@article{fb82579aa37f4708aae2885d3b703af5,
title = "Adherence to exercise and physical activity as health-promoting behaviors: Attitudinal and self-efficacy influences",
abstract = "In this review, we consider the extant literature dealing with the influential roles of self-efficacy and attitudes in adherence to exercise. In so doing, we provide a brief overview of the tenets of each theory followed by the primary review of each model as it has been applied to exercise behavior in both diseased and asymptomatic population. Next, we offer some recommendations for the practical application of these theoretical models in facilitating physical activity participation. Finally, we conclude with a summary of our approach.",
keywords = "Attitudes, Exercise adherence, Health promotion, Intentions, Self-efficacy",
author = "Edward Mcauley and Courneya, {Kerry S.}",
note = "Funding Information: In the past two decades, the United States Public Health Service (United States Department of Health and Human Services, 1980, 1990) has developed a preventive orientation in public health policies, promoting regular participation by children and adults in exercise and physical fitness as a major health objective for the nation. Moreover, such participation has been identified as a behavioral orientation expected to reduce morbidity and mortality. A considerable corpus of evidence exists to suggest that habitual physical activity can positively influence a broad range of health conditions, both physiological and psychological. Physical activity and fitness have been linked to risk or symptom reduction in coronary heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis (see Bouch-ard, Shephard, Stephens, Sutton, & McPherson, 1990); all-cause mortality (Blair et al., 1989); anxiety (Petruz-zello, Landers, Hatfield, Kubitz, & Salazar, 1991); and depression (Camacho, Roberts, Lazarus, Kaplan, & Cohen, 1991). Although the benefits of exercise in health terms appear to considerably outweigh the risks, the participation rates of North Americans in exercise and fitness regimens is not particularly impressive. Best epidemiological estimates report that less than 20% of the 18-65-year-old Preparation of this article was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging (:#AG07907) to Edward McAuley.",
year = "1993",
doi = "10.1016/S0962-1849(05)80113-1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2",
pages = "65--77",
journal = "Applied and Preventive Psychology",
issn = "0962-1849",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "2",
}