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Thinking about maintaining exercise therapy: does being positive or negative make a difference?

Karen E Glazebrook¹, Lawrence R Brawley

¹University of Saskatchewan, Canada. karenglazebrook@gmail.com

Journal of Health Psychology

|March 23, 2011

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Positive thinking about exercise therapy improves adherence and self-regulation in chronic disease patients. Negative thoughts may hinder adaptation to maintenance exercise programs.

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Medicine
Health Psychology
Rehabilitation Science

Background:

Maintenance exercise therapy is crucial for managing cardiovascular disease and chronic health conditions.
Understanding psychological factors influencing exercise adherence is vital for effective rehabilitation.
Social-cognitive factors play a significant role in sustained engagement with therapeutic exercise.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the relationship between positive or negative thinking about exercise and social-cognitive variables.
To identify differences in exercise adherence and related factors between positive and negative thinkers in a maintenance exercise therapy program.

Main Methods:

Forty participants in maintenance exercise therapy programs completed self-report measures.
Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to compare groups based on their thinking style about exercise.

Main Results:

Positive thinkers demonstrated significantly higher exercise frequency compared to negative thinkers.
Individuals with positive exercise thoughts exhibited greater self-regulatory efficacy, positive affect, and willingness to adapt.
Negative thinkers reported significantly higher decisional struggle regarding exercise.

Conclusions:

Cognitive appraisals of exercise therapy are linked to social cognitions that drive self-regulatory behaviors.
Positive thinking is associated with better adaptation to the challenges of ongoing exercise therapy.
Interventions targeting negative thought patterns may enhance exercise adherence and outcomes in chronic disease populations.