The Relationship of Self-Efficacy and Self-Identity to Long-Term Maintenance of Vigorous Physical Activity1

Strachan, Shaelyn M.; Woodgate, Jennifer; Brawley, Lawrence R.; Tse, Adrienne

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9861.2005.tb00006.x

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“…As such, there was no added motivation beyond just enjoyment to ensure continued engagement. This explanation fits with other work from psychology showing that self-identity might be a driver for persisting in an action in the long term [43].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

"healthifying" exergames

Chen

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Hekler

2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Exergames, video game systems that require exertion and interaction, have been rising in popularity in the past years. However, research on popular exergames shows mixed health benefits, potentially due to minimal energy expenditure and decreasing use over time. This paper presents a 2x2 experimental study (N = 44), using a popular exergame, where we vary the framing of intention (i.e., "Gameplay" or "Exercise") and feedback (i.e., "Health" or "No health") to explore their single and interactive impacts on perceived exertion, objectively measured energy expenditure, affect, and duration of usage in a single session. Our study showed that participants primed with exercise used the system significantly longer than those primed with game play (M = 49.2 ±2.0 min versus M = 39.3 ±2.0 min). We discuss our results and possible design implications based on our single-session experiment. We conclude with a discussion on the potential impact of focusing on "healthifying" exergames-highlighting an exergames' dual purpose as both a game and exercise-as opposed to gamifying health behaviors.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

"healthifying" exergames

Chen

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Hekler

2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Miller, Ogletree, & Welshimer, 2002;Petosa, Suminski, & Hortz, 2003;Strachan et al, 2005) and healthy eating (e.g. Strachan & Brawley, 2008).…”

Section: Identity and Social Cognitive Theorymentioning

confidence: 98%

Healthy-eater Identity and Self-efficacy Predict Healthy Eating Behavior: A Prospective View

2009

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Identity and Self-efficacy Theories were used to examine the relationship between healthy-eater identity, self-efficacy for healthy eating and healthy eating. Measures of healthy-eater identity, perception of healthy eating, nutrition knowledge, self-efficacy for both intake of fruits and vegetables and foods of low nutritional value were completed by 101 university students and staff. Two weeks later, participants recalled recent consumption of (a) fruits and vegetables and (b) foods of low nutritional value. For both eating outcomes, healthy-eater identity was a significant predictor after controlling for nutrition knowledge. The addition of self-efficacy improved prediction in the case of both eating outcomes.

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“…Miller et al, 2002;Petosa et al, 2003;Strachan et al, 2005) and healthy eating (e.g. Strachan and Brawley, 2008).…”

Section: Past Research On Identity Social Cognitions and Health Behamentioning

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Varying the cause of a challenge to exercise identity behaviour: Reactions of individuals of differing identity strength

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Research shows that people with stronger exercise identity (EXID) exhibit greater negative affect and self-regulatory efficacy (SRE) when behaviour is inconsistent with identity. However, related attributions have not been examined. Using social cognitive and identity theories, we examined causes of failing to exercise. In a two (EXID: stronger, weaker) by two (Cause: personally-controllable, situational) design, participants (N = 224) were randomized to Cause and read a condition-relevant no-exercise vignette. MANOVA revealed main effects for Cause and EXID, p's < .001. Participants explaining their Cause differed on attributional dimensions, and stronger EXID participants reported greater negative affect and higher SRE, p's < .001.

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The Relationship of Self-Efficacy and Self-Identity to Long-Term Maintenance of Vigorous Physical Activity1

Cited by 65 publications

References 17 publications

"healthifying" exergames

"healthifying" exergames

Healthy-eater Identity and Self-efficacy Predict Healthy Eating Behavior: A Prospective View

Varying the cause of a challenge to exercise identity behaviour: Reactions of individuals of differing identity strength

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