Variety support and exercise adherence behavior: experimental and mediating effects

被引:54
作者
Sylvester, Benjamin D. [1 ]
Standage, Martyn [2 ]
McEwan, Desmond [1 ]
Wolf, Svenja A. [1 ]
Lubans, David R. [3 ]
Eather, Narelle [3 ]
Kaulius, Megan [1 ]
Ruissen, Geralyn R. [1 ]
Crocker, Peter R. E. [1 ]
Zumbo, Bruno D. [4 ]
Beauchamp, Mark R. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ British Columbia, Psychol Exercise Hlth & Phys Act Lab, Sch Kinesiol, 122-6081 Univ Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
[2] Univ Bath, Dept Hlth, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
[3] Univ Newcastle, Sch Educ, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia
[4] Univ British Columbia, Dept Educ & Conselling Psychol & Special Educ, Vancouver, BC, Canada
关键词
Diverse; Physical activity; Resistance training; Mediation; Perceived variety; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; FIT INDEXES; PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS; PERCEIVED VARIETY; SAMPLE-SIZE; SATISFACTION; PROGRAM; VALUES; POWER;
D O I
10.1007/s10865-015-9688-4
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the provision of variety (i.e., variety support) is related to exercise behavior among physically inactive adults and the extent to which the 'experience of variety' mediates those effects. One hundred and twenty one inactive university students were randomly assigned to follow a high or low variety support exercise program for 6 weeks. Assessments were conducted at baseline, 3- and 6-weeks. Participants in the high variety support condition displayed higher levels of adherence to the exercise program than those in the low variety support condition [F(1, 116) = 5.55, p = .02, eta (p) (2) = .05] and the relationship between variety support and adherence was mediated by perceived variety (beta = .16, p < .01). Exercise-related variety support holds potential to be an efficacious method for facilitating greater exercise adherence behaviors of previously inactive people by fostering perceptions of variety.
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页码:214 / 224
页数:11
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