Kevin S Spink
Biographic Data
| ID | 1562997 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin S Spink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin S |
| FAMILY NAME | Spink |
| SIGNATURE | SPINK K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3286-8501 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Haptic input and balance control: An exploratory study examining normative messaging
This study examined the effect of descriptive norm messaging information on the relationship between haptic input and balance control. Participants were randomly assigned to either a message group where they balanced with haptic input after receiving a descriptive norm message about the positive effect of haptic input or a control group. Findings from an analysis of covariance revealed a significant difference between the two groups. Those in the…
Do Members of a Winning Soccer Team Engage in More Communication Than a Losing Team? A Single-Game Study of Two Competing Teams
Emerging evidence suggests that team success is associated with communication among group members. This study built on those findings by examining the degree to which members on a winning ( n = 13) and a losing ( n = 13) men’s soccer team exchanged task-related information during a single head-to-head game. Social network analysis was used to compute athlete information exchange at the individual and team levels by asking players to identify the …
Team Member Communication and Perceived Cohesion in Youth Soccer
Although it is assumed that athletes need to consider the member-to-member interactions that take place within a team before drawing an accurate perception about the team’s level of cohesion, little research to date has addressed this assumption. The purpose of this study was to examine the intrateam communication and cohesion relationship to determine which types of communication would be associated with perceived task and social cohesiveness in…
Physical activity lapses and parental social control: ‘It’s not such a bad thing’
While adolescents’ physical activity lapses and their parents’ reactions to lapses have been examined, little is known about the context and cues surrounding these lapses. Using qualitative methods, we explored the lapses and cues that parents used to respond to these lapses in seven parent–adolescent dyads. Each participant participated in a semi-structured dyad interview followed by an individual interview. Two themes emerged in the description…
Theory of Planned Behavior and Intention to Exercise: Effects of Setting
This provides support for the suggestion that the effect of PBC on exercise intention would be moderated by setting
Is Level of Pain Acceptance Differentially Related to Social Cognitions and Behavior? The Case of Active Women with Arthritis
Pain from arthritis is a barrier to physical activity (PA), yet some people still manage to be active. This study examined whether women with greater or weaker arthritis pain acceptance were distinguished by social cognitions (self-regulatory efficacy to overcome barriers; outcome expectations of PA) and whether PA differences existed. Women with arthritis ( N = 118) completed two surveys. After controlling for pain, a hierarchical discriminant f…
Varying the cause of a challenge to exercise identity behaviour: Reactions of individuals of differing identity strength
Research shows that people with stronger exercise identity (EXID) exhibit greater negative affect and self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) when behaviour is inconsistent with identity. However, related attributions have not been examined. Using social cognitive and identity theories, we examined causes of failing to exercise. In a two (EXID: stronger, weaker) by two (Cause: personally-controllable, situational) design, participants ( N = 224) were rand…
Self-regulatory Efficacy as a Mediator between Attributions and Intention for Health-related Physical Activity
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether self-regulatory efficacy would mediate the relationship between individual attributional dimensions for typical exercise levels and intentions to maintain these levels during final exams among university students. Using a prospective design, participants completed measures of attributions for typical activity levels, self-regulatory efficacy and intention to be active during a forthcoming ex…
Attributions and Self-regulatory Efficacy for Health-related Physical Activity
Two studies were conducted to examine associations among past activity behaviour, attributions and self-regulatory efficacy for maintaining physical activity sufficient for health benefits. The studies differed in that success for being sufficiently active for health benefits was externally referenced in the first study, but not in the second. In both studies, results revealed that attributional dimensions improved the prediction of self-regulato…
Strength of Exercise Identity and Identity-Exercise Consistency: Affective and Social Cognitive Relationships
This study examined Identity Theory hypotheses about identity-behaviour consistency. Exercise-identity strength and judgments about consistency were hypothesized to relate to perceptions of percent consistency and frequency of vigorous exercise. Identity strength and percent consistency were hypothesized to interact in their relationship with affective reactions to extent of consistency. Measures of exercise-identity strength, perceived consisten…
Examining Physician Counselling to Promote the Adoption of Physical Activity
Youth and Adolescent Physical Activity Lapsers: Examining Self-efficacy as a Mediator of the Relationship between Family Social Influence and Physical Activity
The present study examined whether self-efficacy mediates the relationship between family social influence and physical activity among youth who have experienced a recent lapse in their physical activity participation. Using a prospective, longitudinal design, participants completed measures of social influence, self-regulatory efficacy and physical activity. Only those participants whose physical activity declined were retained for further analy…
Factors That Influence Physical Activity Participation Among High- and Low-SES Youth
Researchers have rarely addressed the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and physical activity fromthe perspective of youth. To illuminate the factors that youth fromlowand high-SES areas consider important to increase physical activity participation among their peers, 160 youth (12-18 years) participated in small focus group interviews. Guiding questions centered on the general theme, "If you were the one in charge of increasing the…
Factors That Influence Physical Activity Participation Among High- and Low-SES Youth
Researchers have rarely addressed the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and physical activity fromthe perspective of youth. To illuminate the factors that youth fromlowand high-SES areas consider important to increase physical activity participation among their peers, 160 youth (12-18 years) participated in small focus group interviews. Guiding questions centered on the general theme, "If you were the one in charge of increasing the…
Youth and Adolescent Physical Activity Lapsers: Examining Self-efficacy as a Mediator of the Relationship between Family Social Influence and Physical Activity
The present study examined whether self-efficacy mediates the relationship between family social influence and physical activity among youth who have experienced a recent lapse in their physical activity participation. Using a prospective, longitudinal design, participants completed measures of social influence, self-regulatory efficacy and physical activity. Only those participants whose physical activity declined were retained for further analy…
Is Level of Pain Acceptance Differentially Related to Social Cognitions and Behavior? The Case of Active Women with Arthritis
Pain from arthritis is a barrier to physical activity (PA), yet some people still manage to be active. This study examined whether women with greater or weaker arthritis pain acceptance were distinguished by social cognitions (self-regulatory efficacy to overcome barriers; outcome expectations of PA) and whether PA differences existed. Women with arthritis ( N = 118) completed two surveys. After controlling for pain, a hierarchical discriminant f…
Varying the cause of a challenge to exercise identity behaviour: Reactions of individuals of differing identity strength
Research shows that people with stronger exercise identity (EXID) exhibit greater negative affect and self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) when behaviour is inconsistent with identity. However, related attributions have not been examined. Using social cognitive and identity theories, we examined causes of failing to exercise. In a two (EXID: stronger, weaker) by two (Cause: personally-controllable, situational) design, participants ( N = 224) were rand…
Strength of Exercise Identity and Identity-Exercise Consistency: Affective and Social Cognitive Relationships
This study examined Identity Theory hypotheses about identity-behaviour consistency. Exercise-identity strength and judgments about consistency were hypothesized to relate to perceptions of percent consistency and frequency of vigorous exercise. Identity strength and percent consistency were hypothesized to interact in their relationship with affective reactions to extent of consistency. Measures of exercise-identity strength, perceived consisten…
Self-regulatory Efficacy as a Mediator between Attributions and Intention for Health-related Physical Activity
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether self-regulatory efficacy would mediate the relationship between individual attributional dimensions for typical exercise levels and intentions to maintain these levels during final exams among university students. Using a prospective design, participants completed measures of attributions for typical activity levels, self-regulatory efficacy and intention to be active during a forthcoming ex…
Examining Physician Counselling to Promote the Adoption of Physical Activity
Factors That Influence Physical Activity Participation Among High- and Low-SES Youth
Researchers have rarely addressed the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and physical activity fromthe perspective of youth. To illuminate the factors that youth fromlowand high-SES areas consider important to increase physical activity participation among their peers, 160 youth (12-18 years) participated in small focus group interviews. Guiding questions centered on the general theme, "If you were the one in charge of increasing the…
Examining Physician Counselling to Promote the Adoption of Physical Activity
Youth and Adolescent Physical Activity Lapsers: Examining Self-efficacy as a Mediator of the Relationship between Family Social Influence and Physical Activity
The present study examined whether self-efficacy mediates the relationship between family social influence and physical activity among youth who have experienced a recent lapse in their physical activity participation. Using a prospective, longitudinal design, participants completed measures of social influence, self-regulatory efficacy and physical activity. Only those participants whose physical activity declined were retained for further analy…
Strength of Exercise Identity and Identity-Exercise Consistency: Affective and Social Cognitive Relationships
This study examined Identity Theory hypotheses about identity-behaviour consistency. Exercise-identity strength and judgments about consistency were hypothesized to relate to perceptions of percent consistency and frequency of vigorous exercise. Identity strength and percent consistency were hypothesized to interact in their relationship with affective reactions to extent of consistency. Measures of exercise-identity strength, perceived consisten…
Self-regulatory Efficacy as a Mediator between Attributions and Intention for Health-related Physical Activity
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether self-regulatory efficacy would mediate the relationship between individual attributional dimensions for typical exercise levels and intentions to maintain these levels during final exams among university students. Using a prospective design, participants completed measures of attributions for typical activity levels, self-regulatory efficacy and intention to be active during a forthcoming ex…
Attributions and Self-regulatory Efficacy for Health-related Physical Activity
Two studies were conducted to examine associations among past activity behaviour, attributions and self-regulatory efficacy for maintaining physical activity sufficient for health benefits. The studies differed in that success for being sufficiently active for health benefits was externally referenced in the first study, but not in the second. In both studies, results revealed that attributional dimensions improved the prediction of self-regulato…
Is Level of Pain Acceptance Differentially Related to Social Cognitions and Behavior? The Case of Active Women with Arthritis
Pain from arthritis is a barrier to physical activity (PA), yet some people still manage to be active. This study examined whether women with greater or weaker arthritis pain acceptance were distinguished by social cognitions (self-regulatory efficacy to overcome barriers; outcome expectations of PA) and whether PA differences existed. Women with arthritis ( N = 118) completed two surveys. After controlling for pain, a hierarchical discriminant f…
Varying the cause of a challenge to exercise identity behaviour: Reactions of individuals of differing identity strength
Research shows that people with stronger exercise identity (EXID) exhibit greater negative affect and self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) when behaviour is inconsistent with identity. However, related attributions have not been examined. Using social cognitive and identity theories, we examined causes of failing to exercise. In a two (EXID: stronger, weaker) by two (Cause: personally-controllable, situational) design, participants ( N = 224) were rand…
Theory of Planned Behavior and Intention to Exercise: Effects of Setting
This provides support for the suggestion that the effect of PBC on exercise intention would be moderated by setting
Physical activity lapses and parental social control: ‘It’s not such a bad thing’
While adolescents’ physical activity lapses and their parents’ reactions to lapses have been examined, little is known about the context and cues surrounding these lapses. Using qualitative methods, we explored the lapses and cues that parents used to respond to these lapses in seven parent–adolescent dyads. Each participant participated in a semi-structured dyad interview followed by an individual interview. Two themes emerged in the description…
Team Member Communication and Perceived Cohesion in Youth Soccer
Although it is assumed that athletes need to consider the member-to-member interactions that take place within a team before drawing an accurate perception about the team’s level of cohesion, little research to date has addressed this assumption. The purpose of this study was to examine the intrateam communication and cohesion relationship to determine which types of communication would be associated with perceived task and social cohesiveness in…
Do Members of a Winning Soccer Team Engage in More Communication Than a Losing Team? A Single-Game Study of Two Competing Teams
Emerging evidence suggests that team success is associated with communication among group members. This study built on those findings by examining the degree to which members on a winning ( n = 13) and a losing ( n = 13) men’s soccer team exchanged task-related information during a single head-to-head game. Social network analysis was used to compute athlete information exchange at the individual and team levels by asking players to identify the …
Haptic input and balance control: An exploratory study examining normative messaging
This study examined the effect of descriptive norm messaging information on the relationship between haptic input and balance control. Participants were randomly assigned to either a message group where they balanced with haptic input after receiving a descriptive norm message about the positive effect of haptic input or a control group. Findings from an analysis of covariance revealed a significant difference between the two groups. Those in the…
Psychology (12 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (9 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (5 works) · Physical activity (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Attribution (3 works)