Examining the role of self-efficacy and three types of outcome expectations in weight training

Percept Mot Skills. 2007 Dec;105(3 Pt 1):707-13. doi: 10.2466/pms.105.3.707-713.

Abstract

This study examined the predictive utility of self-efficacy and three types of outcome expectations (physical outcomes, social outcomes, and self-evaluative outcomes) on students' behavioral intentions and actual behaviors in a beginning weight training class. A total of 137 participants (62 men, 75 women; M(age) = 21.4 yr., SD = 2.0) completed questionnaires assessing beliefs and intentions toward weight training. Attendance and workout log entries were used as a measure of actual behaviors. Regression analyses indicated that physical outcome expectations and self-efficacy emerged as significant predictors of students' behavioral intentions and actual behaviors. Findings of this study were interpreted from self-efficacy theory.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Attitude to Health
  • Exercise / physiology
  • Exercise / psychology*
  • Female
  • Health Behavior*
  • Humans
  • Intention
  • Male
  • Motivation
  • Physical Education and Training / methods*
  • Self Efficacy*
  • Students / psychology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires