Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Editor’s Note

Preface

Opening Chapter

Chapter 1. Towards a Fully Functioning Humanity
(Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, CA, USA)

Life Skills

Chapter 2. Life Skills Programs: What Makes them Work?
(Martin I. Jones and John K. Parker, School of Sport & Exercise, University of Gloucestershire, UK)

Chapter 3. Positive Human Development: Teaching Positive Living Skills to Children and Youth
(Terry Orlick, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Canada)

Chapter 4. Promoting Life Skills in Children and Youth: Applications to Sport Contexts
(Daniel Gould and Scott Westfall, Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, Michigan State University, MI, USA)

Chapter 5. Human Development Programming: Fostering Well-Being throughout Adulthood
(Tanya Forneris, Tanya Halsall, Corliss Bean and Steven J. Danish, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Canada)

Exercise

Chapter 6. Predicting and Changing Exercise Behavior: Bridging the Information-Intention-Behavior Gap
(James E. Maddux and Kimberley Dawson, Department of Psychology. George Mason University, Washington, DC, USA and others)

Chapter 7. Social Factors in Exercise Settings
(Kimberley L. Gammage and Larkin Lamarche, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada)

Chapter 8. Exercise and its Relationship to Psychological Health and Well-Being
(Ali A. Weinstein, Susan E. Lydick and Sukanya Biswabharati, Center for the Study of Chronic Illness and Disability, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Washington, DC, USA and others)

Index