Exercise self-efficacy and control beliefs: effects on exercise behavior after an exercise intervention for older adults.
The current study examined exercise self-efficacy and exercise behavior during and after a strength-training intervention program with older adults. A model with cross-lagged and contemporaneous paths was tested with structural equations. Within testing occasions, higher physical resistance was related to greater beliefs in efficacy and control over exercise. At 3 months into the intervention, those who had higher physical resistance were less likely to show subsequent changes in beliefs. Those who had higher self-efficacy and control beliefs at 6 months were more likely to report that they were still exercising at 9 and 12 months after the intervention. Findings indicate that exercise self-efficacy and exercise behavior are associated with one another and that beliefs developed during an intervention are important for maintenance of an exercise regimen.
Neupert
Shevaun D
SD
Dept of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7650, USA.
Lachman
Margie E
ME
Whitbourne
Stacey B
SB
D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055070:Resistance Training; D020377:Self Efficacy