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| Question | Answer |
| Exercise adherence What makes people adhere to exercise? | Personal factors Environmental factors |
| Exercise adherence | 50% of participants drop out within first 6 months (Weinberg & Gould, 2008) Sallis et al (1990) 40% had experienced a relapse in exercise....... |
| Lack of time Work demands Lack of interest Family demands Weather Injury | Perceived? |
| Personal factors | Demographic variables: education ethnicity gender income |
| Affect | Both survey and experimental research provides support for the well publicised statement that 'exercise makes you feel good' (Fox, 1999) |
| Affect | Operationally defined as decreases in state anxiety an increase in vigour or general improvement in various mood states (Ekkekakis & Acevedo, 2006) |
| How does exercise make you happy? | -Dopamine reward systems -Stimulates release of dopamine -Dopamine is associated with stimulation of the brains pleasure centre -Can lead to improved effective states |
| What is the causal chain? (Ekkekakis & Lind, 2006) | |
| What is the dual-mode model? | |
| Environmental factors | Social environment -family -friends -practicioners Spouse's attitude > individuals attitude (Dishman, 1994) |
| Environmental factors | Physical environment Perceived convenience, proximity on adherence to exercise (King, Blair & Bild, 1992) |
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