The Role of Social Support and Self-Efficacy in Shaping the Leisure Time Physical Activity of Older Adults

Using an intersectionality perspective to uncover older Chinese female's perceived travel constraints and negotiation strategies

“…For example, participants suggested that they were open to word-of-mouth advertising from their friends or colleagues because their faith in friends and acquaintances adds credibility to such advertising and encourages their travel participation (Kozinets, Valck, Wojnicki, Sarah, & Wilner, 2010). In addition, respondents suggested that they would be willing to sign up for group travel with friends, an act previously identified by Orsega-Smith, Payne, Mowen, Ho, and Godbey (2007) as a constraint negotiation strategy. Unique to this study, however, is older females' reliance on social support from individuals they don't know, who are generally younger, and historically have been backpackers, i.e.…”

Social Support and its Predictors Among Iranian Cancer Survivors

“…In addition, we found no any studies that examined the potential relationship between depression and receiving social support among cancer survivors. About physical activity, previous studies examined the relation between social support and physical activity in high school girls (Dishman et al, 2009), adolescence (Duncan et al, 2005), elderly people (Orsega-Smith et al, 2007), and young adults with treated cancer. The results of this study showed that social support, directly or indirectly mediated by some factors such as self-efficacy, positively affect physical activity.…”

Perceptions of Leisure by Older Adults Who Attend Senior Centers

“…Implicit in leisure are opportunities to be self-determined (Trenberth, 2005) that allow older adults to gain a sense of autonomy, competence, and relatedness (Orsega-Smith et al, 2007).…”