Citation

Hofstetter CR, Hovell MF, Macera CA, Sallis JF, Spry V, Barrington E, Callender L, Hackley M, Rauh M. Res. Q. Exerc. Sport 1991; 62(1): 1-9.

Affiliation

Department of Political Science, San Diego State University, CA 92182.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2028083

Abstract

This study explores differences in exercise and walking behavior among subjects who reported temporary or long-term illnesses or injuries serious enough to have limited physical activities. The study is primarily concerned with specifying similarities and differences in correlates of vigorous exercise and walking among illness/injury groups in comparison to a healthy sample. Subjects in the analysis (N = 2,053) were drawn from a multiwave mailed survey of a probability sampling of the adult population residing in households in San Diego, California. Although differences were found in correlates of walking and vigorous exercise among the groups, self-efficacy, the belief that one is able to perform specific activities, was the most powerful and statistically significant correlate of both walking and vigorous exercise among all groups.