Enhancing Physical Activity in Sedentary Women: Information, Locus of Control, and Attitudes
Enhancing Physical Activity in Sedentary Women: Information, Locus of Control, and Attitudes
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增强久坐女性的身体活动:信息、控制点和态度
DOI:
10.1123/jsp.8.1.8
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发表时间:
1986
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通讯作者:
C. Haney
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作者:
B. Long;C. Haney
This study assessed the efficacy of counseling sessions compared to a waitlist group on initiation of a physically active lifestyle. Sedentary women were randomly assigned to 1-hour counseling interviews or to a waitlist control. Subjects were administered the Exercise Locus of Control scales (McCready, 1984), the Revised Children's Attitude Toward Physical Activity inventory (Schutz, Smoll, & Wood, 1981a), a 7-day exercise history, activity satisfaction scales, and goal success scales. One month later they were assessed on level of exercise satisfaction, goal success, and 7-day exercise history. Repeated measures, multivariate analysis of variance indicated that the interviews helped initiate an active lifestyle compared to the waitlist group. Results of a stepwise multiple regression revealed mat the best predictors of exercise • initiation differed according to group membership. In general, waitlist subjects who depended less on powerful others for reinforcement and who did not view exercise as a means...