Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Cardiovascular Disease, Body Image, Neuroticism

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

Document Summary

Concerns of exercise psychology: the application of psychological principles to the promotion and maintenance of leisure physical activity, 50% who start an exercise program drop it within a year, the psychological and emotional consequences of leisure physical activity. Improved psychological/emotional health and proper cognitive function: less stress. Improved social relations through networking at the site of exercise. Barriers: convenience and availability: poor accessibility, environment and ecological factors: safety of exercising, physical limitation: injury although this is usually a myth as exercise can rehabilitate, lack of time, boredom and lack of enjoyment: no motivation (see chapter3) Case study: reasons attributed to omitting exercising (netz, zeev, arnon, Results: external-environmental = distance between where the home and site of exercise, external-time = not making time to exercise. Internal-trait = feelings of exclusion along with the belief that only athletes exercise. Internal-state = did not feel like doing it in the moment as one has better things to do.