"Foundations of Exercise Psychology" presents a summary of the information to date on the psychology of exercise and offers lucid suggestions for practice and future research. The contents of the book go well beyond past texts in the field and include some innovative and thought provoking chapters on little discussed topics in exercise psychology such as the meaning of exercise and the psychological and physical dangers when exercise goes awry. The range of populations examined includes women children dependent and habitual exercisers and participants throughout the life span. The book will help shape the direction of the field of exercise psychology for many years to come and it will do much to encourage young professionals to enter the field and to pursue further study. The text spends considerable time exploring the relationship between exercise and personality self-esteem self-concept mood alteration and motivation - concepts and features of being human that are all intimately related. 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.
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Three founders of the field of exercise psychology, Bonnie Berger, David Pargman, and Robert Weinberg have provided the foundational text in this quickly expanding field of scholarship and practice.
Bonnie Berger is professor and director of the School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies at Bowling Green State University; and has been a professor and active researcher in exercise and sport psychology for more than 30 years. She has published two books, and more than 75 journal articles and book chapters. She is the founding member of the Exercise and Sport Psychology Division (Division 47) of the American Psychological Association; a charter member, fellow, and certified consultant of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology; and a charter member of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, from which she received the Outstanding Dissertation Award in 1971.
David Pargman is professor and coordinator of Sport and Exercise Psychology at Florida State University's Department of Educational Research, where he also holds an appointment as an adjunct professor in the School of Music. Pargman has published five books, more than 70 book chapters, and has been a visiting professor in Thailand, Peru, and Venezuela. He is a past chairman of the Sport Psychology Academy/AAHPERD; a fellow and certified consultant of American Association of Applied Sport Psychology; a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine; and is listed on the Sport Psychology Registry of the United States Olympic Commitee.
Robert Weinberg is a professor in the Department of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He was voted was one of the top ten sport psychology specialists in North America by his peers. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate sport and exercise psychology for more than 20 years, he has published six books, over 135 referenced journal articles, and 20 book chapters. Weinberg served as president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity; the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology, and the Sport Psychology Academy. He is the current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, The Sport Psychologist, International Journal of Sport Psychology, and Psychology of Sport and Exercise. He is a member of the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry, and a fellow in the prestigious American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
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Exercise is a term that is all-encompassing and widely used. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Can You Define These Terms, Can You Answer These Questions, Profile of Mood States, American Psychological Association, American College of Sports Medicine, Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List, Positive Affect-Negative Affect Scale, Sport Psychology Academy, Subjective Exercise Experiences Scale, Exercise-Induced Feeling Inventory, Human Kinetics, International Society of Sport Psychology, American Psychiatric Association, New York, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, American Heritage Dictionary, Foundations of Exercise Psychology, George Sheehan, New Year, Olympic Games, Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale, Positive Well-Being, American Footwear Association, Chuang Tzu New!
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Exercise is a term that is all-encompassing and widely used. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Can You Define These Terms, Can You Answer These Questions, Profile of Mood States, American Psychological Association, American College of Sports Medicine, Activation-Deactivation Adjective Check List, Positive Affect-Negative Affect Scale, Sport Psychology Academy, Subjective Exercise Experiences Scale, Exercise-Induced Feeling Inventory, Human Kinetics, International Society of Sport Psychology, American Psychiatric Association, New York, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, American Heritage Dictionary, Foundations of Exercise Psychology, George Sheehan, New Year, Olympic Games, Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale, Positive Well-Being, American Footwear Association, Chuang Tzu New!
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- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Primary Care Version (Dsm-IV-PC) (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) by American Psychiatric Association on page 91, page 256, and page 268
- Involvement in sport: A somatopsychic rationale for physical activity (Health education, physical education, and recreation series) by Dorothy V Harris on page 22, and Index
- The Life We Are Given (Inner Work Book) by George Leonard on page 238, and Index
- Directory of Graduate Programs in Applied Sport Psychology by Kevin L. Burke on page 28
- Working It Out: Using Exercise in Psychotherapy by Kate F. Hays on page 32
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- Managing Performance Stress: Models and Methods by David Pargman in Back Matter
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