RELATIONSHIP OF SELF-EFFICACY AND DECISIONAL BALANCE WITH EXERCISE STAGES OF CHANGE IN KOREAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
Keywords:
Self-efficacy, Exercise benefit and barrier, Stage of change, Transtheoretical model.Abstract
The current study examines the exercise behavior of Korean college students and reveals the differences in selfefficacy and decision balance by the stages of exercise behavior.A total of 459college students randomly selected from Seoul National University of Science and technology were surveyed. Three Korean-version questionnaires were used to identify the stage of exercise behavior and psychological attributes of adolescents: Stage of Exercise Behavior Change Questionnaire, Decision Balance Scale for Exercise, and Exercise Self-efficacy Scale. Data dolescents was different by each stage of exercise behavior. In addition, exercise efficacy, exercise benefits and exercise barriers differentiated across the stages of exercise behavior. This study provides information about relatively unstudied Korean college students and has the potential to influence the development of better exercise interventions and health promotion programs for youth
