Conference Presentations 2007
Nowatzki, N., & Segall, A. (2007, June) If You Build It, Who Will Stay? Predicting Membership Retention in a Fitness Facility, Paper presented at the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Oslo, Norway.
Wood, L., & Segall, A. (2007, June) The Search for a Health Lifestyle: Meaning and Measurement, Paper presented at the 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Vancouver, British Columbia.
2006Segall, A., & Wood, L. (2006, October) Age Group Differences in the Stability of Health Behaviours Over Time, Paper presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.
2005Segall, A., & Greenslade, L. (2005, September) Changing Personal Health Practices and Health Care Utilization Behaviour: Does Membership in a Wellness Facility Matter? Poster presented at the Canadian Public Health Association 96th Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Bailis, D., Chipperfield, J., & Segall, A. (2005, January) Age, Motivation and Change in Health Locus of Control Beliefs: A Longitudinal Study of Health Club Members, Poster presented at the 6th Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2004Segall, A., Bailis, D. & Chuchmach, L. (2004, August). Exploring age differences in levels of physical activity and psychosocial wellbeing among the members of a wellness facility. Poster presented at the 6th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity, London, Ontario.
Segall, A. (2004, June). Wellness as a Lifelong Pursuit. Keynote Speaker, Exploring Health and Healing, Calgary Health Region Conference (in collaboration with the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, San Diego, California), Lake Louise, Alberta.
Segall, A., Chipperfield, J., Bailis, D., Greenslade, L., Chuchmach, L., Sousa, C. & Wood, L. (2004, June). Life chances and health choices: A longitudinal study of the social determinants of population health. Roundtable Session, Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meeting, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2003Chipperfield, J.G., Segall, A., Bailis, D.S., Perry, R.P., Chuchmach, L.P., and Swift, A. (2003, November). Domain-specific perceived control across the adult lifespan. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America Conference, San Diego, California.
2002Segall, A., and Bailis, D. (2002, November). Life Chances and Health Choices: Exploring the relative importance of structural and behavioural determinants of health. Poster presented at the Social Determinants of Health Across the Lifespan Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
Segall, A. (2002, October). The WISER Program: Some lessons learned about population health promotion partnership research. Poster presented at Showcase 2002: A Research Fair in the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Segall, A. (2002, April). The WISER Program: Integrating health promotion policy, practice and research. Paper presented at the 6th National Health Promotion Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.
2001Segall, A., Bailis, D. S., Payne, B., & Dunn, N. (2001, July). Wellness as a lifelong pursuit. Poster presented at the 17th World Congress of Gerontology, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Chipperfield, J.G., A. Segall, D. Bailis, and R. Perry (2001, July). A Lifespan Analysis of Perceived Control and Well-being. Poster presented at the 17th World Congress of Gerontology, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Bailis, D. S., & Segall, A. (2001, June). Autonomous regulation of health promoting behaviours: The role of social comparison experiences. Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ste.-Foy, Qubec.
Ready, A.E., J. Butcher, B. Naimark, J. Onysko, and A. Segall (2001, May). Health beliefs, practices, and status of moderate and vigorous leisure time exercisers. Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
Naimark, B.J., A.E. Ready, J. Butcher, and A. Segall (2001, May). Health beliefs, health practices, and medical health status of menopausal women using and not using hormone replacement therapy. Presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Women's Health and Menopause, Washington, DC.
Segall, A., & Shea, L. (2001, March). Maintaining good health: Beliefs, behaviours & barriers. Health, Leisure & Human Performance Research Institute Research Seminar Series, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Segall, A., & Dunn, N. (2001, February). Exploring personal health practices. Recreation Connections Conference 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Segall, A. (2001, February). Life chances and health choices: Exploring the social determinants of population health. Department of Sociology Colloquium Series, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Bailis, D. S., & Fleming, J.A. (2001, February). A functional approach to physical activity promotion. Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8, American Psychological Association) 2nd Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas.
Bailis, D. (2001, February). One person’s encouragement is another’s disincentive. Recreation Connections Conference 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Bailis, D (2001, January). One person’s encouragement is another’s disincentive: A motivational perspective on social influence to exercise. Health, Leisure & Human Performance Research Institute Research Seminar Series, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2000Butcher, J., Naimark, B., Ready, A.E. & Segall, A. (2000, June). Physical activity in healthy wellness facility members and those at risk for, or with cardiovascular disease. Paper presented at the American College of Sports Medicine, 47th Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida.
Segall, A. & Onysko, J. (2000, May). Identifying the behavioural dimensions of a healthy lifestyle. Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meetings, Edmonton, Alberta.
Onysko, J. & Segall, A. (2000, May). Exploring the meaning of lay conceptions of good health. Paper presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Annual Meetings, Edmonton, Alberta.
Naimark, B., Butcher, J., Ready, A.E., & Segall (2000, May). Leisure-time physical activity in healthy women members of a wellness facility and those at risk for, or with cardiovascular disease. Paper presented at the International Conference on Women, Heart Disease & Stroke. Victoria, B.C.
1999Segall, A. (1999, October) Gaining a better understanding of the determinants of good health and changes in population health status, Paper presented at Population Health Perspectives: Making Research Work, Conference sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Canada, the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, the Policy Research Secretariat and Statistics Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Segall, A. (1999, June) The Wellness Institute Services Evaluation Research (WISER) Program: Investigating the determinants of population health status, Thematic Oral Presentation, Canadian Public Health Association Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Segall, A. (1999, May) Integrating Prevention and Treatment, Expert Discussion Leader, Healthy People and Healthy Communities, A Canada-United States Dialogue on Best Practices in Public Health, Toronto, Ontario.
1998Segall, A. (1998, November) Wellness Institute Services Evaluation Research (WISER) Program, Poster presented at Showcase '98 - A Research Fair in the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1996Segall, A. & Mahon, M. (1996, June) Evaluating the effectiveness of health promotion programs, Paper presented at the 9th Conference of the International Association of Health Policy, Montreal, Quebec.
Publications
Self-concordant motivation to improve one’s health may influence concurrent experiences of social comparison and later membership in a health-promotion facility. Adult members of such a facility (N=473) completed brief measures of their main goal in joining; self-concordance of that goal; and typical frequency, direction, consequences and motives of social comparison. Continuing membership was assessed after 2 years. Logistic and ordinary least squares regression analyses, controlling for respondents’ age, sex and years of membership, supported hypothesized associations of higher self-concordances with (a) greater odds of continuing membership, (b) lower frequency of comparing oneself with others, (c) lower odds of feeling worse about oneself on account of social comparison, and (d) less agreement with esteem-maintenance, versus self-improvement/evaluation, as a motive for social comparison. Although there are limitations to respondents’ self-reports, social comparison seems to result in fewer negative psychological consequences for individuals with more self-concordant health-related goals. Implications for health-related behaviour are discussed.
Summary Highlights
Wellness Institute Member Survey Summary of Results - Phase One (PDF)
Wellness Institute (Current) Member Survey Summary of Results - Phase Two (PDF)
Wellness Institute Former Member Survey Summary of Results - Phase Two (PDF)
WISER Study - Phase Three (PDF)