Self-efficacy and the stages and processes of change associated with adopting and maintaining muscular fitness-promoting behaviors
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Abstract
The majority of physical activity initiatives have been directed toward promoting cardiorespiratory fitness and general health. Far less attention has been devoted to encouraging or understanding muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine if constructs from the Transtheoretical Model, a contemporary behavior change framework, could be adapted and applied to the study of muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. Participants were 429 college students who completed measures of stage of change, the behavioral and cognitive processes of change, and self-efficacy. All measures were modified to relate specifically to muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. Two direct discriminant function analyses were performed, revealing that the behavioral processes of change and self-efficacy were the major correlates of the stages of change for muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. © 2004 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
First Page
186
Last Page
196
Recommended Citation
Cardinal, B., & Kosma, M. (2004). Self-efficacy and the stages and processes of change associated with adopting and maintaining muscular fitness-promoting behaviors. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 75 (2), 186-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2004.10609150