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social influences on exercise participation & adherence |
to understand how the social environment and technology influence participation in and adherence to a program of regular physical activity
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social influence |
when ones feelings, thoughts, or behaviors are influenced by others |
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where does social influence come from? |
family/ friends peers exercise groups and other exercisers health care & exercise professionals non-exercises and strangers |
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forms of social influence |
social support--perceive comfort, caring, assistance, and info. that a person receives from others
social pressure- the influence a person feels from a society or other ppl to think, feel, or behave a certain way |
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social support |
perceived comfort, caring, assistance, and information that a person receives from others |
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5 types of social support |
instrumental emotional informational companionship validaiton
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instrumental |
providing tangible practical assistance to achieves ones goals |
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emotional |
expression of encouragement, caring, empathy, concern
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informational |
giving direction, advice, suggestions |
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companionship |
availability of people |
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validation |
confirming thoughts, feelings, problems or progress of others |
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examples of the types of social support |
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how do we measure social support? |
task-speicifc questionnaires which measure the perception of social support
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social support & exercise research |
correlation b/n received social support and the level of physical activity-- ppl who have more SS= more physically active |
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social support & exercise behavior--is SS always good? |
in order for SS to be beneficial, SS desired must match the support given; matching hypothesis
-stress might increase if wrong/diff. type of support is provided than what recipient wanted -if SS is perceived as controlling it will decrease intrinsic motive. and self determination -if SS too unconditional= excuse to maintain unhealthy behaviors ex. my wife loves me even I'm fat |
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social pressure |
the threats, pressure, or other influence a person feels from society or other people to think, feel, or behave a certain way |
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forms of social pressure |
coercion ridicule and humiliation conformity & peer pressure criticism
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coercion |
forcing another to behave involuntary manner by use of threats/intimidation/harm-- can be financial |
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ridicule/humiliation |
make fun of the appearance actions of another |
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conformity & peer pressure |
influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change their attitudes, values, or behavior to conform to group norms |
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criticism |
practice of negatively judging the merits and faults of a persons thoughts, feelings, beliefs, behaviors |
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social pressure key point |
leads to negative outcomes with respect to the initiation and adherence to a regular program, probably be decreasing self-esteem & intrinsic motivation |
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social pressure/exercise behavior |
ridicule/criticism= decrease ones self esteem--> decrease likelihood to exercise
coercion/peer pressure= decrease intrinsic m. by decreasing our feelings of autonomy= not exercise |
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is social pressure always bad when it comes to exercise behavior? |
criticism/ridicule-- can be source of inspiration--shifting amotivation to externs. motivated to exercise
-if SP shows us a subj. norm is to exercise-- increase our intentions to execise -SP may increase self e. though social persuasion= increase intention to exercise |
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social support/pressure key point |
both can increase/decrease exercise participation depending on the situaiton |
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spousal/partner support |
dropout rates for health married couples who join a prgrm= lower than married ppl who joined w/o a spouse
-highly active men were 3x to have an active spouse |
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parental/family support |
parent support= most important variable in determining PA in children -having 2 supportive parents has been shown to have stronger influence on a childs PA levels vs. 1 parent |
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the physician |
docs= usual source for info. support for exercise behavior -65% would consider exercising if doc. told them to -exercise prescriptions barely issued
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co-exercisers and strangers |
person riding stationary bike next to you, people pass while jogging |
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co exercisers and strangers data |
being watched jogging increased speed of running -weight lifters bench more with an audience= most injuries from being perceived as weak
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explanation of the effects of strangers and other exercisers on exercise behavior |
social facilitation- tendency for people to do better on simple tasks w/ an audience
competition- desire to do better than someone else at a certain task |
