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Self‐Efficacy Relationships With Affective and Exertion Responses to Exercise 1
Author(s) -
McAuley Edward,
Courneya Kerry S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb01542.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , psychology , perceived exertion , competence (human resources) , perception , heart rate , self efficacy , task (project management) , social psychology , medicine , blood pressure , management , communication , neuroscience , economics
This study examined the relationship of preexisting efficacy for exercise with perceptions of effort expenditure and in‐task affect during exercise testing. Subjects comprised sedentary, middle‐aged adults participating in a submaxi‐mal cycle ergometer‐graded exercise test. Perceptions of efficacy were assessed prior to and following exercise testing while perceptions of effort expenditure and in‐task affect were assessed at 70% of predicted maxim heart rate. Highly efficacious subjects had lower perceptions of effort expenditure and reported more positive affect during exercise than did their less efficacious counterparts. Affective responses during exercise were in turn significant predictors of posttest self‐efficacy. These results are discussed in regard to the importance of examining the role of personal efficacy in the formation of exercise‐related affect and affective responses as sources of efficacy or competence information in exercise.