Synergistic effect of social support and self-efficacy on physical exercise in older adults
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Synergistische Wirkung von sozialer Unterstützung und Selbstwirksamkeit auf körperliches Training bei älteren Erwachsenen |
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Autor: | Warner, Lisa M.; Ziegelmann, Jochen P.; Schüz, Benjamin; Wurm, Susanne; Schwarzer, Ralf |
Erschienen in: | Journal of aging and physical activity |
Veröffentlicht: | 19 (2011), 3, S. 249-261, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1063-8652, 1543-267X |
DOI: | 10.1123/japa.19.3.249 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201202001236 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
The purpose of the current study was to examine whether the effects of social support on physical exercise in older adults depend on individual perceptions of self-efficacy. Three hundred nine older German adults (age 65–85) were assessed at 3 points in time (3 months apart). In hierarchical-regression analyses, support received from friends and exercise self-efficacy were specified as predictors of exercise frequency while baseline exercise, sex, age, and physical functioning were controlled for. Besides main effects of self-efficacy and social support, an interaction between social support and self-efficacy emerged. People with low self-efficacy were less likely to be active in spite of having social support. People with low support were less likely to be active even if they were high in self-efficacy. This points to the importance of both social support and self-efficacy and implies that these resources could be targets of interventions to increase older adults’ exercise. Verf.-Referat