Peter R.E. Crocker

TL;DR: Examination of patterns of within-person change, and associations of change, in global self-esteem, physical self-perceptions, and physical activity in a sample of 705 Canadian adolescent girls found change in GSE and PSP was moderately to strongly related on a between-person level and weakly to moderately associated on a within- person level.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether perceived variety in exercise prospectively predicts unique variance in exercise behavior when examined alongside satisfaction of the needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy, through the mediating role of autonomous and controlled motivation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of using theory-driven research in sport and exercise psychology using individuals with physical disabilities are discussed, and the cognitively oriented theories of transactional stress and emotion (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984), attributional theory (Weiner, 1985), and theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985) are outlined.

TL;DR: Results indicate PSC and shame proneness are important in predicting body-related emotions, but the role of specific attributions is still unclear.