PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE AND PHYSICAL SELF-EFFICACY IN THE ELDERLY - A PILOT-STUDY
PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE AND PHYSICAL SELF-EFFICACY IN THE ELDERLY - A PILOT-STUDY
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DOI：
10.1177/089826439500700401
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发表时间：
1995-11-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
SMIT, JH
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作者：
BOSSCHER, RJ;VANDERAA, H;SMIT, JH
本研究探讨了老年人身体表现与身体自我效能信念之间的关系。本研究假设，在体力工作上表现较佳的被试，其身体自我效能感会呈现较正面的信念。信息来自124名受试者（61名男性和63名女性），年龄在55至85岁之间。测试的流动性，力量和灵活性，以及身体自我效能的自我报告问卷。虽然大多数身体机能指标被观察到在75岁以后处于较低水平，但如果身体机能的下降相对较小，女性的身体自我效能信念并没有显示出这种模式。然而，75岁及以上年龄组的男性受试者在大多数测试中表现出明显较低的表现水平，这与身体自我效能的负面信念有关。多元回归分析证实了这一点，表明在大多数性能测试中，性别是身体自我效能信念的重要预测因素。这种预测是温和的年龄，老年男性有更多的身体自我效能比老年女性的负面信念。
This study examined the relationship between physical performance and physical self-efficacy beliefs in older adults. It was hypothesized that subjects who perform better on physical tasks would show more positive beliefs of physical self-efficacy. Information was obtained from 124 subjects (61 men and 63 women) aged 55 to 85 years. Tests of mobility, strength, and dexterity were administered, as well as a self-report questionnaire of physical self-efficacy. Although most physical performance indexes were observed to be at lower levels after 75 years of age, physical self-efficacy beliefs in women did not show this pattern if the drop in physical performance was relatively small. Male subjects in the age group of 75 years and older however, showed substantial lower levels of performance in most of the tests, which was associated with more negative beliefs of physical self-efficacy. This was corroborated by multiple regression analyses, showing that sex was a significant predictor of physical self-efficacy beliefs in most performance tests. This prediction was moderated by age such that older men had more negative beliefs of physical self-efficacy than older women.