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Fall 2020
The purposes of this dissertation were to examine the relationship between weight stigma and physical activity (PA) from the perspective of women with obesity and investigate strategies that may reduce the impact of PA-related weight stigma. I conducted three studies to address these...
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Adolescents' Decisions to be (In)Active: Relationships between Automatic Associations, Affective Reactions, and Deliberate Reflections
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It is well understood that the majority of adolescents today do not meet the current physical activity (PA) recommendations of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity every day. In exploring adolescents’ motivation to engage in PA, previous research has mostly taken an explicit approach by...
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Psychological antecedents and outcomes of leisure time physical activity for mainland Chinese international students in Canada
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The purpose of this research was to examine the physical activity of mainland Chinese international students in Canada. Particularly, the relationships between physical activity, social cognitive variables (i.e., self-efficacy, social support, intention, access), mental health (i.e., stress,...