Psychology of Physical Activity
Determinants, Well-Being and Interventions
- By Stuart J.H. Biddle, Nanette Mutrie
- Price: $53.95
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Pages: 448
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 31st August 2007
- ISBN: 978-0-415-36665-6
About the Book
In today’s urbanised and technologised society, physical activity is becoming an increasingly peripheral part of our daily lives.
This new edition is updated to reflect new findings and current research directions, and includes full textbook features, such as key points and chapter summaries. A dedicated accompanying website provides lecturers and students with extensive supporting materials, including slide presentations and self-test questions.
Psychology of Physical Activity is a comprehensive account of our psychological knowledge about physical activity covering:
- motivation and the psychological factors associated with activity or inactivity
- the feel-good factor: the psychological outcomes of exercising, including mental health illness and clinical populations
- interventions and applied practice in the psychology of physical activity
- current trends and future directions in research and practice.
This textbook is essential for students of sport and exercise science, exercise physiology, health psychology, occupational therapy and physical education.
Visit the companion website www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415366656>
Table of Contents
Part 1 1. Introduction Part 2 2. Motivation for Physical Activity: Introduction and Overview 3. Motivation Through Feelings of Control 4. I Can! Motivation Through Feelings of Competence and Confidence 5. Linking Attitudes with Physical Activity 6. Physical Activity Theories and Models: Stages, Phases and Overlap 7. What I feel and Where I Am: Exercise Perceptions and Social Environments Part 3 8. The feel Good Factor: Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being 9. Depression and Other Mental Illnesses 10. The Psychology of Exercise for Clinical Populations Part 4 11. Making a Difference 1: Intervention Strategies for the Individual 12. Making a Difference 2: Interventions in Organisations and Communities 13. Conclusions and Future Directions
About the Author(s)
Stuart J. H. Biddle is Professor of Exercise and Sport Psychology at Loughborough University, UK.
Nanette Mutrie is Professor of Exercise and Sport Psychology at Strathclyde University, UK.
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