Sport And Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction

variables. To illustrate, few studies have controlled for the expectations of participants about the efficacy of exercise interv ...

section is concerned with the issue of what happens when people’s exercise habits become excessive, compulsive or otherwise mala ...

existence highlights the need to be sceptical of the adage that “more is better” when it comes to training regimes in sport and ...

7 “continuance” (i.e., the person continues to exercise even when confronted by physical or psychological impediments, such as i ...

Is compulsive exercise behaviour helpful or harmful to its practitioners? In the 1970s, at the boom of the “jogging generation”, ...

First, why do so many people fail to take up the healthy habit of regular physical activity? In addition, why do they find it so ...

Turning to the barriers which hamper people’s exercise behaviour, Dishman (2001) identified a number of demographic and psycholo ...

Theories of “reasoned action” and “planned behaviour” The theory of “reasoned action” (TRA) was developed by Ajzen and Fishbein ...

usually follows his family’s wishes, then he will experience a positive subjective norm for exercising. These two variables—atti ...

The Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change (TTM) It has long been known that people can improve their health not only by giv ...

Box 8.4 The transtheoretical model of behaviour change as applied to physical activity Stage What happens? Precontemplation Pers ...

The third component of the TTM is the construct of “self-efficacy” which, as we learned earlier in this chapter, refers to peopl ...

vigorous physical activity. In general, the TTM predicts that “pros” should increase as people move from the precontemplation to ...

in this field is hampered by methodological limitations. For example, few studies on exercise attrition have followed up drop-ou ...

Try to cycle as often as possible. Cycling not only uses all the main muscles of the legs but also tones the buttocks through th ...

It began with an explanation of the nature and goals of exercise psychology. The second part of the chapter provided a critical ...

Chapter 9 Helping athletes to cope with injury: from theory to practice It’s the power of the mind and being positive. A lot of ...

Figure 9.1 Injury is almost inevitable in sport Source: courtesy of Inpho Photography sudden-impact injuries, however. Thus it i ...

highly valued skill in soccer because it demands excellent technique and precise timing. But can repeated execution of this skil ...

indirect loss of production through the resultant problem of “time off work” (Rahnama, Reilly and Lees, 2002). Leaving aside the ...