Predictors of leisure-time physical activity among African American women.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the extent to which social support and self-efficacy were related to the duration of leisure-time physical activity in a sample of African American women.


METHODS
Two hundred forty African American women completed a 45-item questionnaire at community health centers and churches.


RESULTS
Mean weekly physical activity was found to be 88 minutes. Self-efficacy (P < or = 0.01) and frequency of social support from friends (P < or = 0.01) were found to be significant predictors for physical activity and accounted for 23.7% of the variance.


CONCLUSIONS
Physical activity interventions for Black women must build on the constructs of self-efficacy and friends' social support.
Sharma
Manoj
M
Health Promotion and Education, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0002, USA. manoj.sharma@uc.edu
Sargent
Leslie
L
Stacy
Richard
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires