Murrock Carolyn J, Madigan Elizabeth
Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4904, USA.
Res Theory Nurs Pract. 2008;22(3):192-204.
Culturally specific dance has the potential to generate health benefits but is seldom used even among studies advocating culturally specific interventions. This study examined the components of self-efficacy and social support as mediators between culturally specific dance and lifestyle physical activity in African American women (N = 126). An experimental design compared intervention and control groups for mediating effects of self-efficacy and social support on lifestyle physical activity. Findings indicated that only outcome expectations and social support from friends mediated effects. Culturally specific dance is a first step in encouraging African American women to become more physically active and improve health outcomes. The implications are that culturally specific dance programs can improve health outcomes by including members of underserved populations.
具有文化特色的舞蹈有促进健康的潜力，但即便在倡导特定文化干预措施的研究中也很少被采用。本研究调查了自我效能感和社会支持这两个因素，它们作为非裔美国女性（N = 126）中具有文化特色的舞蹈与生活方式体力活动之间的中介变量。采用实验设计，比较干预组和对照组中自我效能感和社会支持对生活方式体力活动的中介作用。研究结果表明，只有结果期望和来自朋友的社会支持起到了中介作用。具有文化特色的舞蹈是鼓励非裔美国女性增加体力活动并改善健康状况的第一步。这意味着，具有文化特色的舞蹈项目可以通过纳入服务不足人群来改善健康状况。
