Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Soltyrei, Framingham Heart Study, Anxiolytic

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazelwood

Document Summary

Most significant factor affecting our health and well-being = personal choices. There are different meanings to physical activity, exercise and sport. Biddle and mutrie (2001) promote physical activity in the belief that many forms of physical activity are healthy: identify exercise and sport as elements/sub-components of physical activity, while recognizing the distinctions between the two are not always obvious. Dubbert (2002) found research and intervention skills (for disease prevention and rehabilitation) to now being applied to athletic performance. Hays (1999) suggest exercise and sport are closely related. The leadership role that psychology can have in influencing poor lifestyle choices, including not exercise, is emphasized as, public health representatives have shifted their focus from environmental causes of poor health to people"s attitudes and behaviours . Sport psychology: study of the influence of psychological factors on sport behaviour. Hays (1999) says sport psychology attends to the mind-to-body relationship.