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Sources of self-efficacy for physical activity
Citation
Warner, LM and Schuz, B and Wolff, JK and Parschau, L and Wurm, S and Schwarzer, R, Sources of self-efficacy for physical activity, Health Psychology, 33, (11) pp. 1298-1308. ISSN 1930-7810 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Objective: The effects of self-efficacy beliefs on physical activity are well documented, but much less is known about the origins of self-efficacy beliefs. This article proposes scales to assess the sources of self-efficacy for physical activity aims and to comparatively test their predictive power for physical activity via self-efficacy over time to detect the principal sources of self-efficacy beliefs for physical activity.
Method: A study of 1,406 German adults aged 16–90 years was conducted to construct scales to assess the sources of self-efficacy for physical activity (Study 1). In Study 2, the scales’ predictive validity for self-efficacy and physical activity was tested in a sample of 310 older German adults.
Results: Short, reliable and valid instruments to measure six sources of self-efficacy for physical activity were developed that enable researchers to comparatively test the predictive value of the sources of self-efficacy.
Conclusion: The results suggest that mastery experience, self-persuasion, and reduction in negative affective states are the most important predictors of self-efficacy for physical activity in community-dwelling older adults.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | self-efficacy, physical activity, older adults, health behaviour theory, questionnaire |
Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Clinical and health psychology |
Research Field: | Health psychology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Behaviour and health |
UTAS Author: | Schuz, B (Dr Benjamin Schuez) |
ID Code: | 90901 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 29 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2014-05-01 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-06 |
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