Journal Articles
Aging, Physical Activity, and the Body
Bennett, E. V., Welch, K. A., Fischer, O. J. (2024). “I tried to appreciate it in a different way”: Older lesbian, bisexual, and queer women’s body image and embodiment across the life course. Body Image, 48, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101653
Bennett, E. V., Hurd, L., Pritchard, E., Colton, T., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2023). “You’re part of something bigger”: Interpersonal relationships and older Canadian men’s body image. Psychology and Health, 38, 1553-1571. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2030739
Morrison, L., McDonough, M. H., Din, C., Zimmer, C., Hewson, J., Toohey, A., Crocker, P., & Bennett, E. V. (2023). Instructor social support in the group physical activity context: Older participants’ perspectives. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 31, 765-775. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2022-0140
Patterson, M., McDonough, M. H., Hewson, J., Culos-Reed, N., & Bennett, E. V. (2022). Social support and body image in group exercise programs for older women. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2021-0237
Zimmer, C., McDonough, M. H., Hewson, J., Toohey, A., Din, C., Crocker, P.R.E., & Bennett, E.V. (2022). Social support among older adults in group physical activity programs. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology,https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10413200.2022.2055223
Zimmer, C., McDonough, M. H., Hewson, J., Toohey, A., Din, C., Crocker, P. R. E., & Bennett, E. V. (2021). Experiences with social participation in group physical activity programs for older adults. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 43, 335-344.
McEwan, D., Bennett, E.V., & Rhodes, R. (2021). Collaboration behaviours within interactive exercise groups. Psychology and Health, 36, 1066-1087.
Bennett, E.V., Hurd, L., Pritchard, E., Colton, T. & Crocker, P.R.E. (2020). An examination of older men’s body image: How men 65 years and older perceive, experience, and cope with their aging bodies. Body Image, 34, 27-37.
Hurd Clarke, L., Currie, L., & Bennett, E.V. (2020). “I don’t want to be, feel old”: Older Canadian men’s perceptions and experiences of physical activity. Ageing and Society, 40, 126-143.
Bennett, E.V., Hurd Clarke, L., Wolfe, S., Dunlop, W.L., Harden, S.M., Liu, Y., Estabrooks, P.A., Rhodes, R.E., & Beauchamp, M. (2018). Older adults’ experiences of group-based physical activity: A qualitative study from the ‘GOAL’ randomized controlled trial. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 39, 184-192.
Bennett, E.V., Hurd Clarke, L., Kowalski, K.C., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2017). From pleasure and pride to the fear of decline: Exploring the emotions in older women’s physical activity narratives. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 33, 113-122.
Bennett, E.V., Hurd Clarke, L., Kowalski, K.C., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2017). “I’ll do anything to maintain my health”: How women aged 65 to 94 perceive, experience, and cope with their aging bodies. Body Image, 21, 71-80.
Bennett, E.V., Scarlett, L., Hurd Clarke, L., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2017). Negotiating (athletic) femininity: The body and identity in elite female basketball players. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 9, 233-246.
Hurd Clarke, L., Bennett, E.V., & Liu, C. (2014). Aging and masculinity: Portrayals in men’s magazines. Journal of Aging Studies, 31, 26-33.
Bennett, E.V., McEwen, C.E., Hurd Clarke, L., Tamminen, K.A., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2013). “It’s all about modifying your expectations”: Women’s experiences with physical activity during pregnancy. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 5, 267-286.
Athlete Stress, Emotions, and Coping
Tremblay, M.I., Bennett, E.V., Mosewich, A.D., Norman, M.E., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2023). “I think the best athletes use it”: Masculinities and self-compassion among men varsity athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102486
Trainor, L.R., Bennett, E.V., Bundon, A.M., Tremblay, M., Mannella, S., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2023). Inescapable tensions: Performance and/or psychological well-being in Olympic and Paralympic athletes during sport disruption. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health, 10.1080/2159676X.2023.2175899
Bennett, E.V., Trainor, L.R., Bundon, A.M., Tremblay, M., Mannella, S., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2022). From “blessing in disguise” to “what do I do now?”: How Canadian Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls perceived, experienced, and coped with the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 62, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102246
Bundon, A., Trainor, L., Bennett, E.V., Tremblay, M., Mannella, S., & Crocker, P. R. E. (2022). From minding the gap to widening the gap: Paralympic athletes’ experiences of inequity during the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living: Movement Science and Sport Psychology. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2022.921625/abstract
Wilson, D., Bennett, E.V., Mosewich, A.D., Faulkner, G., & Crocker, P.R.E (2019). “The zipper effect”: Exploring the interrelationship of mental toughness and self-compassion among Canadian elite women athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 40, 61-70.
McEwen, C., Hurd Clarke, L., Bennett, E., Dawson, K., & Crocker, P.R.E. (2018). “It’s this thing of being an Olympian that you don’t get from anything else”: Changing experiences of Canadian individual sport athletes with Olympic team selection. The Sport Psychologist, 32, 81-92.
Tamminen, K.A., & Bennett, E.V. (2017). No emotion is an island: An overview of theoretical perspectives and narrative research on emotions in sport and physical activity. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health, 9, 183-199.
Experiences of Physical Activity and Living with Chronic Illness and Disabilities
Bennett, E.V., Voss, C., Faulkner, G., & Harris, K.C. (2021). From “it makes me feel free” to “they won’t let me play”: The body and physical activity-related perceptions and experiences of children with congenital heart disease and their parents. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise, and Health, 13, 325-241.
Hurd Clarke, L., Bennett, E.V., & Korotchenko, A. (2014). Negotiating vulnerabilities: Older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their interactions with physicians. Canadian Journal on Aging, 33, 26-37.
Hurd Clarke, L., & Bennett, E.V. (2013). “You learn to live with all the things that are wrong with you”: Gender and the experience of multiple chronic conditions in later life. Ageing & Society, 33, 342-360.
Hurd Clarke, L., & Bennett, E.V. (2012). Constructing the moral body: Self-care among older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 17, 211-228.
Book Chapters
Crocker, P.R.E., Scott, D., Gregg, M., & Bennett, E.V. (2020). Introducing sport and exercise psychology. In P.R.E. Crocker (Ed.), Sport and exercise psychology: A Canadian perspective (4th edition) (pp. 1-21). Toronto, ON: Pearson.
Crocker, P.R.E., Tamminen, K., & Bennett, E.V. (2017). Stress, emotions, and coping in youth sport. In C. Knight, C. Harwood, & D. Gould (Eds.), Sport psychology for young athletes (pp. 164-173). New York: Routledge.
Hurd Clarke, L., & Bennett, E.V. (2015). Gender, ageing and appearance. In J.M. Twigg & W. Martin (Eds.), Handbook of cultural gerontology (pp. 133-140). New York: Routledge.