Peter Crocker

Peter Crocker, Professor

Position / Job Title:

Professor

Position Type:

Faculty

Email:

peter.crocker@ubc.ca

Office Location:

War Memorial Gym - Room 220A

Phone:

604-822-5580

FAX:

604-822-6842

Faculty Info

Lab Website:

Exercise and Sport Psychology Lab

Curriculum Vitae / Background:

Simon Fraser University, B.A. Psychology/Kinesiology 1980
Simon Fraser University, M.Sc. Kinesiology (Psychomotor Learning) 1982
University of Alberta, Ph.D. Physical Education (Sport Psychology and Skill Acquisition) 1988

Specialization:

Sport & Exercise Psychology - Stress, Coping and Emotion; Physical Self

Courses Taught:

HKIN 231 – Sport and Exercise Psychology
HKIN 371 – Introduction to Statistics
HKIN 564 – Behavioural aspects of sport

Research:

Dr. Crocker's research focuses on the area of human adaptation in sport and exercise. His primary area of research investigates stress, coping, and emotion processes in adolescent and high performance athletes (Funded by SSHRC). This research is attempting to determine how athletes cope with various stressors and the role of relatively stable personality factors. Present work is examining how aspects of perfectionism influence how athletes appraise and cope with competition stress and the subsequent impact on goal achievement and emotion. Ongoing work in the laboratory by graduate students is examining how self-compassion might be used a coping resource, the role of passion in the coping process in relation to goal achievement and burn-out, the link between exercise / physical activity and types of well-being, examining the transition process for athletes selected or deselected from teams, and predicting self-conscious emotions related to the body. We are also interested in issues around perceptions of physical self and body image concerns in motivation and emotion.

Selected Published Refereed Papers/Publications:

Publications since 2005

Mack, D.E., Wilson, P.M., Oster, K.G., Kowalski, K.C.., Crocker, P.R.E. & Sylvester, B.D. (Accepted May).Well-being in volleyball players: Examining the contributions of independent and balanced psychological need satisfaction. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Ferguson, L. J., Kowalski, K. C., Mack, D. E., Wilson, P. M., & Crocker, P. R. E. (accepted, May). Women's health-enhancing physical activity and eudaimonic well-being. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.

Geh, C.L.M, Beauchamp, M.R., Crocker, P.R.E. & Carpenter, M.G. (2011). Assessed and Distressed: White-coat Effects on Clinical Balance Performance. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 70, 45-51.

Brunet, J., McDonough, M., Hadd, V., Crocker, P. R. E., & Sabiston, C. M. (2010).The Posttraumatic Growth Inventory: An Examination of the Factor Structure and Invariance among Breast Cancer Survivors. Psycho-Oncology. 19, 830-838

McDonough, M.H., Sabiston, C.M., Sedgwick, W.A., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2010). Changes in intrinsic motivation and physical activity among overweight women in a 12-week dragon boat exercise intervention study. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 19, 33-46.

Sabiston, C. M., Rusticus, S., Brunet, J., McDonough, M., Hadd, V., Hubley, A., & Crocker, P. (2010). Does an experience with breast cancer alter the measurement of body image? Testing the invariance of the MBSRQ with healthy women and breast cancer survivors. Quality of Life Research, 19, 1171-1180.

Sabiston, C. M., Brunet, J., Kowalski, K. C., Wilson, P., Mack, D. E. & Crocker, P. R. E. (2010). The role of body-related self-conscious emotions in motivating women’s physical activity. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 32, 417-437.

Hadd,V., Sabiston,C.M., McDonough,M.H., Crocker, P.R.E. Sources of Stress for Breast Cancer Survivors involved in Dragon Boating: Examining Associations with Treatment Characteristics and Self-esteem. Journal of Women’s Health, 19, 1345-1353.

Crocker, P.R.E. & Augaitis, L. (2010). Commitment in Age Class Adult Triathletes: Examining Gender Differences in the Sport Commitment Model. International Journal of Sport Psychology.41, 177-194.

Hoar, S.D., Crocker, P.R.E., Holt, N.L., & Tamminen, K.A. (2010). Gender Differences in Adolescent Athletes’ Coping with Interpersonal Stressors in Sport: More Similarities than Differences? Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 22, 134-149

Sabiston, C. M., McDonough, M. H., Sedgwick, W. A., Crocker, P. R. E. (2009). Muscle gains and emotional strains: Conflicting experiences of change among overweight women participating in an exercise intervention program. Qualitative Health Research, 19, 466-480.

Ramanathan, S. & Crocker, P.R.E.. (2009).The Influence of Family and Culture on Physical Activity Among Female Adolescents From the Indian Diaspora. Qualitative Health Research, 19, 492-503.

Reid, G., Vallerand, R.J., Poulin, C., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2009). The Development and Validation of the Pictorial Motivation Scale in Physical Activity. Motivation and Emotion, 33, 161-172.

McDonough, M.H., Sabiston, C.M., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2008). A Qualitative Examination of Psychosocial Changes among Breast Cancer Survivors in their First Season of Dragon Boating. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 20, 1-16.

Kyrejto, J. W., Mosewich, A. D., Kowalski, K. C., Mack, D. E., & Crocker, P. R. E. (2008). Men’s and women’s drive for muscularity: Gender differences and cognitive and behavioural correlates. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 6, 69-84.

Sabiston, C.M., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2008). Examining an integrative model of physical activity and healthy eating self-perceptions and behaviors among adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42, 64-72.

McHugh, T.-L.F., Kowalski, K. C., Mack, D. E., Crocker, P.R.E., Junkin, S. E., Lejbak, L. K., & Martin, S. (2008). Young women's experiences of social physique anxiety. Feminism & Psychology, 18, 231-252.

Sabiston, C.M., & Crocker P.R.E. (2008). Exploring self-perceptions and social influences as correlates of adolescent leisure-time physical activity. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 30, 3-22.

Hadd, V. & Crocker, P.R.E. (2007). The effect of stress-related factors on post-performance affects in competitive adolescent swimmers.International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 5, 142-157.

Mack, D.E., Strong, H., Kowalski, K.C.,& Crocker, P.R.E. (2007). Does Friendship Matter? An Examination of Social Physique Anxiety in Adolescence. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37, 1248-1264.

Mack, D.E., Strong, H. Kowalski, K.C., & Crocker. P.R.E.. (2007). Self-presentational motives in eating disordered behavior: A known groups difference approach. Eating Behaviours, 8, 98-105.

McDonough, M.H., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2007). Testing self-determined motivation as a mediator of the relationship between psychological needs and affective and behavioral outcomes.Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 29, 645-663.

Sabiston, C.M., McDonough, M.H., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2007) Psycho-social experiences of breast cancer survivors involved in a dragon boat program: exploring links to positive psychological growth. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 29, 419-438.

Sabiston, C.M., W.A. Sedgwick, W.A., Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K.C. & Mack, D.E. (2007). Social physique anxiety in adolescence: an exploration of influences, coping strategies, and health behaviours. Journal of Adolescent Research, 22, 78-101.

Kowalski, K.C., Mack, D.E., Crocker, P.R.E., Niefer C.B., & Fleming, T.L. (2006).Coping with social physique anxiety in adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health(Vol. 39, Issue 2, Online Pages 275.e9-275.e16).

Crocker, P.R.E., Sabiston, C.M., Kowalski, N., Kowalski, K.C., & McDonough, M.H. (2006). Longitudinal assessment of the relationship between physical self-concept and health related behaviour and emotion in adolescent girls. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 18, 185-200.

Kowalski, K. C., Crocker, P. R. E., Hoar, S. D., & Niefer, C. B. (2005). Adolescents' control beliefs and coping with stress in sport. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 36, 257-272.

Sabiston, C.M., Munroe, K.J., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2005). Examining current-ideal discrepancy scores and exercise motivations as predictors of social physique anxiety in exercising females. Journal of Sport Behavior, 28. 1-18.

McDonough, M.H., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2005). Sport participation motivation in young adolescent girls: The role of friendship quality and self-concept. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76, 456-467.

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