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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"self-efficacy for exercise"”.
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Determinants of Physical Activity Behavior and Self-efficacy for Exercise among African American Women
… Literature notes a positive correlation between self-efficacy for exercise and physical activity behavior. In addition to socioeconomic factors, culturally influenced factors mediate self-efficacy for task such as physical activity. Past studies indicate differing perceptions related to …
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Self-Efficacy in Nutrition and Exercise Affecting Long-term Quality of Life in Patients with Prostate Cancer
… (RP) is a morbid surgery with vast implications for quality of life (QoL), as patients suffer physical and psychological symptoms for years postoperatively. Little is known about the psychological associated factors that influence long-term QoL. One proposed moderator is patient self-efficacy for …
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Social Support, Health Behaviors, and Academic Success in College Students
… perceived social support was associated with self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors, and whether self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors predicts academic success for college students. Gender differences in perceived social support were also examined. Participants were undergraduate …
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Evaluation of a Simple Intervention to Increase Self- Efficacy for Independent Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participants
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> While benefits of exercise after a cardiac event are well documented, participation in and adherence to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs is often low. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a self- efficacy coaching intervention (SCI): a simple …
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The feasibility and potential effectiveness of a conventional and exergame intervention to alter balance-related outcomes including fall risk: a mixed methods study
… compared with a conventional, evidence-based exercise programme (Otago Exercise Programme) to reduce fall risk by improving balance, and to inform a large-scale randomised control trial. Methodology: Mixed methods study in independent older adults with established fall risk. The quantitative …
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Predictors of Weight Loss in the Healthy Living Partnership to Prevent Diabetes: A Randomized Control Trial
… diabetes in those who are at high risk for developing diabetes (i.e. prediabetic). Although research has been successful at inducing weight loss to prevent the onset of diabetes in those who are prediabeti, there is still a large variability in those who succeeded at losing weight in …
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Spirituality, Religiosity, and Weight Management in Black Women
… of a faith-based setting, there is little information about the relationship between spirituality, or relationship with the transcendent, and self-efficacy in the achievement and maintenance of a healthy weight.</p> <p><em><strong>Purpose</strong></em></p> <p>The purpose of this study was to …
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Relationships Among Self-Efficacy, Implicit Associations, Motives and Exercise Behaviour
… purpose of this dissertation was to examine how self-efficacy, explicit exercise motives and implicit automatic associations with exercise influence exercise behaviour of sedentary adults. This dissertation is divided into three manuscripts. The first manuscript examined how self-selection …
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Evaluation of a peer leader eating disorders prevention program for college sororities
… a primary and secondary prevention program for eating disorders. The intervention program in this study was adapted from a peer leader intervention similar to Kelly et al.'s (1992) AIDS prevention program. Four sorority houses comprised the sites used to test the effectiveness of the …
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The Role of Self-efficacy, Social Support, and Neighborhood Environment in Exercise Behavior of Middle-aged Women
… there has been an almost 50% decrease in the exercise participation prevalence among Korean middle-aged women. Studies to date have stablished corroboration, regarding the correlates of exercise behavior from intrapersonal and interpersonal perspectives, in which self-efficacy and social …