Temporal relationships of self-efficacy and social support as predictors of adherence in a 6-month strength-training program for older women.
Percept Mot Skills
; 93(3): 693-703, 2001 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
The present study investigated how self-efficacy and social support predicted adherence to a strength training program for elderly women over two time periods in the initial 6 mo. of the program. Participants were 30 elderly women volunteers aged 75 to 80 who completed measures of barrier self-efficacy and general social support at baseline and 3 mo. later. Social support from the program was also measured at 3 mo. Adherence to the program was measured by attendance. Hierarchical regression equations were utilized to identify the contributions of self-efficacy and social support for adherence at 0 to 3 mo. and 4 to 6 mo. For prediction of the first 3 mo. of adherence, both self-efficacy and social support contributed significant unique variance towards the total explained variance of 36%. For the 4- to 6-mo. period, self-efficacy explained significant (12%) variance in adherence even when controlling for the previous 3-mo. adherence. Inclusion of general social support and social support from the program, however, did not account for significant variance. Researchers must continue to examine self-efficacy and social support in exercise adherence within various time periods among older adults to develop effective intervention strategies.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Apoio Social
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Levantamento de Peso
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Envelhecimento
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Exercício Físico
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Autoeficácia
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Motivação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Implementation_research
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Percept Mot Skills
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article