Guo, Lei. (2015). Rheumatoid Arthritis. In Recreational Therapy Handbook of Practice: ICF-based diagnosis and treatment (Second edition) by Porter & Burlingame (Eds.) Idyll Arbor, Inc. Enumclaw: WA.
Guo, Lei & Lu, Dan. (1995). Tai Chi Fundamental Trainings for Health. Beijing, China: Beijing Sports University Press. Printed 25,000 copies for three times.