TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of self-efficacy for physical activity in African American women
AU - Fallon, Elizabeth A.
AU - Wilcox, Sara
AU - Ainsworth, Barbara E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Cooperative Agreement # U48/CCU409664 to the Prevention Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This study examined the correlates of self-efficacy for physical activity in African American women. In bivariate analyses, self-efficacy was higher among women reporting fewer social role constraints, more positive perceptions of physically active women, more positive sense of community, better perceived health, and higher levels of physical activity. In a simultaneous multivariate model, more positive perceived health status (p = .001), higher physical activity level (p = .007), and lower social role constraint (p = .02) were independently associated with higher self-efficacy. Thus, physical activity interventions for African-American women should include strategies to decrease social role constraint and offer safe activities for women with health conditions hindering physical activity.
AB - This study examined the correlates of self-efficacy for physical activity in African American women. In bivariate analyses, self-efficacy was higher among women reporting fewer social role constraints, more positive perceptions of physically active women, more positive sense of community, better perceived health, and higher levels of physical activity. In a simultaneous multivariate model, more positive perceived health status (p = .001), higher physical activity level (p = .007), and lower social role constraint (p = .02) were independently associated with higher self-efficacy. Thus, physical activity interventions for African-American women should include strategies to decrease social role constraint and offer safe activities for women with health conditions hindering physical activity.
KW - African American health
KW - Exercise
KW - Physical activity
KW - Self-efficacy
KW - Women's health
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U2 - 10.1300/J013v41n03_03
DO - 10.1300/J013v41n03_03
M3 - Article
C2 - 15970575
AN - SCOPUS:31344467872
SN - 0363-0242
VL - 41
SP - 47
EP - 62
JO - Women and Health
JF - Women and Health
IS - 3
ER -