Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65
Professionals and researchers studying the care received by people over 65 stand by the benefits of physical activity to improve the quality of live. However, their analyses and field work show very low involvement rates of this group in physical activity programmes, a high reluctance to participate...
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Asociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y Discapacidad
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| description | Professionals and researchers studying the care received by people over 65 stand by the benefits of physical activity to improve the quality of live. However, their analyses and field work show very low involvement rates of this group in physical activity programmes, a high reluctance to participate and, when done, this behaviour is hardly maintained over time. It is well known that self-efficacy is relevant to carry out an action, but there is no evidence suggesting that the same is true for physical activity. This study aims to find out if self-efficacy improves the attitude of the elderly towards physical activity; to define self-efficacy as a construct; to design and validate a self-efficacy scale regarding physical activity for people over 65; to analyse the response of a representative sample of over 65s from Valencia to this construct; and to find out if gender and age affect self-efficacy in relation to physical activity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-189ca9d5da8740ab92c79fb0771a2f282023-01-02T15:56:06ZengAsociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y DiscapacidadINFAD0214-98772603-59872020-12-011210.17060/ijodaep.2020.n2.v1.19791866Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65Silvia López Alonso0Grado en Psicología Investigadora predoctoral de la Universidad de Valencia. Dpto. de Psicogerontología: perspectiva del Ciclo VitalProfessionals and researchers studying the care received by people over 65 stand by the benefits of physical activity to improve the quality of live. However, their analyses and field work show very low involvement rates of this group in physical activity programmes, a high reluctance to participate and, when done, this behaviour is hardly maintained over time. It is well known that self-efficacy is relevant to carry out an action, but there is no evidence suggesting that the same is true for physical activity. This study aims to find out if self-efficacy improves the attitude of the elderly towards physical activity; to define self-efficacy as a construct; to design and validate a self-efficacy scale regarding physical activity for people over 65; to analyse the response of a representative sample of over 65s from Valencia to this construct; and to find out if gender and age affect self-efficacy in relation to physical activity.https://revista.infad.eu/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/1979elderly adultsautonomyquality of lifescale |
| spellingShingle | Silvia López Alonso Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65 INFAD elderly adults autonomy quality of life scale |
| title | Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65 |
| title_full | Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65 |
| title_fullStr | Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65 |
| title_short | Self-efficacy for physical activity of people over 65 |
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| topic | elderly adults autonomy quality of life scale |
| url | https://revista.infad.eu/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/1979 |
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