Foundations of Exercise Psychology - Softcover

Bonnie G. Berger; Robert S. Weinberg; Robert C. Eklund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935412582 ISBN 13: 9781935412588

Publisher: Fitness Information Technology, 2015

Synopsis

The world-renowned authorship team of Bonnie G. Berger and Robert S. Weinberg welcome fellow highly esteemed scholar Robert C. Eklund to this third update of one of the fundamental texts on exercise psychology. In this new edition, the authors expand upon the key concepts and models of the field, focusing on the interrelationships between exercise and psychology. Students moving toward the exercise professions will gain a solid background in key issues surrounding exercise and health and make great strides forward in becoming competent and compassionate practitioners.

About this title

About the Author:

Bonnie G. Berger is professor and director of the School of Human Movement, Sport, & Leisure Studies at the Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Bonnie is a charter member, fellow, and certified consultant of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP). Within AAASP, she has served as chair of the Certification Review Committee, and Health Psychology section chair. Robert S. Weinberg is a professor in the Department of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Before coming to Miami University, Weinberg was a professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of North Texas from 1978-1992 including Regents Professor from 1988-1992, Regents Faculty Lecturer in 1989 and Toulouse Scholar in 1990.Robert C. Eklund, PhD is presently a Professor and Chair in Physical Activity and Health in the School of Sport at the University of Stirling in Scotland although he served as the Distinguished Professor of Sport Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems at Florida State University in Tallahassee Florida while working on chapters for this book.

Review:

"Psychology can work in at least two ways, as this book clearly shows. First, we can gain psychological benefits from physical activity. This is encapsulated in the early chapters on quality of life, stress management, self-perceptions, and mood. Second, we need to understand how to assist people to become more active. This is where chapters on theories ans models, motivation, determinants, and strategies come in. [. . .] I addition, psychology is also about behavior change across different groups and settings. The authors deal with this by writing on young people, older adults, and gender issues. One size does not fit all." --From the foreword by Stuart J. H. Biddle, Professor of Active Living & Public Health, Victoria University

About this edition

• Publisher: Fitness Information Technology
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1935412582
• ISBN 13: 9781935412588
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 552