Peter Crocker

		Office:	War Memorial Gym - Room 220A
		Phone:	604-822-5580
		Fax:	604-822-6842
		Lab:	Sport and Exercise Psychology Lab
		EMail:	peter.crocker@ubc.ca
Professor

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) 1988

Specialization

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

Courses Taught

Research

Dr. Crocker’s research focuses on four interrelated areas. First research is investigating stress and coping processes in adolescent athletes (Funded by SSHRC). This research is attempting to determine how adolescent athletes cope with various stressors and the role of social support. Future research will be directed towards understanding how friendship qualities and social maturity influence coping. A second line of research is investigating how adolescents‘ perceptions of their physical self are related to health behaviors such as dietary restraint, smoking, physical activity, and anxiety Previous work involved a three year longitudinal study with 700 adolescent girls that tracked changes (Funded by Heart & Stroke). New research is investigating how adolescents cope with body anxiety in social settings and why different individuals choose healthy or unhealthy ways to manage such anxiety (funded by Sask Health & SSHRC). A third line of research is investigating motivated behavior in Special Olympics Athletes (funded by Canadian & B.C. Special Olympics). Lastly, we have examined the validity and feasibility of physical activity assessment instruments in various populations.

Publications

Publications since 1997

Farrell, R.J., Crocker, P.R.E., McDonough, M.H., & Sedgwick, W.A. (2004). The Driving Force: Motivation in Special Olympians. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 153-166.

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

Crocker, P., Kowalski, K., Hoar, S, & McDonough, M . (2004) Emotions in sport across adulthood. In M. Weiss (Ed.), Developmental sport and exercise psychology: A lifespan perspective (pp.333-356). Morgan Town WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Crocker, P., Hoar, S., & McDonough, M., Kowalski, K., & Niefer, C.B. (2004). Emotional Experience in Youth Sport. In M. Weiss (Ed.), Developmental sport and exercise psychology: A lifespan perspective (pp.197-222). Morgan Town WV: Fitness Information Technology

Crocker, P.R.E., Sabiston, C., Forrestor, S., Kowalski, N.C. Kowalski, K.C. & McDonough, M. (2003). Predicting change in physical activity, dietary restraint, and physique anxiety in adolescent girls: Examining covariance in physical self-perceptions. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 94, 332-337.

Kowalski, K. C., Crocker, P. R. E., Kowalski, N. P., Chad, K. E., & Humbert, M. L. (2003).  Examining the physical self in adolescent girls over time:  Further evidence against the hierarchical model.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 25, 5-18.

Campbell , KL, Crocker, PRE, McKenzie DC (2002). Field evaluation of energy expenditure in women using Tritrac accelerometers. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33, 1667- 1674.

Sabiston , C.M., Sedgwick, W., Farrell, R., Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K.C., Stevens, D. (2003). Body-related anxiety and coping strategies used by Canadian female adolescents. In proceeding of XI European Congress of Sport Psychology, Copenhagen, WWW.fepsac2003.dk

Crocker, P.R.E., Eklund, R.C. & Graham, T. (2002). Evaluating the factorial validity of the CDSII in adolescent sport. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73, 211-218.

Graham, T.R., Kowalski, K.C., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2002). The contributions of goal characteristics and causal attributions to emotional experience in youth sport participants. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 3, 273-291.

Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K.C., Graham, T.R., & Kowalski, N.P. (2002). Emotion in Sport. In J. Silva & D. Stevens (Eds.), Psychological foundations of sport (pp. 107-131). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K., & Graham, T.R. (2002). Emotional control intervention for sport. In J. Silva & D. Stevens (Eds.), Psychological foundations of sport (pp. 155-176). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Naylor, S., Burton, D., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2002). Competitive anxiety and sport performance. In J. Silva & D. Stevens (Eds.), Psychological foundations of sport (pp. 132-154). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, N., Kowalski, K.C., Chad, K., Humbert, L., & Forrester, S. (2001). Smoking Behaviour and Dietary Restraint in Young Adolescent Women. The Role of Physical Self-Perceptions. The Canadian Journal of Public Health, 92, 428-432.

McKenna, M., Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K. (2001). Determining movement confidence in a complex gymnastics movement: The role of competence and preferences for movement sensations. AVANTE, 7, 73-82.

MacKelvie, KJ., McKay, HA., Khan, KM. & Crocker, PRE. (2001) A school-based exercise intervention augments bone mineral accrual in early pubertal girls. J. Pediatr, 139: 501-8.

Kowalski, K.C ., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2001). The development and validation of the Coping Function Questionnaire for adolescents in sport. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 23 , 136-155.

Crocker, P.R.E., Holowochuk, D., & Kowalski, K.C. (2001). Feasibility of using the Tritrac motion sensor over a 7-day trial with older children. Pediatric Exercise Science, 13, 70-81.

Kowalski, N ., Crocker. P.R.E, & Kowalski, K.C. (2001). Physical self and physical activity relationships in college women: Does social physique anxiety moderate effects? Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 72, 55-62.

MacKelvie K , McKay HA, Khan KM, Crocker PRE. (2001). Lifestyle risk factors for osteoporosis in Asian and Caucasian girls. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 33:1818-24.

Crocker, P.R.E., Eklund, R., & Kowalski, K.C. (2000). Children’s physical activity and physical self-perceptions and physical activity levels. Journal of Sport Sciences, 18, 383-394.

Crocker, P.R.E. & Synder, J., Kowalski, K.C., & Hoar, S. (2000). Don’t let me be fat or physically incompetent! The relationship between physical self-concept and social physique anxiety in Canadian high performance female adolescent athletes. AVANTE, 6, (3) 1-8.

Bailey, D.A., H.A. McKay, R.L. Mirwald, P.R.E. Crocker & F.A. Faulkner (1999). The University of Saskatchewan Bone Mineral Accrual Study: A six year longitudinal study of the relationship of physical activity to bone mineral accrual in growing children. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 14, 1672-1679.

Crocker, P.R.E. & Faulkner, R.A. (1999). Self-report of physical activity intensity in youth: Gender and grade considerations. AVANTE, 5, 43-51.

Crocker, P.R.E., Hayes, S.D., Kowalski, K. (1999). Gender differences in physical self-perceptions, global self-esteem, and physical activity. Evaluation of the Physical Self-perception Profile Model. Journal of Sport Behavior, 22, 1-14.

Schneider, V., Arnold, B., Martin, K., Bell, D., & Crocker, P. (1998). Detraining effects in college football players during the competitive season. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 12, 42-45.

Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K.C., & Graham, T.R. (1998). Measurement of coping strategies in sport. In J. Duda (Ed.)., Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology Measurement (pp.149-161). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology.

Crocker, P.R.E., Bailey, D.A., Faulkner, R.A., Kowalski, K.C., & McGrath, R. (1997) Measuring general levels of physical activity: Preliminary evidence for the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise.

Crocker, P.R.E. & Isaak, K. (1997). Coping during competitions and training sessions: Are youth swimmers consistent? International Journal of Sport Psychology.

Kowalski*, K.C, Crocker*, P.R.E., & Kowalski, N. (1997). Convergent validity of the physical activity questionnaire for adolescents. Pediatric Exercise Science, 9, 342-352 (*both authors made equal contributions)

Kowalski*, K.C., Crocker*, P.R.E. & Faulkner, R.A. (1997). Validation of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children. Pediatric Exercise Science, 9, 174-186.

Crocker, P.R.E. (1997). A confirmatory factor analysis of the positive affect negative affect schedule with a youth sport sample. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19, 91-97.

Book Chapters

Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K.C., Graham, T.R., & Kowalski, N.P. (2002). Emotion in Sport. In J. Silva & D. Stevens (Eds.), Psychological foundations of sport (pp. 107-131). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K.C., Kowalski, N.P., & Graham, T.R. (2002). Emotion in Control intervention for sport. In J. Silva & D. Stevens (Eds.), Psychological foundations of sport (pp. 155-176). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Crocker, P.R.E., KoNaylor, S., Burton, D., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2002). Competitive anxiety and sport performance. In J. Silva & D. Stevens (Eds.), Psychological foundations of sport (pp. 132-154). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Crocker, P.R.E., Kowalski, K.C., & Graham, T.R. (1998). Measurement of coping strategies in sport. In J. Duda (Ed.). Advances in Sport and Exercise Psychology Measurement (pp.149-161). Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology