Abstract
The purposes of this study were to identify the differences among physical activity, exercise imagery, decisional balance and exercise self efficacy by sex, age, stages of change, and to investigate the relationship of physical activity with exercise imagery, decisional balance and exercise self efficacy. A total of 426 adults (male : 198, female : 228, Mean age = 31.02 years) were voluntarily participated in the study. Korean exercise imagery inventory, decisional balance for exercise scale, exercise self-efficacy scale, and weekly leisure-time exercise questionnaire were used to measure the study's variables. Results indicated that there were significant differences in exercise imagery, decisional balance, exercise self efficacy, and physical activity by sex, age, and the exercise stages. Twenty-three percent of the total study variables accounted for physical activity (R2 = .23) and of the study's variables, appearance-health imagery (B = 23.7) had the strongest effect on physical activity. In addition, the results indicated that exercise self-efficacy, exercise feeling imagery, and exercise cons had a statistically substantial linear relation with physical activity (B = .176, .126, and .119, respectively). The current study implies that the development of better exercise interventions for adults should be aimed at maximizing exercise imagery and self-efficacy and minimizing exercise cons.
| Translated title of the contribution | Adults' Physical Activity and Relationship with Exercise Imagery, Decisional Balance, and Exercise Self Efficacy |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 217-228 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | 한국체육학회지 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - Oct 2012 |