| Description |
xxii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. Social influence and exercise involvement -- 2. Adherence to exercise and transtheoretical model of behavior change -- 3. Adherence in primary health care exercise promotion schemes -- 4. Exercise adherence and clinical populations -- 5. Adherence to sport and physical activity in children and youth -- 6. Adherence to sport injury rehabilitation regimens -- 7. Adherence to psychological preparation in sport -- 8. Environmental determinants of adherence in applied sport psychology -- 9. The client-practitioner interaction: adherence and treatment outcomes -- 10. Collaboration and reflection: adopting action research themes and processes to promote adherence to changing practice -- 11. Multi-method approaches to the investigation of adherence issues: qualitative and quantitative techniques |
| Summary |
"Adherence issues in sport and exercise pulls together a wide range if current adherence themes to provide an overview of the many different theoretical approaches currently being used, Each chapter provides a theoretical framework and a range of practical implications for professionals. Written by eminent experts from Europe and North America, they discuss how adherence is affected by a wide variety of personal, situational, and programme variables. This volume is essential reading for sport and exercise psychologists, exercise and health researchers and students of health studies, sport science, physical education, leisure studies and psychology."--Back cover |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Compliance.
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Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
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Motivation (Psychology)
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Exercise -- Psychological aspects.
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Physical education and training -- Psychological aspects.
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Physical education and training -- Physiological aspects.
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Physical education and training.
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Sports -- Physiological aspects.
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Sports -- Psychological aspects.
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Exercise -- psychology.
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| Author |
Bull, S. J. (Stephen John), 1959-
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| LC no. |
00002203 |
| ISBN |
0471560197 (paperback) |
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