Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Stratton Hall, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Scranton, 205 Alumni Memorial Hall, 800 Linden St., Scranton, PA, 18510, USA.
J Behav Med. 2017 Oct;40(5):740-749. doi: 10.1007/s10865-017-9846-y. Epub 2017 Apr 5.
Many women fail to meet recommended levels of physical activity (PA). Limited research has examined women's barriers to PA adoption during attempts to increase PA-in particular, how often they experience PA lapses (i.e., failure to meet PA goals), their cognitive-affective responses to lapses, and the role of social support in preventing or responding to lapses. The present study assessed weekly variability in PA lapses, cognitive-affective responses to lapses, and social support related to PA among women participating in a partner-based PA program (n = 20). Multilevel modeling showed that greater PA self-efficacy and more frequent partner communication predicted fewer lapses during the concurrent or subsequent week (ps < 0.02). Interestingly, greater self-forgiveness for lapsing also predicted more lapses the subsequent week (p = 0.04), though greater perceived partner support appeared to buffer the negative effect of self-forgiveness on future lapses (p = 0.04). These findings demonstrate the importance of cognitive-affective responses to PA lapses for future PA, as well as the potential benefit of social support for preventing PA lapses among women.
许多女性未能达到推荐的身体活动（PA）水平。有限的研究考察了女性在试图增加 PA 时对 PA 采用的障碍，特别是她们经历 PA 失误（即未能达到 PA 目标）的频率、对失误的认知-情感反应，以及社会支持在预防或应对失误方面的作用。本研究评估了参与基于伙伴的 PA 计划的女性每周 PA 失误、对失误的认知-情感反应以及与 PA 相关的社会支持的变化（n=20）。多层次模型显示，PA 自我效能感更高和更频繁的伴侣沟通预测在随后的一周内出现更少的失误（p<0.02）。有趣的是，更大的自我原谅失误也预测了随后一周的更多失误（p=0.04），尽管感知到的伴侣支持似乎缓冲了自我原谅对未来失误的负面影响（p=0.04）。这些发现表明，对 PA 失误的认知-情感反应对未来的 PA 很重要，社会支持对预防女性 PA 失误也有潜在的好处。
