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17 Cards in this Set
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1. What are social influences?
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Real or imagined pressure to change one’s behavior, attitude or beliefs; help to design effective interventions and gain better understanding of exercise behavior
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2. What is social support?
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The perceived comfort, caring, assistance, and information that a person receives from others
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3. What are 2 things that influence social support?
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•The number of relationships one has
•Potential limitations |
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4. What is Instrumental support?
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A form of social support that provides tangible, practical experience to help a person achieve exercise goals
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5. What is Emotional support?
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A form of social support that is the expression of encouragement, caring, empathy, and concern toward the person
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6. What is Informational support?
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A form of social support that gives directions, advice, or suggestions about how to exercise and comment on progress
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7. What is Companionship support?
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A form of social support that is the availability of people with whom one can exercise
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8. What is Validation?
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A form of social support that compares oneself with others in order to gauge progress and to confirm that one’s thoughts, feelings and emotions are ‘normal’
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9. What type of social support is most influential?
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It depends on the exercisers needs and personal characteristics; their levels of self-efficacy, their physical changes during the program, their sex, age and race
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10. Name 6 sources of support from different entities.
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1. Family
2. Physician 3. Exercise Class leader 4. Society 5. Co-exercisers and observers 6. Society |
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11. Who is family support of individual and group exercise most important?
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•Mothers with young children – especially the poor
•Children and youth |
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12. What are 2 potential drawbacks associated with family support?
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1. Behavioral reactance: people respond in a direction opposite to the direction being advocated
2. Over-protectiveness: going ‘overboard’ when trying to protect someone from harm – can limits children’s activities |
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13. Who is seen as the single most important determinant of continued participation in exercise class?
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Exercise Class leader
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14. What is an example of support shown by a physician?
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May prescribe exercise as an alternative to medication
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15. What is an example of support shown by an exercise class leader?
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Can serve as role model; emphasize the importance of rest between workouts; emphasize fitness and fun; encourage participants to be realistic in goals
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16. What is an example of support shown by co-exercisers and observers?
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Encourages extra effort on participants part
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17. What is an example of support shown by society?
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Determines the norms for physical activity; can be influenced by media portrayals, resources dedicated to helping people be active and visibility of physically active individuals
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