Abstract
Increased interest in the promotion of well-being has presented new opportunities for health researchers to investigate factors that enhance (or diminish) this optimal functional state. Physical activity has been advanced as one lifestyle behavior linked with increased well-being (Biddle SJH, Murtie N, Psychology of physical activity: determinants, well-being and interventions, 2nd edn. Routledge, London, 2008). Closer inspection of this literature, however, suggests that the relationship may be more complex than is portrayed. Therefore, the aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the physical activity – well-being literature with evidence attesting to this relationship in individuals living with osteoporosis. In this overview, historical approaches linked to quality of life which have dominated the literature will first be documented. Evidence will then be extended to more contemporary approaches of well-being–namely those linked with feeling good and positive psychological functioning. A second focus will be recommendations for health researchers which address the specific limitations and gaps currently noted in the literature expressly designed to examine this relationship. Issues spanning conceptual problems, measurement issues and insight into mechanisms theorized to promote well-being are advanced and discussed. Given the importance of well-being outcomes, researchers are encouraged to adopt these recommendations in an effort to advance our understanding of well-being as it pertains to physical activity in individuals living with osteoporosis.
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Mack, D.E., Wilson, P.M., Gunnell, K.E. (2018). Moving Physical Activity Research: From Quality of Life to Positive Psychological Functioning in Individuals Living with Osteoporosis. In: Rodriguez de la Vega, L., Toscano, W. (eds) Handbook of Leisure, Physical Activity, Sports, Recreation and Quality of Life. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75529-8_22
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