Effects of Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism on Adherence to Step Aerobic Exercise Classes

Fontaine, Kevin R.; Shaw, David

doi:10.2466/pms.1995.81.1.251

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“…This agrees to previous research that has been done in the past where a positively high relationship was found between self-efficacy and continuity in exercise [28]. In comparison to these results, previous studies of the same nature also found a positive relationship between regular exercise and general self-efficacy [29,30]. Research has found that those who exercise and show continuity in exercise positively affects psychological phenomena like self-efficacy and psychological well-being, while not engaging in exercise or not considering exercise has a positive relation with depression [21].…”

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Health Behaviour Intentions and Barriers to Physical Activity among Health Science Students: Exploring General Self Efficacy as a Mediator

Olutende¹,

Kweyu²,

Wekesa³

2017

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The objective of this study was to examine general self-efficacy as a mediator of the association between perceived barriers to physical activity(PA) and health behaviour intentions as well as moderate to vigorous physical activity(MVPA) among health science students. 205 Students completed the self-reported questionnaire. Mediation analysis revealed partial mediation of general self-efficacy on relationships between general barriers to PA and health behaviour intentions (b=0.812, p=0.001 reduced to b= 0.586, p=0.001). Mediation analysis also revealed that general self-efficacy fully mediated the association between barriers to physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity (b= 0.416, p=0.001 reduced to b= -0.93, p=0.120).Pearson correlation was done and revealed that general self-efficacy was significantly correlated to moderate-to-vigorous physical activity r(205) =0.751, p<0.05. In view of the findings obtained from this research, participation in exercise has a positive effect on psychological effects like general self-efficacy, and general self-efficacy played a major role in predicting the health behaviour intention of health science students. This study suggests that, in the effort to encourage the student's physical activity participation, university management should also plan and organize programmes to develop positive attitudes among students, because increasing their self-efficacy will have overall effect on their health behaviour habits.

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Health Behaviour Intentions and Barriers to Physical Activity among Health Science Students: Exploring General Self Efficacy as a Mediator

Olutende¹,

Kweyu²,

Wekesa³

2017

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“…According to the findings, general self-efficacy and psychological well-being averages were high and depression levels were low when comparing those who exercise and those who do not. In comparison to these results, previous studies found a positive relationship between regular exercise and general self-efficacy (Fontaine & Shaw, 1995;Yeh et al, 2011). By examining literature on the relationship between regular physical activity and depression, being physically inactive in fact does have a positive effect on depression, which supports this study's findings (Camacho, Roberts, Lazarus, Kaplan, & Cohen, 1991;Paffenbarger, Lee & Leung, 1994;Strawbridge, Deleger, Roberts, & Kaplan, 2002).…”

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The Role of University Students’ General Self-Efficacy, Depression and Psychological Well-being in Predicting Their Exercise Behavior

Ersöz¹

2017

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The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between exercise and general self-efficacy, depression, and psychological well-being of college students. Five hundred and twenty-two university students (n male= 273; X age = 23.33±4.36 and n female = 279; X age =25.91±7.11) have participated in this research. The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Physical Activity Stages of Change Questionnaire (PASCQ), and "Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) have been applied to the sample group in this study. While differences in participants' self-efficacy, depression, and psychological well-being levels with regard to the stage of changes in exercise are calculated with one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), the relationship between these ideas discussed in the research have been determined with Pearson Moments Product Correlation Analysis. According to the stages of exercise behavior, significant disparities have been found between participants' level of self-efficacy, depression, and psychological well-being, and the relationship between those notions has been observed. According to the results, the participants' general self-efficacy and psychological well-being levels were high and the depression levels were low when on advanced levels of exercise. In light of the findings obtained from this research, it has been concluded that continuity in exercise has a positive effect on psychological effects like general self-efficacy, depression and psychological well-being.

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“…Perceived self-efficacy has become an important and useful construct in psychology (2-4) because it is related to the willingness and the ability of people to engage in various behavioral challenges including preventive and disease management behaviors (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). Studies in diabetes have demonstrated the effect of perceived self-efficacy on the adherence behavior of adolescents (16,17), African-American women with diabetes (18), adults with complex insulin regimens (18,19), and adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (20)(21)(22).…”

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The Diabetes Empowerment Scale: a measure of psychosocial self-efficacy.

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739 Patients with diabetes must make a series of daily decisions involving nutrition, physical activity, medication, blood glucose monitoring, and stress management. Patients must also interact effectively with the health care system, their family members, friends, and employers to obtain the support necessary to manage their diabetes (1). Thus, enhancing the perceived self-efficacy of patients to self-manage their diabetes is an important goal of diabetes care and education.Perceived self-efficacy has become an important and useful construct in psychology (2-4) because it is related to the willingness and the ability of people to engage in various behavioral challenges including preventive and disease management behaviors (5-15). Studies in diabetes have demonstrated the effect of perceived self-efficacy on the adherence behavior of adolescents (16,17), African-American women with diabetes (18), adults with complex insulin regimens (18,19), and adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (20-22). However, in these studies, self-efficacy has been defined primarily as the perceived ability to engage in various situation-specific self-management tasks such as blood glucose monitoring and ordering meals in a restaurant, or the studies have focused on the needs of particular group of patients (e.g., adolescents).In 1991, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a patient empowerment program for adults that focused entirely on psychosocial issues such as managing stress, obtaining family support, negotiating with health care professionals and employers, and dealing with uncomfortable emotions (23). Because we were unable to identify a measure of diabetes-related self-efficacy for adults that focused on these important psychosocial areas, we developed the Diabetes Empowerment Scale (DES), which is a 37-item Likert-type questionnaire (24), and we used it in that study. The study showed that the program resulted in both psychosocial and blood glucose level improvements. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Instrument developmentThe pilot version of the DES had 8 subscales that were keyed to the major content areas of the patient empowerment and education program (23,24). The structure of the DES and the patient empowerment program were based on our earlier work in patient empowerment (25)(26)(27). In an earlier study (25), we defined the purpose of the empowerment approach to diabetes education as helping patients make informed choices about their diabetes selfmanagement. In that study, we offered a 4-step behavior change model: 1) patient identification of problem areas, 2) exploration of the emotions associated with those problems, 3) development of a set of goals and strategies to overcome the barriers to achieving those goals, and 4) determining patients' motivation to make a commitment to the behavior change plan. That approach to facilitating behavior change in diabetic patients was adapted from earlier work in counseling psychology (28-31). Most of the patient empowerment program and DES subsc...

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Effects of Self-Efficacy and Dispositional Optimism on Adherence to Step Aerobic Exercise Classes

Cited by 26 publications

References 14 publications

Health Behaviour Intentions and Barriers to Physical Activity among Health Science Students: Exploring General Self Efficacy as a Mediator

Health Behaviour Intentions and Barriers to Physical Activity among Health Science Students: Exploring General Self Efficacy as a Mediator

The Role of University Students’ General Self-Efficacy, Depression and Psychological Well-being in Predicting Their Exercise Behavior

The Diabetes Empowerment Scale: a measure of psychosocial self-efficacy.

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