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Thesis
Using Exercise to Increase Self-Efficacy and Improve Health Behaviors
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
04/1999
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/4016
Abstract
Self-efficacy is the belief and conviction that one can perform a given activity (Caruso, 1992). Self-efficacy has long been considered to influence whether someone engages in, and adheres to an exercise program. This review of literature looked at the effects of exercise on self-
efficacy and the relationship of self-efficacy to health behaviors. The literature review suggests that exercise does increase an individual's self-efficacy and that those individuals with higher self-efficacy are more likely to be successful at health behaviors such as weight control, stress management, nutritional compliance, smoking cessation, and exercise adherence. The goal of primary care providers is to help patients become healthier and to decrease their morbidity and mortality, which is accomplished primarily through improved health behaviors. Practitioners have the opportunity to promote optimal levels of self-efficacy for patients. By helping an individual to increase their self-efficacy, practitioners may be more successful in mediating positive health behavior changes. In order to promote exercise and positive health behaviors practitioners need to provide guidance to their patients based on their self-efficacy level. Once an accurate self-efficacy assessment is made an appropriate exercise prescription can be given to specifically suit the patient. A self-efficacy scale and corresponding exercise prescription is provided in this paper.
Further research is needed to compare the effect of varying exercise intensities and durations on self-efficacy. Also more studies are necessary which examine the effects of different types of exercises, i.e. aerobic exercise vs. weight training, on self-efficacy. Lastly, there is a need to examine whether exercise programs which incorporate self-efficacy manipulation improve health behavior change.
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- Title
- Using Exercise to Increase Self-Efficacy and Improve Health Behaviors
- Creators
- Jennifer Schaal Fletcher
- Contributors
- Jacquelyn Banasik (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590532101842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis