Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Relapse Prevention

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2276F/G
• Professor: Craig Hall

Document Summary

Failure to resume regular exercise after lapses in activity (i. e. , relapse back to sedentary lifestyle) Seek to prevent the abstinence violation effect - when a lapse causes the exerciser to abandon entire exercise regiment. Positive: high risk situation -> positive coping response-> increase in self- efficacy for exercising-> decreased probability of relapse. Identify high-risk thoughts, feelings and situations that might prompt a lapse. If really sick probably better to recover then to push it and not be healthy. We"re not trying to get people to start exercising but rather to get them to adhere (continue) that program. Imagery is an experience that mimics real experience. seeing an image of smell, tastes, or sounds without actually experiencing the real thing. It differs from dreams in that we are awake and conscious when we for am image (white& hardy, 1998) Thing"s that are more concrete are easier to image than things that are more abstract (quite a complex process)