John C. Spence, PhD
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation
E-424 Van Vliet Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H9
Voice: 780-492-1379
Fax: 780-492-2364
E-mail: jc.spence@ualberta.ca
Education:
Ph.D., Exercise
Science, Concordia
University (1998)
M.A., Physical Education (Sport Psychology), McGill University
(1991)
B.A., Psychology, McGill
University (1987)
Research Interests:
Determinants of physical
activity, ecological models, self-esteem and exercise, meta-analysis, obesity
Recent Publications:
Spence, J. C., &
Blanchard, C. M. (2001). Effect of pretesting on feeling states and
self-efficacy in acute exercise. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport,
72, 310-314.
Spence, J. C., &
Blanchard, C. M. (2001). Publication bias in sport and exercise psychology
research: The games we play. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 32, 386-399.
Spence,
J. C., & Lee, R. E.
(2003). Toward a comprehensive model of physical activity. Psychology of
Sport and Exercise, 4, 7-24.
Spence,
J. C., Plotnikoff, R.
C., & Mummery, W. K (2002). The awareness and use of Canada’s Physical
Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living. Canadian Journal of Public Health,
93, 394-396.
Blanchard, C. M., Rodgers,
W. M, Courneya, K. S., & Spence, J.
C. (2002). Moderators of the exercise/ feeling state relationship: The
influence of self-efficacy, baseline and in-task feeling states at moderate and
high intensity exercise. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1379-1395.
Fein, A., Plotnikoff, R.,
Wild, C., & Spence, J. C.
(in press). Perceived environment and physical activity in youth. Manuscript
submitted for publication. International
Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
Mummery, W. K., Schofield, G., & Spence, J. C. (2002). The epidemiology
of medically attended sport and recreational injuries in Queensland. Journal of Science and Medicine in
Sport, 5, 307-320.
Rhodes, R. E., Plotnikoff, R. C. & Spence, J. C. (in press). Creating
parsimony at the expense of precision? Conceptual and applied issues of
aggregating belief-based constructs in physical activity. Health Education
Research.
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