Module manager: Dr Alison Divine
Email: A.Divine@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Background in Sport Psychology, (e.g. SPSC 1216 and 2214) or passed at least Level 1 of a Psychology undergraduate degree.
This module is not approved as a discovery module
On completion of the module students will be able to:
- Critically analyze research in the field of exercise and health psychology;
- Describe the key theoretical models underpinning behaviour change;
- Demonstrate an understanding of how exercise is used as an intervention to promote psychological health;
- Critically review the maladaptive consequences of exercise on psychological health;
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of exercise prescription from a psychological perspective;
- Qualitatively analyse experiences of sedentary behaviour and provide recommendations to enhance exercise adherence.
In this module, students will explore a variety of topics related to exercise and psychological health.
These will include:
- exercise and quality of life;
- exercise and self-perceptions;
- mood and exercise;
- models of exercise behaviour;
- strategies and interventions to enhance exercise adherence;
- dose-response debate;
- exercise dependence;
- body image and eating disorders in sport and exercise.
Many of these will be analysed in relation to the 'normal' population and a clinical population (eg clinically depressed or anxious individuals).
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Seminar | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Private study hours | 84 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 16 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
- 3 hours reading per lecture: 30 hours
- Poster preparation: 25 hours
- Essay preparation - 25 hours
- Self-directed learning: 4 hours.
- Formative feedback from seminar (weeks 2-5)
- Poster and video presentation feedback (week 10).
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | Poster and video presentation | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
This is a compulsory pass element on the module. You will not gain credits if this is not completed successfully. Failure to complete this work to pass standard will result in a V code being appended to the final module mark.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 20/08/2024
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