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Sport psychology typically is defined as the study of the influence of psychological processes on human performance, whereas exercise psychology is defined as the use of psychobehavioral processes to describe, explain, and predict exercise behavior and other forms of physical activity.
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It is generally accepted that physical activity confers benefits to psychosocial health, functional ability and general quality of life and has been proven to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and some cancers . Here, physical activity refers to ‘any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure’ . Condit...
The review of qualitative research covered the period from 1990 to 2004. This 15-year period was considered adequate to cover the most recent research on barriers and motivation to participation in sport and physical activity. Research papers were sourced in three ways. First, a wide range of electronic databases were searched, including Medline, C...
More than 1200 papers were identified by the initial search strategy. A total of 24 papers were accepted into the final stage of the review, with all but two published during or after 1997. Half of the papers (12) reported research where data were collected in community settings. Of the others, four were set in general physician (GP) referral schem...
This paper has reviewed the qualitative research into the reasons for participation and non-participation of UK adults and children in sport and physical activity. The review covered all qualitative papers relating to sport and physical activity in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2004. Although we did find >20 studies, few studies met the basic qua...
This review has identified qualitative studies of the reasons for and barriers to participation in sport and physical activity. Participation is motivated by enjoyment and the development and maintenance of social support networks. Barriers to participation include transitions at key stages of the life course and having to reorient individual ident...
- Steven Allender, Gill Cowburn, Charlie Foster
- 2006
Oct 20, 2021 · Sports psychology is an interdisciplinary science for the purpose of increased participation in sports and physical activity to improve health and wellbeing.
The review has highlighted a range of important factors associated with recreational sport participation ranging from intra-personal (eg confidence, motivation), inter-personal (eg coach support and others), and environmental (eg facilities, media, types of recreational sport programmes).
how sports and exer-cise participation affects development, health, and well-being are the main foci. Weinberg and Gould further describe two categories: (1) clinical sport psycholo-gists, who have training in psychology and are licensed as psychologists, as treating those athletes with severe emotional disorders and (2) educational sport psych...
- David B. Coppel
- 2020
Sport psychology is a vibrant and growing field that examines the psychological factors that affect sport performance, as well as how sport affects the psychological outcomes of participants. This chapter is meant as a brief introduction into the field. To begin, we will define sport psychology and
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Sep 15, 2023 · The topics covered are broad, ranging from an Introduction to Exercise Psychology (Chapter 1), to an Introduction to Sport Psychology (Chapter 19), to Working in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (Chapter 33).
