TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing the requirements of stages of physical activity among adults
T2 - The comparative effectiveness of stage-matched, mismatched, standard care, and control interventions
AU - Blissmer, Bryan
AU - McAuley, Edward
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We tested the comparative efficacy of 4 interventions to increase the physical activity behavior of college personnel randomly assigned to one condition (N = 196, 74% female, M age = 43.4 years)for 16 weeks. Stage-matched and mismatched interventions were developed based on the stages of change from the Transtheoretical Model and were contrasted with standard care (action-oriented) and control interventions to test the requirements of a true stage behavior. Repeated measures of multivariate analyses of covariance indicated that the stage-matched and standard care interventions resulted in greater levels of both total and lifestyle physical activity compared with the mismatched and control interventions. The results supported the requirements of a stage behavior as defined by Weinstein, Rothman, and Sutton (1) and the superiority of the stage-matched intervention versus the mismatched intervention. However, the standard care intervention performed as well as the matched intervention, suggesting the need for further investigation. The results are discussed with respect to the high proportion of individuals in the action-oriented stages and previous research findings in the smoking literature.
AB - We tested the comparative efficacy of 4 interventions to increase the physical activity behavior of college personnel randomly assigned to one condition (N = 196, 74% female, M age = 43.4 years)for 16 weeks. Stage-matched and mismatched interventions were developed based on the stages of change from the Transtheoretical Model and were contrasted with standard care (action-oriented) and control interventions to test the requirements of a true stage behavior. Repeated measures of multivariate analyses of covariance indicated that the stage-matched and standard care interventions resulted in greater levels of both total and lifestyle physical activity compared with the mismatched and control interventions. The results supported the requirements of a stage behavior as defined by Weinstein, Rothman, and Sutton (1) and the superiority of the stage-matched intervention versus the mismatched intervention. However, the standard care intervention performed as well as the matched intervention, suggesting the need for further investigation. The results are discussed with respect to the high proportion of individuals in the action-oriented stages and previous research findings in the smoking literature.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15324796ABM2403_03
DO - 10.1207/S15324796ABM2403_03
M3 - Article
C2 - 12173675
AN - SCOPUS:0036022088
SN - 0883-6612
VL - 24
SP - 181
EP - 189
JO - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
IS - 3
ER -