title: Self-efficacy and the stages and processes of change associated with adopting and maintaining muscular fitness-promoting behaviors.
abstract: The majority of physical activity initiatives have been directed toward promoting cardiorespiratory fitness and general health. Far less attention has been devoted to encouraging or understanding muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine if constructs from the Transtheoretical Model, a contemporary behavior change framework, could be adapted and applied to the study of muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. Participants were 429 college students who completed measures of stage of change, the behavioral and cognitive processes of change, and self-efficacy. All measures were modified to relate specifically to muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. Two direct discriminant function analyses were performed, revealing that the behavioral processes of change and self-efficacy were the major correlates of the stages of change for muscular fitness-promoting behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-3303, USA. Brad.Cardinal@oregonstate.edu
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Cardinal
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009142:Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014891:Weight Lifting