Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Antecedents and Correlates of Physical Activity Bouts in Adults Age 50+ Years: A Pilot Study

Dunton, Genevieve F.; Atienza, Audie A.; Castro, Cynthia M.; King, Abby C.

doi:10.1007/s12160-009-9141-4

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“…Although we cannot make causal inferences from our data, the finding that participants engaged in more physical activity on days when self-efficacy was higher supports our hypothesis and corresponds with previous research that suggests that self-efficacy may promote daily physical activity [20,21] . We extended these findings by including an interaction with age and found that self-efficacy was related to physical activity for older adults, but not for middle-aged adults.…”

Section: Within-person Self-efficacy and Activitysupporting

confidence: 91%

“…In addition, within-person processes linking self-efficacy, pain, and physical symptoms with activity may occur within the day but not across days. Lagged within-day associations between self-efficacy and physical activity have previously been found [20] . Future research should examine predictors of daily activity using multiple assessments per day on consecutive days, allowing simultaneous examination of within-day and across-day associations.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…In addition, as well as ex-hibiting between-person associations of pain and physical symptoms with activity, individuals may reduce their activity on days when they feel greater pain or experience more unpleasant physical symptoms. Studies of middleaged and older adults have shown that momentary fatigue (assessed multiple times per day) predicted less physical activity in the previous [22] and subsequent assessment periods [20] , but pain was not associated with physical activity [22] . We know of no studies examining associations of within-person pain, physical symptoms, or self-efficacy with other types of activity.…”

Section: Associations Of Pain Physical Symptoms and Self-efficacy Wmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As self-efficacy is a dynamic selfregulatory process that shows short-term fluctuation [19] , processes linking self-efficacy and activity may occur on a daily level, with individuals engaging in more activity on days when they feel more capable of meeting activityrelated goals. Two studies showed that when their participants reported greater confidence in their ability to engage in physical activity in the next few hours, they were more likely to report greater physical activity during the following assessment period [20,21] . In addition, as well as ex-hibiting between-person associations of pain and physical symptoms with activity, individuals may reduce their activity on days when they feel greater pain or experience more unpleasant physical symptoms.…”

Section: Associations Of Pain Physical Symptoms and Self-efficacy Wmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Associations of between-person general selfefficacy with activity have been shown [14,15] ; however, most previous cross-sectional [e.g., 5 , 17 ] and microlongitudinal [20,21] research has used activity-specific measures of self-efficacy. The finding that higher within-person general self-efficacy predicts greater activity is particularly notable because self-efficacy is most predictive of outcomes when measurement items are specifically related to the behavior or goal [13] .…”

Section: Within-person Self-efficacy and Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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There's More than Meets the Eye: Complex Associations of Daily Pain, Physical Symptoms, and Self-Efficacy with Activity in Middle and Older Adulthood

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Mogle³

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Gerontology

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Background: Participation in activities is associated with a range of positive outcomes in adulthood. Research has shown that pain and physical symptoms are associated with less activity in older adults, whereas higher self-efficacy is associated with more activity. Such research tends to examine cross-sectional or long-term between-person change, limiting the opportunity to explore dynamic within-person processes that unfold over shorter time periods. Objectives: This study aimed to (1) replicate previous between-person associations of self-efficacy with engagement in activity and (2) examine whether daily variation in pain, physical symptoms, and self-efficacy corresponded with daily within-person variation in different types of activity. We predicted that participants would engage in less activity on days when they experienced more pain or physical symptoms than their average (a negative within-person association) and that participants would engage in more activity on days when self-efficacy was higher than average (a positive within-person association). Methods: This study used an online diary study to assess self- reported daily pain, physical symptoms, self-efficacy, and engagement in activity among 185 adults aged 51-84 years for up to 7 days. Multilevel modelling was used to examine whether between-person (average) and daily within-person variability in pain, physical symptoms, and self-efficacy were associated with social, physical, and mental activity. Results: In line with previous research, between-person self-efficacy was positively associated with social and physical activity. Supporting the hypotheses, within-person self-efficacy was also positively associated with social and physical activity. The results for pain and physical symptoms were less consistent. Between-person pain was positively associated with social activity. Age interactions indicated that within-person pain was negatively associated with social activity and positively associated with physical activity among older adults. Within-person physical symptoms were positively related to social and mental activity. Conclusion: Stable individual differences as well as short-term within-person variation in physical and psychological functioning are associated with day-to-day variation in activity. Between-person associations did not always reflect within-person associations (e.g., for pain). These complex associations may be influenced by a range of factors including the type of activity and how it is defined (e.g., specific activities and their difficulty), the type of physical symptoms experienced, and age.

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Section: Within-person Self-efficacy and Activitysupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Associations Of Pain Physical Symptoms and Self-efficacy Wmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Associations Of Pain Physical Symptoms and Self-efficacy Wmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Within-person Self-efficacy and Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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There's More than Meets the Eye: Complex Associations of Daily Pain, Physical Symptoms, and Self-Efficacy with Activity in Middle and Older Adulthood

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Mogle³

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Everyday stress components and physical activity: examining reactivity, recovery and pileup

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The experience of naturally-occurring stress in daily life has been linked with lower physical activity levels. However, most of this evidence comes from general and static reports of stress. Less is known how different temporal components of everyday stress interfere with physical activity. In a coordinated secondary analysis of data from two studies of adults, we used intensive, microlongitudinal assessments (ecological momentary assessments, EMA) to investigate how distinct components of everyday stress, that is, reactivity to stressor events, recovery from stressor events, and pileup of stressor events and responses predict physical activity. Results showed that components of everyday stress predicted subsequent physical activity especially for indicators of stress pileup. In both studies, the accumulation of stress responses over the previous 12 h was more predictive of subsequent physical activity than current stress reactivity or recovery responses. Results are compared to the effects of general measures of perceived stress that showed an opposite pattern of results. The novel everyday stress approach used here may be fruitful for generating new insights into physical activity specifically and health behaviors in general.

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Ecological Momentary Assessment in Eating Disorder and Obesity Research: a Review of the Recent Literature

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Crosby

Thomas

et al. 2016

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Our current understanding of the etiology and maintenance of eating disorders and obesity continues to be far from complete. Similarly, our understanding of determinants of both successful and unsuccessful weight loss surgery is also quite limited. While a number of research methodologies have been applied to these areas, one methodology that has recently seen a rise in popularity is the use of ecological momentary assessment (EMA). EMA allows one to study a variety of variables of interest in the natural environment. The study of eating disorders, obesity, and bariatric surgery has all been conducted using EMA recently. The current study is a review of these areas and summarizes the recent literature (past 3 years) in eating disorders, obesity, and bariatric surgery using EMA methodology.

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Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Examine Antecedents and Correlates of Physical Activity Bouts in Adults Age 50+ Years: A Pilot Study

Abstract: Time-varying multidimensional individual processes predict within daily physical activity levels.

Cited by 105 publications

References 46 publications

There's More than Meets the Eye: Complex Associations of Daily Pain, Physical Symptoms, and Self-Efficacy with Activity in Middle and Older Adulthood

There's More than Meets the Eye: Complex Associations of Daily Pain, Physical Symptoms, and Self-Efficacy with Activity in Middle and Older Adulthood

Everyday stress components and physical activity: examining reactivity, recovery and pileup

Ecological Momentary Assessment in Eating Disorder and Obesity Research: a Review of the Recent Literature

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