Journal
JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 1-16Publisher
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/japa.17.1.1
Keywords
strength training; Strong for Life program; longitudinal data
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- National Institute on Aging [POI AG 11669, T32AG00204, AG17920]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG017920, T32AG000204, P50AG011669] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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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.
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