What are the Psychological Benefits of Sports & Exercise?
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Who is Voicu Mihnea?
01:41 The structure of this mini-lecture
02:10 Physical fitness & wellbeing self-evaluation
03:05 Similarities between schools and prisons
05:27 Study 1 – Where are we?
09:54 Study 2 – Let’s be social!
11:09 Study 3 – It cannot be all good, can it?
13:09 A challenge for you
14:25 Wrap up & References
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Study 1
Woods, D., Breslin, G., & Hassan, D. (2017). Positive collateral damage or purposeful design: How sport-based interventions impact the psychological well-being of people in prison. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 12, 152-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2017.09.005
Study 2
Eime, R.M., Young, J.A., Harvey, J.T., Payne, W. (2013). Psychological and social benefits of sport participation: The development of health through sport conceptual model. Journal of Science and medicine in Sport, 16, 1, E79-E80.
Study 3
Mills, K., Dudley, D., & Collins, N. J. (2019). Do the benefits of participation in sport and exercise outweigh the negatives? An academic review. Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology, 33(1), 172–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.berh.2019.01.015
Voicu Mihnea Simandan is a Certified Positive Psychology & Mindfulness
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