Persuasion and Communication in Sport Exercise and Physical Activity

Description

How can we use persuasion methods to make people more physically active and improve their sport and exercise experiences? How can instructors coaches athletes and practitioners most effectively communicate their messages to others? Persuasion and Communication in Sport Exercise and Physical Activity is the first book to consider the applications of persuasion frameworks within activity-related contexts while also summarizing the major developments relating to communication topics in these settings. It provides a state of the art review of the key developments challenges and opportunities within the field. It brings together international experts from the fields of social health and sport and exercise psychology to give theoretical overviews insights into contemporary research themes and practical implications as well as agendas for future research. Covering topics such as changing attitudes towards exercise social influence persuasive leadership and communicating with people with physical disabilities this book provides a contemporary approach to persuasion and communication in a sport exercise and physical activity setting. It is an important text for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics in the fields of Sport and Exercise Science Kinesiology Health and Physical Activity Promotion and related areas of Psychology.