KINESIOL 3H03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Health Club, Social Control, Reinforcement
12 Apr 2016
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Most important type of social inluence in exercise is perceived comfort, caring, assistance and informaion that a person receives from others. 2 approaches: one measures the size of one"s social network, measure the amount and type of support that a person receives. The number of groups or individuals than an exerciser can turn to for support. Does not take into account quality or type of support. Measuring social support: amount and type of support provided. Assess how much of a paricular type of support is perceived by the individual. 5 types of social support: instrumental: pracical assistance that helps a person achieve goals (spoing a weightliter, driving father to rehab, emoional: through expression of encouragement, caring, empathy, concern. People who had many signiicant others to exercise were more likely to be exercising at recommended levels. Not speciic on the type or amount of support. Higher levels of social support were associated with higher levels of pa.
