Author: Robbins, Lorraine B.; Pender, Nola J.; Ronis, David L.; Kazanis, Anamaria S.; Pis, Monika B.
Description: The relationship of self-efficacy, a sense of confidence in personal physical activity (PA) skills, to perceived exertion during activity was explored among 168 African American and European American boys and girls between 9 and 17 years of age. Participants walked/ran on a treadmill at a speed equivalent to 60% of their peak VO2 for 20 minutes and provided ratings of exertion every 4 minutes. Pre-activity self-efficacy predicted perceived exertion for boys only. Girls were lower than boys in pre-activity self-efficacy and subsequently reported greater perceived exertion. For both genders, lower perceived exertion during PA resulted in higher post-activity self-efficacy. Uncomfortable perceptions of exertion during initial efforts to increase PA are likely to discourage future activity. Interventions that can lower perceptions of exertion may enhance self-efficacy and promote a sense of competence in PA skills.
Subject headings: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Black or African American; Analysis of Variance; Attitude to Health; Exercise; Exercise Test; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Health Knowledge; Attitudes; Practice; Humans; Linear Models; Male; Midwestern United States; Oxygen Consumption; Physical Exertion; Predictive Value of Tests; Psychology, Adolescent; Puberty; Self Efficacy; White People
Publication year: 2004
Journal or book title: Research in Nursing & Health
Volume: 27
Issue: 6
Pages: 435-446
Find the full text: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nur.20042
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