Table of Contents

Part 1: Understanding and Modifying Exercise Behavior

2. Physical Activity Epidemiology

3. Theories and Models of Exercise Behavior I

4. Theories and Models of Exercise Behavior II

5. Social Influence on Exercise

6. Physical Activity Interventions

Part 2: Psychosocial Influences and Consequences of Exercise

7. Personality and Exercise

8. Self Perceptions and Exercise

9. Stress, Stress Reactivity, and Exercise

10. Anxiety and Exercise

11. Depression and Exercise

12. Emotional Well-Being and Exercise

13. Cognition and Exercise

14. Health-Related Quality of Life and Exercise

About the Author

Curt L. Lox is a professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. His research is focused on the psychological impact of exercise for special populations, including the elderly, overweight and obese children and adults, and individuals infected with HIV. His articles have been published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Journal of Health Psychology, and Rehabilitation Psychology, among others. He has coached at the youth and high school levels and continues to serve as a sport psychology consultant to players and coaches at the interscholastic, intercollegiate, and professional levels in the greater St. Louis area

Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, Ph.D.(University of Waterloo), is a professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia; prevously, she was a professor at McMaster University. Her research program focuses on psychosocial influences and consequences of physical activity participation, and she has a particular interest in physical activity promotion among people living with spinal cord injury. She is the chair and principal investigator at the Canadian Disability Participation Project; she is also the founder and director of SCI Action Canada

Steven J. Petruzzello is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He conducts research in the area of exercise psychology, particularly from a psychophysiological perspective. This roles involves the examination of the role of exercise, encapsulated along a physical activity continuum ranging from low-to-moderate forms of exercise (e.g., walking, cycling) to vigorous exercise (e.g., competitive swimming, running) and physical activity performed in extreme environments (e.g., firefighting), on a variety of psychological outcomes, including basic affect, fatigue/energy, anxiety, and depression. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, the American Psychological Society, and the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. His articles have appeared in Sports Medicine, the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and Psychophysiology, among others