Physical Activity in Natural Settings: Green and Blue Exercise
Editat de Aoife A. Donnelly, Tadhg E. MacIntyreen Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 oct 2019
Divided over four sections, the book assesses the current research landscape, explores the underlying psychological and physiological mechanisms of the benefits of green exercise, details applied examples of physical activity in natural settings, and suggests future directions for research and practice. It features contributions from experts from around the world and covers topics including:
- Self-determination, nature and wellbeing
- Visual cognition and multisensory stimuli
- Nature’s role in growing resilience
- Physical education and nature
- Mindfulness and green exercise
- Positive psychology and pro-environmental behaviour
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138894310
ISBN-10: 1138894311
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 13 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138894311
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 13 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Further/Vocational Education, Postgraduate, and UndergraduateCuprins
PART I: The Research Landscape
1. Friend or Foe: Salutogenic Possibilities of the Environment
2. Societal Challenges, Methodological Issues and Transdisciplinary Approaches
3. Known knowns: a systematic review of the effects of green exercise compared with exercising indoors
4. The green exercise concept: Two intertwining pathways to health and well-being
5. Meaning, Nature, And Well-Being
Part II: Possible Mechanisms
6. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Nature: From Motor Cognition to Grounded Cognition
7. Affective responses to natural environments: From Everyday Engagement to Therapeutic Impact
8. A Remedy for Boredom: Natural Environments as a Psychological Resource
9. Growing Resilience through Connecting with Nature
Part III: Case Studies
10. From Tracks to Trails: Case Studies in Green Exercise
11. Immersion, Watersports and Blueways and the Blue Mind: Case Studies in Blue Exercise
12. Why outdoors? A systematic approach to examine and value the social benefits of outdoor sports
13. ‘Doing’ Adventure: The Mental Health Benefits of using Occupational Therapy Approaches in Adventure Therapy Settings
14. Greening education: Education outside the classroom in natural settings as a school-based health promotion approach for children and young people
Part IV: Future Pathways
15. Future-Thinking through Technological Nature: Connecting or Disconnecting
16. "Dreadmills": Is there such a thing as sustainable exercise
17. Mindfulness and Green Exercise: Enhancing Our Relationship with Physical Activity and the Natural World
18. Nature-based Interventions Cities: A Look Ahead
1. Friend or Foe: Salutogenic Possibilities of the Environment
2. Societal Challenges, Methodological Issues and Transdisciplinary Approaches
3. Known knowns: a systematic review of the effects of green exercise compared with exercising indoors
4. The green exercise concept: Two intertwining pathways to health and well-being
5. Meaning, Nature, And Well-Being
Part II: Possible Mechanisms
6. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Nature: From Motor Cognition to Grounded Cognition
7. Affective responses to natural environments: From Everyday Engagement to Therapeutic Impact
8. A Remedy for Boredom: Natural Environments as a Psychological Resource
9. Growing Resilience through Connecting with Nature
Part III: Case Studies
10. From Tracks to Trails: Case Studies in Green Exercise
11. Immersion, Watersports and Blueways and the Blue Mind: Case Studies in Blue Exercise
12. Why outdoors? A systematic approach to examine and value the social benefits of outdoor sports
13. ‘Doing’ Adventure: The Mental Health Benefits of using Occupational Therapy Approaches in Adventure Therapy Settings
14. Greening education: Education outside the classroom in natural settings as a school-based health promotion approach for children and young people
Part IV: Future Pathways
15. Future-Thinking through Technological Nature: Connecting or Disconnecting
16. "Dreadmills": Is there such a thing as sustainable exercise
17. Mindfulness and Green Exercise: Enhancing Our Relationship with Physical Activity and the Natural World
18. Nature-based Interventions Cities: A Look Ahead
Notă biografică
Aoife A. Donnelly is a Lecturer in the School of Food Science and Environmental Health at the Technical University, Dublin, Ireland. Previously, she was an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded post-doctoral researcher and developed an operational real time air quality forecast model using integrated parametric and non-parametric regression techniques. Her PhD studies explored background air pollution concentration variations across Ireland. She is a founding member of the GO GREEN (Going Outdoors: Gathering Research Evidence on Emotions and Nature) research initiative.
Tadhg E. MacIntyre is a Lecturer with the Health Research Institute and course director for the Masters in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Since 2011, he has been an HCPC accredited practitioner in sport psychology in the UK and has been a member of the Irish Institute of Sport quality assurance panel since 2007. Previously, he has conducted funded research for the following agencies: World Anti-Doping Agency, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, the British Psychological Society, Erasmus + European Union funding and he is a member of the Strategic Level Expert Advisory Board of the H2020 project Re-Nature. He is a founding member of the GO GREEN (Going Outdoors: Gathering Research Evidence on Emotions and Nature) research initiative.
Tadhg E. MacIntyre is a Lecturer with the Health Research Institute and course director for the Masters in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Since 2011, he has been an HCPC accredited practitioner in sport psychology in the UK and has been a member of the Irish Institute of Sport quality assurance panel since 2007. Previously, he has conducted funded research for the following agencies: World Anti-Doping Agency, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, the British Psychological Society, Erasmus + European Union funding and he is a member of the Strategic Level Expert Advisory Board of the H2020 project Re-Nature. He is a founding member of the GO GREEN (Going Outdoors: Gathering Research Evidence on Emotions and Nature) research initiative.
Descriere
Physical Activity in Natural Settings includes multi-disciplinary, international research on physical activity, health and the natural environment, with evidence-based guidance on implementing solutions at individual, patient and population levels. The book explores psychological and physiological mechanisms of the benefits of green exercise.