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Annotated Bibliography of Life Coaching and Health Research

C Newnham-Kanas, P Gorczynski, D Morrow, JD Irwin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2009

While executive life coaching is quite prominent in the research forum as outlined in Grant’s workplace and executive life coaching annotated bibliography (2005), studies pertaining to life coachingrelated health outcomes are fewer in number and they have not been well recognized. Furthermore, although health-related studies focusing o...

Co-Active Life Coaching as a Treatment for Adults with Obesity

C Newnham-Kanas, JD Irwin, D Morrow International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2008

This study evaluates the impact of one-on-one coaching on the waist circumference, BMI, self-esteem, self-efficacy, physical activity, and functional health status of adults with obesity. A one-group withinsubjects, pre-test post-test study design was used. The study took place at the University of Western Ontario from June-October 200...

Dealing with issues of the self-concept and self-improvement strategies in coaching and mentoring

T Bachkirova International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2004

This article aims to introduce five models of dealing with the self-concept applied by individuals in the process of personal and professional development and the method of using these models in the context of coaching or mentoring. The experience of using this method is discussed and suggestions are made for those who would like to a...

The State of Play in Coaching Today: A Comprehensive Review of the Field

AM Grant, J Passmore, M Cavanagh, HM Parker, others Wiley-Blackwell 2010

Health Behaviour Outcomes of Co-Active Coaching Interventions: A Scoping Review

RH Liu, JD Irwin, D Morrow International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

The purpose of this paper was to conduct a scoping review on Co-Active (Life) Coaching (CALC) literature related to health behaviour change. The scoping methodological framework developed by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) informed the retrieval of appropriate articles. Six questions provided an indepth exploration of CALC in the health coa...

The Experience and Impact of Motivational Interviewing-via-Coaching Tools on National Smokers’ Telephone Hotline Employees

T Mantler, JD Irwin, D Morrow International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013

This study‘s purpose was to assess the experience and impact of Motivational Interviewingvia-Co-Active Life Coaching training on smoking hotline employees‘ perceived competency to facilitate callers‘ behaviour changes. In-depth interviews and a Perceived Competency Scale (PCS) were utilized. Themes discussed at baseline included cli...

The CHANGE Program: Methodology for comparing interactive Co-Active coaching with a prescriptive lifestyle treatment for obesity

ES Pearson, JD Irwin, D Morrow International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2013

Studies incorporating Motivational Interviewing via Co-Active life coaching (MI-via-CALC) have elicited positive results among obese adults; however there is a paucity of comprehensive MI-via-CALCobesity research that includes sufficient statistical power and a validated comparison group. The purpose of this study w...

Certified Professional Co-Active Coaches: Why They Enjoy Coaching

C Newnham-Kanas, D Morrow, JD Irwin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2012

The evidence-base for the practice of coaching continues to flourish, despite the fact that very little is known about the practitioners (i.e. the coaches) themselves. It is of value to understand how coaches perceive their practice. Such information can be utilized to create a common knowledge-base about coaches that can be used, in...

Motivational Coaching: A Functional Juxtaposition of Three Methods for Health Behaviour Change: Motivational Interviewing, Coaching, and Skilled Helping

C Newnham-Kanas, D Morrow, JD Irwin International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2010

The purpose of this paper was to explore the unique qualities/characteristics/components of the Co-Active coaching model compared to Motivational Interviewing and Egan’s Skilled Helper Model. Six questions pertaining to the creation, purpose, and process of the therapeutic alliance; and the relationship between practitioner and client ...

The quantitative assessment of Motivational Interviewing using Co-active Life Coaching Skills as an intervention for adults struggling with obesity

C Newnham-Kanas, JD Irwin, D Morrow, D Battram International Coaching Psychology Review 2011

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore Motivational Interviewing (MI) applied through Co-Active Life Coaching (CALC) skills on obese adults’ (ages 35 to 55) weight, waist circumference, selfesteem, functional health status, quality of life, self-efficacy, physical activity, and nutrition. Design: A single-subject multi...

Assessing the impact of Motivational-Interviewing via Co-active Life Coaching on engagement in physical activity

AM Goddard, D Morrow International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2015

The purpose of this 12-week pre-post design study was to assess the impact of Motivational Interviewing via Co-Active Life Coaching (MI-via-CALC) on engagement in physical activity for 25 women between the ages of 30 and 55 years. Data on task self-efficacy, barrier-specific self-efficacy, self-esteem, physical activity (PA), body mass...

What is life coaching? An integrative review of the evidence-based literature

J Jarosz International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentori... 2016

Life coaching as an industry fully emerged in the 1990s and has exploded to become a $2 billion global industry with nearly 50,000 certified life coaches (ICF, 2012). With the rapid growth and many different programmes and educational platforms, there is a need for defining the exact scope of what life coaching entails (Segers, Vloeberghs...