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The role of motivation and self‐efficacy on the practice of health promotion behaviours in the overweight and obese middle‐aged American women
Author(s) -
Fisher Kathleen,
Kridli Suha AlOballi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12155
Subject(s) - overweight , health promotion , medicine , body mass index , gerontology , affect (linguistics) , promotion (chess) , psychological intervention , demographics , population , obesity , self efficacy , physical therapy , psychology , public health , nursing , demography , environmental health , social psychology , communication , sociology , politics , political science , law
The study investigated the relationship between motivation, self‐efficacy and demographic variables, and determined if they affect the performance of health promotion behaviours in overweight or obese middle‐aged A merican women. The sample consisted of middle‐aged A merican women from a small town in M ichigan. Two groups of women aged 30–65, one with a body mass index ( BMI ) range of 25–29, and the second with a BMI of ≥ 30, completed the H ealth S elf‐ D eterminism I ndex, the G eneral S elf‐ E fficacy S cale and the H ealth P romoting L ifestyle P rofile‐II. Self‐efficacy was found to be a significant predictor in the performance of health‐promoting behaviours in both the overweight and obese participants in this study. Motivation was not found to be a significant predictor of performance of health promotion behaviours in either participant group. Education was found to be a significant predictor of performance of health promotion behaviours in the obese participants only. Nurses need to develop effective methods of supporting self‐efficacy in both the overweight and obese middle‐aged A merican women. Nursing‐based research focusing on interventions to improve self‐efficacy, as well as studies identifying effective educational techniques to improve the practice of health promotion behaviours in this population is necessary. Further investigation into the effect of motivation and demographics on the performance of health promotion behaviours is also needed.