Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0450555

Funded Activity Summary

Psychological determinants of physical activity across the life span and critical life-stage transitions: Cross-sectional, longitudinal causal modelling, and experimental interventions. Increasingly, sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity are major worldwide health problems. Despite well-established health benefits of physical activity, existing medical-oriented interventions have had limited effects on increasing population-levels of activity. We propose a psychological approach, emphasizing quality of subjective experience (flow), motivation, physical self-concept, and the transtheoretical model of change. We will evaluate psychological determinants of health-related physical activity and implement experimental physical activity enhancing interventions at two critical life stages: for late-adolescents and older Australians. The proposal advances theory and methodology in a National Research Priority area, providing practical solutions to important societal problems with socioeconomic benefits for Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $330,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sport And Exercise Psychology | Educational Psychology | Psychology | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Education and training not elsewhere classified | Health related to ageing | Behaviour and health

Other Keywords

Behaviour and health | Education and training not elsewhere classified | Educational Psychology | Health related to ageing | Health, Clinical And Counselling Psychology | Psychology | Sport And Exercise Psychology

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