Exercise self-efficacy and its correlates among socioeconomically disadvantaged older adults.
Self-efficacy has been shown to be one of the strongest, mutable predictors of exercise behavior. This report presents data on exercise self-efficacy and outcome expectations and their correlates within a stratified random sample of 729 urban, lower-income primary-care patients age 55 and older. Exercise self-efficacy scores were greater among persons with current exercise, no pain of fear of shortness of breath with exercise, and good self-rated health. Higher outcome expectations scores were associated with verbal persuasion from a doctor or from family and friends and positive attitudes and knowledge of exercise. Sociodemographic characteristics, environmental factors, and intrapersonal factors accounted for 31% of the variance in self-efficacy, but just 13% of the variance in outcome expectations. Further work on potential correlates and their measurement is needed to identify determinants of both outcome expectations and self-efficacy.
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Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, IN 46202-2859, USA. clark_d@regenstrief.iupui.edu
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population