Role of Self-efficacy in Youth Exercise Commitment and Participation
Journal Title: Choregia - Year 2014, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
The present study aimed to conceptualize a model to examine the potential factors that lead youth to participate in exercise. The conceptual model was developed based on previously tested exercise commitment model (Alexandris, Zahariadis, Tsorbatzoudis, & Grouious, 2002) with additional factors of self-efficacies (i.e., coping, task, and scheduling). Structural equation modeling was performed to test the model and the findings showed that the proposed model had fair fit with the data (CFI = .962, TLI = .901, RMSEA = .09). The results indicated that investment (â = .532) and two self-efficacies [i.e., scheduling (â = .233) and task (â = .223)] were the three significant determinants for exercise commitment for youth in 7th and 8th grade (p , .001). Further, scheduling self-efficacy (â = .273, p , .005) and exercise commitment (â = .235, p , .05) contributed significantly positively on the stage of exercise participation.
Authors and Affiliations
Antonio S. Williams| Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, US, Dae Yeon Kim| Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, US
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- DOI http:dx.doi.org/10.4127/ch.2014.0085
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