Peter R.E. Crocker

TL;DR: This article used an interpretative phenomenological perspective to qualitatively examine changes in body image and social support experienced by novice participants in breast cancer survivor dragon boating programs and found that participants typically experienced increased perceptions of strength and fitness, and a shift towards discussing body image with respect to fitness, strength and musculature rather than weight and appearance.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that increased engagement in health-enhancing physical activity represents one factor associated with greater well-being, and continued investigation of basic psychological need fulfilment as one mechanism underpinning the HEPA-well-being relationship appears justified.

TL;DR: This article explored how elite women athletes perceived and experienced mental toughness and self-compassion and their compatibility in the pursuit of athletic success and stress management, and found that common humanity, mindfulness, and selfkindness were also key to coping with sport-related adversity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the 2 × 2 model of perfectionism to predict competition-related stress variables in intercollegiate athletes and found that pure personal standards perfectionism was associated with better outcomes than pure evaluative concerns perfectionism.

TL;DR: Exercise-related variety support holds potential to be an efficacious method for facilitating greater exercise adherence behaviors of previously inactive people by fostering perceptions of variety.