APA 2140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Socioeconomic Status

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2140
• Professor: Jennifer Brunet

Document Summary

Instruction stream: focuses on skill proficiency in non-competitive situations: advance coaching diploma (acd, recognized as being among the most qualified coaches and leaders of athletes and sport programs provincially, nationally, and internationally, diploma covers 4 themes: (cid:272)oa(cid:272)h"s philosophy, per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s, (cid:271)eliefs, or perso(cid:374)al (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s: athlete"s perso(cid:374)al (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s: Athlete"s stage of lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, perso(cid:374)al a(cid:271)ilities, a(cid:374)d other (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s that could affect the three primary components: contextual factors: Unstable factors that need consideration in the organization, training, and competition components. Determinants of physical activity and sport involvement in older adults: demographic and biological factors, age and gender most consistent predictors. Rates decline as age increases, and males are more active than females: socioeconomic status and educational level are two factors commonly linked with lifelong involvement, behavioural attributes, patterns of lifespan behaviour good predictors: Childhood physical activity may be a good predictor of involvement for a young adult.