Understanding and positively influencing athlete mental health have become key goals for
researchers and sporting stakeholders (eg coaches, support staff, clubs and governing …

Group therapy offers both an effective and cost-effective means to support mental health.
Facilitators are key to the benefits that clients derive from group therapy. However, minimal …

Background Innovative approaches are needed to understand barriers to and facilitators of
physical activity among insufficiently active adults. Although social comparison processes …

Objectives Multiple health behaviour change is a viable strategy to promote health
outcomes. An example is the use of running behaviour to support smoking cessation in the …

Structured exercise provides a vehicle through which people can accrue physical activity
that is vital for their health, yet dropout and membership turnover rates in exercise settings …

Evidence suggests that messages targeting descriptive norms (people's perceptions of the
typical behaviors of others) can enhance physical activity participation. However, no …

Background With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many exercise programs moved
online. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which older adults' social …

Understanding what predicts behavior change is a hot topic in health psychology, especially
with regard to physical activity. While existing research has revealed key factors of physical …

This research investigated the complex relationship between socioeconomic status (SES)
and fertility preferences. For the first time, our investigation considered both tangible and …

The primary purpose of this dissertation was to examine whether a novel psychological
needs framework (Dweck, 2017) explains variability in exercise-related well-being and …