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Exercise-related goals and self-efficacy as correlates of aquatic exercise in individuals with arthritis

Nancy C Gyurcsik¹, Paul A Estabrooks, Melissa J Frahm-Templar

¹Research and Extension Office of Community Health, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA. gyurcsik@ksu.edu

Arthritis and Rheumatism

|June 10, 2003

Abstract

Objective:

To examine whether aquatic exercise-related goals, task self-efficacy, and scheduling self-efficacy are predictive of aquatic exercise attendance in individuals with arthritis. A secondary objective was to determine whether high attendees differed from low attendees on goals and self-efficacy.

Methods:

The sample comprised 216 adults with arthritis (mean age 69.21 years). Measures included exercise-related goal difficulty and specificity, task and scheduling self-efficacy, and 8-week aquatic exercise attendance.

Results:

Results of a multiple hierarchical regression analysis were significant (P < 0.01). Goal difficulty, specificity, and task self-efficacy were independent predictors of attendance (P < 0.05). A significant multivariate analysis of variance (P < 0.01) indicated that high attendees had higher task and scheduling self-efficacy and lower goal difficulty than did low attendees (P < 0.05).

Conclusion:

Support for the importance of exercise-related goal setting and self-efficacy was demonstrated. Implications pertain to the design of interventions to impact aquatic exercise.

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