KINESIOL 3H03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Transformational Leadership, Equatorial Guinea, Exercise Prescription
17 Sep 2016
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Social influence refers to real or imagined pressure to change one"s behaviour, attitudes or beliefs. Focus on social support measurement, nature, and relationship with pa. Identify individuals and groups who provide social support + other forms of social influence in exercise settings examine exertion of social influence and how they impact others" exercise- related thoughts, feelings, behaviours. Most important type of social influence in exercise and other pa settings. Social support refers to perceived comfort, caring, assistance, and information that a person receives from others. Exercise psychologists interested in role that social support plays in influencing exercise and other pa. 2 approaches used to define + measure social support in pa contexts: measuring the size of one"s social network, measuring the amount and type of support person receives. Measuring social support: size of the social network. Social support operationally defined as size of social network - # of social relationships one has.
