The effect of exercise on physical fitness, physical self-efficacy, physical competence, physical acceptance, self-esteem, locus of control, and hope.

摘要

The present study was designed to permit a comparison of the effects of an 8 week exercise program upon physical fitness measures, physical self-efficacy, physical competence and acceptance, self-esteem, locus of control and hope in sedentary women to the same measurements in a Control group of sedentary women. The purpose of the study was to test Sonstroem and Morgan's model for the relationship between exercise and self-esteem with sedentary, non-symptomatic women.;Locus of control did not change significantly following exercise; it did not appear to play a role in the model.;Hope increased significantly following exercise. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).;Results from the 8 week program indicated that while Sonstroem and Morgan's model was not corroborated, there was a significant change in physical self-efficacy and physical competence and in physical self-acceptance following exercise intervention, as the model predicted. However, these improvements in competency did not generalize to improved self-esteem following exercise. There was also no significant correlation between physical fitness, self-efficacy, competence, acceptance, or self-esteem following exercise, contrary to the model predictions.